HUH. Thanks.

“you’d live in fear of some dude actually twice your size just swatting you like a fly at some school dance or outside in the parking lot… There was a lot of fighting in Listowel and it kept everybody on their toes and everybody behaving.”

I think “Letterkenny” is kinda cute, but that sounds really fucking toxic.

- Posts from 1992

I have no idea what you;re talking about with this “death of the author” business.

But the joke relies on assuming any business would necessarily follow the same pattern.

It’s more reasonable to think one feed and seed business would change owners than to think a business would explicitly advertise sexual favors.

It’s cute that you think I have any interest in what John Lennon had to say about anything,

It literally never occurred to me that was an allusion to people wearing towels on their heads.

You were TEN?!? Oh, Jesus God.

(Crumbles to dust.)

I always, always, thought it just meant he was really good at sleeping.

Granted, but this isn’t about the quality of the jokes - which is overall subjective - but the style, mechanics, and reception.

If people know that a lot of “Simpsons” jokes are references, and a joke comes by they don’t get, it’s easy to to pass it off as a reference to something they don’t know about, and go on…

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CORRECT.

When Homer was designing his dream car and said that every car should have that little ball on the antenna that helps you find yours in a crowded parking lot?

It was YEARS before I realized that that was a joke about what a terrible idea that would be.

YEARS.

To be fair, a lot - a LOT - of “Simpsons” jokes are references to things.

Also, “The Simpsons” broke at a time where a lot - a LOT - of humor was increasingly based in references to things.

Shit - I read the book when I was a teenager (after seeing the movie, natch) and I’m not sure I even picked up on that.

I was a pretty dense kid sometimes. :/

There are a lot of things the Muppets do to give the characters life that, once you notice that not all puppetry uses them, point to the reasons these characters are so engaging.

One is “shooting” - slightly moving the head of the puppet forward while it speaks, especially to emphasize certain words or emotional beats.

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This is honestly probably the first I’ve thought about “Heroes” in like 10 years and I’m sorry it was for this reason.

“Larter ‘starred’ as a fictitious actress named Allegra Coleman, who was, in the magazine’s words, ‘Hollywood’s next dream girl.’”

I don’t even know how to parse this.

She “starred” not in a TV show or a movie, but in real life... or at least “real life”?

I dunno - I’m definitely in the “Bring Back ‘Hannibal’” camp, but this might be OK.

“eco-friendly high-quality PVC material”

Uh... how is PVC “eco-friendly”, exactly?

“eco-friendly high-quality PVC material”

Uh... how is PVC “eco-friendly”, exactly?