well wait he said it plays prime time on a network geared towards the under 18 set but see thats it cartoonetwork is geared toward the under 18 set but regular shows proabbly not geared towards younger children like 1-8
Similarly, in "Eggscellent," which won this year's Emmy for Best Short-Format Animated Program, is more true-to-life than what one might expect. In the episode, Mordecai and Rigby take stabs at eating a massive omelette.
"There's a restaurant in San Diego, where, if you eat a 12-egg omelette, you win a shirt or something," says Quintel. "I tried to eat it and I couldn't even get close. I think I made it an eighth of the way through."
Now in its fourth season, Regular Show has amassed a large following of kids, their parents and lots of young adults. While the show didn't struggle long to actually get on the air -- Quintel was already working for Cartoon Network, on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, when he pitched the series -- it did take time to build a following.
Quintel remembers his first Regular Show trip to San Diego Comic-Con, where he was on a joint panel with the team from the pop culture phenomenon Adventure Time. "There were pretty much no questions for us," he recalls.
A year later, things had changed. These days, people show up to panels in Regular Show cosplay. Quintel has even spotted a family wearing the Eggscellent hats from the episode of the same name. The fans are also asking the kind of minutia-based questions that only come after watching a 15-minute installment of Regular Show dozens of times.
In some ways, this year's Emmy win was validation for what animation addicts have known for a few years. Regular Show is one of the smartest, funniest, weirdest series on the small screen. "It's a little hard in this medium, when you want everybody to watch it," says Quintel. "I think adults automatically assume, oh, it's a cartoon, it's for kids." That's certainly not the case for Regular Show. "We're definitely making it for ourselves," says Quintel, "trying to make each other laugh." So far, that tactic seems to be working remarkably well.
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This piece originally appeared in LA Weekly. While we look for a new editor for Topless Robot, we'll occasionally be publishing stories from Voice Media Group sites.
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BUT SINCE ITS TVPG ON A NETWORK GEARED TOWARD THE UNDER 18 SET ID SAY ITS FOR TEENS
I KNEW REGULAR SHOW WASNT FOR LITTLE KIDS ITS RATED TVPG PEOPLE WHICH MEANS PARENTAL GUIDANCE SOME MATERIAL MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN
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@rttrffg I really miss the Dark Knight imdb board being so busy and random. It was the best place to keep updated on the latest funny youtube video or just hear a person's wierd life problem. It was a good laugh. Plus you knew everyone on there liked Batman even if they were joking about random stuff.
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Wow.... That was actually.... Was it? JOURNALISM on Topless Robot?
How strange. The story had a beginning, middle and end. It answered questions, provided inside info, and included interview answers that segued into further information about the subject.
I feel funny now.
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@nix.nightbird to make you feel better we can start a thread about gift ideas aka product advertisement masquerading as information on nerdy holiday shopping in true TR style. I'll start things off by recommending a DVD. You see the holidays are approaching and everyone needs something festive to watch while drunk and bitterly alone on the big day so why not Magic Christmas Tree?
http://www.rifftrax.com/dvds/christmas-rifftrax-featuring-magic-christmas-tree
Hey Gallen. I've never heard of the show this article as about, but now that we're here, lets hang out. Im just chilling listening to the audiobooks about Darth Bane and Plagieus on youtube. Man those sith make good main characters.
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I think it's pretty clear that Rob was worth at least twice the amount you were paying him.
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@markpoynter6540 The guy did say that posts would be light until they find a replacement.
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@Nikademus @markpoynter6540 I assume that the process of replacing Rob involves traps baited with booze
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@Nikademus @Gallen_Dugall @markpoynter6540 It worked last time for them. It was just a coincidence that they put it on an old, "Tron" dvd.
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Definitely a show for people who grew up between 1980 and 1995. The list of songs they've used sounds like the perfect soundtrack of that era.
