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Bozar's line
Can anyone understand the beginning of Bozar's line, before "Limo-losers"? It's currently blank. I think it ends in "-ice" or "-ise". --Jay 03:18, 8 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Wow. Nobody yet? --Jay 08:57, 8 Mar 2005 (MST)
- I've slowed it down and listened to it a lot but I don't think it's english, maybe another language or just plain gibberish. It sounds the most like 'Has a mit, kice'. Maybe he's talking about 'Mitch' or 'Dice' but I can't quite figure it out. --80.57.84.149 17:14, 8 Mar 2005 (MST)
- I put in indecipherable for now, if someone can make sense of it they can change it. --80.57.84.149 08:41, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
- I just don't buy the line "I'm gonna make twice Limo-losers!" I changed it back to "unintelligible" and pointed folks to this discussion. Should this be STUFFed? -- tomstiff 15:24, 10 Mar 2005 (CST)
- I wonder is Bozar is saying something backwards (a la Strong Bad in rock opera) -- tomstiff 16:43, 10 Mar 2005 (CST)
- I checked, and it doesn't make any more sense backwards. Darn it. Darn it to heck. -- Billy Hologram
- All I hear is "scuttle me twice, limo-losers" which makes just about as much sense as "has a mit, kice..." →evin290
- Uhm... I think I heard him say something like "Eat my lice, limo-losers" or something as such... I think it said lice, but i'm not sure about what came before that... I'm gonna go watch it again. ~Bii 10:34, 11 Mar 2005 (MST)
- I hear "Have a mint ice, limo-losers", although "ice" often sounds more like "twice". Though I've noted that the way it's said "thingle-me-ice" sounds potentially referentially similar to "riddle-me-this". Any random villain ever said this in a cartoon? --Tweek
Alt Ock Band
Just a quickie, I believe that when They were talking bout an alt ock band with a female Bassist, short haired drummer and glasses wearing lead singer, it maybe a refrence to Sonice Youth, Juts and idea -- Unknown
Ack! That previous comment wasn't from me! I just added the "title tag" to separate it from earlier comments. tomstiff 22:11, 18 Mar 2005 (CST)
Other cartoon references
Is this email also a reference to that Saturday morning cartoon "Kidd Video"? I don't remember it super well but the evil reality upsetter guy from the SBEmail reminded me of "master blaster". http://www.kvflipside.org/characters/masterblaster.html --24.5.74.134 07:13, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
Alternative Rock Band!
None hit all the qualifications, but what do you think of the alt-rock? I think the metal and alt-rock should've both stayed, and some of the good metal bands did stay around. --geoguy91 22:35, 8 Mar 2005 (CST)
Filename Breaking SBEmail Convention
Why was the comment about the filename breaking the sbemail naming convention removed? I think it should atleast be noted somewhere. -- IRbaboon 08:28, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
Theme song
I'm fairly certain the song goes...
Well, they turned their tour bus into a space machine!
But they're still Limozeen!
Instead of "And they're still Limozeen!". --Billy Hologram 16:51, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Yeah, that sounds pretty likely to me too. Except right after that it goes "but they're in space!" The repetition of the word "but" before both clauses seems like something one would want to avoid. Though when one thinks about it, it would still work. It's hard to tell; one would have to listen carefully and tell what was said exactly to be certain about it. --Ogog 18:49, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Allright, I recorded it, timestretched it, and listened very carefully. :) I'm now 100% sure that it is "but" and not "and". Hence, I'm changing the transcript. --Billy Hologram 23:09, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
Gary
When Gary says "I guess I won't be needing this anymore" he sounds suspiciously like Stinkoman! (Well, I guess it is hard to have so many characters and do an entirely unique voice for each of them, though Matt's done a good job so far.) →evin290 20:12, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Further, Mitch Overlord is a deeper Strongbad, and when real Gary says "Weeeeeeellll..." he sounds like he's doing a Homsar. Not that these need to be put on the page, but that I agree that poor Matt is being overworked. --Buz 04:58, 11 Mar 2005 (MST)
Suge?
Hey, I wonder, could "Suge Brown" be a reference to Suge Knight? --Jeffrey G 14:32, 10 Mar 2005 (MST)
A reference to this, that, and the other thing
Example: "The fact that Limozeen's cartoon takes place in space for no good reason is likely a reference to several other cartoons which also took place in space for no reason, like..."
Is it really a "reference" when we say "This email is mocking a WHOLE FREAKING BUNCH OF INDEPENDENT SHOWS WITH LITTLE IN COMMON save whatever the joke is about"? I always thought that direct references were, you know, referring to ONE thing - maybe a few more if they're very closely related, but that's it. But "this, that, and the other thing" references feel almost like explaining jokes, instead of true references. It's getting WAY out of hand, especially since everyone then feels the need to add their favorite applicable show. And someone will surely whine or add it back if I remove all the Facts of this type. Is it just me? Does anyone else feel this way? --Jay 20:36, 12 Mar 2005 (MST)
- No comment? It's not so much that I want to DELETE them (well, some of them), it's more that I think they should go in Explanations if they're relevant enough. And not list all the hundreds of examples unless it's REALLY necessary to get the point across. --Jay 01:57, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Actually, I think this fun fact is different from, for instance, the "this joke is referencing shows which were taken off the air and developed a following on DVD" or whatever. Younger people might not realize that in the seventies and early eighties, there were a handful of poorly-animated shows that took popular subjects and stuck them in space for no reason (like Gilligan's Planet) and this show is a direct riff on that trend.
- Hence, it should go in Explanations if relevant enough. But certainly not References, because is it REFERENCING Gilligan's Planet? Or Josie and the Pussycats in Space? Or is it mocking the entire subgenre? --Jay 13:31, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
- It's mocking the entire subgenre / trend. I think it's reasonable, because the shows/subgenre is not very well known, particuarly to people who did not grow up with those shows, but I can see why you would want it deleted. Aurora Szalinski 13:35, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Are you reading what I'm saying? I said move to Explanations and take out the examples. Only delete the really obvious or trivial ones. --Jay 13:37, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Geez, OK. Why didn't you just move it then? I'll go do that now. Aurora Szalinski 14:08, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Are you reading what I'm saying? I said move to Explanations and take out the examples. Only delete the really obvious or trivial ones. --Jay 13:37, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
- It's mocking the entire subgenre / trend. I think it's reasonable, because the shows/subgenre is not very well known, particuarly to people who did not grow up with those shows, but I can see why you would want it deleted. Aurora Szalinski 13:35, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
- Hence, it should go in Explanations if relevant enough. But certainly not References, because is it REFERENCING Gilligan's Planet? Or Josie and the Pussycats in Space? Or is it mocking the entire subgenre? --Jay 13:31, 15 Mar 2005 (MST)
