Celebrate Opening Day with a terrifying glimpse into the world of Cubs fans

The beginning of another season of Major League Baseball means that it is time once again for the annual reemergence of one of society’s strangest and most baffling subcultures: Chicago Cubs fans. Despite the fact that they haven’t won a pennant since 1945, the Cubs can still theoretically be part of a healthy and productive lifestyle when enjoyed in moderation. They can also provide, for certain misguided devotees, an excuse for alcoholism, misogyny, general boorishness, and eternal adolescence. That’s what’s being parodied in “Wrigleyville Cubs Playboys,” a new YouTube video by comedians Conner O’Malley (Late Night With Seth Meyers) and Carmen Christopher (Kill All Comedy). This is territory O’Malley and Christopher know well, as both are Chicago natives and have grown up in close proximity to Cubs fans. Their three-and-a-half-minute video almost plays like a nature film, capturing an exotic species in its natural habitat. In this case, the species is Cubs fanatics and the habitat is Chicago’s North Side, where Ribfests occur nearly every weekend it seems.