The Cleaning Lady (Mr. Plinkett short film)

admin • November 8, 2012 • 146 Comments

Rich Evans stars in The Cleaning Lady! This is a recently digitally remastered version of an old student film made by Mike and Rich back in 2001 or so. It’s one of the very first appearances of the Mr. Plinkett character, many years before he was known for movie reviews and Half in the Bag.

The premise: Rich Evans plays dual roles as both the crotchety old Mr. Plinkett and a deranged escaped mental patient who thinks he’s a janitor. These are 13 minutes of your life you’ll wish you had back!

Filed in: General Updates • Short Films

Trayan Iliev

Damn you! I spilled my coffee when I saw a new video on the site. I thought it was the new Plinkett review! The anticipation is taking its toll on my nerves…
Pemberton

It’s like unearthing a long lost John Barrymore performance.
- http://www.facebook.com/deejaytaufiq Mohamad Taufiq Morshidi
  
  Well, it’s stylistically designed to be that way, and you can’t undo that, but you can diminish the effects of it.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509078775 Trent Peacock

That hack fraud rick berman is the star, 0/10 would not bang.
silencio200

Dear 0:21 … FuCK YOU!
shureshot24

I love the old stuff. This and A Long Walk Home are my favorites.
- dicks@dicks.com
  
  watching this video after the other plinkett videos is like smoking resin after you have ran out of pot
dicks@dicks.com

i like the subliminal go fuck yourself to the audience in the first scene, particularly because this entire short film is a more direct go fuck yourself to the audience
- Guest
  
  Its good to show contempt for your audience.
http://www.facebook.com/ben.monroe.927 Ben Monroe

Where’s the new revieewwww, asshooollle?!?!
dicks@dicks.com

..and roll credits. finally I know how many pollacks it takes to make a shitty web video
http://www.facebook.com/schwilly David A Smith

there are two thoughts that enter my head while watching this: first, who lets you trash their house so you can make a student film, did you buy a bunch of crap at a thrift shop or find a house of a recently deceased person with no relatives? second, fuck you.
Jayne Cobb

This is such schlock.
KolbStomp

This was the best thriller I’ve ever seen! It was a really cool Shyamalan twist that the cleaning guy was just a figment of Plinkett’s imagination. The way he didn’t show up in Plinkett’s glasses was a good way of portraying it!
auntfaggot

this was the worst fucking movie I’ve ever seen
- http://www.facebook.com/lee.augustus.7 Lee Augustus
  
  How did you not notice the Oscar worthy directing, sweeping cinematography, great writing, clever political humor, impressive visual effects and amazing performances?
http://mrcab666.livejournal.com/ MRCAB

“Go fuck yourself”?
zachwulf

OH MY GOD RICH EVANS WAS THE ORIGINAL PLINKETT.

OH GOD.

OH.

OH NO.

OHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOO.
- Semen Ballsack
  
  Your face is cunty.
Stupid Pants

I wrote a 108 page response to your Cleaning Lady video.
http://www.facebook.com/laughtech Cornelius Attenborough

I bought this film with my money.
YourFavoriteCustomer

you guys are a cluster of assholes. never change. but you REALLY should already upload the new Plinkett and then asap make more Half in the Bags. those are the only comfort in my fucked up life.
- YourFavoriteCustomer
  
  I do love the laurel-and-hardyness of this video, people should film more shit like that nowadays.
Steve

At 4:36, the missing number on the house magically fixes itself.
- Also Steve
  
  Yeah, I’ve seen that, too. Even before your post. Nah, who’s looking stupid now?
Taterboob

*In Troy McClure’s voice*

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! They haven’t changed a bit…have they?
jojo

music was nice…
Silent Rocco

Rich might be a good friend and an important part of RLM. But he just isn’t funny on screen, not even the slightest bit. Exception: him doing the Lucas. Everything else is more or less hurting the reputation of your brilliant other stuff.
- Tosted O’s
  
  You sir are insane. Rich Evens is the Daniel Day Lewis of comedic boobery.
- Leo Ladenson
  
  Who doesn’t at least chuckle at RE’s uproarious reaction shots? You, sir, have a cold, dead heart.
Internet Cockmuncher

Mr. Plinkett should review this fucking abomination.
RHCZ

THIS MADE PERFECT SENSE TO ME.
pantsoup

this was gorgeous. and rich shot first this time.
tommy

I don’t know if the RLM folks will relate to this comment, but I will say that I liked the continuous crazy talk of plinkett and the casual, crazy psychopathy of the escaped mental patient much more-so than the recent Rich Evans performances that I have seen on the site. I did enjoy some of the game review series that Mr. Evans seemed keen on launching, however, watching Mr. Evans being the butt of jokes and moping around was much less entertaining than Mr. Evans being an oblivious, simple homicidal maniac and Mr. Evans being a senile, babbling and crazy homicidal maniac.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Brooke-Tarvin/100002410794909 Brooke Tarvin

I’m a home healthcare aide. We do light housekeeping, with a little less breaking everything. And shotguns.

