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(Not actually Werner Herzog, Marvel reached out to him, but he declined).
posted to FanFare by 1970s Antihero at 2:37 PM on December 24, 2023

So, this was all for the Hulk Hogan joke, right?

Bound to be the best MCU holiday season thing since Hawkeye.
What about the Guardians of the Galaxy kidnapping Kevin Bacon?
posted to FanFare by cheshyre at 2:26 PM on December 24, 2023

Wasn't it the reason the Sad Puppies added him to their slate eight years ago? They thought he was one of them, only to find out he's the real deal.

I think it would be more accurate to say that the Sad Puppies thought that Tingle's work was ridiculous and that it was would be embarrassing to the Hugos to have it on the short list. But, yeah, it would be fair to say that backfired for them, and it ended up being a huge boon to Tingle's career.
posted to MetaFilter by 3j0hn at 9:39 AM on January 10, 2024

> but because his mask is fun and zany, they worry that they will be perceived as unserious and getting trolled

that's the thing about dr. tingle on the whole, right? he's saying something dead serious and super interesting, but wrapped in a package that refuses to invite you to take it seriously, that repels seriousness, that forces seriousness to bead up and roll off like water on teflon.

but it is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bombastic lowercase pronouncements at 7:28 AM on January 10, 2024

Metafilter: albeit with more butt pounding than the literary world is accustomed to
posted to MetaFilter by Kitteh at 5:18 AM on January 10, 2024

The only way this ends well for the TLA is if they give Chuck Tingle a parade float.

And I only say this because I really want Chuck Tingle to get a parade float.
posted to MetaFilter by MrVisible at 5:09 AM on January 10, 2024

In this episode, they both solved a mystery and rewrote history. That tracks.
posted to FanFare by dr_dank at 5:55 AM on December 7, 2023

"Robots. Chases. Waterfalls."

It's a duck-blur?
posted to FanFare by Parasite Unseen at 2:24 PM on December 6, 2023

If we're referencing ongoing continuity gags, the animated version of The Tick made a point of showing the Moon with 'CHA' carved into it, following our hero's partial foiling of Chairface Chippendale's evil plan to carve his name into the lunar surface.
posted to FanFare by Major Clanger at 12:10 PM on December 3, 2023

EmpressCallipygos: Yes, it felt very similar to Midnight.

It was a good little puzzle that all snapped together satisfyingly in the end.

I did notice: the ship's pilot was the one who actually saved the day, three years ago. Then the Doctor and Donna blundered in accidentally, and almost gave the edge-of-the-universe monsters a way to escape.
posted to FanFare by davidwitteveen at 2:25 AM on December 3, 2023

I also loved the design of the rusty robot.

Maybe a nod to Marvin's look in the movie version of HHG2TG? He had a bit of Marvin's hangdog personality about him too.
posted to FanFare by Paul Slade at 11:33 PM on December 2, 2023

Fun, creepiness, mavity.
posted to FanFare by tomboko at 6:15 PM on December 2, 2023

I'm very upset that they portrayed Isaac Newton as someone capable of joy.
posted to FanFare by dumbland at 3:06 PM on December 2, 2023

Bleeding Cool has some pages from the original comics story here.

BTW, I'm in with the new Tardis.

I hated it - far too antiseptic and lacking in character. Who wants to explore time and space in an Apple Store?
posted to FanFare by Paul Slade at 8:24 AM on November 27, 2023

When I saw Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons in the opening credits I was all “Huh. Comics guys getting television work. Good for them.”

When we see the aliens, I thought “These look awfully familiar.”

It took me an absurdly long time to realize that the plot of this story was the same as the comic of the first American printing of Doctor Who from the eighties that I actually owned as a teenager. My first introduction to DW, full circle.
posted to FanFare by Eikonaut at 5:03 PM on November 27, 2023

Tennant. Oh dear, I just realized that. Destined since birth to play the Tenth Doctor.

Sadly, not since birth - "Tennant" is a stage name. His birth name is David McDonald. But the actors' union will not allow two people to have the exact same name, so when he joined Actors' Equity at age 16 he was told there already was a David McDonald on their member list and so he had to pick a new name - and he'd been reading an article about The Pet... [more]
posted to FanFare by EmpressCallipygos at 11:23 AM on November 27, 2023

I missed Ten. Tennant. Oh dear, I just realized that. Destined since birth to play the Tenth Doctor.

