# Reno 911! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586 "2004-06-10T03:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/1 "2004-06-10T03:02:36Z")
Wow. For as great as I thought season one rocked, the first ep of season 2 blew hard. The only funny part was “Rooty-tooty Trudy” visiting the sick kids and scaring the hell out of them. Too bad I saw that scene about 500 times in promos for the show. The first season was quirky, but it’s like they’re just trying too hard now. Hope things get better. I’m soooooo disappointed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/2 "2004-06-10T04:15:54Z")
The characters definitely seemed like they were trying too hard to be wacky and funny. I saw that “dog doesn’t belong to the man” thing a mile away. Ditto with Weigel’s date. When they had the naked running man, I was about to turn the TV off because I thought I had seen that ep before. Don’t get me wrong, there were some funny parts, like …errr… well, there probably were but I’ve forgotten them already. I was really hoping for something better. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/3 "2004-06-10T22:25:33Z")
Oh, come on. It was a fantastic episode. Naked man had been done several times, but the attack of the naked men was a great twist. That Weigel would have a man in her house, and that particular man was also a surprise, and funny. Dangle loosing his bike bit always kills me. And the public service announcement rocked. IMO. Peace. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/4 "2004-06-11T01:57:33Z")
Not to mention:the whole Dangle/Kenny Rogers/Garcia it was all a gay dream opener! Also Dangle asking the two guys done up with face paint & wigs if they’re going to the game, and them saying, “Ahhh, no.” > [@](#): > > That Weigel would have a man in her house, and that particular man was also a surprise, and funny. Who was he? I didn’t recognize him. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/5 "2004-06-11T02:01:45Z")
Eh, it wasn’t my favorite episode ever, but I’m not going to stop watching it just because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/6 "2004-06-11T03:48:03Z")
Discussing the ep with some people at work, I remembered Weigel’s called “plum smugglers.” Now _that_’s funny! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/7 "2004-06-11T03:50:06Z")
Wow that sentence didn’t make any sense. Insert the phrase “Dangle’s shorts” where appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/8 "2004-06-11T09:42:02Z")
“See you on Monday!” … … … ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/9 "2004-06-11T12:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Dangle loosing his bike bit always kills me. Dangle didn’t loose his bike; in fact he chained it to a fence. Somebody else loosed it. I missed the first two minutes; how did they explain the ending of last season? ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/10 "2004-06-11T16:08:27Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Dangle didn’t loose his bike; in fact he chained it to a fence. Somebody else loosed it. > > I missed the first two minutes; how did they explain the ending of last season? It was all a dream. A gay dream with Kenny Rogers and Lt Dangle (as dreamt by Garcia). No lie, that’s the explination. I don’t know why anyone’s complaning. This was just another great episode. I laughed out loud from begining to end. “Happy Birthday” The dog… All too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/11 "2004-06-12T03:00:01Z")
Okay; how do you have a dream sequence in a pseudo-documentary? Never mind. I thought the shooting would turn out to be part of a double-cross practical joke, turning the perpetrator of the joke (Jones) into the stooge. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/12 "2004-06-12T03:11:16Z")
> [@seriousart](#): > > It was all a dream. A gay dream with Kenny Rogers and Lt Dangle (as dreamt by Garcia). No lie, that’s the explination. A dream within a dream. Kenny Rogers dreamed the shooting woke up and found himself in bed with Dangle. Then Garcia woke up in the meeting room with everyone there. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/13 "2004-06-12T06:19:41Z")
I was a little disappointed too, but then I realized that I didn’t really start appreciating the first season until I had viewed the episodes two or three times. I have faith that the show still has some good laughs in it. It’s really the wuiet details of the show that are brilliant rather than the big sight gags or slapstick stuuf. Weigel’s clueless racism, for instance. And I agree with **Moriah** that Dangle getting his bike stolen never gets old. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reno-911/249586/14 "2004-06-12T17:38:53Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > Naked man had been done several times, but the attack of the naked men was a great twist. Yeah, that was funny.