You all know the idea.
Now, as for me, I'd ask for something that's similar or along the lines of great animated sitcom series like King of the Hill, or other animated comedies which I love such as South Park or Futurama, but I realize that I love each of those series for the fact that they are so unique and stand out to me among other series, since there is nothing quite like them.
So, instead, for now, I'll just ask if anybody has any good episodes of The Simpsons to recommend to me. I've never been too into the show, but only because I just haven't watched that much. I like a fair amount of the classic episodes that I have seen, and would love to see more of the great ones if Desensitized or SNES_Chalmers or Avaitor has any good classic episodes to recommend to me (or anyone else, for that matter).
I've been going through seasons 6 and 8 lately, so I think I'll make you a kind of "essentials" involving particular aspects of the show.
Homer- Homer the Heretic
Marge- Fear of Flying
Bart- Cape Feare
Lisa- Lisa on Ice
Maggie- And Maggie Makes Three
Homer & Marge- Secrets of a Successful Marriage
The Simpsons family- Marge Be Not Proud
Alternate choice- Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
The citizens of Springfield- Marge vs. the Monorail
Alternate choice- Homer at the Bat
All right, thanks for the recommendations. I'll be sure to try and check out those episodes first as soon as I can find them.
I'll also take some KOTH episode recommendations if anyone wants to throw some of those my way as well. And of course, I would fully like to encourage people to ask people to recommend them some good shows or movies depending on what they are in the mood for watching.
The majority of season 3 and 4 would be a good place to start, but if you want suggestions...
For a bit of everything: Last Exit To Springfield or Bart Sells His Soul or Mr. Plow
For zany comedy: Itchy & Scratchy Land or Bart Vs. Australia or Homie The Clown
For more emotional moments: Lisa's Substitute or Duffless or Lisa's Sax
I'll give you some KOTH in my next post.
As for KOTH
Hank- Get Your Freak Off
Peggy- Peggy's Fan Fair
Bobby- Bobby Goes Nuts
Dale- The Trouble with Gribbles
Bill- Bills are Made to be Broken
Boomhauer- Patch Boomhauer
Kahn- The Year of Washing Dangerously
Cotton- Shins of the Father
Luanne- Luanne Gets Lucky
Citizens of Arlen- Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men
Now THAT was hard as hell. So many good choices all across the board.
Quote from: Desensitized on February 13, 2011, 02:48:23 PM
The majority of season 3 and 4 would be a good place to start, but if you want suggestions...
For a bit of everything: Last Exit To Springfield or Bart Sells His Soul or Mr. Plow
For zany comedy: Itchy & Scratchy Land or Bart Vs. Australia or Homie The Clown
For more emotional moments: Lisa's Substitute or Duffless or Lisa's Sax
I'll give you some KOTH in my next post.
All great episodes, and the ones bolded in particular are ones I nearly went with for my list.
I hope EK will find our lists to be helpful.
Yup, these are definitely great lists, so thanks a lot. As soon as I can find these episodes, I will definitely watch them. I've been so bored lately so I'm dying to see some good comedy entertainment with perhaps a good bit of light drama mixed in for good measure.
For KOTH, watch these episodes in order:
Square Peg - Great introductions of every character to ease you into the show
Plastic White Female - To familiarize yourself with the universe
The Man Who Shot Kane Skretteburg - Highlights the guys better, and it's really funny
Three Days Of The Kahndo - Really funny and digs a bit deeper into the characters
Propane Boom - Part one of the two parter
Death Of A Propane Salesman - Part two of the two parter
And They Call It Bobby Love - Another great one that focuses more on Bobby
Wings Of The Dope - Pretty much part 3 of the earlier two parter
Hanky Panky - Part 1
High Anxiety - Part 2, this two parter should really put you in there with the characters.
That's what I'd recommend to slowly get into it, anyway.
Quote from: Avaitor on February 13, 2011, 02:58:04 PM
As for KOTH
Hank- Get Your Freak Off
Really? I mean, I like the episode, but I'm not sure I would recommend it to someone just trying to get into KOTH.
