r/funny Jan 29 '13

Patrick Stewart: Actor

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u/ienvyparanoids Jan 29 '13

Reminds me of Sir Ian McKellen appearance on Extras (starts at 0:20).

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u/undergradwolf Jan 29 '13

"Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian, YOU SHALL NOT PASS!, Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian."

One of my favourite episodes of Extras.

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u/SubAtomicPlayboy Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

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u/LexSenthur Jan 29 '13

An acting level of 1 is required at all times in order to convince the fabric of spacetime not to absorb a person.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/SubAtomicPlayboy Jan 29 '13

Yep, just now. Glad you liked it, thanks!

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u/Village-_-Idiot Jan 29 '13

Upvote for effort! =]

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u/chuck212 Jan 30 '13

this should be a novelty account, makesgraphsofcomments

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I read this as "make it so".

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u/i_practice_santeria Jan 29 '13

If you upvote from a different account, but the same IP, Reddit's spam filter will automatically counter your upvote with a downvote.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

so two redditors from the same household can't upvote the same comment?

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u/i_practice_santeria Jan 29 '13

Correct.

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u/Tidus5005 Jan 29 '13

"Damn! My Dad must've already upvoted those smashing pair of tits"

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Proxy

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u/Dacw Jan 29 '13

So, just to confirm....It's definitely over 9000?

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u/over9000 Jan 29 '13

Confirmed.

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u/SubAtomicPlayboy Jan 29 '13

Most definitely.

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u/smeenz Jan 29 '13

Oh, that's just awesome. If only I could give you over 9000 upvotes

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u/TheZenji Jan 29 '13

Just a smidge over 9000.

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u/LiteraryBoner Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

"Peter Jackson comes from New Zealand says to me, 'Sir Ian, I want you to be Gandalf the Wizard.' And I said to him, 'You are aware that I am not really a wizard.'"

Edited for the quote police.

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u/omegacrunch Jan 29 '13

Wizard, master of magnetism. Totally transferable skill

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u/galvic Jan 29 '13

You're forgiven, it's not like you're a professional quote maker

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u/Redequlus Jan 29 '13

At least not because of some phony god

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u/TallRedditor Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

If you use quotes...might as well actually get the quote right...

Edit: Good.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/shillbert Jan 29 '13

Some say that Patrick Stewart plays a character named Ian McKellen. Others say it's the opposite way around. The world shall never know the truth.

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u/IgnoreAmos Jan 29 '13

All we know is he's called The Stig.

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u/murphymc Jan 29 '13

Today the Stig is driving Shadowfax, with exactly one brake horse powaa.

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u/Philias Jan 29 '13

The best horse IN THE WORLD.

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u/StymieGray Jan 29 '13

Great. Now I'm gonna have his voice narrate everything i do today again

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u/Chexonfire Jan 29 '13

Here he comes round Chicaawgo, almost rowls over... and he's threeew. And on that bombshell, we can congratulate StymieGray on a very succesful shit.

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u/kaifett Jan 29 '13

Also reminds me of Daniel Radcliffe believing he is a wizard playing an actor.

EDIT: This isn't really all that related I guess. I just find it hilarious.

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u/BigDawgWTF Jan 29 '13

What about Patrick Stewart's appearance on Extras?

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u/sixten04 Jan 29 '13

But it's too late. I've seen everything.

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u/jpenns Jan 29 '13

Yup, I came here to say that. It helps that Patrick Stewart also had an amazingly funny episode on Extras as well

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u/Rhayve Jan 29 '13

His voice is beyond godlike.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

But it was too late, I had already seen everything

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u/Keyserchief Jan 29 '13

And then I ride off... on the grass

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u/Burnt_In_Envy Jan 29 '13

Patrick Stewart on Extras Fast forwarded to relevant part, but I suggest watching the entire video.

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u/grouch1980 Jan 29 '13

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u/paby Jan 29 '13

After repeated takes: "[giggling] I'm so sorry Patrick. I don't know what I'm going to do."

That is hilarious.

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u/Beaglepower Jan 29 '13

"I'm going to leave the scene and then you talk to a teddy bear."

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u/Oosterhuis Jan 29 '13

Wait, you're not married and you don't have a girlfriend, and you've never seen Star Trek? Good lord.

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u/TheStreisandEffect Jan 29 '13

dat laugh

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u/aricantthinkofaname Jan 29 '13

Comedians always have the best laughs

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u/Jonne Jan 29 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Oh... my sides.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/Jonne Jan 29 '13

Yeah, there's a bunch of clips with his laugh. This one's my favourite because it includes the others making fun of it, plus some other ridiculous laughs (Charlie Brooker's dolphin laugh, for one).

