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Venture ingenuity deano you have got to try this!
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It feels like a guy with a fever is yelling at my crotch!
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Sep 19, 2015 18:13
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Mr. Nice! posted:I dab. Stop saying "dab"!
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Sep 19, 2015 18:20
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Dabbing really does work though, they should put little half size TP rolls next to urinals.
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Sep 19, 2015 18:25
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X_Toad posted:That turned out to be not true. Another proof that lack of common sense, like alcoholism, runs through the Archer bloodline. I choose not to believe and continue to think he's a Hitler.
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Sep 19, 2015 22:10
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Mr. Nice! posted:The loving intro with major tom did it for me. Same for me and my older brother, led us to discovering David Bowie as well, really though almost everything about the show is near perfect(I'll admit a couple Seaspn 3 & 4 episodes didn't quite sit with me right due to hitting the cynical side a bit too hard though)
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Sep 19, 2015 22:55
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X_Toad posted:That rarely happens in Archer, at least in my experience. Could you give us some examples? It's more something in Sealab. A lot of Sparks/Murphy interactions are like that.
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Sep 20, 2015 00:51
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:We still have the masked Dr Venture (or possible lookalike, or something else) yet to be introduced, any idea on what that was about yet? I don't remember this but I'm only on the page after it but what was this?
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Sep 20, 2015 01:10
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Frostwerks posted:I don't remember this but I'm only on the page after it but what was this? 
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Sep 20, 2015 01:13
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Somehow I managed to catch Venture Bros from the very first episode, but it wasn't until Tag Sale that I knew I'd be sticking with it. Ghosts of the Sargasso had the good early gag with Brock trying to get Hank to snap a guy's neck, though.
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Sep 20, 2015 02:58
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I've been watching since the pilot which I even loved at the time so all you motherfuckers can get lost 
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Sep 20, 2015 04:42
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Frostwerks posted:I've been watching since the pilot which I even loved at the time so all you motherfuckers can get lost So have I
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Sep 20, 2015 05:51
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Frostwerks posted:I've been watching since the pilot which I even loved at the time so all you motherfuckers can get lost Sash! posted:So have I  nobody cares
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Sep 20, 2015 07:47
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It didn't air in Canada until forever after it was on Adult Swim, so the first episode I saw was the last episode of the first season.
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Sep 20, 2015 09:12
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Lord Frisk posted:
Give me head.
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Sep 20, 2015 09:53
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Frostwerks posted:Give me head. You did NOT just say that.
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Sep 20, 2015 15:19
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Way to be useless, dean.
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Sep 20, 2015 15:55
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If I'm trying to turn on a fellow to the Venture Bros, I show them Past Tense. One of my great regrets in life is that I made the mistake of trying to get the guy who was my best friend at the time to watch Venture Bros, but I showed him the first episode instead of Past Tense. It didn't even occur to me that the guy was a huge Coen brothers fan and he'd like Past Tense because of that. I think Past Tense is my favorite episode of all time.
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Sep 20, 2015 17:02
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Now that it's been brought up, Return To The House Of Mummies - Part II would probably be a great introductory episode. It shows off all the main characters really well, gives some backstory on Rusty and his dad, doesn't tie into continuity in a burdensome way (you could pair it with Tag Sale if you need the deep, rich backstory of Rusty's shrink ray) and is extremely quotable. Tag Sale! is probably the correct answer in most cases, but I think House of Mummies looks and sounds more like later era Venture Bros, and might just be a better episode overall.
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Sep 20, 2015 18:10
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It also helps that the nature of Mummies's fake second part structure means that it's okay to be confused during it.
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Sep 20, 2015 22:06
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Maduo posted:Now that it's been brought up, Return To The House Of Mummies - Part II would probably be a great introductory episode. It shows off all the main characters really well, gives some backstory on Rusty and his dad, doesn't tie into continuity in a burdensome way (you could pair it with Tag Sale if you need the deep, rich backstory of Rusty's shrink ray) and is extremely quotable.
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Sep 20, 2015 23:27
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I introduced five people with a double whammy of Escape to the House of Mummies and Ghosts of the Sargasso aaaaand... No dice. They laughed several times, for sure, but sweet lord in heaven, this show is a hard sell. I honestly think the best way might just be to pencil in a few hours, get in some beers and rinse the first season.
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Sep 20, 2015 23:36
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Tag Sale, Ghosts of the Sargasso, and Trial of the Monarch. If that doesn't work, it won't work.
