OOTS #418 - The Discussion Thread

[Ampersand]

Eh in a forum like this, the "in my opinion" can and should be inferred. Don't let it upset ya. IMO, of course. ;)

Actually, Solara is quite right and my statements should be taken as coming from On High. I was, after all, deemed the Sole Arbiter of Humor by Thor himself in a ceremony involving endless mugs of ale that are in reality tied to the ocean and putting our hands in wolf mouths and seeing how long we can hold them there without them getting bit off (poor Tyr, though...I told him he shouldn't try it drunk). It was a highly publizied event, I don't know how you missed it.

Oh, wait...that didn't happen. So yeah...you probably should just take what I say as a typical forum post, filled with opinion.

[Senko]

Let's test your theory:

Cries over the fact I actually laughed when I saw that.

[Kanthalion]

Let's test your theory:

Cries over the fact I actually laughed when I saw that.

You don't need to cry, I laughed too.

[basilisk 89]

Can't wait for the next one!

[TheOtherMC]

You don't need to cry, I laughed too.

Wow......im scared....and scarred for life now...

[Mr Teufel]

I'm ever upper class high society
God's gift to ballroom notoriety
I always fill my ballroom
The event is never small
The social pages say I've got
The biggest balls of all
...(snip etc)...
And I'm just itching to tell you about them
Oh we had such wonderful fun
Seafood cocktail, crabs, crayfish...

Source, please? (Seafood source? )

This is one of those strips where you keep telling yourself your not going to laugh at the stupid joke... and you say it to yourself after every panel... and then at the end you find yourself laughing at the stupid joke.

Great One Giant!

Yeah. Belkar's psychic disapointment at the waste of all those 'package' joke opportunities just nailed it. And the dialogue worked as dialogue - essential to it working as innuendo.
I'm Australian; I think I heard 'junk' in this context on the internet.

"Penis penis penis"

Cries over the fact I actually laughed when I saw that.

Now that I found hilarious!

Also I really liked the depiction of dawn over Asure City Docks. Subtle and simple. Exquisite.

[The Glitter Ninja]

I don't care about the inneuendo, but one joke repeated two dozen times does not a good strip make.

That's too bad you think that way. It must keep you from laughing at a lot of stuff. Like Solara, I thought this was hilarious, but I stand corrected since you've pointed out the obvious rule of comedy that repetition is NOT FUNNY. Now that you mention it, you're completely right: no modern comedians have ever used repetition as a comedic device! Does George Carlin know about this? How about David Letterman? Johnny Carson's zombie?

Also, in unrelated news, there's a typo in the 2nd speech balloon. This has also probably been mentioned before, but just in case.

[Nightmarenny]

A very weak strip. I don't care about the inneuendo, but one joke repeated two dozen times does not a good strip make.

Everyone misses on occasion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwnIeyWC-W4

I present you with living proof that you can infact make a very simple joke 2 dozen times and not only does it a good strip make but one of the single most acclaimed moments in Tv. The Sideshow Bob rake scene.

As for weather you were speaking obviously in opinion. No you weren't the "not a good strip make" alone...

[AyuVince]

Well I sure hope Hinjo's junk is fast, so it can get out of that hole quickly. Otherwise, it will be a bang for everyone when Xykon comes. I mean, as a necromancer, he's always looking for some meat.

[the_tick_rules]

the best part was belkar. did he say anything we weren't thinking?

[Ariko]

I hadnt heard the term junk as a euphamism of genitalia, but it was obvious to me once they started talking aboiut size..I blame Futurama for me understanding! specificly the episode with the Miss Universe p[ageant

[Rhuna_Coppermane]

My daughter and I giggled all though that one. Yes, we are twelve, and man, that was funny. Junk... heh heh. Package... ROFL.

[Astro_Fez]

Hehe, that was great. Normally I can't stand these kind of jokes but you made it work so well. By the end I was giggling like a little schoolgirl.

[Rusty]

This just really wasn't the comic for me. :(

[EpeeGnome]

The repitition quickly moved my reaction from mildly amused to groaning. It was with a sense of relief that I realized that the 2'nd to last panel was not going to be yet another 'junk' joke. Except it was the same joke, and that's what really made me bust out laughing.

At first I thought the Giant switched from yacht to junk because junk itsself has two meanings so I didn't get that it was actually a triple entendre for about 10 Minutes (two meanings for the innocent kids and the hidden third for the adults, right?^^).

Although I can think of several meanings of 'junk,' I can see only 2 as applicable here: Asian boat, and male... parts.

Did anyone else notice that some of the ships were facing the city? Shouldn't they be escaping, and therefore facing the ocean?

They all seem to be facing away from the city to me. While their sails seem to be at random angles (perhaps implying that they aren't moving), the hulls of the boats are all pointing away from the city. Some just have high stern castles. (I think thats the proper nautical term.)

[EntilZha]

I hadnt heard the term junk as a euphamism of genitalia, but it was obvious to me once they started talking aboiut size..I blame Futurama for me understanding! specificly the episode with the Miss Universe p[ageant

I had only previously heard the term used to describe the posterior size of certain women (e.g. Jennifer Lopez), as in "She's got some junk in that trunk!"

[DrivinAllNight]

I got to this one late, but this was such good comedy, and Belkar was just phenomenal at the end

[Ampersand]

That's too bad you think that way.

Yeah, I'm told that quite a lot on this board.

It must keep you from laughing at a lot of stuff.

