when I worked at Gamestop I occasionally got kids trying to prank call me
the thing is though, kids are fuckin' stupid and have no chill, so their only joke was to call and ask for a game they were certain didn't exist, but which actually did:
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can you tell me *stifled laughter* if uhhh you have Halo 4"
"no, that's not out until November."
"uhhhhhhhhh um how about uhhh Halo 5"
"no, they haven't announced it yet."
"uhhh...yeah. right. okay, bye."
My friends and I would often prank each other on slow days asking for Battletoads for the PS2. Or my buddy Shaun would always do "You got that grand theft?" which mocked a call we actually got where I had to try and figure out which Grand Theft auto game the customer was looking for
when I worked at Gamestop I occasionally got kids trying to prank call me
the thing is though, kids are fuckin' stupid and have no chill, so their only joke was to call and ask for a game they were certain didn't exist, but which actually did:
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can you tell me *stifled laughter* if uhhh you have Halo 4"
"no, that's not out until November."
"uhhhhhhhhh um how about uhhh Halo 5"
"no, they haven't announced it yet."
"uhhh...yeah. right. okay, bye."
I loved getting prank calls at gamestop because literally no one in the world could out deadpan me at the time
Plus everyone at my store hated their jobs and there were rarely any customers in the store, so we would always match the vulgarity of the call and then one up it. It wasn't uncommon to hear something like "oh yeah? And how big exactly is your dick?" and just nod at the coworker on the phone
can anyone out deadpan you now?
You're right. I should play Captain Holt and Kevin's somehow son on B99
You can't play Cheddar!
Drug trip/fever dream/musical episode where Cheddar talks (and also looks like Garlic Bread wearing dog ears)
It's like you have no imagination
I play Cheddar the Human while every other character is played by a dog
when I worked at Gamestop I occasionally got kids trying to prank call me
the thing is though, kids are fuckin' stupid and have no chill, so their only joke was to call and ask for a game they were certain didn't exist, but which actually did:
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can you tell me *stifled laughter* if uhhh you have Halo 4"
"no, that's not out until November."
"uhhhhhhhhh um how about uhhh Halo 5"
"no, they haven't announced it yet."
"uhhh...yeah. right. okay, bye."
I loved getting prank calls at gamestop because literally no one in the world could out deadpan me at the time
Plus everyone at my store hated their jobs and there were rarely any customers in the store, so we would always match the vulgarity of the call and then one up it. It wasn't uncommon to hear something like "oh yeah? And how big exactly is your dick?" and just nod at the coworker on the phone
can anyone out deadpan you now?
You're right. I should play Captain Holt and Kevin's somehow son on B99
You can't play Cheddar!
Drug trip/fever dream/musical episode where Cheddar talks (and also looks like Garlic Bread wearing dog ears)
It's like you have no imagination
I play Cheddar the Human while every other character is played by a dog
So it's being told from Cheddar's perspective, like the Rashomon episode of King of the Hill
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when I worked at Gamestop I occasionally got kids trying to prank call me
the thing is though, kids are fuckin' stupid and have no chill, so their only joke was to call and ask for a game they were certain didn't exist, but which actually did:
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can you tell me *stifled laughter* if uhhh you have Halo 4"
"no, that's not out until November."
"uhhhhhhhhh um how about uhhh Halo 5"
"no, they haven't announced it yet."
"uhhh...yeah. right. okay, bye."
I loved getting prank calls at gamestop because literally no one in the world could out deadpan me at the time
Plus everyone at my store hated their jobs and there were rarely any customers in the store, so we would always match the vulgarity of the call and then one up it. It wasn't uncommon to hear something like "oh yeah? And how big exactly is your dick?" and just nod at the coworker on the phone
can anyone out deadpan you now?
You're right. I should play Captain Holt and Kevin's somehow son on B99
You can't play Cheddar!
Drug trip/fever dream/musical episode where Cheddar talks (and also looks like Garlic Bread wearing dog ears)
It's like you have no imagination
I play Cheddar the Human while every other character is played by a dog
What breed of dog is every character on Brooklyn 99?
The friend who watched far too much Elementary for his own good recommended the US Dirk Gently series to me. I'd heard it wasn't actually bad*, but barely connected to the original material, so I asked him if he'd read the books. Turns out no.
Long story short, he's texting me increasingly frustrated questions about "is there actually a detective in this book?" and "what's with the horse???"
*only realising later that it's a Max Landis venture. I watched a bit, it's got the bones of something pretty decent overlaid with a lot of something very dumb.
The friend who watched far too much Elementary for his own good recommended the US Dirk Gently series to me. I'd heard it wasn't actually bad*, but barely connected to the original material, so I asked him if he'd read the books. Turns out no.
