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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Well what do you think?
Of course if you don't like the show, i'm going to have to track you down and beat you with a Comic Book Guy action figure until you do.

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Signatures are for losers

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

There's a Comic Book Guy action figure?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Ooh controversial choice. *cough*

Now, despite the fact that some people are going to say that's it's not as good as it used to be, blah blah blah, I will say that it will come to be regarded as a classic for a long while. Possibly more than any other TV show. The effort that goes into every episode, the fact that they all work on multiple levels, the fact that (heaven help us), it makes you think.

It is certainly the definitive TV show of the 90s. That's quite an accomplishment.

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-Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park

Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Isn't there? If not then there'd damn well better be one in the near future

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I dunno how it is elsewhere, but it seems like, everywhere I go, references to the show prevail. I mean, at the very least, you're likely to hear people say "D'oh!", if not even less obvious quotes.

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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

smell ya later

ahem..sorry

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

D'OH!

Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :

*sarcastic Comic Book Guy voice*

Well, this is getting pointless.

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[Bart's looking for his dog.]
Groundskeeper Willy: Yeah, I bought your mutt - and I 'ate 'im! [Bart gasps.] I 'ate 'is little face, I 'ate 'is guts, and I 'ate the way 'e's always barkin'! So I gave 'im to the church.
Bart: Ohhh, I see... you HATE him, so you gave him to the church.
Groundskeeper Willy: Aye. I also 'ate the mess he left on me rug. [Bart stares.] Ya heard me!

Posted by MC Infinity (Member # 531) on :

Hell no!

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"Well if it's gonna be that kind of a party, I'm putting my dick in the mashed potatoes!"

-Nimrod 16/4/2001

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

-CBSG voice- You made me get off my stool for that -/CBSG voice-

I'm sure EVERYONE here has met someone in their own city/town that IS the Comic Book Store Guy...

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Homer: I'm gonna miss Springfield. This town's been awfully good to us.
Bart: No, it hasn't, Dad. That's why we're leaving.
Homer: Oh, yeah. [pokes his head out the window] So long, Stinktown!

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I walked into the Comic Swap yesterday to get a feel for it after moving here...after drooling over all the figures & Asterix books, I noticed a book that was a collection of essays on the Simposons & how they apply to real life. It was hilarious. Sadly, I don't remember the name (ah, alcohol...), but I do remember the "subname"--"The Tao Of Homer."

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"I'm beginning to think that there'll be NO forced mating at ALL!" --Professor Hubert T. Farnsworth

Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :

I never liked the Simpsons... maybe it's an acquired taste. In any case, I wouldn't call it the best show ever... that honor goes to Trek, imho.

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Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :

Slight subject change, perhaps stranger than the Tao of Homer, was a little volume I came across the other day entitled 'The Tao of Pooh' ..and yes I do mean the Winnie variety....

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

For me, Trek started when I was 15, so I never had the childlike passion that I had for Star Wars during the toy years.

The show I've been most entertained by is technically MacGyver. I despise it now, but when I was 9-12 it was awesome.

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Don't kill me, I'm charming!

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Oops, I was replying to the Lord. Sorry.

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

"Tao Of Pooh" has been around for years. It's basically philsophy idioted up for againg hippies & neo-Deadheads. I don't get the whole "Pooh" thing.

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"I'm beginning to think that there'll be NO forced mating at ALL!" --Professor Hubert T. Farnsworth

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Just the other day, someone at the library had that book out, overdue. She thought she'd returned it, so I checked the shelf. It wasn't there, but, in the same spot, I saw we had another one called "The Te of Piglet".

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

"Te" meaning "virtue of the small", IIRC. My dad's read them both. I've got "Pooh" around here, somewhere...

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"Omega is right."
-Jeff Karrde, March 18, 2001 08:47 PM

Posted by MC Infinity (Member # 531) on :

Now you're starting to scare me

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"Well if it's gonna be that kind of a party, I'm putting my dick in the mashed potatoes!"

-Nimrod 16/4/2001

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Be afraid, Infinity...be VERY afraid...

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Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :

I guess anything is acceptable when you are trying to make religion more accessible...I hear the christian faith is in decline, perhaps we should encourage various religious leaders to find a way of linking Pokemon to the resurrection...give it a modern day slant.

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never rub another man's rhubarb! - The Joker

Posted by MC Infinity (Member # 531) on :

If Pokemon was integrated into my religion I'd quit immediately

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"Well if it's gonna be that kind of a party, I'm putting my dick in the mashed potatoes!"

-Nimrod 16/4/2001

Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

In the name of the father, the son, and the holy charmander

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Ashes to Ashes, er, Gary to dust? Or whatever the kid from Gold/Silver is called.

infinity11: You have your own religion? That's quite impressive for someone still at school.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, 'Pika, Pika, lama sabachthani?', that is, 'My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?' And some of the bystanders hearing it said, 'This man is calling Pikachu.' And one of them at once ran and took a pokéball, filled it with Jigglypuff, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him. But the others said, 'Wait, let us see whether Pikachu will come to save him.' And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his Psyduck."

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I read that Pok�mon would be discontinued in Japan because of the extreme dedication the children of Japan devoted to this filthy franchise.

Also, the Guinness book of records state that 800 or so children, ages 4-13, were hospitalized with acute symptoms of migraine, epilepsy and nausea due to a TV-ep of Pok�mon with the little yellow pok�mon flashing it's eyes red.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Yeah, I remember the news reports at the time. Name of the show didn't register, though, so when Pok�mon appeared here a few years later I didn't know it was the epilepsy-inducing show. I'm still twitching, someone's gonna get sued. . .

