Hedgehog Pie posted:

What was the earliest episode to have a complete out of nowhere ending? The first one I remember making me go is the computer one with the random parody of The Prisoner at the end. The Prisoner is great, a classic TV series (albeit one with a central mystery that doesn't go anywhere), but it first aired in the late '60s and at the time I had never heard of it, and I don't think there was really any foreshadowing or anything for it.

There were probably similar endings in the golden age, but the only one I can think of is the Friday the 13th reference at the end of Boy Scoutz N The Hood. I would argue that at least that one had context (Ernest Borgnine and the kids ending up at an abandoned summer camp), rather than just being a random parody being stuck on to the end for the sake of it.

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White Light posted:

I like how the original joke for the simpsons doesn't even make sense anymore. They're yellow cause Matt wanted to make it seem like people needed to adjust the color knob on their television set, now it's that way Just Because.

Ror posted:

gen Z: yeah sometimes I watch that fox cartoon that's been running since television started, it's ok

me: that means you haven't known the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the simpsons

Ghost Leviathan posted:

If anything kinda lol given as a dumbass baby boomer Homer would have aged into the majority of pop culture still laser-aimed at him specifically.