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Old 10-22-2009, 12:30 PM
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Best Robot Chicken bits

I'm as big a fan of Monty Python as the next geek, but...c'mon! Let's get with the times and obsess over a show that's NOT 40 years old.


My favorite bits:

-The Peanuts spoof in which Sally ties up Linus a la Stephen King's "Misery."

-the Giving Tree and his...less giving cousin over the hill (NSFW!)

-Gummy Bear

What are your favorites?


p.s. Yes the pun in the thread title is very intended.
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Old 10-22-2009, 12:54 PM
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What the Hell is an Aluminum Falcon?
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:02 PM
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The giving tree appears to have a penis around the 46 second mark.
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:04 PM
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Related, the awkward dinner party from Empire Strikes Back. Vader demonstrating the destruction of Alderan by breaking up a dinner roll kills me every time.
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:24 PM
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My little pony,
Apocalypse pony
So...wrong!
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:25 PM
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Epilepsy Research Center
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:34 PM
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Mars is ammmaaaaaaziing

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Old 10-22-2009, 01:37 PM
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Goddamned Adult Swim. I need to get that faked US IP so I can see their videos. I keep meaning to do that.
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:41 PM
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Law and Order with chickens.
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:52 PM
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Mo-Larr, Eternian Dentist
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Old 10-22-2009, 01:58 PM
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Law and Order with chickens.
voila. my favorite part is in the beginning after the door is slammed on the two detectives, one of them makes a short little quip, like Jerry Orbach always used to do.

It's not hard to find the videos as long as your in the US, just go to adultswim.com and type it in in the search field.

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Old 10-22-2009, 02:01 PM
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Well, let's see.

Beavis and Butt-Head join the Teen Titans

The Great Pumpkin comes to life and kills off the kids one by one until Charlie stops him with the kite-eating tree.

I, Rosie, In which Will Smith accuses Rosie the robot of killing George Jetson.

A Scooby Friday, which has the cast of the motion picture guest starring, as well as Don Knotts and Phyllis Diller.

8 Carrot, in which Bugs Bunny has a rap battle with Elmer Fudd.

The one with warriors from HALO taking out Donkey Kong.

The Calvin and Hobbes parody. I can see janis_and_c0 beat me to it. Oh well. It's worth another mention.

The race with the General Lee, K.I.T.T., the Batmobile, Speed Racer, Jon and Ponch from CHIPS, and other famous vehicles and drivers.

Grand Theft Mario, which finds Mario and Luigi taking a wrong turn to Vice City.

The one which has Iron Man sneaking into the Mandarin's lair through the ventilation system.
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Old 10-22-2009, 02:11 PM
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I find Myself Ignorant Regarding Joan Baez - Educate Me

Oops thought I was posting a new thread! Ignore!

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Old 10-22-2009, 02:16 PM
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The Pursuit of Happy Days is an instaclassic, too.

"Do you have any experience?"
"Well, no.... but I can do this ..." (snaps fingers, three women appear)
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"So... you're a pimp?"
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Old 10-22-2009, 02:31 PM
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I always crack up at the Pokeball High Life and Admiral Ackbar Cereal.
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Old 10-22-2009, 02:33 PM
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Benny Hill's Funeral. With that chase music. I laughed so hard I cried.
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Old 10-22-2009, 02:46 PM
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Cuddles fabric softener. For clothes that are rapeably fresh!

Quicksand and how a giraffe copes with it.

Voltron Gets Served is a favorite, although I wish they hadn't changed the music from the original broadcast. Here's the original song.

What the heck, one more, my favorite from the Star Wars special: Lobot!
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Old 10-22-2009, 02:58 PM
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Oops thought I was posting a new thread! Ignore!
You're forgiven...in large part because I've done the exact same thing in the past and am happy to know I'm not the only one who made such an error.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:27 PM
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The Knights of the Round Table and Sir Mixalot

I also liked the Star Wars "Ponda Baba's Bad Day"
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:43 PM
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voila. my favorite part is in the beginning after the door is slammed on the two detectives, one of them makes a short little quip, like Jerry Orbach always used to do.
Oh my word. It still brought tears to my eyes.

I love the taciturn judge ("begurgh") and the good chicken, bad chicken routine and the fact that the whole thing makes exactly as much sense as a real episode of Law and Order.

Comic perfection.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:53 PM
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The Revolutionary War.
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Old 10-22-2009, 04:00 PM
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The Tooth Fairy murders.

Lex Luthor, Mum-Ra, Skeletor, and Cobra Commander (I think) carpooling to work. "Behold the power of my breakfast burrito!"

The Unicorns, Minotaurs, and Dragons are late for the Arc.
"I hope you can swim and breath water, like us, a merman and mermaid."
[The dragon chomps off the mermaid's head]
"I hope you can asexually reproduce, asshole BEEP!"

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I find Myself Ignorant Regarding Joan Baez - Educate Me
I don't think I was the only one try to remember this skit.
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Old 10-22-2009, 06:16 PM
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Our Newest Member, Calvin.

"It's 'Fumbles'...it was always 'Fumbles.'"
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Old 10-22-2009, 08:24 PM
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Lil Hitler
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Old 10-22-2009, 08:32 PM
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Dr. Ball M.D.

"What is your degree in, poetry?"
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:41 AM
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For short and sweet that one is at the top of my list.

I kind of like the turtle ones, but just because I like turtles lol.

For longer sketch I might go for Luke vs Vader on the Bespin platform. ("That's... highly improbable...")
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Old 10-23-2009, 03:12 AM
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Bob Barker's New Gig.
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:15 AM
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My favorite was one of the real quickies - you see people running, screaming in terror over this hill, followed by this giant insane sun maniacally growling "Two scoops! Two scoops!!" as he scoops up the unlucky ones and tosses them willy nilly. I laughed so hard I 'bout fell off the couch.

I love that Seth Green and I grew up in the same era and watched the same commercials.
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Old 10-23-2009, 10:18 AM
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Sailor Moon is hot.
So is Queen Beryl.
Anime is weird.
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Old 10-23-2009, 02:29 PM
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Ass-Pirates of the Caribbean. "It's like that Johnny Depp movie . . . but even gayer!"
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