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Sep 21, 2015 00:28
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Maduo posted:Now that it's been brought up, Return To The House Of Mummies - Part II would probably be a great introductory episode. It shows off all the main characters really well, gives some backstory on Rusty and his dad, doesn't tie into continuity in a burdensome way (you could pair it with Tag Sale if you need the deep, rich backstory of Rusty's shrink ray) and is extremely quotable. I've converted a couple people to Venture Bros with only Return To The House Of Mummies - Part II.
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Sep 21, 2015 01:48
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"Not cooties, clueties!" "Sherlock homo"
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Sep 22, 2015 19:50
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Reminds me of trying to sell my Steven Universe loving friend on Rick and Morty. I showed him episode one, when I should have shown him the one with the dogs or Cronenburg world.
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Sep 22, 2015 20:28
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What you should have done is sever his jugular with a rusty knife.
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Sep 22, 2015 21:18
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notZaar posted:What you should have done is sever his jugular with a rusty knife. Now THAT's a Rusty Venture.
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Sep 22, 2015 21:27
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twistedmentat posted:Reminds me of trying to sell my Steven Universe loving friend on Rick and Morty. I showed him episode one, when I should have shown him the one with the dogs or Cronenburg world. That's how I tend to watch shows: I start with the first few. Maybe that's why I can't find new shows to watch.
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Sep 22, 2015 21:33
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Ithaqua posted:That's how I tend to watch shows: I start with the first few. Maybe that's why I can't find new shows to watch. "Oh, you should just watch the whole first season/this later season/these particular episodes" is a sign of Stockholm Syndrome. If a show can't deliver within a couple episodes of the pilot, it's probably not worth watching.
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Sep 22, 2015 22:16
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theflyingexecutive posted:If a show can't deliver within a couple episodes of the pilot, it's probably not worth watching. Seinfeld and Star Trek: The Next Generation, right out then.
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Sep 22, 2015 22:19
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Sash! posted:Seinfeld and Star Trek: The Next Generation, right out then. It's Always Sunny and Parks and Rec can probably be tossed as well, if that's the criteria
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Sep 22, 2015 22:21
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I was actually thinking about Parks and Rec. The show develops into something bigger than S1, but the first season lays all the groundwork and is funnier than people give it credit for.
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Sep 22, 2015 22:24
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Babylon 5 is a great show with an awful first season. The contrast between season 3 novel-for-television episodes and season 1 "humans may not fight in the mu tai!!" crap is stark. Frankly the first five episodes of VB don't really impress me and I probably would not have watched the show if that were my introduction.
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Sep 22, 2015 22:31
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Babylon 5 is a great show with an awful first season. The contrast between season 3 novel-for-television episodes and season 1 "humans may not fight in the mu tai!!" crap is stark. Frankly the first five episodes of VB don't really impress me and I probably would not have watched the show if that were my introduction. Yeah, I stopped after the first few the first time my friend tried to get me into it, it was only when I got to the Ghosts of the Sargasso and then Tag Sale that I really got interested in the show. Honestly I think Tag Sale should have been a much earlier episode, it basically sets up the entire supporting cast and sets the toen of the humour for the rest of the show, everything prior asides from Ghosts and the joy can episode was kinda weak
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Sep 22, 2015 22:49
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Tatsuta Age posted:It's Always Sunny and Parks and Rec can probably be tossed as well, if that's the criteria Funny that you mention that... It's Always Sunny I loved right from the start, but that was 10 years ago and it was refreshingly different from the other shows on the air. But even then, I'm in the weirdo minority that would have liked to see how the show evolved without Danny DeVito's influence, even though he's fantastic. I made it through 2 episodes of Parks and Rec before I gave up. I couldn't even make it through the second episode of Rick and Morty. Or maybe the first. I don't know, I couldn't stand it.
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Sep 22, 2015 23:25
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I think my first exposure to Venture Bros was the episode where Dean is getting married to Baron Underbheit. It wasn't a deliberate "hey this show rocks" thing, we were just lazing in front of a TV and it happened to be on.
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Sep 22, 2015 23:27
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My first exposure to Venture Bros was from randomly changing the channel and catching the end of episodes, either the one where Rusty finds his melted toy in the space station or the one where he spares his brother after J.J. tried to kill him (I have a weird knack for catching shows at random times).
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Sep 22, 2015 23:46
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I had a friend who told me it was a fantastic show and I had to watch it because I would love it. Eventually I started watching it on Netflix, starting at the beginning, and I was pretty psyched even during that first episode. (Mostly because of Brock.)
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Parks and Rec season 2 is a very different show thanks to them bringing in the late Harris Wittels to rework it and nothing actually happens in season 1 that you can't pick up from context or watching the pilot at most. I always tell people to either watch the pilot or skip season 1 altogether and go back later if they feel like it, and that seems successful.
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