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edit: turns out it was a repost, sorry.angelfisher posted:This beat is... Technotronic. Heran Bago has a new favorite as of 20:15 on May 18, 2015 |
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Choco1980 posted:It seems like every bad decision with The Simpsons gets explained as "Matt Groening demanded it". It's a surprise how well the show has done in spite of its creator. I think at this point it's just continuing due to raw inertia. Yeah it was actually pretty brilliant like...20 years ago. Now the only time I hear somebody mention it it's either "holy poo poo that's still on?" or the "yeah it used to be good/is complete crap now" types of stuff.
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maybe they are trying to appeal to the same demographic that eats up all those stupid sitcoms. i can't believe the jokes in a show like two and a half men and that new show with charlie sheen (among others) while simpsons is bad, it's a step up from that.
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# ? May 18, 2015 21:21 |
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To be fair, the Rick & Morty intro from last night was the best thing The Simpsons has done in a drat long while. (Linking because it's not 90s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecYoSvGO60 On topic: I literally faked sickness on a Saturday to miss a wedding and watch this instead (I stand by my decision): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzKx92QD8Hk Also I just realized my parents left me home alone when I was like, 7.
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pfs Write posted:maybe they are trying to appeal to the same demographic that eats up all those stupid sitcoms. i can't believe the jokes in a show like two and a half men and that new show with charlie sheen (among others) while simpsons is bad, it's a step up from that. Yeah, modern Simpsons is not atrocious, it's just such a massive shadow of what it once was that it can be hard to watch, and everything about it is so lazy and safe. You're right that some of those sitcoms are a whole other level of bad, but on that same token, literally no one is losing out by not having watched Simpsons for the past 15 years.
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Hakkesshu posted:Yeah, modern Simpsons is not atrocious, it's just such a massive shadow of what it once was that it can be hard to watch, and everything about it is so lazy and safe. You're right that some of those sitcoms are a whole other level of bad, but on that same token, literally no one is losing out by not having watched Simpsons for the past 15 years. Was it as bad as I remember it being in the late 90s/early 2000s and just leveled out at some point or did the early 2000s period just seem egregious compared to the relatively awesome seasons that immediately preceded it?
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# ? May 18, 2015 22:50 |
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i used to love Cartoon Sushi, when they actually aired it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHNnL9hSEBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owcHPirBh84
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# ? May 18, 2015 23:54 |
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A short history of popular music at schools RC and Moon Pie attended: No birthday party was complete without this being played at least three times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8 Is anyone familiar with clogging? I have this horrible mental image from when I saw a group clog to Tootsee Roll about a year after it stopped being popular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs7f3ssuEjA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-DpRcxK_N8 After that came that Macarena and that stayed for at least two years.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:
So many train references!
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# ? May 19, 2015 05:39 |
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These hand puppets from pizza hut - I had Ducky This can of pop
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Captain Lavender posted:I had Ducky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEOkYzN-xaA
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I think I was juuust old enough to be too old for Land Before Time. Like so many people I know slightly younger (or a bit younger) than me talk about how it was a big part of their childhood and I'm all "Uh, I never watched any of them." Also re: that video, Lewis Carroll was never proven to be a pedophile (though he really, really liked little girls to an unhealthy degree it seems) and there's a lot worse things they could have said about Roald Dahl besides his mild anti-semitism. Such as his undying hatred for children (A A Milne, writer of Winnie the Pooh, also hated kids!) or how during early WWII the British Govt used him and several other minor celebrities as a secret squad to convince the US to join the war effort, mostly through bribes and sleeping with important wives.
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Choco1980 posted:Most of the time Ed, Edd, & Eddy blew, but every now and again they hit genius, like the weird episode where they started doing "experiments" and ended up completely and utterly shattering the 4th wall, doing things like removing Jimmy's cell-shading outline, or playing with the forced perspective. It was a jaw-dropping, amazing episode. That was my favorite episode hands down, and it is NOT on Netflix What was the name of that episode anyhow. I think there was a part where Ed stepped into the background without utilizing depth perception or something and ate the sun White Light has a new favorite as of 04:16 on May 20, 2015 |
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Parrotine posted:That was my favorite episode hands down, and it is NOT on Netflix Yeah that happens. After some research I see it's apparently the episode from Season 2, One + One = Ed.
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Choco1980 posted:Also re: that video, Lewis Carroll was never proven to be a pedophile (though he really, really liked little girls to an unhealthy degree it seems) and there's a lot worse things they could have said about Roald Dahl besides his mild anti-semitism. Such as his undying hatred for children (A A Milne, writer of Winnie the Pooh, also hated kids!) or how during early WWII the British Govt used him and several other minor celebrities as a secret squad to convince the US to join the war effort, mostly through bribes and sleeping with important wives. Sorry in advance for the slight derail, but here's a great article about how much of a douche Dahl was. (keep in mind whoever wrote it had a huge bone to pick with the dude, but he's still right) Radio Help has a new favorite as of 12:32 on May 20, 2015 |
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A very fun game! Wasn't there some talk of a remake/sequel last year?
