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Terrific Accident posted:Comedy Central is a distressing paradox, because every single show on it is in a constant state of being the least funny show on the network and on the planet. How can multiple shows be the least funny? I don't know, but they are. Comedy Central also made Futurama terrible. Like really, really bad. Only the straight-to-DVD movies were much worse, and CC loves to play those split up as single episodes a metric poo poo-ton.
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The first movie was a good point to end the series
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Feb 25, 2017 16:42
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Sentient Data posted:The first movie was a good point to end the series Probably, since it sucked
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Feb 25, 2017 16:52
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Rutibex posted:thats not new, they have done that since season 1 I had GG Allin playing simultaneously and was momentarily very confused
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Feb 25, 2017 18:01
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The worst episode is constantly which ever episode is on Sunday night
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Feb 25, 2017 18:09
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Drawn Together to me was just that 'other original animated show on CC that wasn't South Park' It's a premise that tried too hard to be mature and edgy and it sort of became one note. But I find a lot of stuff like this is sort of the same when people try parody and satire. How do you make a funny satire/parody of pop culture archtypes? Essentially, the answer is everyone is a sex addict, a horrible person, a stereotype or just idiots. The Awesomes, Drawn Together, Supermansion... I'm not saying it can't be funny, but it seems like that's about all they can think of to do with things like that. Do something different with it.
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Feb 25, 2017 19:41
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Me: poo poo's so "edgy" they forget to tell jokes "Dude, the edginess is the jokes!" Me: 
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Feb 25, 2017 20:34
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Ugly Americans didn't deserve to be canceled.
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Feb 25, 2017 20:57
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When they made this segment they either thought they were being the edgiest motherfuckers on the planet or it was entirely cold and calculated over a dull meeting. Probably the latter. There's no way it was anything else.
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Feb 25, 2017 22:59
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gently caress the haters, Drawn Together was funny
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Feb 25, 2017 23:19
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I liked drawn together but I was also like 14 when it was airing sooooo
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Feb 25, 2017 23:30
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The only thing I can ever remember about Drawn Together was that they had one episode where the plot was the super hero guy's arch nemesis was terminal, and super hero was taking care of him. But it was all just a dastardly plot to get him to wash the bad guy's scrotum. His name was Scroto (or Scrotor or something), you see. And that's what he does. That, and the time they made a gay joke about Pacman in the pilot or an early one.
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Feb 26, 2017 00:34
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I'll concede that season 1 wasn't great, but any episode after S1 that centers around Captain Hero is great
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Feb 26, 2017 01:14
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DT had some pretty funny jokes but it also had some major stinkers. The movie is the most embarrassing piece of media I own, I think we watched it once and hated it. Bought the seasons from a wal mart bargain bin years ago.
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Feb 26, 2017 01:17
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alpaca diseases posted:so does anyone else think homer actually got with mindy, but he was just imagining it's marge to get through guilt etc? that's how, watching it, it initially seemed to me anyway 
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Feb 26, 2017 01:42
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Drawn Together was a bad show with some high points. I mean, it's not Secret Girlfriend bad.
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Feb 26, 2017 06:48
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Keokuk. Cucamonga. Classic Krusty. 
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You Are A Elf posted:Comedy Central also made Futurama terrible. Like really, really bad. Only the straight-to-DVD movies were much worse, and CC loves to play those split up as single episodes a metric poo poo-ton. The exact point where I started questioning if bringing Futurama back was necessarily a good thing was the Susan Boyle Boil episode. And the moment I knew for a fact that it wasn't was the loving kid's show episode ("I MUST GET MY HANDS ON THOSE HEALTHY PURPLEBERRIES!").
