National Lampoon rips on Futurama

[Gary Floyd 0]

as well as other Adult Swim shows.

 

Note: This isn't funny. It's actually quite mean spirited and bitter.

http://nationallampoon.com/nl/08_features/.../Adult_Swim.asp

 

That out of the way, the G4 network responded to this "parody" by doing they're own bit

 

"

Please Look at Us"

 

[National Lampoon]

we made your grandfather laugh once

[the max 0]

Saw a good shot from Adult Swim before Robot Chicken tonight.

 

"We would have been honored to be insulted by The 'Poon...in 1975."

 

Something along those lines. I played that whole thing through and it came across as bitter for the simple fact that NL isn't funny anymore and people actually enjoy Adult Swim. Oh well.

[Guest El Satanico]

...what?...

[Gary Floyd 0]

I'll just put it like this: Even if you don't find shows like "Tom Goes to the Mayor" funny, it's still funnier than the most recent National Lampoon's movie.

[Ravenbomb 0]

long, boring, not funny in the least...yep, that's National Lampoon

[Guest JMA]

I saw both the G4 parody and the comments from AS--great stuff.

 

As for National Lampoon--not so great. It really came off as quite sad and pathetic.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

National Lampoon: Let's hire Corey Haim, Judge Reinhold, and Jasmin St. Claire to star in different films!

 

"BRILLIANT!"

[Placebo Effect 0]

My TiVo missed the first one or two frames, but here is what they said tonight.

 

---

 

penned a "scatching stire" of our bumps

 

on its hompage.

 

You'll remember Nat'l Lampoon from Animal House and Family Vacation.

 

[and that's it]

 

There was a time when we'd be honored

 

to have been satirized by the 'Poon.

 

A time known simply as: 1975.

 

Of course, we were intended to return the favor.

 

And we will,

 

As soon as they do something worth satirizing.

 

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[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The first one about Al Gore's daughter was the only one that was funny.

 

Its odd they rip family guy, and yet they've got a link to another site that has the Take on Me clip from a couple weeks ago.

[JasonX 0]

Saw it and laughed. Given how the people in charge of Adult Swim, in the past year and a half, have become total dicks with their heads up their asses and such blatant asshole pouser asshat coming from the people via their bumper segments, let alone the whole "NEW NEW NEW!!! ONLY ANIME WORTH SHOWING IS NEW ANIME THAT'S ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AT THE OLDEST!" as well as the shit nature of the new shows (only Robot Chicken is funny) let alone cancelling Sealab, the over-exposure of Aqua Teen, and the overall throwing of a huge ass tantrum about bringing reruns of Space Ghost back, and their general bitching at fans for not watching the shit action-themed anime that they air (Note to Adult Swim, if no one's watching the shit shows only you AS producers like, why the fuck not use your fucking money to buy the rights to shows people fucking want to fucking see you little shits??????) they deserve to be fucking mocked, even if it's by National Lampoon of all people.

 

Hell, I can't wait to see how Adult Swim fucks up Neon Genesis Evangelion come October. I bet we can expect them bitching about having to fucking show GOOD anime and cancelling it after about four/five episodes under the guise of it not getting "good" ratings, while keeping shit like the shit anime on Saturday nights going strong simply becasue the shitheads in charge of Adult Swim are the only ones liking the shows because they are all shiney and new....

[LivingLegendGaryColeman 0]

I was thinking the same thing as the majority apparently. National Lampoon's only recent thing worthwhile was Van Wilder... and I really don't know how much stake in there. The next best movie they put out in recent memory was Gold Diggers... and that was pretty awful.

[Golgo 13 0]

Yeah, really. National Lampoon isn't relevant at all besides the occasional Family or yearly Christmas showing and they certainly haven't had an original production that was worth a shit in some time.

 

Given how the people in charge of Adult Swim, in the past year and a half, have become total dicks with their heads up their asses

 

Not really. Even if they have, it's with good reason, considering their success. Overlooking how poorly the Sat. night block has been doing, they still must have been doing something right all this time, after all.

 

and such blatant asshole pouser asshat coming from the people via their bumper segments

 

What?

 

let alone the whole "NEW NEW NEW!!! ONLY ANIME WORTH SHOWING IS NEW ANIME THAT'S ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AT THE OLDEST!"

 

All of these meet this two year thing, and certainly aired within the time frame during which you say AS has gone to shit, with many of them still airing, or set to air fairly soon. Milk Chan. Cowboy Bebop. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heaven's Door. Case Closed. ROD. Trigun. FLCL. Lupin. Scryed. Metropolis. GitS Stand Alone Complex. Escaflowne The Movie. Evangelion. And the first two Inuyasha movies.

