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most conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservativesbare either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
@@RodrigoGarcia-ze5emconservatives can like family guy humour. They aren't super strict with themselves inherently The issue is, Mr Birchum isn't even family guy humour, it's too safe and plays everything INCREDIBLY stereotypical and basic. There's no jokes about Mr Birchum fighting giant chickens or spearing whales with forklifts or incompetent drivers watching Madagascar while making the road actively dangerous. It's just him getting smug and laughing at some dude with pronouns in his name This show appeals to noone in that regard
@Somebuffoononline most conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservativesbare either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
Always Sunny, too. Plenty of “edgy” shit in there but everyone loves it (and rightfully so). I once saw an article in a right-wing magazine my dad reads that praised that show, but then the writer wondered how it hadn’t fallen victim to “cancel culture” yet. They speculated that it “flew under the radar.” No, dumbass, it’s still on because it’s actually funny and knows how to tackle sensitive issues without shitting on marginalized people for cheap laughs. It’s just you people can’t grasp that as a concept.
Yeah, but then they can just lie and say the other platforms denied them for being edgy and conservative; when in reality they probably just went "we have our own shitty adult cartoons, and this one isn't even good by those standards. No."
Hey, guys. We're just Two Edgy for the lamestream media amirite? Also we're souper family friendly. And edgy. For families. (Brought to you by the people who rage when you suggest they ask their phone what a word means, to the surprise of 3 people. All of them Ben shapiro)
Adam Carolla's tried pitching the show for years, but if the actual pilot is anything to go by, which has an abrupt ending, it wasn't exactly spectacular enough to get a guaranteed funding for a full show.
This is better than south barf which wasn't funny in the 1990s and still isn't funny today. Conservative bashing is hate speech and needs to be treated as such under the law.
All I know about Mr. Birchum show is the tragic yaoi love story between Mr. Birchum and Mr.Karpozi, I think of it as the modern version of Romeo and Juliet.
I love how the yaoi is basically the only thing to come from this show, Mr. Birchum really gives "deeply closeted gay guy who acts conservative to cover up his insecurity" vibes and it's hilarious
Right?? If it weren't made by Dailywire I would seriously think that's where this kind of thing is headed. Overly conservative macho-man who's acting aggressively masculine to cover up his internalized homophobia meets his openly gay co-worker. Awakening ensues.
I mean, a lot of extreme homophobes are deep closet queer. They were indoctrinated at a young age. They have strong self hatred. They are unhappy and filled with rage because they can't freely express themselves. And they have the idea of "I'm bad, if I punish the bad people like me. I'll be better than that." It's really sad.
Reason #863 why It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is much better than this garbage. Mac is exactly what you described. And it’s both hilarious and heartwarming when he finally admits he’s gay
I'm glad someone pointed out how sympathetic Karponzi is. "Karponzi wants to stop a teacher from using his own students as free labor to fix up his house? How dare he!?" The show tries to push this idea on you in the first episode unironically, and they think this show is gonna work? No way.
Like, i get the 'intended' point of that, teaching students to actually, y'know, have some life skills IS important, but using your students as free labour to fix up your house, ain't really that.
I felt bad for the guy when he asked to sit with them at the bar and was denied a seat then walked away sad. Like are we sure this guy is a villain because it doesn't feel like he is.
This show proves that the unintentionally likeable villain goes both ways, like in Velma they tried super hard to make Fred hateable for being a straight white guy and ended up being the more developed one of the bunch, same here with Mr Carponzi, dude is always right but because he is a gay woke douche everybody dunks on him. in a way this is kind of progressive because it shows that the problem were never the politics but just the writing.
@@sayakamikireal I realized this a bit ago and was gonna edit my comment but then I realized if I called him The Old Norm, no one would realize who I was talking about
When I think of "too edgy for television", I don't think of any television show that advertises itself as such. My mind immediately defaults to Moral Orel.