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Feb 26, 2017 07:14
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death by computer posted:The exact point where I started questioning if bringing Futurama back was necessarily a good thing was the Susan Boyle Boil episode. And the moment I knew for a fact that it wasn't was the loving kid's show episode ("I MUST GET MY HANDS ON THOSE HEALTHY PURPLEBERRIES!"). Yeah those two sucked bad. I read somewhere the kid's show one was going to be the series finale like all the other seasons that ended on weird anthology episodes, but then someone saw how lovely it was turning out and put the kibosh on that. The real series finale was good, as was the one where they're firemen and the murder mystery one, just from the last season. It's a lot like the Simpsons though. You could endlessly harp on the atrocious ones or just ignore them and still get some enjoyment out of the nonatrocious ones.
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Feb 26, 2017 07:19
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Did anybody watch any of that cartoon Bordertown before it's season one cancellation? Even The Cleveland Show managed to get more than one.
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Feb 26, 2017 07:22
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There are several excellent episodes in the post-cancellation Futurama though. "The Late Phillip J Fry" is easily a top 10 episode for example.
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Feb 26, 2017 07:27
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Irradiation posted:Ugly Americans didn't deserve to be canceled.
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Feb 26, 2017 07:43
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Scudworth posted:Das Bus is a lovely retelling of Lord of the Flies using Simpson children, a book with almost no comedy to being with. The Bob's Burgers parodies of Breakfast Club and Stand By Me were way better than Das Bus because they had a consistent amount of jokes all the way through. Das Bus had some good gags early on, before going into "parody" mode and then wrapping up with narration for a non-ending.
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Feb 26, 2017 07:47
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death by computer posted:The exact point where I started questioning if bringing Futurama back was necessarily a good thing was the Susan Boyle Boil episode. And the moment I knew for a fact that it wasn't was the loving kid's show episode ("I MUST GET MY HANDS ON THOSE HEALTHY PURPLEBERRIES!"). But the way the villain cowers when Bender pulls out his chainsaw, tommy gun, and laser during the GI Zapp scene makes up for everything bad in the rest of that episode. https://youtu.be/hWFVTIYRf-k?t=269 I'm also glad that they brought back the series because we got the line "And who created that first robot? Some bearded robot in the sky?"
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Feb 26, 2017 08:04
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The only episode I ever turned off in disgust was the Lady Gaga episode. Right when her train pulled up. I never put much thought into it but I bet a couple thousand people did the exact same thing at the exact same time
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Feb 26, 2017 08:26
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Irradiation posted:Ugly Americans didn't deserve to be canceled. I was really hoping Bojack Horseman would have ended up revealing that Ugly Americans and Bojack exist in the same universe.
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Feb 26, 2017 09:31
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Riptor posted:This was true ten years ago but they actually are going through some crazy renaissance with Nathan For You and Review and stuff Yeah I was just going to say the same, both of those shows made me laugh harder than anything in years. What the gently caress happened to Nathan For You anyways? I know Review is done but NFY was supposed to get a new season.
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Feb 26, 2017 09:51
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah I was just going to say the same, both of those shows made me laugh harder than anything in years. What the gently caress happened to Nathan For You anyways? I know Review is done but NFY was supposed to get a new season. Nathan Fielder just tweeted the other day that it's on its way And Review is coming back for like a three episode finale soon too! March 16 apparently
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JediTalentAgent posted:Drawn Together to me was just that 'other original animated show on CC that wasn't South Park' It's a premise that tried too hard to be mature and edgy and it sort of became one note. But I find a lot of stuff like this is sort of the same when people try parody and satire. How do you make a funny satire/parody of pop culture archtypes? Essentially, the answer is everyone is a sex addict, a horrible person, a stereotype or just idiots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZA1LvnMbY0 Teriyaki Hairpiece fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Feb 26, 2017 |
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TF2 HAT MINING RIG posted:Did anybody watch any of that cartoon Bordertown before it's season one cancellation? Even The Cleveland Show managed to get more than one. It was pretty bad. Honestly I wouldn't have said it worse than The Simpsons currently.
