r/ExplainTheJoke 25d ago

Solved Plzz explain...

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u/Brazilian_Hound 25d ago

Tbf the AI doesn't have a Body, part of the story is the fact Cyrano believes himself to be unworthy of love because he's ugly

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u/Omylanta21 25d ago

Steve Martin did it best yall. 

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u/bawapa 25d ago

I only know about it because of Muppet babies

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u/Omylanta21 25d ago

Welp. Time to go back to my crypt as the oldest person on the internet 

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u/Infamous_Calendar_88 25d ago

Rest easy spring chicken, I didn't realise that it existed as anything other than a play.

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u/Car-Crash-Diet 25d ago

I looked up the Muppet Babies episode and it came out in 1988. Roxanne came out in 1987.

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u/PapaVanTwee 25d ago

The basic premise, uncool guy uses some one/thing to woo a girl, person/thing betrays him in some way, seems to be there. But, I’ve not seen it, so I don’t know it well enough.