Especially considering how Ron does a lot of what Mr. Birchum tried to do INFINITELY better. -He's not subtle or quiet with his beliefs but is still able to co-exist and befriend people who have differing beliefs. -Whenever he's giving someone advice, he doesn't come off as a mouthpiece, but rather a person who has years' worth of experience and genuinely wants to help someone out. -Has other interests and passions that help him stand out as more than just a grumpy old conservative guy. -Is a way better teacher than Birchum could ever be.
My favorite part is when they added a token gay character in cia or smth for birchum to say something along the lines "of course we accept gay people when they don't complain all the time" and some portion of target audience responded with "I'm not watching that, I'm so tired of every show inserting gay characters, my conservative christian family just wants show without gays"
Josh knows that straight-up homophobia is not accepted anymore so he has to dance around it without being super blatant, which of course comes off as heresy to the homophobes that aren't afraid of walking around with their masks off.
The funny part is Karponzi is INTEGRAL to the show's premise. He's the only one that challenges Birchum so he can make a conservative speech, and get cheered on by other characters. So conservative viewers who were mad that there's a gay character are asking for a show about nothing. 😂
@@luluzin5022 nah, it wasn’t about Karponzi, he’s made fun of, they don’t mind. There was one “positive” gay character with cia or something in episode 2 I think, literally just a token gay character because of which people got mad
Of course, when a gay character complains about politics, it's bad like America totally solved homophobia when gay marriage was forced to be legalized because of the constitution less then a decade ago
I want multiple shows in every genre and medium with nothing but gay Republicans on both sides of the camera, and I consider the absence of one discrimination on multiple levels.
The funniest thing about the show is that despite hating "woke crap" for being in everything, the show has an openly gay character as well as one with neopronouns, and both characters show up FREQUENTLY
@phillipclearman859 look, if you like a politically infested show with age old political talking points, that's fine. But let's not pretend like this is comedy. There isn't a punchline or joke being made. It's "look at this effeminate man with a manbun with a feminine voice! Isn't that whacky and crazy?!" It's literally on par with baby humor. There isn't a joke out of that. The problem with modern day "political humor" is that politics is 95% and the joke is 5%. Look up some George Carlin skits. Dude made excellent political points but always delivered it as a joke to reinforce his thoughts. The point was never to force a view down your throat, it was to make light of politics with humor itself, it just had that following effect of making you think about what the subject was really about. Edit: Also, the hate boils down to it just not being funny. As a comedy, it's just not good. Pretty sure the only reviewers that have reviewed it positively are actual, known grifters that say whatever they have to for controversy sake. It's kinda like fart or poop jokes, you can find them funny, but unless you're actually 6 years old, no one would say it's good comedy.
@phillipclearman859 You like those dogshit movies? Seriously? Especially Run Hide Fight? The fucking school shooter movie with the most dogshit acting ever?
The fact that they actually believed that this show would be "too offensive for TV" is the funniest part. This show is about as offensive as a field of flowers
What’s crazy is that the guy who made this worked on drawn together, which is arguably one of the most offensive and edgy things ever. How the fuck did he not take anything from that to at least make the jokes bearable?
@@Cubeytheawesome it could be because Drawn Together has a lot of crass humor and Carolla claimed the show was supposed to be "South Park without the raunch." It could also be that his involvement in creating the thing was limited, since all the Daily Wire folks probably wanted to put their hands in it.
Any show that claims to be offensive or outrageous usually isn't. Like when i think of shows that were "too edgy" or "too real" for TV, I don't think of this. I think of Moral Orel, who never claimed to be any of these things.
