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Snakes In The Ball Pit => How I choose to spend my time => TeeVee => Topic started by: Lemon on October 20, 2016, 01:23:04 pm
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I recognize this is probably old news to some people since this show has been on the air for over a year (and a webseries before that), but I've binged on it over the last couple days and I think it's really successful. It's a facts-focused show, which I'm a sucker for, but the central premise is that people are out enjoying themselves and then this annoying friendless man shows up and bums them out with facts about how they're ruining the Earth and engaging in worthless activities because they've been brainwashed by advertising.
It sort of reminds me of how, in the beginning of Screenwipe, Charlie Brooker took great pains to introduce himself as ugly, selfish, opinionated and rude. Adam does promotional photos like this (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1U9PF8RGsvU/maxresdefault.jpg).
There's glimpses of Penn & Teller's Bullshit in here, which is perhaps a little troubling, except Adam's own perspective is more liberal and thus he's probably unlikely to rail against recycling or sexual harassment complaints. Also, the show does a okay (for television) job of citing its sources, putting a chyron on screen to support the claim it's making, as well as an episode specific URL for further reading.
The jokes are mostly good. And if you were looking for a show where John Ennis dresses up as Henry Ford and complains about Jews, this is the one.
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I second that this is a good show. I like that the characters on the show seem to just accept their fate more often than not and put up barely any resistance to this guy coming in to ruin whatever fun they are having at the time.
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Would be better if the show was called "Well, Actually..."
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There are a few college humor writers (besides Adam) who moved over to the show.
Also, if you like this show, OPCD from Cracked (YouTube) has similar pacing.
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There are a few college humor writers (besides Adam) who moved over to the show.
Also, if you like this show, OPCD from Cracked (YouTube) has similar pacing.
bubbleuj, October 24, 2016, 03:03:11 am
I love OPCD (well, Daniel O'Brien) so I guess I'll finally check this out like I was meaning to.
e: the show rules, watch it
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Fun fact: Adam Connover does Lets Plays, and (since very few people watch them), he responds personally to comments. He's actually a very chill guy. Here he is playing the new Final Fantasy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGkkCCJnwI0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGkkCCJnwI0)
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That's such a rude this to say about Adam Bozarth, Lemon.