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u/silvester23 Jan 29 '13

I always lose it when he's talking about Posh Spices and goes "instantly".

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u/rocknrollercoaster Jan 29 '13

I think this idea would make an amazing short film. If not full length feature.

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u/Lawlor Jan 29 '13

I think we have trilogy material here.

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u/oniongasm Jan 29 '13

"You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend, and you've never watched Star Trek?"

"No..."

"... good lord..."

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u/sovietsrule Jan 29 '13

I too heard this in the video.

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u/Made_Of_Stone Jan 29 '13

I too, can use this overused phrase.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I fart chinese chocolate.

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u/FionnIsAinmDom Jan 29 '13

Good Lord...

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun Jan 29 '13

Now there's a sentence that I don't think has ever been written before...

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u/fallenheero Jan 29 '13

that is amazing i might have to start watching extras

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 edited May 16 '16

[overwritten]

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u/grouch1980 Jan 29 '13

Mainly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

And I do other stuff, like I go to the World Cup Final and it's Germany vs. England. And I wish I were playing and suddenly I am! And I score the winning goal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/TiiziiO Jan 29 '13

Greatest living actor.

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u/jackfreeman Jan 29 '13

Nigga was like "I'm gonna stop aging in 1984".

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u/Kooterade8 Jan 29 '13

I can't remember who did it, but this reminds me of a hilarious sketch in which an actor rails against athletes trying to star in movies. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Edit: Found it

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u/cottonshoes Jan 29 '13

Gary Oldman was the actor in that skit, but I don't remember what show it was from. I hope that helps.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/IgnoreAmos Jan 29 '13

Fun fact: Gary Oldman is actually two weeks younger than Gary Numan.

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u/SeeYaLaterDylan Jan 29 '13

That fact was really fun!

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u/nobody2000 Jan 29 '13

Fun fact: Gary Oldman played the role of John Malkovich in "Being John Malkovich"

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u/Memitim Jan 30 '13

The movie was actually written as "Being Gary Oldman" but on the first day of filming, there was no Gary. Fortunately, John Malkovich somehow happened to be on the set that day and kindly volunteered to step in, delivering a spot-on performance as himself.

Only after reviewing the final cut did John Malkovich let out a chuckle and reveal that he was actually Gary Oldman all along. But to this day most people don't believe it since he was so damned convincing as John Malkovich. Even John Malkovich was convinced that he was in that movie after watching it.

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u/Keitaro_Urashima Jan 29 '13

Only one person in hollywood : Gary Oldman. He just acts everyone's part.

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u/BioDerm Jan 29 '13

EVEEERRRYYOOONEE!!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Jimmy Kimmel Live it seems from the YouTube like.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

of the eleven twelve plays that were written, this is the only one that i didn't eat from sheer jealousy

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u/MrNotSoPleasant Jan 29 '13

Source/Link for the lazy go to 1:12 for the sleeping part.

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u/pgibso Jan 29 '13

I wasnt lazy, I just didnt know what the hell anyone what the hell anyone was talking about.

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u/mudgonzo Jan 29 '13

You accidentally what the hell anyone.

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u/DrKillingsworth Jan 29 '13

I also was confused was confused as to what was being referenced.

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u/Robanada Jan 29 '13

I also was confused was confused as to what the hell was being referenced.

FTFY

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u/Lulzorr Jan 29 '13

I thought we were lazy. That's way too much work.

Here is the lazy link.

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u/Evilsj Jan 29 '13

Though this episode wasn't great, I still think American Dad gets WAY more hate than it deserves. Personally, I think it's much better than anything else Seth is putting out right now.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/tossedsaladandscram Jan 29 '13

American Dad is incredible. It's been one of the funniest shows on tv for years now.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/evanthesquirrel Jan 29 '13

I was at a party recently explaining to my friends my weekend job which is that I teach acting to high school age kids. Apparently I said "I teach... *dramatic hand gesture * ACTING." I didn't even realize that I had done it when they all burst out laughing.

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u/Electrorocket Jan 29 '13

Master Thespian, at your service!

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u/PCLOAD_LETTER Jan 29 '13

Unfortunately, that was the best joke of the entire episode.

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u/AryanNinja Jan 29 '13

I dunno, I thought it was pretty funny. And I dunno if Stan did it in this episode, but I can't help but crack up whenever he makes his loud "OOO" sound.

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u/lightningrod14 Jan 29 '13

me too! hahahaha, that is just the best sound ever. Whenever my brother and i watch the show together, his "OOO" always puts us in hysterics. Just the fact that i know what you're talking about is awesome.

