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Arrrthritis posted:Wasn't a really big fan of this week's episode. None of the jokes really landed for me (except for "how did I get here?"). Android Blues posted:Yeah, what stood out to me was that most of them were a single character, usually Justin Roiland just rambling to himself and saying nonsense words. Most good improv is built on back-and-forth between two or more people, or at least multiple characters. For the B-plot, like others mentioned I was expecting Jerry to be actually killed and replaced with another Jerry after he was shot (or something like that), so after that the B-plot ended up feeling like a bit of a missed opportunity. Alternatively, just go ahead and have Jerry get his penis replaced, and do some crude-but-funny jokes about it. As the alien noted, humans love dick jokes. 
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I always have a hard time saying whats the episode I liked the least from Rick and Morty. Not anymore, THIS is the episode that I like the least.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:10
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John Wilkes Booth posted:And later there's a wet floor sign in front of it, but the Spanish "PISO MOJADO" version. I noticed that (along with the audience reaction in the background) and I think it will be the little things like that that help support this episode in the end. But I still don't want another Interdimensional Cable episode.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:19
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The improv rants are really stupid most of the time but the characters react to them like they're really stupid and part of the gag is that there's tons of stupid poo poo on tv. The gag was obviously much better the first time around, which is even brought up by Rick at the start. I'm not sure if it was worse than the singing contest episode, both episodes still had their moments.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:34
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fade5 posted:I think this is why the "How did I get here?" and "Michael and Pichael" skits got a bit of a chuckle out of me while the rest didn't. In both skits there was some sort of character interaction going on to make it amusing: "How did I get here" had Morty noticing that the coffee person vanished from the hospital, and Michael and Pichael had Morty noticing that the bodies of worm guys went off camera, which set up the conjoined twins gag. Yeah, for sure. The Michael and Pichael skit was definitely one of the better ones exactly because there were multiple characters to bounce the premise off each other, which leads to the gag about their parents naming them like that. quote:I...don't? I'm annoyed when TVIV does their typical TVIV thing of, instead of just going "I didn't like [a thing]", they go "[a thing] is bad because of X, Y, and Z", when it turns out that the person who posted the latter has no idea what they're talking about "Don't say you don't like a thing and then provide a reason why you don't like it, just say you don't like it!" Threads consisting of 'I liked this' and 'I did not like this' posted in sequence after each episode would make for pretty dull reading. Also, humour isn't entirely subjective or even really close! Of course different people will find different things funny, but "weak joke" and "good joke" are existent categories, just with the understanding that some people might laugh at the former or get nothing out of the latter.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:35
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MariusLecter posted:How DID they get there? *wink* I was actually expecting that to be foreshadowing for something, that the Interdimensional Cable was somehow kidnapping hospital personnel to star in its lovely programs. Slowly picking off the cast by inserting it into bizarre improv comedy would have been a much more refreshing take on the concept. As is, it felt like a retread.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:45
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So was the olympics skit improved? Did he just say argablargblarg over and over again more excitedly and that's what they came up with? Was michael and pychael improved at the same time he did rick and morty reacting to it?
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Sep 22, 2015 00:48
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The straight commercials I'd assume were Justin and Ridley (and Abed!) in a booth riffing away, then picking the funniest ones and writing an episode around them. So Rick and Morty reacting is written in a sense, but may not have been totally locked down.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:49
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Android Blues posted:Also, humour isn't entirely subjective or even really close! lol, good joke dude Android Blues posted:
sure, if you know what you're talking about support your opinions, unfortunately most people itt either don't or, worse, are grossly misinformed and essentially talking out of their rear end
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Sep 22, 2015 00:50
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Oddly enough the one I liked was the octopus-man. Which was the least coherent . Maybe it was because the animators had to come up with something to make actually work, and delivered.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:51
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I laughed my rear end off at personal space. And the end of the improv singing one. e: and Lil Bits
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Sep 22, 2015 00:57
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Every time he's giggling at himself while he's performing one of his ramblings, I think about whatever cartoon that was that ripped on Jimmy Fallon for laughing during SNL skits. Maybe it was from a Peter Griffin rant? Yeah, it's funny when you're breaking character when things are super funny but not all the time, right? Some of them were borderline "This poo poo was really funny when we were stoned and recorded it!"
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Sep 22, 2015 00:57
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GAINING WEIGHT... posted:
The family walks so happily into the restaurant!
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Sep 22, 2015 01:08
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I don't know... The frame plot was pretty great, but the tv stuff didn't work as well. I was nearly dying when I saw Two Brothers and Ball Fondlers and so on, but the only decent ones here were Lil Bits and How Did I Get Here?? There's that weird reach-around too, with Morty asking why all of them had to involve juvenile violence. It wasn't even clever, just... accurate.
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Sep 22, 2015 01:11
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I'm obsessed with Octopus Man.
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GAINING WEIGHT... posted:I laughed my rear end off at personal space. And the end of the improv singing one. Personal space, with the people behind rick/morty/summer/beth just shaking their heads in disgust at the show.
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Sep 22, 2015 01:16
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Holiday Lobster posted:Personal space, with the people behind rick/morty/summer/beth just shaking their heads in disgust at the show. Except for that one alien who was just SO PUMPED! about it.