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Quote from: Avaitor on February 13, 2011, 02:58:04 PM
As for KOTH
Hank- Get Your Freak Off
Really? I mean, I like the episode, but I'm not sure I would recommend it to someone just trying to get into KOTH.
If you can't find humor in Hank dancing like boy band member, you're dead on the inside.
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Quote from: Desensitized on February 13, 2011, 03:10:26 PM
Quote from: Avaitor on February 13, 2011, 02:58:04 PM
As for KOTH
Hank- Get Your Freak Off
Really? I mean, I like the episode, but I'm not sure I would recommend it to someone just trying to get into KOTH.
If you can't find humor in Hank dancing like boy band member, you're dead on the inside.
Well, yeah it's funny... But I'm not sure if it's
as funny if you don't know Hank Hill, you know what I mean?
But it is a good episode, so whatever. :awesome:
I think it gets into Hank's conservative values well enough so if you don't know much about the man, it'll be a solid start. It's also generally overlooked, so I thought that I'd recommend it for a change.
And here's one for you, Desen- gimme some Duckman eps.
Good point. As for Duckman, taking away from what I think you've seen...
I, Duckman - Good pilot that introduces every important character
TV Or Not To Be - Classic Duckman
About Face - Seeing another side to the character
Clip Job - Great use of a clip show
Noir Gang - Gotta love noir
A Room With A Bellevue - It's hard to not recommend this
The Girls Of Route Canal - Fantastic and touching
The Once And Future Duck - Only Duckman could make this plot work
Aged Heat - Introduces an interesting little sub plot
They Craved Duckman's Brain! - Worth it for the ending alone
Cock Tales For Four - I've recommended this before
Bev Takes A Holiday - The last subplot of the series begins here
Duckman And Cornfed In 'Haunted Society Plumbers' - The title says it all
Kidney, Popsicle, And Nuts - Again, the title pretty much sums it up
Where No Duckman Has Gone Before - Because I'm not going to troll you by telling you to watch the finale.
There are 70 episodes, so it is a bit hard to cherry pick.
Awesome. I'll look for a couple of these later.
I can't think of anything else that I need recommendations for atm. Desen, Foggle, you guys want anything?
Sorry to be tardy to the party. Anyways, for The Simpsons, I'd honestly start here (http://iwtso.com/episode/S07E21/22-Short-Films-About-Springfield). Gives a little bit of background on many of the citizens of Springfield.
Recs for the Real Ghostbusters would be cool. I haven't seen that show in such a while, I probably don't remember anything from it.
Quote from: Desensitized on February 13, 2011, 10:22:16 PM
Recs for the Real Ghostbusters would be cool. I haven't seen that show in such a while, I probably don't remember anything from it.
Really, the first two or three seasons are where to go. After JMS left and Slimer got his spin-off it never was the same, but there's some decent stuff, and he came back with a few good episodes near the end.
Mrs. Rogers Neighborhood
Citizen Ghost
The Boogieman Cometh
Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?
The Collect Call of Cathulhu
Apocalypse - - What, Now?
The Copycat
Poultrygeist (well, I liked it as a kid :P)
Janine, You've Changed
Attack of the B-Movie Monsters
It's been a little while myself, but I remember these being good ones.
Not really looking for anything in particular. Just give me a show that doesn't stick to just one genre, has an arc (whether it be story arc or character arc), can make me laugh one minute while feel depressed the next, and doesn't end at a cliffhanger or anywhere abrupt.
Okay, I'm probably too specific. Just give me something good that I probably haven't watched already.
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on February 13, 2011, 11:40:45 PM
Not really looking for anything in particular. Just give me a show that doesn't stick to just one genre, has an arc (whether it be story arc or character arc), can make me laugh one minute while feel depressed the next, and doesn't end at a cliffhanger or anywhere abrupt.
