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grilldos posted:Rixty Minutes, really. This is probably my favorite episode of the show. I feel like it captures the raw, crazy energy the series is capable of, as well as the ability to tell a fairly grounded drama, but gently caress me is it polarizing. People oddly enough, acted the same way when that episode came on. Like, aggressively mad that such a thing could exist in this world, with almost the same exact responses. Wonder if they were the same people?
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I dunno, I would say that I enjoyed Rixty Minutes but I would also say that it wasn't my favourite episode and it is the one that I watch the least when re-watching the season. For me it's because nothing is really happening, there's no adventure happening and after awhile the tv jokes just aren't that funny anymore or the improvising is a little too obvious. I like me some good improv like when they did Ants-in-my-eyes Johnson, or Gazorpazorpfield but then we got poo poo like Two Brothers, sure it's kinda funny the first you hear it but after you know it it's just cringing to listen to. But whatever, humour is subjective Speaking of that Too Many Cooks thing, I only kept watching because someone said Squanchy appeared a few other times. Hell hearing that Squanchy was making an appearance was pretty much the only reason I watched the thing in the first place and my reaction wasn't too different from Rick's when they watch the soap opera from the dimension where all proper nouns start with "shm"; it got old REAL fast.
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Nov 10, 2014 10:04
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Pretty much like I said. If you're not a fan of Rixty Minutes, there's a high chance you won't dig Too Many Cooks. It has that feel of spontaneous creativity. Regardless if you like it or not, that thing had a ton of work put into it. And the little touches is what makes it. Same thing with Rixty Minutes. I love that.
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Nov 10, 2014 10:24
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:no dude, for real. NOT!
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Nov 10, 2014 10:35
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Rixty Minutes is my favorite episode and I loved Too Many Cooks. I also enjoy the Eric Andre Show so I'm pretty sure I'm a terrible person who doesn't understand comedy.
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Nov 10, 2014 13:19
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You are a good person, and cool.
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Nov 10, 2014 13:21
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moths posted:Remember the 90s? References are jokes now! The 80s moths, not the 90s, the 80s.
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Nov 10, 2014 13:22
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CelticPredator posted:Pretty much like I said. If you're not a fan of Rixty Minutes, there's a high chance you won't dig Too Many Cooks. So... there you go. Sketches in Rixty Minutes were quick and to the point. Too Many Cooks had as much content (stuff I found funny) as one or two Rixty Minutes sketches. It was too long. I can appreciate the attempt though.
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Nov 10, 2014 15:11
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I liked the idea of Too Many Cooks, I just found the execution ( ) dull.
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Nov 10, 2014 16:34
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CelticPredator posted:Pretty much like I said. If you're not a fan of Rixty Minutes, there's a high chance you won't dig Too Many Cooks. I loved Rixty Minutes, hell I like the Eric Andre show a great deal, but Too Many Cooks...like it's clever but I don't think it's really funny, and I'm not even sure if it's meant to be funny overall. No part of your second statement means something should be good or even deserving of respect. Too Many Cooks does deserve props though, but honestly it reminded me a lot of a student film, and sorta comes off, and this might be true and a meta-joke, like there were too many people (cooks) involved with this thing's creative process causing it to suffer a bit. I can't really say why it seems that way, it's just a feeling I got about it. The only bits that actually made me laugh were the cast going around the table and the camera panning around it 1 1/2 to 2 times without repeating people and the doctor catching the Introitis or whatever they called the disease. The coat and pie were random, and like a lot of the rest of it, something I would've laughed at if I was high, but they were still random. The rest was just sort of clever to watch and the humor was often used as an anti-joke, or at least was stuff Family Guy has already overused like the references and the repeated/overlong bits, e.g. the falcon, and Wonder Woman spoof. I guess I think it's good for what it is, but I don't think it's very funny.
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Nov 10, 2014 16:36
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Brightman posted:I loved Rixty Minutes, hell I like the Eric Andre show a great deal, but Too Many Cooks...like it's clever but I don't think it's really funny, and I'm not even sure if it's meant to be funny overall. I think something is lost in seeing it on the internet, too. It originally aired unannounced at 4 AM so part of the humor for me was imagining the handful of people watching at that hour, wasted out of their minds, trying to figure out if what they were seeing was real or not.
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Nov 10, 2014 16:42
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Yeah a lot of Adult Swim stuff has the meta joke of "haha, a major company let someone spend resources to make this, and air this, on actual television".
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Nov 11, 2014 01:20
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Can we all just be clear that the pie is Lars von Trier and not just "some guy", thank you
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I can understand not finding it funny, but if you can't appreciate the work put into it, I don't know what to tell you.
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Tempo 119 posted:Can we all just be clear that the pie is Lars von Trier and not just "some guy", thank you Right, it's a pie that makes movies I just can't get into.
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Nov 11, 2014 02:27
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CelticPredator posted:I can understand not finding it funny, but if you can't appreciate the work put into it, I don't know what to tell you. No one is complaining about the production values. People are complaining because it's not really funny. Why are you so personally affronted?
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Nov 11, 2014 02:31
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Shmloo Many Shmlooks is interdimensional television and I am Rick, sitting on this couchthread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIBw10VUcNQ
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Nov 11, 2014 02:39
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"Too Many Cooks" seemed like a remake of Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt, just taking on TV shows instead of commercials. I enjoyed it, even if it felt kind of derivative.