Every single old person I clean for is Plinkett! I swear, almost verbatim!
- Name
  
  Including the hookers chained up in the basement?
  - decora
    
    look up John Robertson
ItsThe GreatestMovieEverMade

It’s the greatest movie ever made.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=655701905 Corey Schaff

This was a pretty decent laugh, especially at the end.
Tosted O’s

Next time they re-release it, it should be a special edition and using cgi they can fill the screen with more Cheetos, more stuff to break, and twice as much Rich Evans! also lightsabers, MORE LIGHTSABERS.
http://twitter.com/MFalz01 Marvin Falz

“These are 13 minutes of your life you’ll wish you had back!” <- Plus the 20 minutes I was searching for a cool reply! Now I feel really stupid.
bob

When are you doing the next Plinkett review?
ian

hey guys, when is the next plinkett review?
Palpatine

…
…
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WHERE IS THE NEXT PLINKETT REVIEW!!
STOP_RIGHT_THERE_CRIMINAL_SCUM

every shot of this film was so dense, there was so much going on
- decora
  
  it’s stylisitcally designed to be that way, and you can’t undo that…
Nobody

Why was this even made?
R1-G4

Now I understand some things in live a little better. Thanks RLM.
When’s the next Nostalgia Critic Review?
Thomas

It’s so funny, because when plinkett is talking to the cleaning guy, you can see the reflection in his glasses that there’s nobody standing there…Makes it that much funnier.
playdude92

When is the next GOOD thing? (sorry guys)
http://twitter.com/bbhaver2 bbhaver

Epicness !
Mark Bisone

My cock hasn’t been teased this hard since the fifth grade, when they cancelled “Sloppy Joe Thursdays”. It still says Sloppy Joe on the menu, but all we get is tater tots and week-old tuna salad.
MahMahAfro

I didn’t know Rich Evans did his own stunts!
Draculasaurus

Mr. Evans is wearing a lot of merkins in this! Very realistic!
clank4001

rich had hair then
Mark Smith

I’ve watched it with Directors commentary, now when I watch the broken mirror scene, I cringe in fear that he’s going to cut his hand. One time I was shaving in the shower at Golds Gym and I dropped my shaving mirror in the shower. There were a bunch of dudes in adjoining shower stalls. I had to be like, sorry everybody, you’re all going to step on pieces of shattered mirror because I’m a dumbass.
- Christopher Kulik
  
  Why would you support something evil like Gold’s Gym?
Gooilt

The sad truth about this video is that it will never go away. It can never be undone.
- A dummy’s legs
  
  Just asking, was this shot on the PD150? I’ve heard it’s the new wave.
Engelbert Humbledink

If Mr. Plinkett was born in 1906 and claims to be have been “58 years on this planet”, this must be set in 1964.
- Trayan Iliev
  
  Based on what we know about this guy, do you really think he’s from Earth?
jt

Yeah, I made it almost 1:30 into the video.
Johnny Handsome

I can’t go on without my Quizzard!
Chris P

This is apparently what you get for providing free quality entertainment for years on end: a giant fuck you from the fans?! Take your time with the review guys
- dicks@dicks.com
  
  Chris, please consider the spirit of levity with which we mock this film. On a related note, does the P stand for Pussy?
twistedfloyd

So you love Red Letter Media and saw they were posting one of their shorts. And you thought, even though fake Plinkett’s in it, Fake Plinkett is still funny and RLM’s sense of humor and wit will shine through in this short.

So you got some lube- I mean popcorn, (and some tissues, or a sock) sat down in your fancy chair and decided to take a break during a 16 hour work day and watch another great RLM production.

Then you saw it.

Oh.

Yeah, I couldn’t even finish this one. Sorry guys. It is interesting to see where you guys came from though and how much you’ve grown in terms of not necessarily technical aspects, but finding the spirit of what makes Half In the Bag, and the Plinkett character work so well.
- guest
  
  I don’t think that compliment was backhanded enough. Please try harder.
  - twistedfloyd
    
    WAsn’t being sarcastic or anything Iike that, I freaking love RLM, but this short wasn’t good to me, but shows how much they have evolved as creative artists. This is what people who are creative do, they have a voice and then work at it to perfect that voice which is what they’ve done over the course of time.
JC Denton

My favorite frauds!
Leo Ladenson

In the remastered version of The Cleaning Lady, Plinkett shot first.
bongodoug

this was awful, but i still watched every second. i love the animal wallpaper 8:39. had it in my bedroom as a kid.
Neighborhood_Pedophile

I contemplated suicide several times throughout this movie.
http://twitter.com/hunzgemeinii hunzgemeinii

at 4:37 the missing housenumber is magically back on the wall, and missing again in the following scenes!
Murderin Murphy

Plinkett dies.

