# Mike Tyson Mysteries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272 "2014-11-10T20:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/1 "2014-11-10T20:50:39Z")
[Mike Tyson Mysteries](http://www.adultswim.com/videos/mike-tyson-mysteries/) is a new cartoon on Adult Swim (so, sadly, episodes are only 11 minutes long. ARGH!) You can’t stream it anywhere yet, unless you’ve got a cable subscription and then you can stream it on the AS web site. I am totally in love with this show! I don’t know if it’s because I’ve happened to watch both episodes at like 3 AM after eating a bunch of Halloween candy, or if because it’s just that good. But for me every joke lands and every episode has a plot you can follow and the whole thing is both absurd and amazing. It stars Mike Tyson as Mike Tyson, Jim Rash (Dean Pelton from “Community”) as a snarky ghost, Norm MacDonald as a guy who got turned into a pigeon (and who basically acts like Norm MacDonald), and a woman named Rachel Ramras from The Groundlings as Mike Tyson’s adopted teenage daughter. Together they all solve mysteries. A total send-up of Scooby Doo, of course but…damn. I love it!!! Anyone else watching? ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/2 "2014-11-10T21:03:45Z")
I have to say just the precis of the second episode from that link made me genuinely laugh out loud, so thats a good start! ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/3 "2014-11-10T21:18:41Z")
I was at the [San Diego Comic Con panel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGXu6JavaAo) for this. It was alternately hilarious and horrifying. A lot of nervous laughter. Mike would say the most off-the-wall things and you couldn’t always tell if he was in on the joke, completely insane, or confused and just trying to cover. Same thing with the show. Some of the crazy things Mike says are probably scripted, but I think there are some that are just him being nuts during the recording and they just write around it. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/4 "2014-11-11T00:07:44Z")
> [@vd](#): > > I was at the [San Diego Comic Con panel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGXu6JavaAo) for this. It was alternately hilarious and horrifying. A lot of nervous laughter. Mike would say the most off-the-wall things and you couldn’t always tell if he was in on the joke, completely insane, or confused and just trying to cover. > > Same thing with the show. Some of the crazy things Mike says are probably scripted, but I think there are some that are just him being nuts during the recording and they just write around it. Holy crap that was funny! Wish I could actually watch the show now. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/5 "2014-11-11T00:35:49Z")
Saw the first episode – funny way to spend 12 minutes. I think I’m glad it’s not any longer, but I’ll keep watching. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/6 "2014-11-11T02:39:52Z")
Oh, I just realized you can stream for $1.99/episode on Vudu, Google Play and Amazon. I dunno, I’d say it’s worth $2 for 11 minutes of fun! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/7 "2014-11-11T03:27:56Z")
God help me, I just bought both episodes. I could really use a laugh. Hope this hits the mark! ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/8 "2014-11-12T02:54:53Z")
Ok, those two episodes were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/9 "2014-11-12T03:27:32Z")
Yessssss! I am glad I didn’t trick you in to spending $4 on crap. I haven’t eaten any candy today and it’s not 3 AM so I’m going to try to find yesterday’s episode to watch while “sober.” ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/10 "2014-11-12T12:36:56Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Yessssss! I am glad I didn’t trick you in to spending $4 on crap. > > I haven’t eaten any candy today and it’s not 3 AM so I’m going to try to find yesterday’s episode to watch while “sober.” Like Sealab 2021, I can see myself rewatching these now and then. In fact, I watched both again last night. Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/11 "2014-11-12T14:12:19Z")
Like most Adult Swim stuff, I love the meta-humor aspect. Namely, that if Tyson had peaked about ten years earlier he probably would have had a godawful, Hanna-Barbera Pacific rim sweatshop animated Saturday morning cartoon show just like Mr. T and Gary Coleman… ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/12 "2014-11-12T14:38:40Z")
Yep, it’s awesome. Who would have guessed decades ago that Mike Tyson would be involved in comedy and have a lauded one-man-show by 2014 after all of the rape, and ear-biting, and baby eating, etc. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/13 "2014-11-12T14:52:17Z")
I missed the first one, but the chess episode and astronaut episode are hilarious. I like how there’s zero backstory too - why is the Asian girl his daughter, what’s up with the Marquess (aka Marcus), and how did Pigeon become a pigeon? ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/14 "2014-11-12T15:27:39Z")
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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/15 "2014-11-12T17:31:14Z")
Actually there is a bit of backstory - but it was all in episode one 🙂 The pigeon was turned into a pigeon by his wife (“ex wife!”) The girl was left on Tyson’s doorstep as a baby (“probably because your mother didn’t want you! Mystery solved!”) It’s not clear what the Marquess’s deal is, but he seems to be responsible for Tyson’s new…demeanor. “You got what you wanted. He’s no fun, he doesn’t party, he doesn’t beat up random people. You basically turned him into you. 'Cept he’s not a closeted homosexual.” He told Tyson to “stop living for yourself.” But Tyson thinks Yung Hee told him that while she was a baby. Even though we all know babies can’t talk. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/16 "2014-11-13T14:02:11Z")
just watched the 3 episodes surpassed my expectations ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/17 "2014-11-13T15:08:48Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > It’s not clear what the Marquess’s deal is, but he seems to be responsible for Tyson’s new…demeanor. “You got what you wanted. He’s no fun, he doesn’t party, he doesn’t beat up random people. You basically turned him into you. 'Cept he’s not a closeted homosexual.” He told Tyson to “stop living for yourself.” But Tyson thinks Yung Hee told him that while she was a baby. Even though we all know babies can’t talk. I can’t believe it took me this long to make the connection with Marquess of Queensbury rules, which presumably outlaw ear biting. Maybe it’s because Mike keeps calling him Marcus. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/18 "2014-11-13T16:52:19Z")
Episode 3 had me LOL. Not to spoil it, I liked the moon scene. Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/19 "2014-11-13T17:17:56Z")
Morally though does anyone else have a problem watching this show? Mike Tyson is literally a rapist; I don’t feel good supporting his show. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272/20 "2014-11-13T17:36:04Z")
That asshole Turner pulled Adult Swim from Dish Network, so I don’t get to see it! :mad: No more “Black Jesus”, “Boondocks” or anything else worth a shit. Goddammit! 400 fucking channels and I only ever watched about 5 of them. Now only about 3. :mad: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-mysteries/704272.md?page=2)