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Sep 22, 2015 01:32
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Fellbat posted:Oddly enough the one I liked was the octopus-man. Which was the least coherent . Maybe it was because the animators had to come up with something to make actually work, and delivered. Just rewatched the episode... the dude voicing that one sounded straight-up drunk.
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Sep 22, 2015 01:34
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You just know the guy with the scar driving wasn't actually in the riff. They just added him 'because' and that's what slays me.
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Sep 22, 2015 01:41
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Though I thought the episode was the weakest of the season, the "How's it Made" and the "How Did I get Here" segments were great. Especially Rick shouting "How did she get there?!" with the same astonishment as from Rixty Minutes when the fake doors ad kept going. Oh and the menacing stare from the "How Did I get Here" host as he watched the family discuss the show was perfect.
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Sep 22, 2015 01:50
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That wasn't great
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Sep 22, 2015 02:24
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cjg posted:Some of them were borderline "This poo poo was really funny when we were stoned and recorded it!"
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Sep 22, 2015 02:28
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ComradeCosmobot posted:But I still don't want another Interdimensional Cable episode. Too bad, you're getting one paintball episode per season until cancellation.
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Sep 22, 2015 02:33
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pseudorandom name posted:Too bad, you're getting one paintball episode per season until cancellation. It's the worst part of Harmon enabling the worst part of Rolland.
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Sep 22, 2015 02:35
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oh no...they're CODEPENDENT! RUN! 
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Sep 22, 2015 02:38
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Objectively the best joke in this episode was none of them
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Sep 22, 2015 02:53
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demons
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Sep 22, 2015 02:55
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Quandary posted:Objectively the best joke in this episode was none of them You're wrong because of Werner Herzog's dick joke speech.
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Sep 22, 2015 03:08
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Waffleman_ posted:You're wrong because of Werner Herzog's dick joke speech. To be fair, it wasn't so much a joke as it was a guy seriously explaining a very real aspect of human society in a non-ironic manner. It wasn't funny because it was a joke. It was funny because it's true.
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Sep 22, 2015 03:18
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Waffleman_ posted:You're wrong because of Werner Herzog's dick joke speech. I just love how that is something we can say.
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Toxxupation posted:sure, if you know what you're talking about support your opinions, unfortunately most people itt either don't or, worse, are grossly misinformed and essentially talking out of their rear end The entire point of Rixty Minutes and this is that the improv is objectively bad. Would it be funny if Roiland was on a stage alone saying this stuff? Well, maybe, but not for the reasons you would pay to see someone perform improv comedy. It only "works" here (subjective) because of how they interpret and animate it and because it's an alternate reality so it doesn't matter. They fully admit that they're just bullshitting around in the commentary for Rixty Minutes. I wasn't a fan of the whole concept the first time around, and this time they couldn't even commit to the scenarios they came up with and just said gently caress it - violence. If you find Roiland's improv inherently funny in itself then fine, but if someone doesn't care for this concept they're "talking out of their rear end"? Earlier I posted that "anyone could ramble off nonsense" and I realize that that was a bit hyperbolic, but you also don't have to be a creative genius either to be given a frame for a concept and ramble on about it when literally anything you spit out will be animated anyway. And yes I'm aware that they probably did a bunch of takes and selected the best ones.
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So sounds like this is the most divisive episode of the season which means everyone will claim that they loved it next year and it was hilarious but the third one wasnt funny. Except that one joke. And obviously that other joke, that one was the best. and maybe that one but its all terrible. Liked the last joke too. morty was just so angry about that woman's face... and the zoo.
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I think I liked it a bit more on the second airing because I was noticing more background stuff.
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CelticPredator posted:Which sucks because Gravity Falls is pretty good, but fans will be fans. I didn't even know what gravity falls was but I knew a guy who asked me if I did once and then decided it was his duty to tell me literally every detail about the show. Then thought it'd be rad to link me all kinds of horrifying fan art. I do not talk to that guy anymore. There are probably fans like that for everything, but they seem to be especially pronounced for shows like Gravity Falls and Steven Universe for some reason. Anyway, regarding today's episode; it was kind of weak but some of the bits were funny and I always do enjoy a Jerry episode. Octopus Man was my favorite though, he helps people.
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Sep 22, 2015 03:49
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I didn't like this episode as much as some of the others but holy poo poo are some of y'all overreacting by saying it's worse than Fallout 3 or whatever.
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Sep 22, 2015 03:52
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I just loved the reference to Chicken noodle man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUL0ucmrnU
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Sep 22, 2015 04:03
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sweetmercifulcrap posted:The entire point of Rixty Minutes and this is that the improv is objectively bad. bwa hah hah hah hah okay buddy *ruffles your hair fondly* go get yourself an ice cream, great hustle on the field there sport
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Sep 22, 2015 04:03
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Holy poo poo you are insufferable.
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Sep 22, 2015 04:09
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sweetmercifulcrap posted:Holy poo poo you are insufferable. it's okay, you can't win em all. all that matters is that you tried your best and played like a champion
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No matter what any of us think of this episode, I think we can all come together and agree that it was better than Toxxupation's posts.
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