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SeANMcBAY posted:Obviously they couldn’t have the Simpsons become rich but Lisa not taking the money always felt dumb/not funny to me. Jesus Christ yeah, growing up poor can leave weird triggers in the back of your head, and whenever this happens on Bob’s Burgers, literally any plotline that might improve or at least help the family’s finances, Bob just hopes out of it and it’s devastating every time. I don’t understand who finds any humor is poor people continuing to be poor (I mean I guess besides the intended audience for FOX, LoL)
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Homer takes a big interest in Bart's esports team so he can live vicariously through him and also win a bunch of money. There's a song obsessive sports dads sing to Homer about how he should live through his kid. Tiger Woods' dad is in it but I dunno if it's a cameo or not. The kids go to South Korea to compete in the world championships. Lisa and Marge tag along so she can learn how to make salt mandalas at a famous monastery. The exercise immediately teaches Marge and Homer the meaninglessness of striving for material gains, so Homer decides competition is pointless, so he shuts off the power right as Bart's team is about to win. The chaos that ensues is set to "Suicide is Painless" and I think the montage of riot police messing up the arena might be a riff on the MASH intro or something. Homer gets upgraded to first class on the ride home and that undoes his zen. Ken Jeong has a 2-second cameo as a monk. Martin doesn't sound like Martin anymore.
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PostNouveau posted:Homer takes a big interest in Bart's esports team so he can live vicariously through him and also win a bunch of money. What was weird to me the episode was only like 15 minutes long
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Mar 18, 2019 17:13
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Seems like it's not Zen to keep others from achieving their material wants, but don't ask me I don't write for the Simpsons
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Fried Watermelon posted:What was weird to me the episode was only like 15 minutes long Hey at least it's over quicker. FilthyImp posted:Seems like it's not Zen to keep others from achieving their material wants, but don't ask me I don't write for the Simpsons Lisa emphasizes a couple of times that Homer hasn't correctly grasped the philosophy. I think she even tells him he hosed up during the riot, but I dunno I was only half paying attention.
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Mar 18, 2019 17:20
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Dear God why do you folks do this to yourselves it's like drinking mercury
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Tiberius Christ posted:Dear God why do you folks do this to yourselves it's like getting wax in our mouths
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spaceblancmange posted:The best character is stamp the ticket man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wbgPIA7hGQ Here's all of his greatest moments! However, he does not quite match up to the actual best characters, Mr. and Mrs. Winfield! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGp847J-ofs
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Was "Conflict of enemies" seriously the best these hacks could come up with? Are any of the people still writing for this show even passingly familiar with the concept of humor? Because this poo poo looks like it was generated by an algorithm, and not a particularly complex one either.
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Dude synonyms are hilarious what're on about?
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Bust Rodd posted:Jesus Christ yeah, growing up poor can leave weird triggers in the back of your head, and whenever this happens on Bob’s Burgers, literally any plotline that might improve or at least help the family’s finances, Bob just hopes out of it and it’s devastating every time. I don’t understand who finds any humor is poor people continuing to be poor (I mean I guess besides the intended audience for FOX, LoL) Shows do that to avoid having to keep any sort of continuity Like the bob's burgers episode where they get a new couch that ends with them going back to the old one, or the many many many simpsons episodes that undo whatever changed by the end of the episode.
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Mar 18, 2019 19:18
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I'll have you know, that the Carnivalé is a superior television set.
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THE BAR posted:I'll have you know, that the Carnivalé is a superior television set.
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Improbable Lobster posted:Shows do that to avoid having to keep any sort of continuity The couch one was really annoying. They really grasped at straws to make the family want their lovely old couch back, to the point of insulting the audience. I think show writers would be better off just avoiding these type of stories altogether. Bob's Burgers has done this a handful of times, like one where the restaurant sees a huge increase in business by adding some tacky theming, but Bob feels this is against his belief that the food should speak for itself and removes it, causing them to lose their huge influx in business.
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Trying to think of any animated sitcom where major changes stick for more than a couple episodes and I'm drawing a blank.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:The couch one was really annoying. They really grasped at straws to make the family want their lovely old couch back, to the point of insulting the audience. I think show writers would be better off just avoiding these type of stories altogether. Bob's Burgers has done this a handful of times, like one where the restaurant sees a huge increase in business by adding some tacky theming, but Bob feels this is against his belief that the food should speak for itself and removes it, causing them to lose their huge influx in business. Yeah, honestly I would prefer if most shows just didn't bother with those episodes if they aren't going to commit to the change.