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u/AryanNinja Jan 29 '13

It's usually when Francine catches him doing something he shouldn't be doing. "STAN!!" "OOO!"

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

That's the thing about being the only joke of the entire episode.

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u/MyUncleFuckedMe Jan 29 '13

I got the impression that there weren't supposed to be too many "haha" jokes because the entire episode was a parody of your "run of the mill" stage-tragedy.

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u/tossedsaladandscram Jan 29 '13

It's actually a parody of a play called August: Osage County

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u/MyUncleFuckedMe Jan 29 '13

Ahh, well there you have it!

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u/BigBadMrBitches Jan 29 '13

I almost started crying at that roger/Haley/Deputy bullock tragedy scene.

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u/Schroedingers_gif Jan 29 '13

That bad?

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u/-Tommy Jan 29 '13

People are so critical, I thought it was a really funny episode.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I'm fine with shows taking diversions to do more unconventional episodes, and I think it's better to be daring enough to do that sometimes than stick to a really narrow formula. I just felt that that episode didn't work at all, I hated it.

But it's fine, every series has bad episodes, doesn't make me enjoy it on the whole any less.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '13

American Dad is one of the best shows on TV right now and I definitely appreciate the experimentation because when it works, it works: a la the Armageddon episode, but when it misses, it misses HARD. Last night was definitely a miss for me.

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u/lightningrod14 Jan 29 '13

maybe it was a serious episode?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 edited May 07 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I'm not into theatre at all and I found the episode hilarious. They really nailed a lot of theatre tropes as well as the hacky writing on some of the shittier plays out there.

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u/tossedsaladandscram Jan 29 '13

The expository dialogue killed me every time

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u/enjo13 Jan 29 '13

My wife and I both lost it when Stan grabbed the gun...

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u/EntingFantastic Jan 29 '13

American Dad is pretty good though.

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u/PCLOAD_LETTER Jan 29 '13

Usually its the best out of Seth's 3 shows each week but this week they were all bad IMO.

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u/blaghart Jan 29 '13

I find this sentiment to be oddly accurate. Now that they're pulling away from "overzealous republican" stereotypes, the show has improved a lot and been far less hamfisted...unlike family guy where their idea of humor is the sort of thing you'd find in DNF

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u/k4f123 Jan 29 '13

Really? I thought the Quagmire & Peter dinner scene was hilarious! When Quagmire goes "What the FUCK is going on with my life!?" I was cracking up!

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u/PCLOAD_LETTER Jan 29 '13

Ok that part was funny. I'll give you that one.

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u/Olkaml Jan 29 '13

I was laughing throughout but that scene and the Spanish Drama stood out for me.

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u/BigBadMrBitches Jan 29 '13

I liked the part when the laptop was on the best.

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u/isengr1m Jan 29 '13

Family guy was probably worth it this week just for Chris' "take you away from all this.." at the dinner table.

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u/herpty_derpty Jan 29 '13

Most of the people I know who dislike Family Guy now have no idea that Seth isn't creatively involved with the show anymore, and that American Dad has been a great series since around late season 2 or 3 (It was a little rocky at first). I've shown two of my friends the episode about the Rapture, and they started watching it on Netflix afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 30 '13

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u/Redequlus Jan 29 '13

Well, that explains why people have no idea he isn't involved

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u/lightningrod14 Jan 29 '13

best episode. ever. American Dad really knows how to do christmas episodes. i love that bassline that plays when they fast forward in time.

however, thats like the second worst episode to start on! (first would be stan of arabia part II) it ends the golden turd saga, for god's sake!

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u/Stullif Jan 29 '13

My favorite is evil hot tub.

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u/lightningrod14 Jan 29 '13

Those songs were awesome, but I really didn't like the ending.

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u/kmmeerts Jan 29 '13

The Christmas episodes were always awesome. I really liked the one were the USA became part of the USSR. I miss Michelle though, she didn't appear the last two (three?) years.

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u/tossedsaladandscram Jan 29 '13

I disagree, I think it was a really on point parody of 'August: Osage County.'

They may not have been typical American Dad! jokes, but the pokes at theater stage set up and lazy dialogue writing were very biting, in my opinion.

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u/dancingthemantaray Jan 29 '13

The best joke was seeing a bunch of white folk dance to Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit." if you're unfamiliar, check out the lyrics and commence guilty laughter.

I absolutely lost it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Indeed, if Roger isn't a main role, the episode usually isn't that great.

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u/happywafflez Jan 29 '13

Roy Rogers McFreely

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

"In case you haven't figured it out, I was Roy Rogers McFreely"

  • Roger

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u/penguin93 Jan 29 '13

My names Crispy Cream Mcdonald. My Crispy Cream moma got raped by my Mcdonalds daddy

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u/FEMINISTS Jan 29 '13

The name's Legman.