 

And all of these, while not on AS any longer, meet the two year thing. Reign, which sucks, but that's besides the point. Outlaw Star. Blue Gender. Yu Yu Hakusho. Tenchi Muyo. Kikaider. And assorted Gundam incarnations.

 

The ONLY ones that don't meet the two year theory are Big O (though by the time it DID air on AS, the two years between original broadcasts had passed), Fullmetal Alchemist, Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, and Paranoia Agent. Meanwhile, Inuyasha, Witch Hunter Robin and Pilot Candidate were too close to call.

 

as well as the shit nature of the new shows (only Robot Chicken is funny)

 

Going by your time frame, Venture Brothers. American Dad has its moments and picked up a bit after a slow start. And only one other show has hit regular rotation, that being Tom Goes. Hey, they can't all be winners.

 

let alone cancelling Sealab

 

Sealab was taken as far as it could go, and was mercifully put out of its misery. Though its awfulness since the voice of Murphy died was greatly exaggerated, it was hardly anything worth producing new episodes for. Its time was up, and you could clearly tell its writers were tired of the whole thing.

 

the over-exposure of Aqua Teen

 

Repeats of ATHF that I've seen a million times still crack me up, and the last season showed that it still has steam, unlike Sealab.

 

and the overall throwing of a huge ass tantrum about bringing reruns of Space Ghost back

 

And they eventually gave in, so who gives a shit?

 

and their general bitching at fans for not watching the shit action-themed anime that they air (Note to Adult Swim, if no one's watching the shit shows only you AS producers like, why the fuck not use your fucking money to buy the rights to shows people fucking want to fucking see you little shits??????)

 

People weren't clamoring for Scryed or Paranoia Agent. Scryed is rather average all things considered. Paranoia Agent comes with lofty praise for the show itself and high expectations for its creator, but it's not exactly fan friendly and at first it didn't seem to be well known outside of the hardcores, and it isn't as heavy on action as other typical AS fare (a nice change of pace). But people wanted Inuyasha, that much is clear just by looking at all the insane fans of the show. They wanted the true successor to Cowboy Bebop, that being Samurai Champloo. They wanted FLCL back. Yet, they aren't watching, outside of the most devoted Sat. Action fans.

 

Let's face it, anime and comedy doesn't have a lot of crossover with the AS fans, which is why Saturday is lucky to get half of Sunday's viewers. But Fullmetal Alchemist experienced success in the slot before, and there were a couple of weeks where the current schedule showed signs of life. But logically speaking, AS chose the worst possible time to introduce the new lineup, with Summer upon us. Anyone with a social life and in their right mind isn't cooped up in the house sitting in front of the TV on most Saturdays, they're all out doing whatever, which doesn't bode well for inaccessible anime in which, if you miss one episode, you're fucking lost. There are more factors that go into this other than "so and so must not like this show."

 

they deserve to be fucking mocked, even if it's by National Lampoon of all people.

 

Yeah, they sure knocked AS down a peg.

 

Hell, I can't wait to see how Adult Swim fucks up Neon Genesis Evangelion come October. I bet we can expect them bitching about having to fucking show GOOD anime and cancelling it after about four/five episodes under the guise of it not getting "good" ratings, while keeping shit like the shit anime on Saturday nights going strong simply becasue the shitheads in charge of Adult Swim are the only ones liking the shows because they are all shiney and new...

 

There you go again with the shiny and new. While most of the past year's recent acquisitions have been newer anime (P. Agent, Fullmetal, Champloo), there's still been a place in the schedule for 'older' anime.

 

Anyway, God, Evangelion is so fucking overrated. Yeah, it was a huge influence on anime and any anime fan should watch it at least once (if only for a lesson on how to ruin a good thing), but the awful mishandling of it all during the last half really tarnished it. What I think you're getting at through all this ANGST~ filled cursing is that AS has gotten too big, bloated, egotistic and pretentious for its own good, yet Evangelion is very much the definition of all these things. Whatever.

 

Long story short. AS clearly doesn't like older anime. They prefer shiny and new. Then they go and pick up Evangelion, going against their supposed philosophy, as if someone gave them a nipple twister, a wet willy, or something, and forced them to. Yet they're putting it on Thursday instead of the Saturday death slot, and are giving it fairly heavy promotion, certainly not looking to cancel it prematurely... despite those shitty shit shitheads hating old smelly anime. So which is it?