'Working For The Weekend' - Loverboy
'We're Not Gonna Take It' - Twisted Sister
'Mississippi Queen' - Mountain
'Hey Man, Nice Shot' - Filter
'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' - Pat Benetar
'Holding On For A Hero' - Bonnie Tyler
'Nothing But A Good Time' - Poison
'Lies' - Thompson Twins
'I'm Alright/Footloose' - Kenny Loggins
'Hang Tough' - New Kids On The Block
'Toast Of The Town' - Motley Crue
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@skrag2112 I don't care how overplayed it is, Hey Man Nice Shot is still fucking awesome.
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i think that song came back in a video game ad or something. I dont play games anymore cuz of migraines. but that song is awesome. they had another good song 'you think your pretty i think your shit' or something.
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@AFMG I know right! It doesn't have something we can rage about (Michael Bay, George Lucas, Fox TV), or a weird Japanese sex toy, or some obscure nerd thing we can have a heated argument about...
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@jonap @AFMG Ok, I´ll start:
The Splinter Cell movie is a thing that´s happening:
Something, something, drunk, drunk.
%s
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Seiren's DEOEST underwear
Underpants which are claimed to neutralise the smell of flatulence areproving a hit in Japan, whose hard-working businessmen seem to like theidea of breaking wind without getting caught.
A Japanese textile company has developed a range of underwear which it says prevent unwelcome odors."It took us a few years to develop the first deodorant pants that arecomfortable enough to wear in daily life but efficient in quicklyeliminating strong smells," said Nami Yoshida, a spokeswoman for thecompany, Seiren."At first we thought about selling them to those who require nursing care and to hospitals."But to our surprise, lots of ordinary people, like businessmen who arein positions that require them to see people on a daily basis, boughtthem," she said.
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How relevant, a couple of friends and I ended up pounding the streets of [INSERT CITY LADY RAINICORN IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN HERE] last night/this morning wailing Summertime Loving, Loving in the Summer (Time) over and over again. In between doing terrible Choose Goose and Ice King impressions. Man, we're such dorks.
So yesterday the last update was posted at 11:11 a.m. , and today it looks like 11:01 a.m. will be the last update. RIP Topless Robot.
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@myers72781 snap out of it...TR isn't dead yet!
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@jamawalk Adventure Time is somewhat guilty as well, though they've actually released a Season 1 set.
And to think that I used to be annoyed with those partial season discs of series like Teen Titans. At least you could get the full season disc not horribly long afterward with those.
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@Baines @jamawalk If people buy it that way they'll sell it that way - first adapters always get crapped on. Personally I'll wait until I can get a complete box set on deep discount. Mind you I'm still waiting for a DVD release of the Private Life of Plants in my region because f*ing Ted Turner holds the rights here and doesn't support the medium. That billionaire is a true nut case.
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I've yet to watch the show. Maybe I'll netflix an episode.
Is "netflix" a verb yet?
@Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird Give it two or three episodes if you can, just because it might take a few for it to really click for you. At least it did for me.
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@Canadian.Scott @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird I'll GIF you a Netflix.
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Regular Show is pure entertainment. I love it. And that live action promo they made was genius.
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I love this show, and the '80s vibe it gives off. If my own cartoon ever takes off (maybe, who knows, fingers crossed), I want to ask J. G. Quintel, who voices Mordecai, to voice my main character. I think he'd be perfect.
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Laser Discs, feh. He should release them as RCA Capacitance Electronic Discs. Now, that's freaking retro.
I actually saw a big pile of CEDs at the local Salvation Army store. Alas, my wife and I promised each other to stop buying failed technology at thrift stores so I had to leave it on the shelf. Of course, this was right after she bought a Phillips CDi and that one really crappy Zelda game that came with it so I think I'm getting a raw deal.
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@doctor_mindbender I love obsolete technology... especially when it makes a comeback!
C'mon 8-track!
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@Lithroe @Someguy @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird @doctor_mindbender Thanks @Someguy , now I can go oot.
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@Someguy @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird @doctor_mindbender Well, there's your Canadian culture for the day.
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@doctor_mindbender Wow, nothing could have stopped me from bringing that CED home. NOTHING I SAY!
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@jonap @Lithroe @Someguy @doctor_mindbender I think the whole series is the best of... Lol
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@Lithroe @jonap @Someguy @doctor_mindbender Too bad this one doesn´t come in the Best Sessions collection.
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