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FOT Community => Links => Topic started by: Matthew_S on August 16, 2010, 10:32:54 AM
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This comes up every so often so I thought there might be a thread already. I didn't find one so, here one is.
Tom+Jon/TheBestShow are the subject of references, appearances, allusions in sometimes unusual or unexpected places. Feel free to share them here.
Here is a not-so-unexpected one.
This week's AV Talk at the AV Club discusses among other films, The Expendables. If I remember correctly, they discuss a sequence in which Jason Statham beats up a basketball game. They then mention Scharpling, Wurster and the Gorch as inspiration/reference for the sports team beat-up.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-the-expendables-eat-pra,44160/ (http://www.avclub.com/articles/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-the-expendables-eat-pra,44160/)
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They were the subject of a question on Trivia Night in my local Brooklyn bar a couple months back. It was a round where you were supposed to identify the comedian based on a brief audio clip, and the final clip was Tom and Jon. I know the quizmaster is a comedy writer and Best Show fan, so I wasn't too surprised, but I don't think any of the competing teams got it.
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During the trailers for Scott Pilgrim last night, there was one for "It's Kind of a Funny Story" starring Zach Galifianakis. He says, "You're sweet to say that" in the trailer and that is definitely a Best Show-ism for me.
'It's Kind of a Funny Story' - Trailer |HD| (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pq7HKc9z8#ws)
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He also said "bird-dogging chicks" which I consider a Mike-Show-ism.
That movie looks like it could be pretty good.
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He also said "bird-dogging chicks" which I consider a Mike-Show-ism.
Maybe, but I'm pretty sure "bird-dogging chicks" was planted most firmly in the lingua franca by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Oh right, I'd forgotten about that. I no doubt laughed hard at that line when I first saw the movie, as I was about 11 years old, watching it with other kids at a slumber party. [nice going, that kid's parents!]
That isn't to say 20 years later I don't giggle at the phrase "banging beaver", because I do, even if maybe I should know better.
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He also said "bird-dogging chicks" which I consider a Mike-Show-ism.
I thought the same thing.
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PFT plays a character called Jon Wurster in the Mr. Show siamese twin sketch.
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Mr Show - Siamese Twins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEJFFFiSRDg#)
Was it another sketch? In this one he's Keith Dunlaw.
In the AV Club today "...elite team of battle-hardened mercenaries so tough, one member—Statham—single-handedly beats up an entire basketball game in his free time."
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"Jon Wurster from Marketing" - it's from a Mr Show sketch, maybe the siamese twins, but I don't remember (and I'm too lazy to check).
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Mr Show - Siamese Twins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEJFFFiSRDg#)
Was it another sketch? In this one he's Keith Dunlaw.
You're right - it's Tom Kenny who's Jon Wurster...
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I'll put this here, for no good reason. Perhaps because someone may have already mentioned it...
NPR is streaming tonight's Superchunk show
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129889886&sc=nl&cc=asc-20100917 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129889886&sc=nl&cc=asc-20100917)
often these shows are archived for download, but not always.
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This one certainly qualifies.
http://splitsider.com/2010/09/50-comedies-to-add-to-your-netflix-watch-instantly-queue/ (http://splitsider.com/2010/09/50-comedies-to-add-to-your-netflix-watch-instantly-queue/)
Sure, a list of the best comedies available on Netflix Instant is a great resource.
But, the fifth commenter brings it around to the BestShow.
"You forgot Clifford, the Martin Short classic. Tom Scharpling would be ashamed of you."
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This one does not even fit, really.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-08/music/an-oral-history-of-pavement-s-new-york-city/2/ (http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-08/music/an-oral-history-of-pavement-s-new-york-city/2/)
There is no direct reference there, but the Pavement/Superchunk/MBV show is, I believe, the show where Tom + Jon first met.
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I was watching Strangers with Candy, and in the episode where Chuck Noblet dreams of being a rockstar, this happens...
(http://homepage.mac.com/thisisjason/rockrotrule.png)
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I was watching Strangers with Candy, and in the episode where Chuck Noblet dreams of being a rockstar, this happens...
(http://homepage.mac.com/thisisjason/rockrotrule.png)
I love this episode and now I love that blackboard.
Good catch!