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ParagonParadox27 posted:Ehh, no. No, it doesn't. OK then.
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This episode was alright, but as a Brit I'm so bored of cartoons always showing British people with cockney accents even in modern times. Yeah, it's funny the first few times, but after this many years it's pretty old.
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Chamberk posted:I saw Inara Serra and Sharon Agathon in the background of the hall of presidents. Amelia Pond was a head in a jar too.
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Monode posted:This episode was alright, but as a Brit I'm so bored of cartoons always showing British people with cockney accents even in modern times. Yeah, it's funny the first few times, but after this many years it's pretty old. Yeah it gets to me a bit too. It's either cockney or nobility, which I suppose are the most relatable and funny to other people, but that and the bad teeth stereotype have seriously been run into the ground. Although seeing The Doctor rush into the phone booth made me laugh.
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Monode posted:This episode was alright, but as a Brit I'm so bored of cartoons always showing British people with cockney accents even in modern times. Yeah, it's funny the first few times, but after this many years it's pretty old.
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Kerck Pnameless posted:Yeah, I was disappointed that Futurama didn't really come up with better British jokes and I'm American. On the whole, I think I slightly prefer last week's to this week's, though I heartily welcomed the return of Gerald Ford. He likes movies.  Any episode with the Presidents is good with me, even if it did come with bad jokes about Brits.
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Alter Ego posted:He likes movies. He does get that way around meaty women.
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It was nice to have a well-rounded episode. I do sort of wish they'd stop creating absolutes that they'll need to break later--like with the opal. I guess they haven't made much out of the dark matter issue though. I was disappointed at the teeth joke, after the Gilliam-style animation section and other more apt references it was a let down. They're still trying to get every character in every episode but this one had a lower headcount (outside of the Presidents). This should be a good re-watchable one (much more so than Yo Leela Leela).
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gently caress SNEEP posted:Thanks for the .gif base I know this is from forever ago but my technologically inept self would love it if someone re-sized this to be an avatar. Much appreciated to whomever gives it a go.
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And another Hermes pot joke. I didn't notice it until this thread (ruined it for me) that they're really pushing that harder than ever before.
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Bloodnose posted:And another Hermes pot joke. I didn't notice it until this thread (ruined it for me) that they're really pushing that harder than ever before. I think there seriously has been a pot joke in every episode this half a season. It's getting kind of annoying. Especially because the joke tends to be "Hermes smokes pot" and nothing more.
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Jul 29, 2011 17:34
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They know they are playing for the same audience that watches poo poo like Workaholics and Adult Swim.
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Jul 29, 2011 17:39
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axleblaze posted:I think there seriously has been a pot joke in every episode this half a season. It's getting kind of annoying. Especially because the joke tends to be "Hermes smokes pot" and nothing more. It's worse because it's the kind of lazy joke they really went out of their way not to make initially. "Now I got to go home and relax the traditional Jamaican way: A glass of warm milk and good night's sleep"
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"Why, I used to smoke about four feet of rope a day" is a perfectly serviceable joke.
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Monode posted:This episode was alright, but as a Brit I'm so bored of cartoons always showing British people with cockney accents even in modern times. Yeah, it's funny the first few times, but after this many years it's pretty old. Yeah I'm the same, it was really good up until it turned into a stream of the usual tired old Brit gags.
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All the callbacks in this episode were awesome. Even added a Simpsons callback for good measure. I quite enjoyed that.
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Coleman posted:All the callbacks in this episode were awesome. Even added a Simpsons callback for good measure. I'm about to rewatch but do you mind pointing this one out for the dumbasses in the crowd? My guess is that you meant Gerry Ford talking like Homer. I do so love that episode of the Simpsons. "Well why don't you come over to my house and watch the game and we'll eat nachos" Also like to point out that as a stoner who has watched Futurama  more times than I can count, I'm really enjoying the 1-dimensional approach to Hermes's humour. It would be nice to centre another episode around him or at least have his old personality of boring accountant from Jamaica rather than simply, stereotype from Jamaica. But weed jokes make me sit up straighter simply from the reference alone so they're accomplishing what they set out to do. Also, the show's on later than it used to be and it's on comedy central now, they know their prime demographic will be smokers of the marj. I can see how that'd annoy non-stoners or even the picker viewers but it gets a laugh outta me every time, and yes, this episode's was more thought out than "I'm on a mostly natural high!"
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Dheni Walsh posted:Also, the show's on later than it used to be and it's on comedy central now, they know their prime demographic will be smokers of the marj. I can see how that'd annoy non-stoners or even the picker viewers but it gets a laugh outta me every time, and yes, this episode's was more thought out than "I'm on a mostly natural high!" You have bad taste and you should feel bad.