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Feb 26, 2017 20:29
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah I was just going to say the same, both of those shows made me laugh harder than anything in years. What the gently caress happened to Nathan For You anyways? I know Review is done but NFY was supposed to get a new season. I vaguely remember Nathan saying in an interview that he wanted to take an extra year before the next season so that the first episode could be a really exaggerated comeback special.
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sweetmercifulcrap posted:There are several excellent episodes in the post-cancellation Futurama though. "The Late Phillip J Fry" is easily a top 10 episode for example. Late Phillip J. Fry, Prisoner of Benda, Clockwork Origin, Mobius Dick, and Murder on the Planet express would all be in my top 20. They could've made one really good season after the comeback, but 2 full ones was too much and resulted in a lot of filler (and a handful of truly dreadful episodes). The last season before the first cancellation had some duds too, though, they just tend to be overshadowed by some of the absolute best episodes of the series that were also in that season. Futurama suffered from too many restarts that kept shaking up the natural story arc, not so much a dearth of ideas. The Simpsons (to bring this back on topic) suffers from running way longer than it ever should have and the creative well has dried up. Futurama still showed flashes of the charm and comedic greatness people loved it for all the way to the end. The Simpsons hasn't shown that for the majority of its existence now. I don't think too many people would have a post-S10 episode in their top 10 or 20.
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Blind Pineapple posted:Futurama suffered from too many restarts that kept shaking up the natural story arc, not so much a dearth of ideas. Poor Ken Keeler wrote FOUR series finales for Futurama.
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Junk posted:gently caress the haters, Drawn Together was funny captain hero was best
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Feb 27, 2017 08:26
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Blind Pineapple posted:Late Phillip J. Fry, Prisoner of Benda, Clockwork Origin, Mobius Dick, and Murder on the Planet express would all be in my top 20. They could've made one really good season after the comeback, but 2 full ones was too much and resulted in a lot of filler (and a handful of truly dreadful episodes). The last season before the first cancellation had some duds too, though, they just tend to be overshadowed by some of the absolute best episodes of the series that were also in that season. Breaking up Fry and Leela every time the show came back so they could have them fall in love again was dumb.
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You Are A Elf posted:Comedy Central also made Futurama terrible. Like really, really bad. Only the straight-to-DVD movies were much worse, and CC loves to play those split up as single episodes a metric poo poo-ton. Futurama was never as good as the Simpsons and I don't think it's aged terribly well.
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Feb 27, 2017 12:11
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Razorwired posted:Drawn Together was a bad show with some high points. I mean, it's not Secret Girlfriend bad. Drawn Together is the third-worst cartoon I've ever seen, after Tom Goes To The Mayor and Allen Gregory. death by computer posted:The exact point where I started questioning if bringing Futurama back was necessarily a good thing was the Susan Boyle Boil episode. It still bugs the poo poo out of me that the boil episode ends with Leela apologizing to Fry after he humiliates her, and her ignoring that he reeks of goat vomit to hug him. Fry and Leela should have been a terrible couple born of Leela's abysmal self-esteem at best, not anything the audience was meant to root for.
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Feb 27, 2017 12:46
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Lurdiak posted:Futurama was never as good as the Simpsons and I don't think it's aged terribly well. Yeah I've felt for a whlie that it lacks the re-watch value, and has always been pretty hit-or-miss even in the most beloved seasons. I know people rag on the new seasons and "movies, "but I never really saw much of a change either way in the average lame-to-laugh ratio. In fact, I sometimes like the newer stuff better because I feel like they committed to the sci-fi part of the concept more consistently. Rick and Morty, meanwhile, is like twice the Futurama for me that Futurama ever was.
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the best episodes of futurama definitely play to more of a niche, while the best simpsons episodes have a broader appeal
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah I was just going to say the same, both of those shows made me laugh harder than anything in years. What the gently caress happened to Nathan For You anyways? I know Review is done but NFY was supposed to get a new season. Review is loving hilarious. Just saw the one where he tries to eat like 15 pancakes or something. 
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