Okay, I'm probably too specific. Just give me something good that I probably haven't watched already.
Level E doesn't stick to one genre (not entirely, anyways), has a fair number of arcs for a series that will only last 13+ episodes, can get sad-ish at one particular character arc (but I wouldn't necessarily call it depressing), and at least as far as the manga goes, it doesn't end on what I feel is a cliffhanger. But, that's an anime, so I suppose it doesn't fit in the recommendation thread for general animation. :P
Actually, I couldn't tell whether you were being serious or not, but I couldn't resist posting that since its actually not a joke that Level E's completely odd and unstructured narrative makes it fit most of what you just listed down, though whether its actually good at doing that or not is subjective the individual viewer.
**Ahem**
Anyways, I don't know any other show in general that really fits that description, so if you really were being serious, then unfortunately I won't be of any use in helping you there. Sorry. :(
For The Real Ghostbusters, I'd just rent the boxsets from the library. Can't remember if any stood out as particularly good, but it gets better after they stopped doing so much 80s filler music in season 1 and before they morphed into Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters. Nice thing about the season 1 boxset is that they have some nice annotations by JMS and friends.
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on February 13, 2011, 11:40:45 PM
Not really looking for anything in particular. Just give me a show that doesn't stick to just one genre, has an arc (whether it be story arc or character arc), can make me laugh one minute while feel depressed the next, and doesn't end at a cliffhanger or anywhere abrupt.
Okay, I'm probably too specific. Just give me something good that I probably haven't watched already.
King Of The Hill has all that except the genre changing. Although there are a few mystery episodes, it's essentially character comedy.
Hey, I'm looking for a comedy series along the same lines as Regular Show, and Sam & Max, Freelance Police. You think the fine people of AR can point me in the right direction?
Quote from: Daxdiv on February 14, 2011, 11:43:08 PM
Hey, I'm looking for a comedy series along the same lines as Regular Show, and Sam & Max, Freelance Police. You think the fine people of AR can point me in the right direction?
The closest I can think of is Home Movies for RS, though if you want some mystery with a touch of out there humor there's always Duckman for closer to S&M.
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Quote from: Daxdiv on February 14, 2011, 11:43:08 PM
Hey, I'm looking for a comedy series along the same lines as Regular Show, and Sam & Max, Freelance Police. You think the fine people of AR can point me in the right direction?
The closest I can think of is Home Movies for RS, though if you want some mystery with a touch of out there humor there's always Duckman for closer to S&M.
Well, it has been a while since I watched both of those shows. So I will give them another go around.
Also consider Earthworm Jim. I never got to see much of it since it never ran outside of Kids WB, but it seems like a comparable show for those two.
Quote from: Avaitor on February 15, 2011, 09:54:16 PM
Also consider Earthworm Jim. I never got to see much of it since it never ran outside of Kids WB, but it seems like a comparable show for those two.
This is a good choice, too.
I need to check out Earthworm Jim and Real Ghostbusters
Has anyone seen The Ricky Gervais Show on HBO? It's a selection of their audio broadcasts done to cartoon animation, and is what inspired them to do An Idiot Abroad. Just wondering if having it animated like that, much like Crank Yankers done to puppets, makes it worth watching?
And since we're all about equality and stuff, if you were trying to get someone to appreciate animation as an adult, what five pieces of western work would you use? Here's my five:
-Sleeping Beauty- I want to add in at least one movie, and more likely, a Disney movie would be it, preferably one from Walt's time. Out of all the ones I can add, this is a little less familiar to most people, at least from what I notice. Everybody I talk to recognizes it by name, but it's not as well-remembered as something like Snow White, Cinderella, or Bambi. It's a classic Disney story, with romance, memorable music, humor, black and white definitions of good and bad, likable sidekicks, and one hell of a villain. The animation and combination of Tchaikovsky's ballet with the sequence is admirable and takes it to artistic status, and is also why I'd consider it.