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"It strikes me that there are enough episodes of the Simpsons that people could speak entirely in Simpsonese, using references from the show to explain or describe an endless series of situations. Nelson and Apu . . . at Tinagra.

But now I�ve brought Star Trek into it again, haven�t I. Sorry."

- James Lileks, 09/04/2001

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

"I read that Pok�mon would be discontinued in Japan because of the extreme dedication the children of Japan devoted to this filthy franchise."

"Filthy"? Going a bit far, aren't we Nimmy. Besides, it's been going on for about 5 years now. Bit late to worry about it.

"Also, the Guinness book of records state that 800 or so children, ages 4-13, were hospitalized with acute symptoms of migraine, epilepsy and nausea due to a TV-ep of Pok�mon with the little yellow pok�mon flashing it's eyes red."

God, this gets bought up a lot. You know, it doesn't make the show "evil" because it accidently caused some epileptic fits. Unfortunate, but not evil.

Yes, an episode did cause that to happen. Back in 1996. The show was immedietly pulled off the air in Japan. It came back a few months later, and they'd drastically butchered all the episodes they had to remove anything close to strobe lighting. These are the versions the US gets. You watch early episodes, at points you get very juddery animation. Later episodes are animated in a completely different way, to avoid this altogether. And the episode that caused the fit had never been shown since. Or released on tape or DVD. Or even spoken off. It has been buried, and the earth above it salted. And they got a priest to bless the area with holy water, to make sure that it doesn't rise again as a vampire.

Sorted.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I think it's filthy and I stand by that.
It represents the worst in capitalism and to this point it is the boldest exploitation of children's desires I have ever seen.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Really? I don't see how it's any "worse" in than children's TV has ever been. Transformers, GI Joe, even Star Wars (the toys) have been designed to get money out of children.

In fact, Star Wars (and Trek) are far worse than Pokemon in that regard. The different Pokemon toys are fairly obviously aimed at different people. Soft cuddly toys for girls, action-type toys for boys, and so on. Are you suggesting that the, roughly, 9 million different Darth Vadar toys (look! See him with lightsabre! And Without! And with his arms in a different pose! And with a slightly different helmet! And look! He's dancing!). Is that any better?

Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

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It has been buried, and the earth above it salted. And they got a priest to bless the area with holy water, to make sure that it doesn't rise again as a vampire.

LOL! I needed that...

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I never had any Transformers toys. I had to pretend, using other toys. Usually, they would be Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars that were represetative of "robot mode" whenever I stood them on their back ends.

It was sad, really. Especially when I used to pretend to be Optimus Prime in truck mode. I don't doubt I looked quite silly. I needed more friends...

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Well you're gonna need them now, sellout.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I am incredibly curious to figure out how you pretended to be Optimus Prime in truck mode Tim. Got a picture?

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

In all honesty, I did convert to a fairly good Bumblebee bug mode. For a 6 year old boy.

I even got the sound down fairly well. I can't do it now, because before it was like this:

Wak-Chak-CHK-Wez-CHK

And now, with like AMNIMALE TRINSFMERRE!1!111!! in it's 90th variation on TV right now, they've bastardized the sound into something like:

Maximize-Whoo-Whoo-Spazz-GO-GO-AMNIMAL-ROBORTS!1!!

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[This message has been edited by Ultra Magnus (edited April 26, 2001).]

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Liam: Well, first, you get down on your knees... Wait. I'm thinking of something else...

Kneeling, that is. What did you think I meant?

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Actually, if you wanted to be accurate, getting on your knees isn't abad start. The next step would be to have your legs pointed 90 degrees behind you. And to fold your arms into the sides of your body. And to swivel your head into your chest.

And, most importantly, to magic ta big trailer from the beyond...

"Wak-Chak-CHK-Wez-CHK"

That is the most wrong sound ever. Ever.

It's "Ur ur eh urgh ah!"

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Go Go ANIMAL ROBORTS!!1!

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Psy, I have never even seen a Darth Vadar toy, you must be thinking of some other franchise.

Oh, and turnip 2004.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Ultra... I hope you didn't let any of those hotweels cars enter your a-hem... trailer section

LOL!

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Now now UM. Beast Wars was an excellent TV series. By far the best and most mature "kids" cartoon show I have ever seen. And Beast Machines is, er, very pretty.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Actually, that is how I did the Optimus Prime thing, except that I had to just bow my head. It wouldn't go all the way inside me. That would have hurt.

And I didn't have the trailer. Apparently, it only responds to Optimus himself. *shrug*

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

And disappears!

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

And where did you try to attach the toy trailer, TSN? Wow, starting with man-trailers at that age, sheesh.

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Don't kill me, I'm charming!

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

As I said, I didn't have a trailer. Remove the turnips from your ears and listen next time. Or maybe you'll have to remove the turnips from your eyes and read. Whatever. Just don't remove turnips from any other orifices. We don't need to see that...

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I'll be the judge of that.

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

oh, and I just HAD to read that as "I'll be the fudge of that"!

hee hee
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Homer: I'm gonna miss Springfield. This town's been awfully good to us.
Bart: No, it hasn't, Dad. That's why we're leaving.
Homer: Oh, yeah. [pokes his head out the window] So long, Stinktown!

[This message has been edited by AndrewR (edited May 04, 2001).]