American Dad: Gonna be honking a lot of horn corn ITT

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > American Dad: Gonna be honking a lot of horn corn ITT

The Nastier Nate: May 22, 2005; All aboard the corona bus!

HONK! HONK!; Yams Fan

Fat Shat Sings posted:

goons

I am trying to get someone to watch American Dad but they only watched the first season and have been reluctant to listen to how great it has gotten since.

If you had to pick one single episode to show someone from seasons 3 until now to get them to watch the show which would you pick?

While Ricky Spanish is amazing, but like the one that got away, you have to build up to it and have a sense of Roger as a character. i'll 2nd In Country Club and Jones for a Smith, and I'll add Gorillas in the mist, Irregarding Steve, Haylias and Vacation Goo for some earlier episodes.

# ? Dec 21, 2016 02:47

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? May 20, 2024 11:35

RugClockVexx: Aug 15, 2008

I'd second Vacation Goo as a goo(d) beginning to the show... pretty much start at that episode and go forward from there. Meter Made is next, followed by Dope & Faith (lavate los manos!!)- those are 3 really strong eps that pretty much cover all the different family members, except for Jeff. But Jeff is an acquired taste, like Reginald

# ? Dec 21, 2016 03:56

Neeksy: Mar 29, 2007; Hej min vän, hur står det till?

If you're not worried about skipping around, Stan's Food Restaurant is a good one for showcasing Roger but without it getting too meta.

# ? Dec 21, 2016 04:27

Corzaa: Aug 1, 2006

Kwyndig posted:

I recommend any episode where Steve sings. This does include In Country, Club.

Can I Be Frank (With you?). has Boys12. So I choose that one.

That fart really calmed me down.

# ? Dec 21, 2016 05:37

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtMYspzKBg

# ? Dec 21, 2016 05:39

Vietnamwees: May 8, 2008; by Fluffdaddy

Last Chance posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtMYspzKBg

Hmm. Well that was pretty uh....interesting I guess.

# ? Dec 21, 2016 08:18

Brawnfire: Jul 13, 2004; 🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
https://linktr.ee/Cylindricule

No game plan? Just gonna, run through an alien ship?

# ? Dec 21, 2016 19:58

Kwyndig: Sep 23, 2006; Heeeeeey

Vietnamwees posted:

Hmm. Well that was pretty uh....interesting I guess.

I want to say it makes sense in the context of the episode, but I can't remember anything about that episode except for the music video and what happens immediately afterwards.

Edit: Just rewatched the episode, the A plot was much stronger, probably because the B plot was just an excuse to do that video.

Kwyndig fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Dec 21, 2016

# ? Dec 21, 2016 20:27

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

Vietnamwees posted:

Hmm. Well that was pretty uh....interesting I guess.

Yeah, it is pretty great.

# ? Dec 21, 2016 20:59

twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

I guess because boy bands and music videos are ancient history at this point, I can see how people might miss what they're referencing. It's mostly a parody of Backstreets Back and Larger Than Life.

# ? Dec 21, 2016 21:58

No. 9: Feb 8, 2005; by R. Guyovich

Adventures in Haleysitting was one of the stronger TBS ones.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 04:47

bull3964: Nov 18, 2000; DO YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THE SOUND OF ME PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.

No. 9 posted:

Adventures in Haleysitting was one of the stronger TBS ones.

That's not a TBS episode. That's season 8 episode 6.

The first TBS aired episode is Blonde Ambition in season 10.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 05:04

Fat Shat Sings: Jan 24, 2016

The Nastier Nate posted:

While Ricky Spanish is amazing, but like the one that got away, you have to build up to it and have a sense of Roger as a character. i'll 2nd In Country Club and Jones for a Smith, and I'll add Gorillas in the mist, Irregarding Steve, Haylias and Vacation Goo for some earlier episodes.

I agree on Ricky Spanish. It has way more impact if you know what Roger's deal is. I feel the same way about the one where he loses track of one of his personas that someone recommended. The person I'm showing this to just knows Roger as a sass talking effeminate alien. The very idea he can leave the house with a disguise would require explanation.

In Country Club seems to be the clear favorite but I'm a fan of Jones for a Smith myself. Although I'm surprised nobody recommended "Lost In Space." Not because I like the Wax Fang song it just seems like a good example to me of the shift in the shows overall attitude toward the bizarre / hilarious.

Thanks thread, I bet you kiss prostitutes.

Fat Shat Sings fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Dec 22, 2016

# ? Dec 22, 2016 05:22

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

Fat Shat Sings posted:

Although I'm surprised nobody recommended "Lost In Space." Not because I like the Wax Fang song it just seems like a good example to me of the shift in the shows overall attitude toward the bizarre / hilarious.