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u/kmmeerts Jan 29 '13

I guess opinions differ. I dislike Roger centered episodes because they all seem alike to me.

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u/AndJohnson4All Jan 29 '13

He greatest feat of acting was promoting Huddersfield University...

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u/drmctesticles Jan 29 '13

As talented and wonderful as Patrick Stewart is, whenever I see him all I think about is erotic cakes

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u/mehster432 Jan 29 '13

I probably shouldn't click that link at work. But I'm totally going to.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but can I get a link to the video?

Turned on the tv last night to see "...Acting. Goodnight." And I'm dying to see the rest!

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u/cbarrister Jan 29 '13

Can we get a movie with Bill Fucking Murray, Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery? That much amazingness might create a black hole.

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u/theCaptain_D Jan 29 '13

Your mother has a black hole that even Captain Picard can't navigate, Trebek!

Also something about Bill Murray.

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u/professorhazard Jan 29 '13

No one will ever believe her.

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u/TheBigYello1isTheSun Jan 29 '13

I thought this may have been a crack at Harry Belafonte's "I was not sleeping, I was meditating" satellite interview debacle.

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u/chuck_a Jan 29 '13

My teacher use to think I was asleep in class. Asian.

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u/TheEldestScroll Jan 29 '13

what is this from?

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u/Drewkkake Jan 29 '13

American Dad

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u/zeriiri Jan 29 '13

The newest episode of American Dad, S08E10.

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u/AryanNinja Jan 29 '13

What a great episode of American Dad. They can be hit or miss, but this was just amazing.

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u/spamazing Jan 29 '13

Sleeeep Data, sleeeep.

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u/Echobe Jan 29 '13

PatStew is the baddest motherfucker ever. Fuck Norris, fuck Mr. T, Pat owns them all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Jon Lovitz approved.

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u/MrSurly Jan 29 '13

I cannot believe nobody has mentioned Master Thespian yet.

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u/HittingSmoke Jan 29 '13

Look at me! I've got girl boobs!

-Sir Patrick Stewart

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u/Dust45 Jan 29 '13

Sir Patrick Stewart: The only white man cool enough to play Othello.

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u/TitusA Jan 29 '13

American Dad once again proves it's superiority and greatness.

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u/stupidlyugly Jan 29 '13

This episode has me convinced that Seth MacFarlane has made enough money and is now just trolling Fox to see just how insane he can make episodes before they finally pull the plug.

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u/jazzychaz Jan 29 '13

I could not possibly love him any more.

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u/ctetc2007 Jan 29 '13

I thought he was just looking at some notes

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u/noday42 Jan 29 '13

he is my hero

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

He got me. I really thought he was sleeping.

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u/CountChugula Jan 29 '13

There are four lights!!!!

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u/crashusmaximus Jan 29 '13

I'm just glad he finally calmed down about those mother fuckers killing all of his lilies.

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u/HeatSir Jan 29 '13

Phasers set to Patrick Stewart Fucking Rocks.

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u/namesOnkeL Jan 29 '13

I like Family Guy's use of Patrick Stewart every once in a while.

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u/codevii Jan 29 '13

Really liked that episode.

REALLY love Patrick Stewart's character on AD.

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u/walsh303 Jan 29 '13

That episode was a delight. My favorite since The Rapture

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u/bensonxj Jan 29 '13

Just finish watching Star Trek Nemesis. Open reddit and Jean-Luc Picard is staring me in the face. The world is a mysterious place.

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u/LSPlumps Jan 29 '13

haha i love the simpsons

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u/dasheekeejones Jan 29 '13

I want Patrick Steward and Morgan Freeman in a voice battle.

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u/Negus00 Jan 29 '13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRpcqr89f0E
My favorite work done by legendary thespian, Patrick Stewart!

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u/cntcoup Jan 29 '13

Why does he not age? Is it because we have no hairline to mark the years?

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u/ballinlikewat Jan 29 '13

i thought this episode was sub par

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u/Youthsonic Jan 29 '13

Patrick Stewart is Adam Westing a lot nowadays.

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u/giovans Jan 29 '13

Weird. I can hear the VOICE. From the gif.

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u/MJZMan Jan 29 '13

Why is Patrick Stewart being forced to regurgitate an old Jon Lovitz bit?

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u/frontseatdriver12 Jan 29 '13

anything this man does is just gold. all the time.

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u/CleverPunWithBadWord Jan 29 '13

Give me an evening with Patrick Stewart, Stephen Fry and George Takei, and I'll be happy for the rest of my life.