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Post by frankenforcer on Dec 2, 2010 12:20:57 GMT -5
"{Wouldn't skip segments} even if I wanted to fella, Gym Policy." It's like making fun of Mr. Rogers, they're too pure for any satire or sketch about them to really hurt them. Which is what makes them bad because they've been done to death and for some reason people think if they have a drunk Mr. Rogers or a crazy Orville Redinbacker is hard hitting new satire. Ill give you the Mr. Rogers satire. But this was the first and only satire of ORville that I ever saw done. That is what makes it so hilarious to me.
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Post by fathermushroom on Dec 4, 2010 14:25:52 GMT -5
Also, I confess to skipping over the "crying Barbara Striesand" bit at the first instant I know it's about to start.
I don't stick around for the "Sidehackers" song or the "Santa Klaws" phony hair-band thing either.
I was always disappointed with the songs they did that REALLY needed a guitar, but they faked it with a keyboard sound instead. They always sounded weak to me, and I couldn't take it.
Oh well. That's comedy, I suppose.
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Post by mechagamera on Dec 5, 2010 20:41:43 GMT -5
I usually don't skip the skits inbetween the riffing. However, there are a few that I'll walk away from while I go to the bathroom, get a snack, or answer a phone call:
The brain sammich skit at the end of "The Undead." Normally, I love shtick that Kevin did on the show. But the whole bit just drags on and on, and even though it has a predictable ending, it's not a particular fun or hilarious predictable ending. As someone stated earlier, it just feels like they wound up with a movie that was JUST a little too short and stuck with an extra long skit at the end to heft themselves over 2 hours.
The essay and cheating skits during "The Wild Wild World of Batwoman." The long running, continuous skits from certain shows just kill me, and not in the good way. This is a good example. To me, they seem more like a good idea for ONE skit, but it got dragged out over the entire course of the show because something else was going on with the writing staff (ie. writers block). And it stinks because I think the riffing on Batwoman is great for a movie that's just so awful. Also, Mike coming up with a "project" to have the bots do, it still just feels like he's pretending to be the new "Joel" and hasn't found his own voice yet, and it's a little painful.
A number of the Sci-Fi era skits. Nothing against Mary Jo, Kevin, and Bill, I think that when done right they worked really well as a comic trio. But the stations insistance on having a "story arc" really fudged things when it came to between movie skits. Having Pearl apply to become an OFFICIAL mad scientist and take over the world, being stuck in Roman times, settling into Castle Forrester, they feel FORCED. However, I will say that the writers were able to throw in some great bits during skits despite being hobbled at times with the "story arc." I think the space children were funny, especially Grandma Pearl talking about the facts of life with a martini and a smoke and playing Candy Land as if it were a back room poker game. The wormhole surfing episode with the time lag of 3 seconds and Mike turning into a robot/puppet were great! I just wish there was more of it
Marc
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Post by msmystie3000 on Dec 6, 2010 10:38:45 GMT -5
Also, I confess to skipping over the "crying Barbara Striesand" bit at the first instant I know it's about to start. I don't stick around for the "Sidehackers" song or the "Santa Klaws" phony hair-band thing either. I was always disappointed with the songs they did that REALLY needed a guitar, but they faked it with a keyboard sound instead. They always sounded weak to me, and I couldn't take it. Oh well. That's comedy, I suppose. Apparently Mike assumes being a "Hair-Band" involves playing keytars while dressed like Miami Vice! He still looked good though. ;D
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Post by msmystie3000 on Dec 6, 2010 10:42:44 GMT -5
I usually don't skip the skits inbetween the riffing. However, there are a few that I'll walk away from while I go to the bathroom, get a snack, or answer a phone call: The brain sammich skit at the end of "The Undead." Normally, I love shtick that Kevin did on the show. But the whole bit just drags on and on, and even though it has a predictable ending, it's not a particular fun or hilarious predictable ending. As someone stated earlier, it just feels like they wound up with a movie that was JUST a little too short and stuck with an extra long skit at the end to heft themselves over 2 hours. The essay and cheating skits during "The Wild Wild World of Batwoman." The long running, continuous skits from certain shows just kill me, and not in the good way. This is a good example. To me, they seem more like a good idea for ONE skit, but it got dragged out over the entire course of the show because something else was going on with the writing staff (ie. writers block). And it stinks because I think the riffing on Batwoman is great for a movie that's just so awful. Also, Mike coming up with a "project" to have the bots do, it still just feels like he's pretending to be the new "Joel" and hasn't found his own voice yet, and it's a little painful. A number of the Sci-Fi era skits. Nothing against Mary Jo, Kevin, and Bill, I think that when done right they worked really well as a comic trio. But the stations insistance on having a "story arc" really fudged things when it came to between movie skits. Having Pearl apply to become an OFFICIAL mad scientist and take over the world, being stuck in Roman times, settling into Castle Forrester, they feel FORCED. However, I will say that the writers were able to throw in some great bits during skits despite being hobbled at times with the "story arc." I think the space children were funny, especially Grandma Pearl talking about the facts of life with a martini and a smoke and playing Candy Land as if it were a back room poker game. The wormhole surfing episode with the time lag of 3 seconds and Mike turning into a robot/puppet were great! I just wish there was more of it Marc But Cheating gave us a great Servo meltdown!...... BURN HIM! KILL HIM! BURN HIM UP! DIE!DIE!DIE!DIE!DIE!DIE!DIE!DIE!
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Post by watchoutforsnakes on Dec 6, 2010 17:36:15 GMT -5
Sometimes I'll be watching and the riffing before they leave the theater is really good so I'll skip a host seg just to keep the pace going. There have been times where, for some reason it takes a little while before I can get the laughter back because of the break.
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Dec 6, 2010 19:23:16 GMT -5
upon reconsideration (wait, maybe I didn't post here but to the last thread this was discussed, so that won't make sense -- not that I usually do-- oh my god, I'm lost in the parenthesis! help! oh, there's the end of it now), the truth is, after eight or nine viewings of them all, I skip almost everything in Joel years except songs. While some in Mike years get skipped, the plots, the writing, the better acting overall make me less likely to skip.
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