I just got a chance to watch the latest episode of Drawn Together last night and I laughed my butt off.
Given the three episodes aired so far, I think that something has clicked with the creators.
This season is substantially better than almost every episode of Season 1 (which I enjoyed).
They are really starting to parody classic cartoons as well as the reality TV genre.
Anyone else still watching?
I love the little throwaway scenes, like the hospital waiting rooms.
Personally, while I still enjoy the series I found the first season episodes better.
I love’em all. Though Captain Hero’s powerlevel is ludicrously inconsistent.
No doubt. Reminds me of someone else…
I liked it when he ripped out Two-Hands’s guts and “discovered” his real identity.
mobo85
November 6, 2005, 9:33pm
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Which reminded me of a line from last week’s episode- “This isn’t Toot! It’s a blood fountain!”
Strong and stupid. Gotta love it.
Question.
They set up a suicide hotline. The phone rings, and they all lose their senses.
What was that ‘from’?
mobo85
November 7, 2005, 7:35pm
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They were imitating the Martians from Sesame Street . Yepyepyepyepyepyepyep. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
mobo85
November 7, 2005, 7:40pm
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I also caught what I believe might have been an inside joke. After a scene involving a sting operation led by an overly specific SWAT team unit with an extremely long name patrolled entirely by quadripeligics, Spanky is heard to comment, “Did a retarded third-grader write this?” This may or may not be a reference to the fact that one of the writers on the show is assisted with coming up with gags by his (presumably non-retarded) 7-year-old son.
That’s it!
Only I didn’t watch Sesame Street . Did they do it on The Muppet Show ?
mobo85 : Don’t know. But I liked the ‘what do you call a limbless man…’ jokes.
Also, I suppose Foxy’s tail is not part of the costume.
I thought it was a strap-on. I’ll have to look more closely.
bouv
November 8, 2005, 3:56pm
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Speaking of Foxy, were her nipples always perma-erect? I didn’t watch that much of season 1, but I don’t recall that she always had her highbeams on.
stuyguy
November 8, 2005, 4:17pm
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Too much Foxy*. Not enough Ling Ling.
Though I did appreciate it that the creators finally decided to acknowledge that she’s supposed to be a mystery-solving cartoon character. You would never know this from the first season, except for a fleeting description of her when all the players were first introduced. All the others got to demonstrate their talents, skills or “jobs” all the time, but not her, despite her excessive screen time.
bouv
November 8, 2005, 4:35pm
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stuyguy:
Too much Foxy.
There is no such thing! Man, I could look at that fine-ass booty all day long.
I thought it was a reference to the characters names (Art, Matt, Ben) being the punchlines to the kind of jokes a third grader would tell.
No they weren’t.
Heh-Heh. You said “strap-on.”
Iggins
November 8, 2005, 7:35pm
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I also took it as a jab at the writers - breaking down the 4th wall and all that.
I think this season is more consistenly funny than last.
I second the more Ling Ling! The princess is getting a bit too one dimensional, though.
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|98499|1|,00.html
The animated “reality series,” which runs with “South Park” on Wednesday nights, has generated strong ratings for the cable network in those three weeks, earning the show a pickup for 14 new episodes. The third season is scheduled to debut next fall.
Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser, veterans of “The Man Show” and “Action,” created “Drawn Together.” They’re happy to have the show return, noting that “Not since ‘Police Academy 8’ has a premise this flimsy been stretched this far.”