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Mar 18, 2019 20:37
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Milo and POTUS posted:Trying to think of any animated sitcom where major changes stick for more than a couple episodes and I'm drawing a blank. This is actually becoming less of a thing. A lot of modern cartoons (kids' shows, perhaps weirdly, leading the way) are allowing pretty big status-quo changes to happen throughout a season, or from season to season, and they just run with it.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Trying to think of any animated sitcom where major changes stick for more than a couple episodes and I'm drawing a blank. It's a level above most of the shows discussed here but Venture Bros is super continuity-heavy. The past couple seasons had the main characters become wildly rich and they pretty much rebooted the show to accommodate the changes
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pablo gbscobar posted:It's a level above most of the shows discussed here but Venture Bros is super continuity-heavy. The past couple seasons had the main characters become wildly rich and they pretty much rebooted the show to accommodate the changes VB and shows like Adventure Time or Steven Universe aren't animated sitcoms Improbable Lobster fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Mar 18, 2019 |
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Mar 18, 2019 20:49
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Mentally going through the list of shows I would cite as examples, and I'm forced to conclude that really the modern definition of "sitcom" is "show where the status quo doesn't change"
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Milo and POTUS posted:Trying to think of any animated sitcom where major changes stick for more than a couple episodes and I'm drawing a blank. King of the Hill had a good number of examples of major changes that stuck. Off the top of my head: Bobby/Connie dating and then later breaking up, Nancy ceasing John Redcorn's headache treatment to reconnect with Dale, the entire Lucky story arc, Cotton's death, Joseph's growth spurt, and I'm sure there's more.
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^^^LuAnne's pregnancy and also Cotton's wife having Good Hank. King of the Hill's the best at sticking with continuity changes. Peggy and Kahn both have several jobs over the course of the show, like Peggy becomes a real estate agent in later seasons and it sticks till the end of the show unlike that one-off episode with Marge. Milo and POTUS posted:Trying to think of any animated sitcom where major changes stick for more than a couple episodes and I'm drawing a blank. American Dad had Jeff marry Haley and move into the Smith house (and later get kidnapped by aliens for a couple of seasons). PostNouveau fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Mar 18, 2019 |
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Fawf posted:King of the Hill had a good number of examples of major changes that stuck. Off the top of my head: Bobby/Connie dating and then later breaking up, Nancy ceasing John Redcorn's headache treatment to reconnect with Dale, the entire Lucky story arc, Cotton's death, Joseph's growth spurt, and I'm sure there's more. This show had great continuity, which is why it always bugged me that Hank painted his truck white but it didn't stay white
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:This show had great continuity, which is why it always bugged me that Hank painted his truck white but it didn't stay white Wait what when the gently caress did he paint it white
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Mar 18, 2019 22:46
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I've seen some articles talking about how Epic Games helped make the E sports episode of the Simpsons, and I'm wondering if they subsidised it
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My first car was a stick
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Or MJN as they would call it
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Milo and POTUS posted:Wait what when the gently caress did he paint it white When Peggy entered the beauty pageant to win a white truck
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bandaid.friend posted:I've seen some articles talking about how Epic Games helped make the E sports episode of the Simpsons, and I'm wondering if they subsidised it I doubt it because it was a MOBA
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Fried Watermelon posted:I doubt it because it was a MOBA It's not Epic their working with, it's Riot, the league of legends devs
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milhouse's parents getting divorced and staying divorced at the end of the episode was hilarious exactly because by sitcom logic it shouldn't have happened "can I borrow a feeling" was perfect set-up and pay-off for getting them back together and luann was just like EW NO. e: 
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https://www.discogs.com/Kirk-van-Houten-Can-I-Borrow-A-Feeling/release/6572250
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Cubone posted:milhouse's parents getting divorced and staying divorced at the end of the episode was hilarious exactly because by sitcom logic it shouldn't have happened It's such a good episode
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homeless guy posted:When Peggy entered the beauty pageant to win a white truck The joke of that episode is that she would actually only win a one year lease on a white truck.
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Improbable Lobster posted:It's such a good episode I think it’s my favorite episode. Pathetic divorced guy humor is always funny.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Trying to think of any animated sitcom where major changes stick for more than a couple episodes and I'm drawing a blank. i don't know if bojack horseman counts, but sarah lynn died also, in family guy, suzie was born and mr. weed died Cubone posted:"can I borrow a feeling" was perfect set-up and pay-off for getting them back together and luann was just like EW NO. take my hand with your glooove of loooooove god, the simpsons was such a funny show, lol
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BoJack is heavily serialized, if you watch it out of order you will be very lost. Same with the other Netflix animated comedies.
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It was when they changed the art style. Everyone knows this.
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Improbable Lobster posted:It's such a good episode Lisa busting in at a moments notice with you're a grand old flag is severely underrated, the comedic timing is amazing
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PostNouveau posted:The exercise immediately teaches Marge and Homer the meaninglessness of striving for material gains, so Homer decides competition is pointless, ... He learns this in KOREA?!
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