From the people who brought you "Sex House...
June 18, 2013 9:23 AM Subscribe
More nightmarishly dystopian horror comedy with Dr. Good
Sex House, previously on Metafilter. youtube-dl is a good tool for downloading YouTube videos for offline viewing.
posted by Nelson at 9:37 AM on June 18, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 9:37 AM on June 18, 2013 [3 favorites]
I thought Sex House kind of jumped the shark when Thirteen, Cuddy, Cameron, Chase and Wilson finally hooked up with Taub.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:46 AM on June 18, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:46 AM on June 18, 2013 [3 favorites]
It's got shades of Idiocracy too.
posted by Cookiebastard at 10:00 AM on June 18, 2013
posted by Cookiebastard at 10:00 AM on June 18, 2013
Work is its own reward.
posted by Theta States at 10:06 AM on June 18, 2013
posted by Theta States at 10:06 AM on June 18, 2013
This is the first time I've ever seen a Cookiebastard post! Hey there, CB!
posted by grubi at 10:09 AM on June 18, 2013
posted by grubi at 10:09 AM on June 18, 2013
God... Sex House. That was genius. So I'd better watch this.
posted by Decani at 10:11 AM on June 18, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Decani at 10:11 AM on June 18, 2013 [2 favorites]
I watched the first episode and it seems pretty clumsy. Some good gags, and I like the premise, but the whole is less than the sum of its parts. Much like a brown paper bag full of crushed tomatoes.
posted by Nelson at 10:17 AM on June 18, 2013
posted by Nelson at 10:17 AM on June 18, 2013
Sex House is one of the weirdest, funniest things I've seen in my life. I'm in. Thanks for this.
posted by koavf at 10:20 AM on June 18, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by koavf at 10:20 AM on June 18, 2013 [2 favorites]
I Love The Onion's various video series. Most of them: Sex House, Lake Dredge Appraisal, Porkin' Across America, and this Dr. Good, straddle a freaky line between comedy and horror. Wake Up Call for a Bad Tooth Brusher and Could Plastic Surgery Be Your Ticket To Employment? seem to exist in the same universe as Sex House, with characters debasing themselves to a cheering audience, and body shame played for extremely uncomfortable laughs. And all the pills you can grab are YOURS!
posted by Cookiebastard at 10:58 AM on June 18, 2013
posted by Cookiebastard at 10:58 AM on June 18, 2013
It's important to note for those not in the know that you might watch one episode of Sex House and think it's a fairly funny send-up of reality teevee. KEEP WATCHING.
posted by Bookhouse at 11:35 AM on June 18, 2013 [12 favorites]
posted by Bookhouse at 11:35 AM on June 18, 2013 [12 favorites]
It's important to note for those not in the know that you might watch one episode of Sex House and think it's a fairly funny send-up of reality teevee. KEEP WATCHING.
posted by Bookhouse at 7:35 PM on June 18
THIS.
posted by Decani at 11:42 AM on June 18, 2013
posted by Bookhouse at 7:35 PM on June 18
THIS.
posted by Decani at 11:42 AM on June 18, 2013
Onion Talks: Your brain-gun: Turn the safety off
posted by benzenedream at 11:49 AM on June 18, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by benzenedream at 11:49 AM on June 18, 2013 [3 favorites]
Holy Jesus. That one episode sent me into a full-on vasovagal episode right here at my desk. I think the laughing helped keep me from feinting.
There is a really delicious David Lynch-esque humor here, but not seeing the narrative arc that made Sex House such a work of genius.
posted by chicxulub at 11:57 AM on June 18, 2013
There is a really delicious David Lynch-esque humor here, but not seeing the narrative arc that made Sex House such a work of genius.
posted by chicxulub at 11:57 AM on June 18, 2013
XVST can be a pretty good video downloader. Does more than just YouTube, is open source AND cross platform. Which, I admit, I can be rather anal about.
posted by Samizdata at 11:59 AM on June 18, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Samizdata at 11:59 AM on June 18, 2013 [1 favorite]
Get your gag reflexes ready for episode 5, ladies and germs.
posted by codacorolla at 12:34 PM on June 18, 2013
posted by codacorolla at 12:34 PM on June 18, 2013
It's important to note for those not in the know that you might watch one episode of Sex House and think it's a fairly funny send-up of reality teevee. KEEP WATCHING.
For me, at least, the horror began at the very end of the first episode, the sound of which is edited for maximum shock.
I can't access YouTube at work, but I'm favoriting this sight-unseen because the Sex House people are involved.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 12:44 PM on June 18, 2013
For me, at least, the horror began at the very end of the first episode, the sound of which is edited for maximum shock.
I can't access YouTube at work, but I'm favoriting this sight-unseen because the Sex House people are involved.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 12:44 PM on June 18, 2013
As a wheelchair user, I laughed like a huge horse at the entrance in episode one.
posted by angrycat at 2:00 PM on June 18, 2013
posted by angrycat at 2:00 PM on June 18, 2013
The Onion's transition from (mostly) offline articles to online video has been impressive.
posted by 2bucksplus at 2:27 PM on June 18, 2013
posted by 2bucksplus at 2:27 PM on June 18, 2013
Don't worry, you'll be awake the entire time.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:36 PM on June 18, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by louche mustachio at 2:36 PM on June 18, 2013 [1 favorite]
Absolutely hilarious. That's the best pronunciation of Au Bon Pain I've heard.
posted by painquale at 3:02 PM on June 18, 2013
posted by painquale at 3:02 PM on June 18, 2013
These videos remind me a lot of the infomercial game show from Requiem for a Dream. ("We Got a Winner!!") The hosts are menacing, and the audience reactions are hilarious and eerie.
posted by painquale at 6:06 PM on June 18, 2013
posted by painquale at 6:06 PM on June 18, 2013
I've heard of junk mail, but whoever lives at 730 N. Franklin St. in Chicago is about to get a lot of poop in the mail.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 5:00 AM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 5:00 AM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
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