I'll Drink to That
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vovatSo, what do I have to say? Well, I did watch the season finalé of Futurama, which I enjoyed. It was a non-canonical episode drawn in three different animation styles. The first was the old-school Max Fleischer type, complete with constantly moving characters and live buildings.
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bethje was actually telling me recently about how Fleischer put motion and gags into every scene. The second was video game style, which, as with most the video game references on this show, meant late seventies/early eighties graphics and sound.
The repeated error sound when two characters (I think it might have been Hermes and Zoidberg) kept bumping into each other is something annoying I remember from games as late as the first Dragon Warrior. The references were great, especially the Dig Dug one, and the plot about the Professor thinking he's finally answered all the questions of science was amusing even when taken on its own. The last used anime style, and since I've never really gotten into anime, I'm not sure I got all the references here.
Some were obvious, like Amy as Sailor Moon and Fry's Speed Racer helmet, but others I wasn't sure about. The recurring gag with a Japanese temple blowing up (according to the Infosphere, it's Kinkaku-ji) with the name of an American landmark superimposed over it was funny, but was it referring to anything in particular? I also liked the fact that all three episodes had something to do with the diamondium comet.
On Friday, we took Dewey and Wally to the vet to get their teeth cleaned, and each of them had to have a tooth extracted. I felt bad for them because they weren't supposed to eat for several hours either before or after the operation. They're used to having dry food available all the time, and that's a long time to go without eating. I'm not sure I would be able to last that long without getting sick. Now they're allowed to eat again, but they have to take medicine. Thankfully, I haven't had to give it to them.
On Saturday, we went to Brooklyn to see a comedy show at the Bell House. When we go into New York City, we usually park in Jersey City and take the PATH over, but we'd decided driving in would be more practical this time. With the help of the GPS, I was able to make it into Brooklyn by way of Staten Island, and find a parking place without too much trouble. I've never been a fan of city driving, but Beth says I did a good job, so I'm glad of that. We met up withnot_glimmer and had dinner at a place in Park Slope called Purity Diner. Why it had that name I couldn't say, but the food was good. When we reached the Bell House, there were several lines to get in, and we waited in the one that was supposed to be for seats. We were close to the beginning of this line, but when we got in, there were no more seats available. What the hell, Bell House? Beth's theory is that the people who waited in the line that WASN'T for seats took them anyway, which really shows a failure on the part of the venue. It's actually a pretty nice place (I was there before to see Steve Wynn), but it's bizarrely bureaucratic. I really don't see why they didn't put in more chairs in the first place. Standing during a concert is bad enough, but standing during a comedy show is just ridiculous.
The show, billed on the ticket as "The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival," was rather unusual. Guests included John Hodgman (Deranged Millionaire, Resident Expert, and PC), Ira Glass, Leo Allen, and a few other people I didn't know. Actually, while I can't recall hearing of Elna Baker (and I'm very surprised the Firefox spell checker recognizes "Elna," a name I don't think I've ever come across before), I do remember reading somewhere (probably on Tumblr) about how she wrote an article about losing her virginity at twenty-eight, and the ex-boyfriend she lost it to left her a voice mail message saying she was a sociopath. I didn't recall the name, but it has to be the same person.
The theme of the show was drinking, and one of the things they did was to make a drinking game out of each of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. I didn't quite see how all of the games fit, but I don't think I could do better. One of the hosts had a breathalyzer, and at one point measured Ira's blood alcohol content as .26. I have to suspect there was either something wrong with it or somebody was playing a joke, because I don't think someone with that kind of BAC would be able to stand up on their own. After the show, Beth told me she was concerned about Ira. Also, Rachel (who was only there at the beginning to make some mixed drinks) told a story about how she met her partner when she was hired to do landscaping, which she didn't really know how to do.