 

Through it all, I'm surprised there hasn't been any witty Shitarama-like puns from you. Adult Shit should have been obvious.

 

Sorry to anyone for the annoying Mike SC dissection, but it was needed.

[AndrewTS 0]

Atomsk: Izzok, seems like you picked my brain and said just about everything I wanted to, anyway.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Case Closed is coming back?

[Gary Floyd 0]

Case Closed is coming back?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I honestly don't care about Case Closed. That out of the way, I'm probably the only person on Earth who misses "Super Milk Chan"

 

"Subsidized dating is prostitution!"

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Then don't comment on it. Leave that question to someone that does know and care. I asked because I do care.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

Am I the only person that thinks that was funny and Adult Swim does suck?

[Nighthawk 0]

Around here, probably.

[Nighthawk 0]

On second thought, it was kind of funny, so you and me. But I don't watch adult swim, so I can't say whether it sucks or not.

[bobobrazil1984 0]

whatever, futurama is awesome, and much better than any national lampoon "comedy"

 

However, I am completely cool with them mocking the rest of Adult Swim. Just not Futurama!!!!

 

*time to go jack on*

[Slayer 0]

I don't think AS is totally hot shit (I love FG, Futurama and ATHF but am not big on Birdman or Mayor) but that was a horrible attempt of a slam by NL

 

And I wouldn't worry about JasonX, since assorted posts I've read by him would place him on the "contradictory just to be contradictory" list

[AndrewTS 0]

Case Closed is coming back?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

It is back, along with Lupin.

 

That is if you consider 5:30 in the morning "back" (Lupin at 5).

 

Since when does calling people "fags" = satire?

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

I hate AS bumper segments. It comes off as them trying way to hard to be hip. Other than that, their programming doesn't bother me a bit.

[Golgo 13 0]

The only thing I got a kick out of was the stuff about Gore's daughter. After that it took a big spiralling nosedive. It just reeked of bitterness, and as if they forgot how to actually be so, trying to be hip and counter-culture for the sake of it. That's probably the one criticism of Adult Swim that has any legitimacy, yet Lampoon does the same thing and I doubt it's intentional. Even if I disliked AS, I probably wouldn't have found it funny on the pretense of, you know, not having any actual comedy in it.

 

And yes, Case Closed runs early in the morning alongside Lupin. But these are all repeats and Adult Swim isn't interested in bringing over any new episodes... which is fine by me.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Gah 5:30?! Fuck. At least I saw all of the shows, so if they're re-runs, no big deal.

[Guest JMA]

I like all the Lupin series, but I just can't stand the dub shown on Adult Swim. I'm not one of those "all dubs suck" anime fans either. I just hate when 21st century American pop-culture is shoe-horned into a very old anime series--I don't want to hear references to Britney Spears and Shaq in an anime series. Then again, I've always been a fan of older pop-culture.

 

As for Neon Genesis Evangelion, Adult Swim won't ruin it. It's one of the best and most influential anime series of all time, and Adult Swim knows this.

 

Oh, and National Lampoon still fucking sucks. All they're doing is trying to leech off Adult Swim's popularity because no one cares about them any more. Honestly, their "humor" appeals to the sort of people who type in all caps.

[SuperJerk 0]

Futurama is the cartoon for people who love sci fi.

 

National Lampoon is the magazine for people who...

 

...

 

...does anyone even read National Lampoon anymore?

[Golgo 13 0]

I like all the Lupin series, but I just can't stand the dub shown on Adult Swim. I'm not one of those "all dubs suck" anime fans either. I just hate when 21st century American pop-culture is shoe-horned into a very old anime series--I don't want to hear references to Britney Spears and Shaq in an anime series. Then again, I've always been a fan of older pop-culture.

 

I'm by no means a fanatical sub purist either, but man, do I hate the Adult Swim Lupin. I've actually never even seen the original, but I'd probably like it more for the reason you stated. In these last five or so years of greatly improved dubbing, if there was ever still an argument for subs, this Lupin is it.

 

As for Neon Genesis Evangelion, Adult Swim won't ruin it. It's one of the best and most influential anime series of all time, and Adult Swim knows this.

 

I initially thought they may still edit it, but that's probably the cynic in me talking, considering it's about as mature as FMA and that made it through unscathed for the most part... at least thus far. I don't have many worries about it regardless.

[bobobrazil1984 0]

Adult Swim is gonna air Neon Genesis Evangelion?? when? I've been interested in seeing it but never got around to it.

[Golgo 13 0]

It's gonna be a while. It'll air on Thursdays starting Oct. 20th.