I enjoyed the episode and the return of the Doctor and Donna dynamic.

There is a sort of thematic thing going on here with the split room? Wasn't there an episode with Wilf stuck in a chamber when the Tenth regenerated? I was thinking that glass wall was just a stupid trope, but now I'm thinking (it's that and) it's RTD doing a... [more]
posted to FanFare by Atreides at 7:53 AM on November 27, 2023

MetaFilter: It seems much cuter in its evil mode than its pathetic one.
posted to FanFare by zaixfeep at 10:30 PM on November 26, 2023

_{(sigh) zaixmeep}
posted to FanFare by zaixfeep at 5:32 AM on November 26, 2023

_{Fury From the Meep
Warriors of the Meep
The Meeper of Trakken
Meep Breath
Meep No More}

posted to FanFare by zaixfeep at 5:27 AM on November 26, 2023

"Moopsy!"
posted to FanFare by ewan at 1:52 PM on November 25, 2023

I'm sad because Dave Foley had the most authentic Minnesota accent in the whole show.
posted to FanFare by Sphinx at 12:37 PM on January 4, 2024

Danish’s end was a rare sour note for me. Roy’s right, he should have been smart enough to know what was about to happen, especially after revealing Danish was behind the debate embarrassment.

Seeing the windmill from the fantasy (?) on the ranch suggests Dot knows Linda is buried there but has blocked it out.
posted to FanFare by supercres at 6:42 AM on January 4, 2024

*Driving past a dozen cows in a field*

Me: Look mini-Mitheral, a flock of cows.

mM: Herd, Dad.

M: Pardon?

mM: Herd of cows.

M: 'Course I've heard of cows, we just passed a flock of them.
posted to MetaFilter by Mitheral at 5:33 PM on January 3, 2024

What’s brown and sticky?
A stick.

What’s brown and rhymes with snoop?
Dr.Dre.

What's brown and sounds like a bell?
DUNGGGG.
posted to MetaFilter by Wild_Eep at 8:07 PM on December 30, 2023

When I was a kid I read this joke: "Q: How do you get down off an elephant? A: You don't; you get down off a duck".

Twenty years later, I finally got it.
posted to MetaFilter by acrasis at 10:30 AM on December 30, 2023

A man walked into a bee store and asked for a dozen bees.

The woman behind the counter handed him 13 bees.

"What's this?" the man asked, pointing to the 13th bee.

"Oh, that's a free bee."
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 10:13 AM on December 30, 2023

You know, I really love the database of dad jokes, but I am really deeply moved by the existence of the parent (pun not intended) site.

I mean: parenting is hard. We all know how much garbage mothers get, and how hard it is to juggle all the things moms are asked to do. But fatherhood is often, in some circles, minimized; some dads end up feeling like their only value is as a paycheck, or worse - they have no value at all.

To have an official... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by kristi at 11:06 PM on December 29, 2023

but they mention that dad jokes get kids to think about language.

They even get me to think about language. The dad jokes of my youth don’t quite work for my kids, and in some cases I think it’s because the puns don’t quite work any more in their vernacular, which has shifted over decades and continents. Example:

Q: What’s E.T. short for?

A: Because he’s got little legs.
posted to MetaFilter by rh at 9:34 PM on December 29, 2023

When does a joke become a Dad joke? When it becomes apparent.
posted to MetaFilter by Rat Spatula at 9:32 PM on December 29, 2023

I was at the pub last night, and a woman got her nipple pierced right in front of me.

On a related note, I'm terrible at darts.
posted to MetaFilter by Greg_Ace at 9:24 PM on December 29, 2023

Why will you never go hungry in the desert? Because of all the sand which is there.

A snake walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, wait a minute, how did you do that?"
posted to MetaFilter by Rat Spatula at 9:22 PM on December 29, 2023

Sadly, my niece is more into poop humor than a good dad joke

What’s brown and sticky?
A stick.

What’s brown and rhymes with snoop?
Dr.Dre.
posted to MetaFilter by Slinga at 8:37 PM on December 29, 2023

Hi, okay with my tax dollars paying for this. I'm dad.
posted to MetaFilter by logicpunk at 7:25 PM on December 29, 2023

As a dad who has spent years embarrassing his daughter with these, I heartily approve of this post. Looking forward to mining this thread and the FPP for new material!