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Dheni Walsh posted:I'm about to rewatch but do you mind pointing this one out for the dumbasses in the crowd? When the Simpsons go to Japan (Thirty Minutes over Tokyo), they go to an American restaurant where every table is a US state. And Homer says something along the lines of, "I can't believe they put us at Taxachusetts!"
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Coleman posted:Taxachusetts Pretty sure that joke pre-dates even the Simpsons. I heard it on Letterman in the 80's.
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LooseChanj posted:Pretty sure that joke pre-dates even the Simpsons. I heard it on Letterman in the 80's.
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LooseChanj posted:Pretty sure that joke pre-dates even the Simpsons. I heard it on Letterman in the 80's. Yeah that's not a Simpsons joke except in that it appears on the Simpsons.
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They also did it earlier this same season with the robosexual thing.
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I got a big laugh out of Stereotypical British/Jamaican TV black dude Hermes. I can't put my finger on why.
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I thought the new episode didn't air last night! I turned on my TV to Comedy Central and everything and it was the "None Like it Hot" episode.
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I liked the rope joke, it was a funny joke on the 'you can do so much with hemp also you can smoke the poo poo out of it' concept. There have been tons of jokes in the entire series that Hermes smokes pot, I have no idea why so many people are sperging out that it's happening now.
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This ep. completely made up for last weeks stinker. Proposed thread title: "Dont fhit your pants"
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Kashew posted:I thought the new episode didn't air last night! I turned on my TV to Comedy Central and everything and it was the "None Like it Hot" episode. The episode is called Crimes of the Hot.  Also the new one aired at 9 instead of 10 for some reason.
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shotgunbadger posted:I liked the rope joke, it was a funny joke on the 'you can do so much with hemp also you can smoke the poo poo out of it' concept. There have been tons of jokes in the entire series that Hermes smokes pot, I have no idea why so many people are sperging out that it's happening now. Man, in old Futurama, they would never have done such obvious jokes. I bet you never even noticed the subtle background jokes of children smoking blunts, characters waving around bongs, Lrr tripping on psychedelics, or Universe 420.Granted, they are definitely more common this season than in the old days, but it's also a later time-slot on a channel with less restrictions. And I'll take endless weed jokes over lolcats and children's show parodies.
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Preem Palver posted:Man, in old Futurama, they would never have done such obvious Right-on Professor Freaksworth!
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shotgunbadger posted:I liked the rope joke, it was a funny joke on the 'you can do so much with hemp also you can smoke the poo poo out of it' concept. There have been tons of jokes in the entire series that Hermes smokes pot, I have no idea why so many people are sperging out that it's happening now. That's the thing though, there really weren't that many Hermes smokes weed jokes" before the new season. In fact I can't remember any but I'm open to the fact that I might be forgetting some. On the other hand almost every episode in this half season has had one and none of them have really been that funny.
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Yeah the constant "Hermes is a relentless pot fiend" jokes are getting annoying. and zero limbo references now. Coincidence? All i know is my gut says maybe.
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Hermes can get high, or he can get low. But not both at the same time.
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The Heckler posted:Yeah the constant "Hermes is a relentless pot fiend" jokes are getting annoying. and zero limbo references now. Coincidence? All i know is my gut says maybe. tell my wife I said 'hello.'
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I find most of the "Hermes smokes weed" jokes to be funny, so I guess I'm in the minority there.  To be fair, I didn't really like this episodes' week joke. Thought it was a bit too obvious and drawn out. The only clever part of it, I thought was when he went off on all the non weed related things, and Hermes got disappointed and bored. Personally I would've found it funnier if the joke had ended there instead of the "used to smoke a lot of rope" line. Also, the segment where the future was British was a bit of wasted potential too, I thought. It was a lot of obvious and overdone jokes. Also, I personally would've thought it funnier if the crew panicked at first, but then started to like the future being ruled by Britain more, and then something over the top made them change their minds. Yeah, they basically did that, but only for the professor. And then only because he was rich in that timeline, not anything inherent to being British.
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Leovinus posted:Hermes can get high, or he can get low. But not both at the same time.  I would like to see them scale back the HERMES WEED LOL jokes. As with Scruffy, a little goes a long way.
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axleblaze posted:That's the thing though, there really weren't that many Hermes smokes weed jokes" before the new season. In fact I can't remember any but I'm open to the fact that I might be forgetting some. On the other hand almost every episode in this half season has had one and none of them have really been that funny. What about "I've smoked a lot of paper in my day" from Lethal Inspection? I liked that one.  I do agree that they're doing the weed jokes a bit too often. And using Scruffy a little too much.
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Monode posted:One thing this show needs more of is Neutrals.
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