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422 - The Day the Earth Froze
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I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son. I'm only plucking pheasants til the pheasant plucker comes...
WITCH: Forge a Sampo! Or you'll never see the face of your pretty sister again!
CROW: Can we see the other parts?
(possibly the raunchiest joke of the Joel Era)
"John Houstons' 'The African Log".White heart." "White hunter. Black heart"
Yes, children of all ages are confronted with forces they can't begin to understand!
Everybody doesn't like somethings, but nobody doesn't like Bruce Lee!
Uh-oh.....I broke him.
"And Emmit Kelley is still eating!"
"And it's still funny!"
By the Pricking of my Thumbs, something GOOFY this way comes!
"...so that's how I got into stamp collecting; and of course I've always enjoyed the theater..."
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the guy riding the log . . .
Lets be gay, for he is a dickweed! love that riff :P
"You see, everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Bruce Lee." An ethos, if I've ever heard one.
I love Tom's riff at 35:50: "I have a field overrun with snakes, and he must plow it!" "That's weird, but...okay." Of all the heroic challenges in all the mythologies, plowing a field must rate pretty low.
Wow, I forgot how totally clutch this episode is. The opening short has some of their best riffing moments ever. Love Tom's dark side!
You know a movie is cinematic gold when the climax is a bunch of men playing harps versus a witch who can summon a breeze.
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At the beginning of the film, the narrator actually does explain what a sampo is. It's just that the guys talk over it solidly. So when you watch the beginning, try to tune the guys out and listen to the narrator.
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Ever feel in the “Sampo” of life you are stuck in front of the salt dispenser?
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Joel sounds rather irritated during the short.
Crow's Bullwinkle really kills me! Such a great episode, even without the mysterious Sampo.
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I'm so glad I watched this one! I didn't know what it was about going into it, but my mom is Finnish and we used to read a kid's book based on the Kalevala about Väinämöinen playing his harp and Louhi stealing the sun and moon, so this felt very familiar to me. Granted, it was a goofy movie, but there were lots of Monty Python references, so that made it better. Oh and lastly: Finland is not Sweden!!
I wish snack-tion existed for real ;)
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Dr. Forrester & Franks "invention", ....... how WARPED is THAT ?? !!
A rusty suture NEEDLE ?!!! DEAD silver fish ?!!!
Every time Gypsy says 'She had GUTS', I absolutely lose it. Barking laughter lose it.
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This was like a 90 minute episode of Monty Python and Benny Hill spliced together! I ate a Sampo sandwich whie watching this.
You know it's not Norse mythology because no one thinks that Ragnarok was happening when the sun disappears.
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The Greek, Roman and Norse mythologies are really awesome. Finnish mythology is just weird.
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These guys think the day the earth froze was cold? They ain't never had a New England winter!
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That short was...unnerving. I really do not like clowns.
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Love it when they do the Yooper sketches.
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Way too many great riffs here,,,one of my top favorites!
From the title, I thought this was a cash-in on "The Day The Earth Stood Still." I have never been happier to be wrong.
I can now see why clowns freak some people out. And what's the deal with Emmett Kelly? His whole routine is to stand in a corner and eat?
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The thing that bugs me about this episode is Joel constantly telling the bots that their riffs are "too dark."