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'Letters to Cleo' music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w2YLdjxS_M
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Landrobot posted:'Letters to Cleo' music video:
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Choco1980 posted:Most of the time Ed, Edd, & Eddy blew, but every now and again they hit genius, like the weird episode where they started doing "experiments" and ended up completely and utterly shattering the 4th wall, doing things like removing Jimmy's cell-shading outline, or playing with the forced perspective. It was a jaw-dropping, amazing episode. Choco1980 posted:I think I was juuust old enough to be too old for Land Before Time. Like so many people I know slightly younger (or a bit younger) than me talk about how it was a big part of their childhood and I'm all "Uh, I never watched any of them." How old are you if I may ask? Your posts are confusing. I definitely consider Land Before Time part off my childhood and recall seeing the sequel at the cinema but I had pretty much grown out of watching kids TV just before the time Ed, Edd and Eddy started airing in the UK. I'm 31 by the way.
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I went looking for Army Ants and found this http://mentalfloss.com/article/31875/12-toys-1980s-didnt-take I didn't even remember till i saw them but i def had the insect dudes (the material they used for skin was really rubbery and wierd, not normal gi joe type plastic), that snake dude from super naturals , the rock lords, gently caress how did i forget those, and barnyard commandos.
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madpanda posted:I went looking for Army Ants and found this Oh Christ, I remember the Barnyard commandos pilot because I had it recorded on the same tape that had the Battletoads cartoon pilot.
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madpanda posted:I went looking for Army Ants and found this I think I had at least one from every line save Police Academy.
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Humphreys posted:A very fun game! Wasn't there some talk of a remake/sequel last year? Coming out later in the year I think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armikrog
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Captain Lavender posted:These hand puppets from pizza hut - I had Ducky Yes!! I had like 3 of the rightmost one...forget his name. Ugly little bugger.
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beato posted:How old are you if I may ask? Your posts are confusing. I definitely consider Land Before Time part off my childhood and recall seeing the sequel at the cinema but I had pretty much grown out of watching kids TV just before the time Ed, Edd and Eddy started airing in the UK. I'm 31 by the way. I'm 34. I make no apologies for being way too old to be watching a lot of cartoon network in the early 00's. madpanda posted:I went looking for Army Ants and found this I had so many of these. Sectaurs was the one that really should have succeeded and just...didn't. Like, they were hot toys for about 6 months, and then nothing. I had one of the big bug monsters where it was a hand puppet as well as a thing the figures could ride on. And I think, the main dude.
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# ? May 21, 2015 06:27 |
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Was Duckman a good cartoon I rember watching it and kinda liking it a few times and George costanza doing the voice but not much else.
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Otto Von Jizzmark posted:Was Duckman a good cartoon I rember watching it and kinda liking it a few times and George costanza doing the voice but not much else. i used to love watching it. the animation style was peak early klasky-csupo and the voicework was well done. the stories were fun too.
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Otto Von Jizzmark posted:Was Duckman a good cartoon I rember watching it and kinda liking it a few times and George costanza doing the voice but not much else. Things I remembered about it: George Costanza I wasn't allowed to watch it I watched it anyway The vietnam/apocalypse now episode was kinda disturbing for my fragile little mind. It was just 'off'.
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madpanda posted:I went looking for Army Ants and found this Fourmi Légionnaire Étrangere
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# ? May 21, 2015 12:51 |
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I wasn't allowed to watch (but did anyway) Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken. My mum thought the former was a bit too sexually suggestive (!) and probably just didn't like the latter. Cow and Chicken made much more of an impression on me - I suppose it was Cartoon Network trying to do a John K style gross-out show. I definitely remember they once advertised it with these fake product adverts extolling pork butts 'n' taters as part of a balanced diet.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I wasn't allowed to watch (but did anyway) Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken. My mum thought the former was a bit too sexually suggestive (!) and probably just didn't like the latter. Cow and Chicken made much more of an impression on me - I suppose it was Cartoon Network trying to do a John K style gross-out show. I definitely remember they once advertised it with these fake product adverts extolling pork butts 'n' taters as part of a balanced diet. Johnny Bravo was dirty as gently caress, wasn't even subtle half the time. I Am Weasel was pretty good
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NonzeroCircle posted:Johnny Bravo was dirty as gently caress, wasn't even subtle half the time. I Am Weasel was pretty good It blew my mind when I found out that Weasel was voiced by Worf from Star Trek TNG
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NonzeroCircle posted:Johnny Bravo was dirty as gently caress, wasn't even subtle half the time. Haha, it may well have been. I probably didn't understand it at the time, and I've never had any inclination to revisit it in the intervening years. Dexter's Laboratory was my favourite on Cartoon Network.
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Does anyone remember Computer Warriors? gently caress, these guys were cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vslzh_jTmEE
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Wheat Loaf posted:Haha, it may well have been. I probably didn't understand it at the time, and I've never had any inclination to revisit it in the intervening years. Dexter's Laboratory was my favourite on Cartoon Network. Literally every episode of Johnny Bravo was "Johnny tries to get laid and fails spectacularly." All of the humor of the show revolved around the fact that he thought he was a hot stud that could have any woman he wants but he was a self-absorbed, dim-witted prat that lived with his mom.
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Cow and Chicken meanwhile was one of those shows like Rocko's Modern Life that hid dirty jokes everywhere. Most notably there was the episode (I believe later banned from CN) about "Buffalo Girls", an all female rough and tumble biker gang that comes in and eats all the carpets in the house.
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Choco1980 posted:an all female rough and tumble biker gang that comes in and eats all the carpets in the house. Oh drat.
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