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I treat a lot of the references in the show in much the same way I treat them in MST3K honestly. I get a lot of them, and there are more than a few that make me go look into them, but I'm always going to miss a few. The show has exposed me to all sorts of stuff I was not aware before watching. I still remember looking up the "Here comes the warm jets" bit and discovering Brian Eno. I'm sure someone will do some exhaustive annotated list of everything similar to what MST3K has in time.
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Next you’re gonna tell me David Bowie was a real person.
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I loved the Doom Factory so much
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The character/real person mix I never got until it was directly pointed out to me was the Hardy Boys ripoffs from the therapy episode were also the Menendez Brothers. 
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There’s also a reference to the Duran Duran video video for hungry like a wolf. That bit in the season 2 opening when rusty meets the jungle woman and gets scratched.
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They do like mixing up references and jokes enough that plenty of characters work fine even if you're not familiar with the source material. And sometimes funny given the comic book movie boom meaning suddenly the OSI are far more recognisable as SHIELD riffs, for example. That and most of the archetypes are still recognisable, and played on in ways that make them interesting on their own. The injokes are an extra bonus. Self Medication feels kinda rough chuckles for someone from a traumatic background, since they're specific and absurd but somehow recognisable patterns of people twisted in very specific ways by the poo poo they were put through. And they know that. And not that much more absurd than the insane poo poo that abusive parents will do and treat as normal.
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I definitely read the wiki page on Warhol’s Factory after that episode, just to see how well everyone matched up with their Legion of Doom counterparts. “Shehemoth” is too good a name to waste on a one-off joke character. That’s straight out of 70s Marvel. The Thing definitely teamed up with Nighthawk to fight her in Marvel Two-in-One.
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Warbird posted:Next you’re gonna tell me David Bowie was a real person. Next you're gonna tell me Klaus Nomi was a real person. And that David Bowie once did a duet of 'Man Who Sold the World' with Klaus Nomi while wearing Nomi's weird tuxedo thing that you apparently can't move in. Wait, that happened? https://youtu.be/PdlU8e9wBIE
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"Like Patty Smythe before me, I am a warrior" was a joke that flew right over my head until I heard the song one day on the radio, which made it even funnier because god drat, Gary.
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Novasol posted:"Like Patty Smythe before me, I am a warrior" was a joke that flew right over my head until I heard the song one day on the radio, which made it even funnier because god drat, Gary. It's also the theme song to GLOW, which is a pretty good watch (but nothing like Venture Brothers).
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May 6, 2024 07:14
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And the theme song to the Knuckles show that just came out. What episode does Gary say that?
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Escape to the House of Mummies Part 2 is just such a perfect episode.
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It’s not as good as the first one imo.
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Am in hospital for a week, so going to watch every drat episode from the start, film and extras.
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spookygonk posted:Am in hospital for a week, so going to watch every drat episode from the start, film and extras. You can get through it in 2 days, the marathon stream loops around the 26 hour mark with everything but the movie
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Bingeclock.com has it at 40 1/2 hours which seems like a gross overestimation.
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:Bingeclock.com has it at 40 1/2 hours which seems like a gross overestimation. Does this assume ad breaks or something? Wondering if there was a season missing from the marathon stream during covid? I used to tune in around the same time and watch like 4 episodes before seeing what started the previous day. pixaal fucked around with this message at 19:40 on May 9, 2024 |
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May 9, 2024 19:38
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Mr. Nice! posted:Escape to the House of Mummies Part 2 is just such a perfect episode. Is it ever. The Rusty plotline where he just forgets about everyone else to build a shrink ray and then also gets distracted from that by Billy & Pete is peak Rusty and relatable.
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I looked that site that spat out 40 hours, it says season 1 and 2 are both exactly 6.5 hours. It's just taking the episode count and multiplying it by 30 minutes so yes it assumes you are watching it in full TV ad supported blocks because it is the most lazy implementation so it tells you nothing.
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May 9, 2024 19:50
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:Is it ever. The Rusty plotline where he just forgets about everyone else to build a shrink ray and then also gets distracted from that by Billy & Pete is peak Rusty and relatable. The stone fox from A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story, yes.
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May 9, 2024 22:42
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Rusty would be the kind of guy to watch Lifetime movies for spank bank material.
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Splint Chesthair posted:Rusty would be the kind of guy to watch Lifetime movies for spank bank material. He told Dean a Take Back the Night rally was a great place to meet women.
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May 9, 2024 23:00
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He also thought that Dolly Parton starred in a porno in the '70s, assuming that the cast of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas couldn't sing forever. Poor guy. He was this close* to seeing Dolly's goods, too. * My hands are really far apart
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I assure you, Doctor Venture, they can sing forever. And they will. They will SING until you BEG for MERCY!!!!! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! [clears throat, coughs, takes a drink of lemon water] [whispers to henchmen] was that, uh, was that laugh menacing enough, do you think? Should I go for more exclamation points next time?
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Kesper North posted:I assure you, Doctor Venture, they can sing forever. And they will. They will SING until you BEG for MERCY!!!!! Okay, so, uh, maybe, maybe end with a regular "ha?" Y'know, like a crisp, snap of the whip kinda thing? Honestly, you were getting a bit Howard Dean-y. There is a fine line between menacing and lunacy, y'know. But, uh, overall good. Good. I was, I was somewhat menaced myself.
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Quite right, I was forgetting Pratchett's Rule of Lunacy wrt exclamation points
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:Okay, so, uh, maybe, maybe end with a regular "ha?" Y'know, like a crisp, snap of the whip kinda thing? Honestly, you were getting a bit Howard Dean-y. There is a fine line between menacing and lunacy, y'know. Who the hell is Mru Haha?
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RESET!!!!!
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I watched The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Good times!
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Anyone want seasons 1-6? First three on DVD, last three on Blu-Ray. They're literally going in the trash if nobody claims them. Cleaning out my parents basement. May or may not come with a Killinger action figure still in the packaging. Okay, does. (you can't have my art book. I'm keeping that.)
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Anyone want seasons 1-6? First three on DVD, last three on Blu-Ray. They're literally going in the trash if nobody claims them. Cleaning out my parents basement. I'll claim!
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Novasol posted:"Like Patty Smythe before me, I am a warrior" was a joke that flew right over my head until I heard the song one day on the radio, which made it even funnier because god drat, Gary. The lyrics have a delightful VB vibe to them as well: "Warrior" by Scandal posted:You run, run, run away
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lmao. We had this VHS tape of "NBA Superstars" when I was a kid and the segment on Charles Barkley was set to that song. I've never encountered it in any other context but my brother and I watched that tape so much I have it indelibly memorized for all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRGjRBwT0I
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Deathlove posted:I'll claim!
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I've heard that song approximately like a thousand times in my life, never thought it was obscure
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Mantis42 posted:I've heard that song approximately like a thousand times in my life, never thought it was obscure It's like Scandal's second biggest hit after "Goodbye to You." It's definitely not obscure.
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They just played it on a local radio station today on my way home from work.
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And ZAP, what was once your penis is now a tasteful reproduction of Noguchi Coffee Table by Herman Miller.
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quote:Venture Fam, Wonder what it's gonna be
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More Mego dolls
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