Not paritcularly. At least, not that I've noticed.

Like Solara, I thought this was hilarious, but I stand corrected since you've pointed out the obvious rule of comedy that repetition is NOT FUNNY.

Wow, I'm more persuasive than I thought.

Now that you mention it, you're completely right: no modern comedians have ever used repetition as a comedic device! Does George Carlin know about this? How about David Letterman? Johnny Carson's zombie?

You're delibratly twisting what I'm saying here. There's a difference between repetition and routine. George Carlin doing his 7 Words, Place for Your Stuff, and Euphamisms bits at every show this year is a routine and is perfectly fine. George Carlin doing nothing but 7 Words for an hour...in other words, the same content, over and over...would be repetition, and by the end of it he'd probably be doing it to an empty house.

In terms of OotS, Explosive Runes is a routine. 418 is repetition, the exact same content stretched out over ten panels.

(Nitpicking about how the ten panels are in fact not exactly the same in 3...2...1...)

I present you with living proof that you can infact make a very simple joke 2 dozen times and not only does it a good strip make but one of the single most acclaimed moments in Tv. The Sideshow Bob rake scene.

That particular scene is "small grin"-worthy at best, but sets up a very good scene in a later Sideshow Bob episode:

Bob: "Rakes...my archnemesis..."
Bart: "Wait, I thought I was your archnemesis?
Bob: "I do have a life outside of you, Bart."

Oh, wait, I'm sorry...I forgot to say that in my opinion it's a very good scene.

As for weather you were speaking obviously in opinion. No you weren't the "not a good strip make" alone...

And, by that standard, nor were you when you unilateralty declared the rake scene one of the "single most acclaimed" TV moments? Where are you citations for that? What experts are willing to attest to that? Do you have a university study that's passed peer review?

If not, how then can you criticize me for a relatively minor phrasing error that you committed yourself?

[Nightmarenny]

Thing is I wasn't attemting to state an opinion. Do I have proof? No, but you can go to a simpsons forum find a "greatest moments" thread and see how much it comes up.

[Tobimaro]

I too enjoyed this strip. The thought of someone handling Hinjo's junk was almost too much for me.

And once again, Belkar gets the best lines.

[SpartacusThe2nd]

I didn;t get the junk irony all the time.

[Neofite]

That was great!!!

[Blackmoore]

This strip left me confused... in a funny way

[Ave]

Ok, i didn't get this, for me junk always meant waste.
Or a chinese boat.

Unless junk meant this particular strip, i don't get it :)

[pendell]

*Yawn*

I'm assuming the point of this strip was to introduce the boat so that, when it proves to be a pivotal point later, we will have some foreshadowing.

The humor ... well, I've dealt with junior high kids after they've just discovered all the words the adults know and think repeating them over and over is the height of humor.

I'm marking this one as below average.

So when does the fight start, anyway?

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[rgoodfellow]

I'm just glad Belkar go in that comment at the end or that would have been one helluva a boring read.

Great work on 417, though, that one stuck with me for a while. As for going 180, yes, yes, you did. This one I will probably not be rereading any time soon.

[SmartAlec]

I don't care about the inneuendo, but one joke repeated two dozen times does not a good strip make.

I was under the impression that it's all one joke. The humour is not solely in the repetition of the naughty word - it's also in watching the characters and wondering exactly how long it'll take before the penny drops and their brain catches up with their mouths.

I got a chuckle out of imagining an off-camera scene a few moments after this strip, with either Hinjo realising what he's been saying and trying to keep his dignity, or no-one realising what they're saying, with the exception of one guard, who's desperately trying to hold in his laughter.

Is there such a thing as a joke made by inferral? I think there is.

[Thanatos]

Step One: cut a hole in a box. Step Two: put your junk in a box...

Earlier today I had no idea what exactly that was a reference to, besides guessing from context.

Just now, I randomly stumbled across this elsewhere:
http://www.funnyjunk.com/movies/544/SNL+A+Special+Box/

Gotta love synchronicity.

[Selv]

I got a chuckle out of imagining an off-camera scene a few moments after this strip, with either Hinjo realising what he's been saying and trying to keep his dignity, or no-one realising what they're saying, with the exception of one guard, who's desperately trying to hold in his laughter.

Pontius Pilate: What about you? Do you find it wisible when I say the name... 'Biggus'...
[chuckle]
Pontius Pilate: ... Dickus?

OK, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

[Thanatos]

Source, please? (Seafood source? )

It's just the lyrics to AC/DC's song Big Balls.

Here's another song, by The Bloodhound Gang this time, which has more euphemisms and innuendo than anyone could need (much less want)...

Vulcanize the whoopee stick
In the ham wallet

Cattle prod the oyster ditch
With the lap rocket

Batter dip the cranny ax
In the gut locker

Retrofit the pudding hatch
Ooh la la
With the boink swatter

If I get you in the loop when I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo in the end you know my intent though
I brazillian wax poetic so hypothetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush

Foxtrot Unifrom Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

Marinate the nether rod
In the squish mitten

Power drill the yippee bog
With the dude piston

Pressure wash the quiver bone
In the fish wrinkle

Cannonball the fiddle cove
Ooh la la
With the pork steeple

If I get you in the loop when I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo in the end you know my intent though
I brazillian wax poetic so hypothetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush

Foxtrot Unifrom Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

Put the you know what, in the you know where
Put the you know what, in the you know where
Put the you know what, in the you know where
Put the you know what, in the you know where
pronto