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Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by rycomb »

pentagrama wrote: post #79
sixothree wrote: post #7

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I won't watch that episode. I think the opening quote was apt.

I'm not sure that the episode with the dead dog opening quote _is_ the episode with the dead dog (a spoiler), maybe was a previous one and because it was somewhat controversial this is a joke about it. Can anyone confirm? The two possible jokes works but are different, for me a pun of a previous episode is so much funny.

It seems that it's from "Stench and Stenchibility", from the last season of the show... so, much later than "Jurassic Bark".

Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by pentagrama »

rycomb wrote: post #81
pentagrama wrote: post #79

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I'm not sure that the episode with the dead dog opening quote _is_ the episode with the dead dog (a spoiler), maybe was a previous one and because it was somewhat controversial this is a joke about it. Can anyone confirm? The two possible jokes works but are different, for me a pun of a previous episode is so much funny.

It seems that it's from "Stench and Stenchibility", from the last season of the show... so, much later than "Jurassic Bark".

Thanks! It's a great meta-joke then.

Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by jackewiehose »

orblivion wrote: post #28

My understanding is that the Episode 111 quote is the only instance of "not sure if" on the show, and it was in reference to the Internet meme, not the other way around. So that one is probably my favorite.

Yes, I remember the meme was already a thing when that episode came out.

Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by icegreentea2 »

plantain wrote: post #78
nharada wrote: post #30

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I recently learned this song is mostly sampled, I had no idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoq5-bLYM5Q

How have they reverse engineered these?

Not sure exactly how it was done in this case, but the first sample (the "amen break" - you can look it up) is one of the most sampled tracks ever. There are documentaries about it.

I imagine that many people who work with samples and production and deconstructing would develop an ear for it.

Similar for rapper's delight too I imagine.

Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by derekp7 »

craftinator wrote: post #80
bitwize wrote: post #63

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Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

It made my heart happy that this comment was so quickly made.

At the time I watched SNL whenever I remembered, but not regularly enough. However this one commercial spoof has stuck out with me, and I see it referenced all the time. Almost as if it was constantly reused. So how did this one-time event (well, plus reruns and now internet memes) stick in our collective conscience?

Same with Douglass Adams -- I ran across it due to "Adams" being at the beginning of the alphabet, but it also seems that most geeks have consumed it also.

Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by derekp7 »

goda90 wrote: post #22
outerspace wrote: post #12

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Watched that episode with the dead dog once. Almost cried. Never watched it again.

Multiple Futurama episodes got tears out of me. I think it's a normal and natural thing to be touched by a piece of media to the point of tears. I've watched them again in fact.

Once per season they had the tear-jerker episode.

Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by dr_zoidberg »

tombert wrote: post #73
outerspace wrote: post #12

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Watched that episode with the dead dog once. Almost cried. Never watched it again.

"Luck of the Fryish" has always been a favorite of mine. Not quite as tear-jerking as Jurassic Bark, but still a little sad with a somewhat somber ending.

Of the tear-jerker episodes, I really like "The Late Phillip J Fry". Most people tend to take it into account in the series continuity.

Re: All Futurama Opening Quotes

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Post by aendruk »

gostsamo wrote: post #6

All the quotes are in pictures with the alt text being only the number of the episode. Online accessibility at its best.

Something I’ve been wondering is how to most clearly encode both a title and subtitle in an alt attribute. Does it matter how I separate “Futurama” and “Proudly Made on Earth”? e.g. with just a space vs. semicolon, middle dot, lone hyphen, line break, etc.
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