-"King-Size Canary"- I want a classic short here, and an MGM-era Avery one instead of Warner for once. This short is brilliant and gives you everything you need in a cartoon from the golden age, for both glorification and satirical purposes. I was thinking between this and "Magical Maestro", and went with this instead.
-Futurama- "The Sting"- I was considering adding in either a Simpsons or KOTH episode, but went with this Futurama episode instead since it's emotionally and humorously close to perfect, and I don't think you even need to know the characters that well to really get emotionally involved with it. Leela's ongoing thoughts are enough to hold it throughout.
- The Spectacular Spider-Man- "Survival of the Fittest"- Was thinking about a dozen or so different episodes of BTAS to use, but at the end of the day, I thought that this would work better, since it gives you everything you need about Spider-Man in one show- strong action, playful humor, all the angst you anticipate Peter/Spidey to go through and an effective villain for him to face, on top of slick animation. It's also one of the best premiere episodes in recent memory, and should be enough to get someone interested in watching it all the way through.
-Ed, Edd, n' Eddy- "Mission Ed-Possible"/"Every Which Way But Ed"- And here's a more predictable choice for me- Eds, but two episodes you might not have expected from me. The first is a hilarious short that delves into the psychology of the Eds very well and gets into their relationship and personal lives as Ed and Eddy try to save their grades from Double D. You also get plenty of time with the rest of the cast. Meanwhile, the second is a hilarious "flashback" episode that breaks the laws of physics to take us back to where the Eds first meet. I think this also gives you a good glimpse of what their relationship is like, moreso on the good side where the first goes through the darker side, and also gives you good time with the supporting cast. I could go with any other collection, but I went with this season 5 one on random.
What do you think? What would you add to your list?
The Simpsons - Last Exit To Springfield
Gargoyles - Pilot
Secret Of Nimh
Sym-Bionic Titan - Escape From Galaluna
King Of The Hill - Hanky Panky/High Anxiety two parter
Those are the first things that popped into my head. I'd elaborate, but it's late and I'm feeling tired.
Quote from: Desensitized on March 27, 2011, 11:22:04 PM
The Simpsons - Last Exit To Springfield
Gargoyles - Pilot
Secret Of Nimh
Sym-Bionic Titan - Escape From Galaluna
King Of The Hill - Hanky Panky/High Anxiety two parter
Those are the first things that popped into my head. I'd elaborate, but it's late and I'm feeling tired.
Nice, adding a Titan episode.
Sym-Bionic Titan- Escape From Sherman High (My favorite episode and ironically the very first episode. It has a perfect combo of action and comedy (that fake teen soap opera kills me everytime) Plus the episode has my favorite monster fight.
SBT- Shaman Of Fear (This episode set my imagination on fire and the team becomes closer throughout this episode)
SBT- Fortress Of Deception (The so called season 1 finale. The Titan's crew's first confrontation with G3)
SBT- Phantom Ninja (First episode where we get to see Lance let his hands fly and this episode features my absolute favorite Mutraddi which surprisingly isn't even a mega beast.)
SBT- Shadows Of Youth (Genndy shows why he's so good at flash backs)
That concludes my Guide To Sym-Bionic Titan. Other shows:
Avatar- Boiling Rock Part 1 and 2 (The greatest non-season finale multiparter, oh and better the the extremely overrated Season 2 finale. Season 1 finale>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2. Anyway, this was one of this great episode(s) that impresses you out of nowhere. The writers did a great job of making a story about Zuko and Sokka breaking into an unisex prison work. Pulling that off is a miracle in and of itself. I find myself rewatching these episodes a lot (probably more than any other Book 3 episodes) and many times with my baby brother which was great.
King Of The Hill- Soldier Of Fortune (rewatching the episode months ago reminded me how many endless memorable quotes it has.
Looney Tunes- Duck Tracy
Futurama- Insane In The Mainframe
Samurai Jack- Jack Vs. The Zombies
Ed, Edd n Eddy- Ed-n-Seek (This episode made me root for the Eds more than any other. That's why it's my favorite. My oldest brother and me laughed so hard during the part that had the Eds hiding in the hose. That part and their run for the homebase tree are my favorites in all of Eds history.)