I really liked Lost in Space, but I don't think that one works unless you know the backstory.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 08:17

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

If you want to get risky, you could also always go with Blood Crieth Unto Heaven

# ? Dec 22, 2016 10:38

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

A good example of how much American Dad builds on fan's knowledge of the basic status quo is that in the latest episode, if you aren't familiar with the "Francine is dumb" jokes, her inexplicable academic knowledge of the Epic of Gilgamesh and it's translations wouldn't be nearly as funny.

And, while if Francine's dumbness is consistent is debatable, it's also nice that those jokes("Steve taught me averages with cupcakes!") can be used without making her a cartoonish drooling moron like pretty much every other "comedically dumb character" in fiction.

WickedHate fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Dec 22, 2016

# ? Dec 22, 2016 12:29

The Nastier Nate: May 22, 2005; All aboard the corona bus!

HONK! HONK!; Yams Fan

bull3964 posted:

That's not a TBS episode. That's season 8 episode 6.

The first TBS aired episode is Blonde Ambition in season 10.

The best TBS episode is "The Unincludeds"

But Morming Mimosa, The 200 and Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas are honorable mentions.

And I don't care what anyone says, but American Fung is good also.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 15:27

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

Oh Snapple! posted:

If you want to get risky, you could also always go with Blood Crieth Unto Heaven

That one is amazing, but only if you love or are regularly involved with live theater.

WickedHate posted:

A good example of how much American Dad builds on fan's knowledge of the basic status quo is that in the latest episode, if you aren't familiar with the "Francine is dumb" jokes, her inexplicable academic knowledge of the Epic of Gilgamesh and it's translations wouldn't be nearly as funny.

And, while if Francine's dumbness is consistent is debatable, it's also nice that those jokes("Steve taught me averages with cupcakes!") can be used without making her a cartoonish drooling moron like pretty much every other "comedically dumb character" in fiction.

Francine is both really dumb and really smart at the same time. In another show this might come off as lazy writing, but on American Dad they find ways to make it work. There are just some things she knows an inexplicably large amount about and other things that she knows gently caress all about and there's no way of knowing which of those things is which until they come up.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 23:03

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Like how she can drain a 2 litre of Sunkist in, like, a second.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 23:22

Kwyndig: Sep 23, 2006; Heeeeeey

Or that time she became a world famous marine biologist.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 23:25

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

The_Doctor posted:

Like how she can drain a 2 litre of Sunkist in, like, a second.

Freaks people out.

# ? Dec 22, 2016 23:53

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Heads up, Fox in the UK is showing the new eps only a few days after US broadcast!

'Ninety North, Zero West' is starting right now. Considering I was literally about to chromecast it to my TV, that's pretty good timing :toot:

I like that the Xmas eps are their own separate continuity.

Also, someone on the writing staff uses Grindr. Like, a lot.

# ? Dec 23, 2016 00:04

PotatoJudge: May 22, 2004; Tell me about the rabbits, George

The Nastier Nate posted:

The best TBS episode is "The Unincludeds"

But Morming Mimosa, The 200 and Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas are honorable mentions.

And I don't care what anyone says, but American Fung is good also.

I liked American Fung, mainly because it reminds me of when a Chinese conglomerate bought the Onion for a week.

# ? Dec 23, 2016 04:20

A MIRACLE: Sep 17, 2007; All right. It's Saturday night; I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix-tape... Let's rock.

This might be my favorite show ever

# ? Dec 23, 2016 05:00

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

# ? Dec 23, 2016 23:23

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

The_Doctor posted:

<Carol of the Bells sting>

Merry Christmas, everybody!

# ? Dec 23, 2016 23:43

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

And from your rear end!

# ? Dec 24, 2016 21:06

Sphyre: Jun 14, 2001

Dystopian Nights is a really, really awesome prom theme idea.

# ? Jan 1, 2017 16:19

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Sphyre posted:

Dystopian Nights is a really, really awesome prom theme idea.

# ? Jan 1, 2017 17:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

https://twitter.com/americandadtbs/status/822477551327031297

# ? Jan 22, 2017 19:06

SeANMcBAY: Jun 28, 2006; Look on the bright side.

I wonder how Stan will react to Trump.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 19:27

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

"I wanted the Republicans back in, but not like this! NOT LIKE THIS!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjlE0-SWyU

# ? Jan 22, 2017 19:43

twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

The_Doctor posted:

https://twitter.com/americandadtbs/status/822477551327031297

That's a very generous version of Trump.

# ? Jan 22, 2017 20:56

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

twistedmentat posted:

That's a very generous version of Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vGx3TW7Gv4

# ? Jan 22, 2017 21:00

sbaldrick: Jul 19, 2006; Driven by Hate

When does this come back

# ? Jan 24, 2017 14:46

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."