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Baron von Eevl posted:Sorry, Dr. Good is dead. Okay well how about a Dr. Tanas spinoff? A man can dream 
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How quickly people forget Sex House and Porkin' Across America...
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Evil Mastermind posted:How quickly people forget Sex House and Porkin' Across America... Nah, that's pretty much the issue. They used to make really really good video stuff, but the key phrase in that sentence is "used to".
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Nah, that's pretty much the issue. They used to make really really good video stuff, but the key phrase in that sentence is "used to". I'd loving love a season 2 of Sex House, but I have no idea how'd that work.
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Jun 17, 2014 15:06
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Lake Dredge Appraisal 4 Lyfe
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Jun 17, 2014 15:32
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Oh god, I can't believe I forgot about Lake Dredge Appraisal. That was loving art.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Oh god, I can't believe I forgot about Lake Dredge Appraisal. That was loving art. And Horrifying Planet. Oh, and this reductress is a little too close to home: http://reductress.com/post/how-to-stay-hidden-during-sex/
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Jun 17, 2014 15:43
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Evil Mastermind posted:They kind of screwed themselves by coming out of the gate so strong. Sex House and Porkin' Across America were amazing dark comedy, and then the Onion Talks were a mixed bag but still pretty funny. But the stuff lately has been really hit-or-miss. You'd almost have to start fresh in a new city with new cast, and then have it go in a different direction. They took the first season about as far as it could go in the lovecraftian horror/darkness and death direction, and it was amazing.
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I think The Onion has understandably given up on elaborate video content. When you look at them branching out into video, their track record for financial and ratings success is pretty bad. "Sportsdome" only lasted a season on Comedy Central and got abysmal ratings by the end, "Onion News Network" only lasted two seasons on IFC and there was a controversy over their hiring of non-union writers to keep the budget low, "Onion News Empire" never made it past the pilot despite them pushing really hard for it and that was going to be an Amazon-exclusive show. That and seeing as how both "Sex House" and "Porkin Across America" wrapped in 2012, I think its safe to say that shows like "Dr. Good" and "Lake Dredge Appraisal", which stick to one set and only have four recurring cast members at the most are going to be as elaborate as they get from now on.
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Yeah I'm sad to say I agree. Sex House never really got its much deserved recognition. Looking at the YouTube views it looks like most viewers dropped out after the first episode.
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Jun 17, 2014 17:36
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Someone mentioned this as if it were a real thing in class and I was wondering what the gently caress they were talking about.
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Jun 17, 2014 18:33
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If You Grew Up With 'Calvin And Hobbes,' You Need To Watch This Right Now holy loving poo poo
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Jun 17, 2014 18:36
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DoctorWhat posted:If You Grew Up With 'Calvin And Hobbes,' You Need To Watch This Right Now Just to say that link is pretty NWS. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3142608
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Jun 17, 2014 19:39
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Clickhole is the best, jesus loving christ.
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Jun 17, 2014 20:06
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Jun 17, 2014 20:35
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The comments for that one on The Onion's Facebook are golden.
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Jun 17, 2014 20:41
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Wonder how much they paid someone to draw a naked child having sex
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DoctorWhat posted:If You Grew Up With 'Calvin And Hobbes,' You Need To Watch This Right Now Clickhole is the poo poo
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Jun 17, 2014 21:45
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DoctorWhat posted:If You Grew Up With 'Calvin And Hobbes,' You Need To Watch This Right Now I can't breathe.
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DoctorWhat posted:If You Grew Up With 'Calvin And Hobbes,' You Need To Watch This Right Now Oh my God   
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Jun 18, 2014 00:14
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Considering that link shows a naked child, might it actually be illegal in some places?
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Jun 18, 2014 00:46
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I mean I get the joke but what the gently caress.
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internet celebrity posted:The comments for that one on The Onion's Facebook are golden. The juxtaposition between the headline and the FB comments for this loving killed me.
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I'm often amused by P4Rgaming, but their pieces almost never bite as hard as The Onion. But here's one that comes pretty close by perfectly summarizing every Nintendo "Opinion" piece on every videogame website. I’m Running Out of Ideas to Piss Off Nintendo Fans So They Can Keep Clicking On My Articles
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Robert Denby posted:I think The Onion has understandably given up on elaborate video content. When you look at them branching out into video, their track record for financial and ratings success is pretty bad. "Sportsdome" only lasted a season on Comedy Central and got abysmal ratings by the end, "Onion News Network" only lasted two seasons on IFC and there was a controversy over their hiring of non-union writers to keep the budget low, "Onion News Empire" never made it past the pilot despite them pushing really hard for it and that was going to be an Amazon-exclusive show. That and seeing as how both "Sex House" and "Porkin Across America" wrapped in 2012, I think its safe to say that shows like "Dr. Good" and "Lake Dredge Appraisal", which stick to one set and only have four recurring cast members at the most are going to be as elaborate as they get from now on. I'm shocked, shocked that you didn't mention 2008's The Onion Movie, starring Stephen Seagal as Cock Puncher. In terms of their video content in general though, New Marijuana Study Says Everyone Knows You're High And You'll Likely Be Stoned Forever is only a few months old and was totally great, especially the javascript prank it pulled.
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Well here's some Onion video content. It's kind of one joke throughout the whole thing but I think it's a pretty funny joke.
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So I guess the Calvin and Hobbes video was removed. I'm, uh, glad to catch it before it disappeared.
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moller posted:I'm shocked, shocked that you didn't mention 2008's The Onion Movie, starring Stephen Seagal as Cock Puncher. Wikipedia posted:In 2003, New Regency Productions and Fox Searchlight Pictures were on board to produce and release a movie written by The Onion staff. [...] After delays and previews to test audiences, the film was shelved and eventually dropped by Fox. New Regency Productions continued on with project. I vaguely remember hearing that when it was shelved back in 2003, only about a third to half of it had been filmed, and that the rest of the filming was done in 2007 with completely different people in order to bulk the movie up to feature length so it could go direct-to-video. Also its apparently called "News Movie" in the UK. 
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ElectricWizard posted:So I guess the Calvin and Hobbes video was removed. I'm, uh, glad to catch it before it disappeared. Probably one of those ones where its a funny joke (like the Oscar tweet calling Quvenzhané Wallis a oval office) but was just a little too over the line.
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muscles like this? posted:Probably one of those ones where its a funny joke (like the Oscar tweet calling Quvenzhané Wallis a oval office) but was just a little too over the line.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Or Bil Watterson threatened to sue. Can't be, there wasn't enough time for the carrier pigeon to inform him.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Or Bil Watterson threatened to sue. They showed it to Sad Kevin hoping that it would get a smile from him. He watched it, let out a long sigh and said,"This would break Bill Watterson's heart." "Godddammit, Kevin," they muttered, and hit the delete button.
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I'd imagine that that video might be straight-up illegal in some countries.
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Dr Christmas posted:I'd imagine that that video might be straight-up illegal in some countries. Everything is illegal in some countries.
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So, what was the content of that video, roughly?
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univbee posted:So, what was the content of that video, roughly? It was Hobbes having sex with Calvin. Well, now I've typed that sentence.
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univbee posted:So, what was the content of that video, roughly? Calvin and Hobbs having sex, basically.
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Wow, I thought it would have been some form of double entendre, "really looks like that's what it is but you could technically argue it wasn't", but if it was that blatant then goddamn.
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