Long story short, he's texting me increasingly frustrated questions about "is there actually a detective in this book?" and "what's with the horse???"
*only realising later that it's a Max Landis venture. I watched a bit, it's got the bones of something pretty decent overlaid with a lot of something very dumb.
The first season of Dirk Gently was pretty good. The second season lost a lot of charm as it felt more interested in trying to set up a Dirk Gently universe for the series' long haul than telling a fun, contained story.
Yeah I definitely don't hate it. The dialogue is seriously lacking, but there's a lot of really fun elements and most of the secondary cast is pretty great. Samuel Barnett is kind of grating, but I appreciate the undertone of barely-held-together terror he manages to inject.
The very rapid plot swerves work in its favour, distracting from the less polished elements.
I was going for a joke about the person being cancelled, as in the slang term for no longer paying attention to someone because they revealed themselves to be problematic. Ah well, misfire, I suppose.
I was going for a joke about the person being cancelled, as in the slang term for no longer paying attention to someone because they revealed themselves to be problematic. Ah well, misfire, I suppose.
The friend who watched far too much Elementary for his own good recommended the US Dirk Gently series to me. I'd heard it wasn't actually bad*, but barely connected to the original material, so I asked him if he'd read the books. Turns out no.
Long story short, he's texting me increasingly frustrated questions about "is there actually a detective in this book?" and "what's with the horse???"
*only realising later that it's a Max Landis venture. I watched a bit, it's got the bones of something pretty decent overlaid with a lot of something very dumb.
Man I need to read the Dirk Gently books again, I love them so much.
The US one is basically Dr Who with a more american cast
the Steven Mangan one I guess tried to do an actual adaptation? but was kind of miscast and seemed a bit ... leaden. I think I only watched a bit of the first episode though.
The friend who watched far too much Elementary for his own good recommended the US Dirk Gently series to me. I'd heard it wasn't actually bad*, but barely connected to the original material, so I asked him if he'd read the books. Turns out no.
Long story short, he's texting me increasingly frustrated questions about "is there actually a detective in this book?" and "what's with the horse???"
*only realising later that it's a Max Landis venture. I watched a bit, it's got the bones of something pretty decent overlaid with a lot of something very dumb.
I watched that without ever having heard about the book. When I read the book I was surprised to learn that the only thing in common in is a character named Dirk Gently and that it's weird.
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My friends and I would often prank each other on slow days asking for Battletoads for the PS2. Or my buddy Shaun would always do "You got that grand theft?" which mocked a call we actually got where I had to try and figure out which Grand Theft auto game the customer was looking for
They dont have enough new shows to fill 10 hours. Thats always been their problem tbh
Can't they just do 10 hours of South Park daily? I'm pretty sure that's what Cartoon Network does with Teen Titans Go.
They used to show lots of Monty Python.
Yeah that will make it feel like they're less stuck in the past.
The government invented cell phones to kill your father
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Oh yeah? Name one thing you remember
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I play Cheddar the Human while every other character is played by a dog
Alf, coronation street, the war
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So it's being told from Cheddar's perspective, like the Rashomon episode of King of the Hill
What breed of dog is every character on Brooklyn 99?
...but apparently Starz has cancelled the series, so that may be the last episode if they can't get another network to pick it up.
Three things? Well la di da
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No that's a single memory
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Long story short, he's texting me increasingly frustrated questions about "is there actually a detective in this book?" and "what's with the horse???"
*only realising later that it's a Max Landis venture. I watched a bit, it's got the bones of something pretty decent overlaid with a lot of something very dumb.
It is definitely something very dumb, but in a way that knows it.
Plus I could watch Elijah Wood make concerned faces all day
The first season of Dirk Gently was pretty good. The second season lost a lot of charm as it felt more interested in trying to set up a Dirk Gently universe for the series' long haul than telling a fun, contained story.
The very rapid plot swerves work in its favour, distracting from the less polished elements.
I stand corrected and retract my la di da then!
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Aw damn did he say something shitty on Twitter?
Isn't it a Max Landis joint
It was canceled ages ago. Screw BBC America.
I chuckled
Man I need to read the Dirk Gently books again, I love them so much.
i was sceptical about better call saul and proved dead wrong
i remain sceptical about this also
edit: i wonder if this is also a way to provide some denouement to better call saul, even pre-emptively, or bridge that series into the future?
I tried to watch the one on Netflix but it seemed too whacky to me
the Steven Mangan one I guess tried to do an actual adaptation? but was kind of miscast and seemed a bit ... leaden. I think I only watched a bit of the first episode though.
I watched that without ever having heard about the book. When I read the book I was surprised to learn that the only thing in common in is a character named Dirk Gently and that it's weird.