In the meantime, reflecting on my recent 60th birthday; the older I get, the more I regret all the people I've lost over the years.

Maybe being a trail guide wasn't such a great idea after all.
posted to MetaFilter by TedW at 5:44 PM on December 29, 2023

Why were beach balls so expensive this year?
INFLATION.
posted to MetaFilter by HypotheticalWoman at 5:27 PM on December 29, 2023

man, the first one I got was

Q: Why don't you ever see elephants hiding in trees?
A: Because they're really good at it.

and I really did not expect to actually laugh at one of these
posted to MetaFilter by DoctorFedora at 5:23 PM on December 29, 2023

There's a fatherhood.gov billboard that just went up near my house in the last few weeks. Their association with a database of dad jokes will only deepen the discussion we had at dinner earlier this week: whether dad jokes constitute a form of emotional abuse, or are a positive force for children's development. Research publications were cited on both sides.



Which is good, because only using one side would be a waste of paper.
posted to MetaFilter by nickmark at 4:29 PM on December 29, 2023

● Knock knock.

■ Who's there?

● To.

■ To who?

● To whom.

posted to MetaFilter by lalochezia at 4:05 PM on December 29, 2023

A few years ago, Ricochet the Younger gave me a compilation of dad jokes for Xmas with the express rule that I not deploy them on her. It’s too bad: some approach the sublime.

“The police asked me where I was from three to five. I said, ‘Preschool.’”
posted to MetaFilter by ricochet biscuit at 3:58 PM on December 29, 2023

Q: What did one snowman say to the other snowman?

A: Can you smell carrots?
posted to MetaFilter by Paul Slade at 3:54 PM on December 29, 2023

Just this afternoon as I was waiting at a bus stop, an older woman approached me (for reference, my mom turned eighty this month and this old doll appeared to have a decade on her).

She asked me, “Do you know what kind of driver doesn’t need a license?” When I admitted I did not, she said, “A screwdriver,” and then sat down, looking quite pleased.
posted to MetaFilter by ricochet biscuit at 3:46 PM on December 29, 2023

Dot's Puppet Dream In Fargo Season 5 Explained By Writers
posted to FanFare by ShooBoo at 10:53 AM on December 29, 2023

Justice has done a lot of good music videos. The one that's stuck with me through 15 years is the collaboration with Romain Gavras for Stress. It's a disturbing meditation on social justice issues in the Paris suburbs. (Discussed previously). Their DVNO video is a lot different in tone, with glossy graphics to match the pop electronica.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Nelson at 7:28 AM on December 29, 2023

Haven't watched it yet, but if Justice is involved, then the end credits should be pretty special!
posted to MetaFilter by Chef Flamboyardee at 2:43 AM on December 29, 2023

Is training a neural network on publically accessible media a different "right" than training your own brain? I'm not sure, and I'm not sure I trust a Jury to decide either.

Absolutely it is because humans, who can think with their brains, are different from machines, who cannot. I hope this is helpful.
posted to MetaFilter by an octopus IRL at 1:06 PM on December 28, 2023

Initially, it felt a little sour that Cartwright allowed his grandfather to burn the file. I figured, fine, it's a TV show, and there's got to be a return to stasis. Very pleased to see the photocopy.

Even after an explosion, I loved River still asking for the gun back.

During Lamb's conversation with Diana, I realized that by far my favorite parts of this show are Gary Oldman talking with anyone who is supposed to be in charge of him. His line... [more]
posted to FanFare by gladly at 10:50 AM on December 27, 2023

Ah, one of the biggest problems with the marathon, one that we've always struggled with, is the need to be all things for all people, when experiences, preferences and expectations vary so widely between viewers, and time is merely linear.

For example, the entire marathon we had Letters From Satan Claus ready to go, a ridiculous horror movie where a young girl makes a mistake in addressing a letter to Santa and so many years later caused The Devil to wreak supernatural... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by JHarris at 10:52 AM on December 26, 2023

This sounds awesome. If I were home, I'd surely join.
posted to MetaTalk by DirtyOldTown at 10:46 PM on December 23, 2023

You guys watch Joe Don Baker movies?
posted to MetaTalk by valkane at 5:31 AM on December 23, 2023