SPOILER ALERT!

Also, I don’t know how spoiler alerts work.
http://www.facebook.com/billistics Bill Walsh

When is the next review?
Nick

The special edition will have cartoon dinosaurs walking around
jEN

I guess deinterlacing wasn’t part of the “remastering” routine?
http://people.ign.com/mrjjcims MrJJCims

This video gave me cancer.
Dan is cool

WHat the hell did I just watch?
mr. 2001

I have four of those light blue trash barrels… maybe I’m a serial killer.
Why don’t more movies nowadays use starwipes… it’s amaaaaaaazing.
I represent the stereotype that all mental patients are clumsy!… oh, I mean resent.
This the type of movie you’d let play in the background… of an execution.
…What a twist!
name

Inverse Telecine
- Kenshiroh
  
  You think this was shot on film?
http://www.facebook.com/tiffy.jones.908 Tiffy Jones

WHEN’S THE NEXT PLINKETT REVIEW?
godhatesyeast

Your reviews are great!

Get off your lazy fucking ass and give us what we want you fat homo. No one cares about The Cleaning Lady!
- Christopher Kulik
  
  Oh.
  - godhatesyeast
    
    But I just did the Indiana Jones review!
    
    Oh, wait.
    
    I guess you want something a little more in depth, right?
    
    OK, let’s start this over. Here goes nothing!!!
    
    /new Plinkett review please
    
    //SRSLY PLEEEEZZZZ
    - Christopher Kulik
      
      Actually, I rewatched the review a couple of days ago and left a new comment. I wondered how Dan Aykroyd could have a cameo in TEMPLE OF DOOM, yet he doesn’t show up as a Crystal Skull expert in IJ4.
      - godhatesyeast
        
        He could have brought a bottle of his crappy, overpriced vodka to enhance his hallucinations…
http://www.facebook.com/tiffy.jones.908 Tiffy Jones

Rich has a really big penis. No, really, he does! So, that’s a plus. Keep rock’n that dong, Rich.
Meester Smeeth

I really enjoyed that.
haha Rich looks weirdly like Mike when he plays escaped mental patients what think they are janitors.
http://www.facebook.com/pattyomack Pat McBride

Before there was The Room, there was The Cleaning Lady. Breaking perfectly good furniture will never get old.
Ian A

This was a great beginning effort by some…er…AN amateur filmmaker,
and I honestly can’t wait to see if this just isn’t the start of
something great. This fresh new talent, Rich Evans, is something really
special, and for sure he’s been waiting for a short film like this to
come along, so he can properly display his talents. Kudos! Your future
looks quite bright.
http://www.facebook.com/derrick.cryderman Derrick Cryderman

anyone else see the subliminal message right after rich checks the address in the beginning?
- Ian A
  
  Go Fuck Yourself……..well, you did ask for it.
Claus

I like Turtles.
Claus

I hope you’ve kept the original negatives so when can restore it to the original 1977/2001 release and not this fancy Special Edition.
DerpMcDerpster

I like it when he opens the door and when you look at plinkets glasses you can see that nobody is standing at the door. PLOTHOLE :D
- Hooper
  
  Continuity error, not plothole
Fuck Fuckerson

This piece of shit film is the worst piece of crap i have ever seen in my entire life. I want my new Plinket review by the morning or i swear i’m gonna murder the entire RLM cast with a shotgun.
DarthVaderHappyMeal

DarthVaderHappyMeal reporting from Disneyland where we’ll soon have the Vader-Super-Magnificant-Fun-Ride ™. NEWS FLASH: Disney corportate stated that they have set aside $23.1 M legal funding to monitor any future Plinkett violations or perversions regarding their new $4 Bn acquisition. Just thought you’d want to know. DarthVaderHappyMeal reporting out. [ Wait a minute, what's this? Just received some notice here that I can't use this name. What the ... ! ]
Eric

“Remastered”

But…there’s not even a bit of cgi…you besmirch the good name of Lucas.
Nickname

can’t wait to see this in 3D and 48 frames per sec sometimes…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Cassave-Cleynghelt/100001308454801 Cassave Cleynghelt

I have this sudden urge to go f**k myself…
jubalbiggs

I like the part where the pizza roll appears and starts to talk about killing and disposing of bodies and stuff… you know, added spice at the half way point.
Daggoth

Great! When is in coming out in 3D? Will the cleaning lady be late for the celebration?
Please

Please stop the autoplay after each video and Care Boars from always being the next up so I can keep the memory repressed!
dashmaul