Batman- Two-Face (Still my favorite version of the character, favorite origin story of the character and these two episode made Two Face my favorite DC villain. Oh and these are my favorite TAS episodes. I can go on forever. Almost forget, this is also my favorite Batman story and my favorite Batman anything. There.)
I feel like making a list of theatrical shorts while I still have computer access. Leaving "King-Size Canary" out.
Warner - "Feed the Kitty"
Disney - "Donald's Happy Birthday"
MGM - "Dumb-Hounded"
Flesicher- "Blow Me Down!"
Lantz- "The Barber of Seville"
Hopefully I won't have to explain these.
Christ, this thread is dusty.
So since Thad and nostalgiafaggotry in general are making me disillusioned as all hell when it comes to Looney Tunes (even when I don't have class or anything else to do at 12, I haven't seen the CN airings since July), I need some shorts to rewatch so I can restore what I liked about Bugs and Daffy without being reminded of their more unseemly devotees.
Well, it doesn't have Bugs, but how about the Duck Dodgers show? The elitists don't remember it, the newer fans have never heard of it, and it isn't overplayed at all.
Bugs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1RHMZRb-B8)
Daffy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFa4eMFDk4)
Quote from: Avaitor on September 27, 2011, 08:03:27 PM
Bugs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1RHMZRb-B8)
Daffy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFa4eMFDk4)
It's not working. D: All I keep thinking is "Why do people keep saying Mel Blanc has a thousand voices? The wrestler sounds just like Taz." What am I becoming?
Quote from: Desensitized on September 27, 2011, 07:49:12 PM
Well, it doesn't have Bugs, but how about the Duck Dodgers show? The elitists don't remember it, the newer fans have never heard of it, and it isn't overplayed at all.
I liked it back then. The problem is the memories are too vivid for a rewatch to do its deed (can still remember the Green Lantern episode and the Samurai Jack parody).
Maybe you're just burned out on the franchise for the time being. Give it a little, maybe try watching "Duck Amuck" or "The Old Grey Hare" again, and all should be well.
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Quote from: Avaitor on September 27, 2011, 08:03:27 PM
Bugs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1RHMZRb-B8)
Daffy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFa4eMFDk4)
It's not working. D: All I keep thinking is "Why do people keep saying Mel Blanc has a thousand voices? The wrestler sounds just like Taz." What am I becoming?
SUPER late, but I just realized that Crusher wasn't even voiced by Mel. 'twas a John T. Smith role.
Also, this thread can always use a bump.
So I'm trying to figure out Robot Chicken; it's got some stop motion action figure animation - reminds me of MTV Celebrity Deathmatch with some heavy 1980s references, like we need more Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
The Best of Warner Bros. Animation Collections will be released throughout the year in three separate animation sets. Each features animation at its best in three key brands Hanna-Barbera (May), Looney Tunes (June) and DC Comics (August).
Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but oh well. These sound awesome.
So I had a teacher this last semester who I really got a long with, and I talked to her about comics, movies, shows, etc. I told her I would try to send her a list of various animated series she might like (and so I can show off the medium). She's overall pretty open minded, although she doesn't really like a lot of gore. I made sure to include several superhero shows since she seemed to enjoy those. So far I have:
Batman: TAS
Superman: TAS
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Avengers: EMH
Cowboy Bebop
Gargoyles
Monster
Any other suggestions?
Is Trigun really that gory? It's been ages since I've seen the show, but I remember it being rather tame on that front.
And yeah, it's probably a good idea to recommend Batman and Superman first. Batman Beyond is best appreciated if you're familiar with B:TAS, same with Justice League for the three shows.
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Batman: TAS
Superman: TAS
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Avengers: EMH
Cowboy Bebop
Gargoyles
Monster
Any other suggestions?