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Nov 11, 2014 02:53
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It wasn't high art but the ten minutes I spent watching Too Many Cooks were far more enjoyable than the ten minutes I've spent reading complaints about Too Many Cooks.
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Waltzing Along posted:No one is complaining about the production values. People are complaining because it's not really funny. Oh, I'm not. I just think you guys complaining are being really lovely about a 10 minute video. Like you're being aggressively angry that such a thing could exist, and people like it. You didn't get it. That's fine. You're not dumber or anything, and it's not like there's some secret you have to learn to laugh at it. There's nothing to get angry about.
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Nov 11, 2014 11:36
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Or they do get it and just don't think it's funny. That's allowed too.
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Nov 11, 2014 13:17
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Fateo McMurray posted:Or they do get it and just don't think it's funny. That's allowed too. Perfectly allowed, but there's a difference between "I don't think it's funny" and "it can't be funny because jokes being repeated 10x is dumb monkey cheese that can't be funny". Former's an opinion, the latter's an open door to a dumb two page argument. I showed it to my girlfriend knowing she wouldn't really think it's that funny, just to get the song stuck in her head. It worked. I'm a bad person.
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CelticPredator posted:Oh, I'm not. I just think you guys complaining are being really lovely about a 10 minute video. Like you're being aggressively angry that such a thing could exist, and people like it. You didn't get it. That's fine. You're not dumber or anything, and it's not like there's some secret you have to learn to laugh at it. While this does not apply to Too Many Cooks, something having a lot of work put into it doesn't mean it should be considered good or deserve respect. It's quantity over quality, not a great argument, especially not for something derisive like TMC. I'd think of a counter-example, like x movie that everyone hates clearly had a lot of work put into it, but I'm lazy and there's a chance someone would defend whatever I picked anyway leading to further arguments. Honestly if someone thinks TMC is legitimately awful, like the worst thing, then I could see them being angry that it exists because so much work was put into it. That effort could have been used on something else that might've been good in their opinion. I don't think anyone here is really thinking this, well maybe moths. Anyway the cat puppet thing was credited as Smarf, so it's not Squanchy, and this is all off topic.
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Brightman posted:Anyway the cat puppet thing was credited as Smarf, so it's not Squanchy, and this is all off topic. This is why I was initially upset. Someone linked the video under false pretenses. I was looking for Squanchy. Then after about 90 seconds I was like, this is stupid as gently caress..where is Squanchy. Then I found him and it wasn't him and I was like...loving bastard wasted my time. Then I went back to rewatch the video because so many people were hoovering it and found it to be a waste of time again. Yes I could see the humor. Yes a couple bits were amusing. But it was one note that went on way too long.
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Nov 11, 2014 18:22
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Saying Too Many Cooks is one joke is like saying The Beatles were one note because they wrote a bunch of songs about love. You can approach a subject from different angles and it's not the video's fault you don't understand nuance.
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Nov 11, 2014 18:28
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Make it too many poops and I'd be laughing all over the place, making little poops in my pants.
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To those who were asking about season 2, I didn't follow VB but it's already confirmed and being worked on, they even have animatics from it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Q253vh_V0 Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 11, 2014 |
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Nov 11, 2014 18:46
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Pretty sure they put on the FB that new episodes are coming next summer.
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Nov 11, 2014 19:00
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How many episodes are we talking? If they've got voice work and animatics done (that clip is from July) there shouldn't be too much left to do right?
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Unmature posted:Saying Too Many Cooks is one joke is like saying The Beatles were one note because they wrote a bunch of songs about love. You can approach a subject from different angles and it's not the video's fault you don't understand nuance. I agree, Too Many Cooks is just like the Beatles; overrated and uninteresting. 
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Nov 11, 2014 19:55
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Dan Harmon seems like he knows how to produce a TV show on-time, as he's done it for a real network before. I'd be surprised if Rick and Morty went all Venture Brothers and started blowing deadlines.
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I sort of enjoy this broader discussion on humour, but at this point I would say... Too Many Cooks can spoil the thread.
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Nov 11, 2014 21:47
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Paladinus posted:I sort of enjoy this broader discussion on humour, but at this point I would say... Too Many Cooks can spoil the thread. At least it produced something funny. Finally.
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Nov 11, 2014 21:48
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That loving song is going to be stuck in my head until I die. I think the video really did give me intronitis. 
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Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsWDwRmIHbc
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I liked Too Many Cooks. I mean, it's not my favorite thing in the world, but it made me laugh more than a few times. And, I think it's a bit more clever than some folks are saying, although it's not terribly clever, like some of the Internet fans of it are suggesting. I wouldn't expect a series of these; it looks like a one-off. So, with that out of the way... ... thanks for posting the animatic. They cut stuff like that out on the official Adult Swim Comic Con videos. That one was great, and I can't wait for season 2.
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So Dan Harmon wrote "Monster House" Is it any good? Or more of a standard kids movie?
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:no dude, for real. moths posted:Adult Swim breeds pissy defensive weirdos. I know this now.
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Dr_Amazing posted:So Dan Harmon wrote "Monster House" Is it any good? Or more of a standard kids movie? WHy not hear about it from the man himself: http://kellyoxford.tumblr.com/post/479774445/my-story-about-the-film-monster-house
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Brocktoon posted:WHy not hear about it from the man himself: http://kellyoxford.tumblr.com/post/479774445/my-story-about-the-film-monster-house My favorite part is when in true Harmonian-fashion, Dan takes a moment during his letter to a child to call the director and producer (Steven Spielberg) hacks and morons, respectively.
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