Overall, it was interesting, but weird. While parts of it were planned out, it seemed like a fair amount of it was ad-libbed, and not all of it worked. Enough of it did to make it worthwhile, though.
bethje was actually telling me recently about how Fleischer put motion and gags into every scene. The second was video game style, which, as with most the video game references on this show, meant late seventies/early eighties graphics and sound.The repeated error sound when two characters (I think it might have been Hermes and Zoidberg) kept bumping into each other is something annoying I remember from games as late as the first Dragon Warrior. The references were great, especially the Dig Dug one, and the plot about the Professor thinking he's finally answered all the questions of science was amusing even when taken on its own. The last used anime style, and since I've never really gotten into anime, I'm not sure I got all the references here.
Some were obvious, like Amy as Sailor Moon and Fry's Speed Racer helmet, but others I wasn't sure about. The recurring gag with a Japanese temple blowing up (according to the Infosphere, it's Kinkaku-ji) with the name of an American landmark superimposed over it was funny, but was it referring to anything in particular? I also liked the fact that all three episodes had something to do with the diamondium comet.
On Friday, we took Dewey and Wally to the vet to get their teeth cleaned, and each of them had to have a tooth extracted. I felt bad for them because they weren't supposed to eat for several hours either before or after the operation. They're used to having dry food available all the time, and that's a long time to go without eating. I'm not sure I would be able to last that long without getting sick. Now they're allowed to eat again, but they have to take medicine. Thankfully, I haven't had to give it to them.
On Saturday, we went to Brooklyn to see a comedy show at the Bell House. When we go into New York City, we usually park in Jersey City and take the PATH over, but we'd decided driving in would be more practical this time. With the help of the GPS, I was able to make it into Brooklyn by way of Staten Island, and find a parking place without too much trouble. I've never been a fan of city driving, but Beth says I did a good job, so I'm glad of that. We met up with
not_glimmer and had dinner at a place in Park Slope called Purity Diner. Why it had that name I couldn't say, but the food was good. When we reached the Bell House, there were several lines to get in, and we waited in the one that was supposed to be for seats. We were close to the beginning of this line, but when we got in, there were no more seats available. What the hell, Bell House? Beth's theory is that the people who waited in the line that WASN'T for seats took them anyway, which really shows a failure on the part of the venue. It's actually a pretty nice place (I was there before to see Steve Wynn), but it's bizarrely bureaucratic. I really don't see why they didn't put in more chairs in the first place. Standing during a concert is bad enough, but standing during a comedy show is just ridiculous.The show, billed on the ticket as "The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival," was rather unusual. Guests included John Hodgman (Deranged Millionaire, Resident Expert, and PC), Ira Glass, Leo Allen, and a few other people I didn't know. Actually, while I can't recall hearing of Elna Baker (and I'm very surprised the Firefox spell checker recognizes "Elna," a name I don't think I've ever come across before), I do remember reading somewhere (probably on Tumblr) about how she wrote an article about losing her virginity at twenty-eight, and the ex-boyfriend she lost it to left her a voice mail message saying she was a sociopath. I didn't recall the name, but it has to be the same person.
The theme of the show was drinking, and one of the things they did was to make a drinking game out of each of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. I didn't quite see how all of the games fit, but I don't think I could do better. One of the hosts had a breathalyzer, and at one point measured Ira's blood alcohol content as .26. I have to suspect there was either something wrong with it or somebody was playing a joke, because I don't think someone with that kind of BAC would be able to stand up on their own. After the show, Beth told me she was concerned about Ira. Also, Rachel (who was only there at the beginning to make some mixed drinks) told a story about how she met her partner when she was hired to do landscaping, which she didn't really know how to do.
Overall, it was interesting, but weird. While parts of it were planned out, it seemed like a fair amount of it was ad-libbed, and not all of it worked. Enough of it did to make it worthwhile, though.
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Date: 2011-09-19 08:52 pm (UTC)Also, what how epic the ending with karaoke "Do They Know It's Christmastime?" was?
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Date: 2011-09-19 10:39 pm (UTC)no subject
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