Calm down people, this was before movies had CGI
Tommy O’Sullivan

Rich Evans is RedLetterMedia’s Pete Best. They’ll have to get rid of him in order to move on to even bigger things
- guest
  
  Your opinion is wrong.
Som

hey wait a minute.. i can walk …. hahaha
http://www.facebook.com/jrpool1978 Justin Pool

It’s been remastered. Plinkett now blinks.
- Daggoth
  
  Yes, yes. That’s all great and all, but what really counts is the digital eyelash rendering…
Masterpotato

Dat ❤ Rich Evans ❤ ♥_♥ !!
Rick Rickerson

Did this video tell me to fuck myself right as Rich is ringing the doorbell the first time?
Mynock

Way to be cock teases, RLM. You guys know updating anything but the new review after announcing it’s almost ready is a prick move. You’re lucky I’m mostly here just to illegally download and redistribute your shit, otherwise I’d have serious issues with coming back…
yesman

This reminds me on some 30′s french short comedy skit without the french or the comedy…I loved it.
Andy S

It had a deeper meaning that’s quite interesting. Oh yes.
GuestMan

My mouth kinda just dropped open in shock of how bad and obviously home made this was. Just stick with the reviews
- guest
  
  Didja miss the part where it says this was made over ten years ago? It practically IS a home movie, dumbass. And have you not seen anything else on this site that’s more current like Half in the Bag or the trailers for their features that are much more professional?
  
  Jesus, the people that leave comments on this site love to complain just for the sake of complaining, don’t they?
Fuck Movies

It had some pacing issues in the 3rd act, but redeemed itself towards the conclusion.
cole1114

Rich is so much skinnier and less haggard and terrible and sickly and diseased and dying looking than he does nowadays. I think this video is what sparked his slow descent into being Rich Evans. The name wasn’t enough, now he actually IS Rich Evans.
graboid

I think it’s so encouraging when special people make movies. It makes me remember to be grateful for everything I have.
Quizard Wizard

It was worth it for the quizard line alone … the rest may have melted part of my brain…. also this damn post set off my need to check this goddamn site every day until that plinkette gets edited.
woopteedo

It was remastered but you didn’t enhance it with any blue screen effects or cgi. I also noticed you left the fields on. Was this by unoticed or un-fixable based on the original? Also I’d like to comment on how it was remastered. Could we see the original to see the difference. lulz.

Only messing. Keep up the good work. We know you like goofy comments.
Slabberjaws

This is gonna be great!

13 minutes later…

OH NO!!!
Rick Berman

Rich Evans can’t handle one role BUT TWO?!?
Tommy Wiseau

The greatest room trashing scene in cinematic history?
http://twitter.com/TitenSxull Paul Clive

Reminds me of the stuff I used to shoot on my Mom’s camcorder when I was a teenager. Little comedy skits, celebrity impersonations and slapstick all starring my friends and I that was funny to us and meant for a very limited audience. Much like my own “films” from way back then I look at something like this and wonder what the fuck they were thinking. Still, despite its short comings, this is better than some feature length films I’ve seen. Rich is pretty good at breaking stuff in a comedic way, I look forward to seeing Space Cop if you guys ever manage to finish it.
mr derp

The Wheel Chair symbolizes religion and the Cheetos humans.
rba

An old student film? I hope you guys got an ‘A’…. an ‘A’ for ‘waaaaAAAAAaaaaaaaaaAAAAaaaa?’
AnimistPrimal

Was this made by Bootsie Goodhead too?
PeteR..

Deinterlace idiot and repost. I expect more from you lollygaggers. I do.
crap

What a fucking waste of time
Oakstave

It needed more Rich Evans.
Kyran

At 0:21 it flashes “Go fuck yourself” on the screen for a fraction of a second. That really hurt my feelings.
Kyran

The reflection in Plinkett’s sunglasses show an empty doorway when he is talking to the cleaning guy. Why? WHY?!?!
winzentween

RIch has lost far too much weight and looks no longer like RIch…not a good move unless u r rich but then no one will know you???
http://twitter.com/TimGreeley1 Timothy J Greeley

… you guys really just like coming up with scripts as an excuse to fucking destroy sets don’t you?
http://www.facebook.com/masonww Mason Wiszniewski-Whitebean

Made me laugh. Great job Plinkett, I want more REVIEWS though. As an avid fan, I shall be patient. mail me a pizza roll please!
silversmacks

I regularly shit blood. This was worse.
Tempest

two can pay the violent shotgun game.
Jeff

When you remaster this again in a few years, make sure to add a few more Storm Troopers. That’s what this movie really needed.
Cassie

What the FUCK did I just watch?!
ProcInc

Rich is the undisputed King of Corpsing
Greg

How could this even justify the prop cost?
Whargoul

Rich Evans looks fucking tiny in this.