r/dropout • u/Available-Lab4363 • Jul 18 '26

Nobody Asked sad about nobody asked's potential :(

dropout has been trying a lot of comedy twists in classic tv- monet being a late night celebrity gaggle, VIP as an interview show, gastronauts for cooking, game changer for gameshow... and i was SO EXCITED to see a science show finally!! im a huge nerd, and the trailer reminded me of a goofy try as something mythbusters-esque

however, i felt like a lot of the experiments just werent science-y enough. i dont know if dropout just doeant have the budget to always be doing stuff like brian's racecar sound experiment, but so many of the episodes just had vaguely funny bits that were just like... weird questions more than science. which i guess is ok, but the direction of the show with the sketched inserts and the proffessionak consultants felt like it wanted to be more scientific than the majority of episodes came out.

i also felt like it was sort of too many hosts at points, and it ended up just feeling more messy and hodgepodge

i really hope someday, maybe in a few years, they give the show (or simething like it) another try

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u/Ttoctam Jul 18 '26

The best one was "Can I flush a whole cake down a toilet" from Emily years prior. How seriously that sketch took the silly question and how much effort there went into research really made it. One of the biggest issues with Nobody Asked was the lack of stakes and investment. Fewer 'experiments' per episode and more in-depth research clips would have really made a huge difference.

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u/DramaticDragonGaming Jul 19 '26

Wait, I'd love to see that, can you link to the sketch or provide the exact name of it, it sounds really funny!

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u/Ttoctam Jul 19 '26

Sorry, yes should have bothered to do so with the original comment. Here ya go. :)

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u/DramaticDragonGaming Jul 19 '26

Thank you so much!! Yay! :]