Are you only showing off action cartoons? If not...
WHERE ARE THE
LOONEY TUNES?
But I'm guessing from your list you are trying to introduce her to some good action cartoons, in that case I recommend:
Dragonball (NOT Z, the original).
TrigunJustice LeagueBatman BeyondGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexYu Yu HakushoSamurai ChamplooThe Big OX Men: EvolutionThat's all I can think of that I can think of to recommend to someone whose tastes I don't really know very well. If she likes good, respectably mature action cartoons I think these would be worth recommending to her, unless you feel otherwise.
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on May 28, 2013, 02:12:57 PM
So I had a teacher this last semester who I really got a long with, and I talked to her about comics, movies, shows, etc. I told her I would try to send her a list of various animated series she might like (and so I can show off the medium). She's overall pretty open minded, although she doesn't really like a lot of gore. I made sure to include several superhero shows since she seemed to enjoy those. So far I have:
Batman: TAS
Superman: TAS
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Avengers: EMH
Cowboy Bebop
Gargoyles
Monster
Any other suggestions?
Legion Of Superheroes
Wolverine And The X-Men
Quote from: Avaitor on May 28, 2013, 02:32:04 PM
Is Trigun really that gory? It's been ages since I've seen the show, but I remember it being rather tame on that front.
Yeah, I really need to add Trigun. I recommended it to everyone anyway. And it was pretty tame.
Quote from: Cartoon X on May 28, 2013, 02:36:33 PM
Are you only showing off action cartoons? If not...
WHERE ARE THE LOONEY TUNES?
I'm assuming she's already familiar with Looney Tunes.
QuoteBut I'm guessing from your list you are trying to introduce her to some good action cartoons, in that case I recommend:
Dragonball (NOT Z, the original).
Trigun
Justice League
Batman Beyond
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Yu Yu Hakusho
The Big O
X Men: Evolution
That's all I can think of that I can think of to recommend to someone whose tastes I don't really know very well. If she likes good, respectably mature action cartoons I think these would be worth recommending to her, unless you feel otherwise.
All good choices, and I'm looking for animated series in general. Maybe some stuff some people haven't seen.
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Legion Of Superheroes
:thinkin:
Quote from: ShadowGentleman on May 28, 2013, 03:27:30 PM
All good choices, and I'm looking for animated series in general. Maybe some stuff some people haven't seen.
Well, if she hasn't watched
King of the Hill she really should because it's the best animated show made for adults ever made. I forgot to mention
Batman: The Brave and the Bold earlier, which is also a really good superhero show.
Otherwise, for comedy cartoons, I can confidently suggest:
Rocko's Modern LifeThe Angry BeaversDucktalesFuturamaAmerican DadI'd love to recommend more unusual choices, but I feel nobody here really seems to share my taste in "zany" type comedies, so I doubt that she would. :sweat:
In terms of comedy, I'd do a "Best of" packets from CN, Nick, Disney and Warner. Various episodes of certain shows combined to give a taste of what they're like.
Mask Of The Phantasm.
Quote from: Cartoon X on May 28, 2013, 05:56:52 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on May 28, 2013, 05:18:46 PM
Mask Of The Phantasm.
THIS times 1000. :thumbup:
Anyone who likes Batman, superheroes, animation, or good movies should see that.
On youtube I love "TheOdd1sOut", because its stories and personals contain a certain innocence and charm, complemented by humor and cheerful characters.
The best recent videos
Villain with Dyslexic (http://fumacrom.com/1NOjB)
Lizard Cupid (http://fumacrom.com/1NOls)
My Girlfriend is Kinda Odd (http://fumacrom.com/1NOqK)
The best videos of the past
Conspiracy Theories and Crazy People (http://fumacrom.com/1NOzC)
Getting Lost at Camp Geronimo (http://fumacrom.com/1NP1X)
My Decaying Mind in Quarantine (http://fumacrom.com/1NP2j)
Ejoy! :sly: