The "You know what?" thread

[LittleJerry92]

That, my friend, is called female privilege. Something feminists and society in general refuse to admit exists.

 

[D'Snowth]

So there's a new AFV spin-off called AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS: ANIMAL EDITION.

And you know what?

We didn't need it.

You know why?

Because we already had it.

It was called THE PLANET'S FUNNIEST ANIMALS. It used to air on Animal Planet (back when Animal Planet was actually about animals), it was originally hosted by Matt Gallant, then after a hiatus, it was rebooted with Keegan Michael Key as the new host. They could've just rebooted that again.

 

[D'Snowth]

I don't know who this pink-haired chick is, but she makes me think of the kind of blue-check Twitter users Jerry would roast if he could.

Spoiler

And literally every single recommended video is Fox News - what the frog does Fox News have to with Subway?

 

[LittleJerry92]

She does have the look of the typical left-leaning dishonest agenda mentality pink-haired girl who looks for every little petty thing to be offended by that will easily dish something out on you but block you when it’s thrown back.

 

[fuzzygobo]

I finally got to see the special that aired a few months back- Sesame Street 50 years of Sunny Days. And my overall impression was, where did the first 49 years go?

The only nod to the past was a mention of Mr. Hooper’s death.
Not one mention of Joe Raposo or Jeff Moss (forget about Sam Pottle).
Not one mention of Caroll Spinney playing Big Burd for 50 years.
For decades, S same never brought up race. It showed Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics living together. There were occasionally conflicts, but they could be resolved. Now identity politics has crept in.
I’m all for inclusion. But we totally ignore Linda was deaf, Aristotle was blind, and let’s belabor the point Bert and Ernie are gay. Or supposed to be.
Maria was/is a woman of color, but Susan was there first.
The biggest difference between now and just ten years ago.
When Sesame turned 40, there were still a lot of aspiring puppeteers clamoring for a chance to hone their Muppet skills.
The segment they showed of Wes and his father, nobody looked like they were having much fun. When Jim and Frank were performing, with Jon Stone directing, having fun on the set seemed to be their top priority. If they taught something along the way, that’s a plus.
Now being a Sesame Muppeteer really seems like work.

 

[D'Snowth]

When Sesame turned 40, there were still a lot of aspiring puppeteers clamoring for a chance to hone their Muppet skills.
The segment they showed of Wes and his father, nobody looked like they were having much fun.

To be fair, all of that was being produced and shot during the height of the COVID pandemic, where things were still so uncertain and everybody was under a lot of stress and duress - there must have been some discomfort on the set.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

Honestly, the special’s biggest fault was that it marketed itself as an anniversary special, when in reality, it was closer to a filmed press release. The whole deal was mostly about introducing these new characters and their place in season 52 (which hasn’t been released yet).
Maybe you’d like it better if it had a different name.

 

[D'Snowth]

That's something some of us addressed in the "Your Thoughts" thread about the special: in spite of its advertising and even the title 50 YEARS OF SUNNY DAYS, the special as a whole was less a retrospective about the history of SS (which itself was kind of glossed over) and more about how Sesame's impact on culture has made it possible for them to be able to address and tackle these touchy, hot-button issues that are becoming more commonplace and problematic in today's society. A lot of us were a little disappointed with it.

 

[minor muppetz]

In Ernest Saves Christmas, during Joe’s meeting about Christmas Sleigh before he decides to take the Santa Claus job after all, he’s told that those kinds of movies generate sequels.

good point, but in most horror/thriller franchises, isn’t it really the main villain who continues to appear while the good guys don’t last much longer? Sometimes the good guys return, but the main enemy is more likely to appear in the sequels (and be known by the general public who hasn’t actually seen the films).

Maybe he would have been a mainstay in the franchise, or maybe he would have just appeared in one sequel, or
Maybe he would have just been in the first.

 

[D'Snowth]

Maybe so, but I got the impression that taking on this role was supposed to be Joe's "big break" that would finally help get him more mainstream roles in the future, thus finally jumpstarting his career as an actor.