The show is just a bunch of poorly drawn characters stand around and talk about real life politic and make outdated pop culture references. They don't even try to make it interesting or funny
This is like the reverse Velma. So bad at presenting it's political message that it basically becomes a parody of your side and a promotion for your opposition (Replies proving my point perfectly lol)
The bad cutaway gags make me so angry, so here are two ideas to replace them. For the "vegan wolf" one: After Birchum makes his snarky comment about vegan wolves, hard cut to a close-up of a wolf with a David Attenborough voice saying "And here we have the noble North American Vegan Wolf in its natural habitat: San Fran, California." Then zoom out to reveal that it's on a date at a hipster coffee shop. For the puking one: The character who pukes (idk his name) says that he's thrown up on every continent except one. Birchum says "Let me guess, you haven't barfed in Antarctica yet?" And the guy replies "Nah, Australia. I did Antarctica last year." Hard cut to him being chased by a leopard seal, throwing up in fear, and the leopard seal being grossed out and losing interest. Are these stupid? Sure, but not nearly as garbage as the ones in the show. EDIT: replaced the polar bear in the Antarctica one with a leopard seal, since there are no polar bears in Antarctica. My bad guys!
what's a polar bear doing on the south pole? the Arctic is named after _Ursa_ Major, a northern constellation, while also being the place where the polar _bears_ are the *Ant*arctic is named that because it's on the opposite side
I hate any forced political things, especially in this case where it’s clearly coming from a place of hatred. I can like a well made piece of art that has different politics than me, I won’t ever like something yelling at me
@Cubeytheawesome Steven Colbert is such an enigma Because when playing a character where he HAS to be a sarcastic characature, he's actually pretty brilliant But when he's more surface level and straightforward, his humor and creativity is Mr Brichum levels of bad
I have very vague memories of KoTH but I still know in my soul that the show is actually goated. I remember watching it on Adult Swim. Good characters and dynamics, it was all around good fun and a blast to watch, gotta watch it again some time.
most young conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservatives are either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
Matt Walsh himself has even said that adults shouldn't watch cartoons, so it only makes sense the company he works for doesn't respect animation either.
Whaaaaaat? You mean the political pundit network can't make good TV and movies? Noooooo. Now if you excuse me, I will patiently wait when CNN announces they will start making shows.
I honestly think Mr Birchum could’ve worked as a Bojack Horseman type of show, starting out as a somewhat typical adult comedy with Birchum being the same kind of asshole he is in the show, but gradually shifting to something more serious, using the points you made to emphasise how Birchum and others like him really aren’t good people at all.
I could see it if there was a plot twist that everyone chairing at him is all in he's head. And when we shift focus to someone like mr karpansi turns out that fot example the kids were offended by the mologue and is the teachers save for karpansi that say he could stay because of pr.
Having him wrestle with the toxic elements of his conservative perspective, realise his inflated ego and maybe confront his sexuality could make for a really grounded and moving show. It could show how his attitude is pushing people away and force mr. Birchum to go through the stages of reflection and deconstruction of his ideas. Too bad it won't do that.
Tried looking like American Dad, tried making jokes like Family Guy, tried writing stories like King of the Hill, and failed at each and every one of those.
most young conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservatives are either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
My favorite part of all this is that it proves liberals aren’t as easily triggered as conservatives paint them, because the left responded to this show by mocking it and ironically enjoying it as an accidental bit of queer coding. The best revenge is living a happy life.
The worst part about Karpanzi is that the angle of "guy who everyone recognizes is probably right most of the time, but is annoying so everyone hates him anyway" is a decent comedic approach you could take with the function of his character if only the show actually cared about comedy rather than culture war points, regardless of however they parrot about "entertainment without politics"
(Haven't seen Archer in a while but bear with me) that sounds kinda like what they did with Cyrill I even remember an episode where he used his skillset to be a competent spy, only to get a huge ego to continue showing how much of a coward he is
Honestly! I have a couple of friends that are Karponzi-adjacent and get on my nerves sometimes. This show could’ve been a fun romp through the absurdity of the culture wars, but that would require it to A.) not be produced by the Daily Wire, and B.) have a team of capable and competent writers.
It's actually quite common for far-right people to make weird jokes about manbuns, even though keeping your hair long is probably the most conservative thing you can do lol
This really isn’t even a hard premise to screw up: rather than trying to paint Birchum as this all-powerful, never wrong superhuman, you make him the underdog; he’s trying to prove that he’s still relevant when the whole world seems like they’d happily leave him and his worldview in the previous century. Build him *wanting* a relationship with his wife and son, but feeling like they just don’t have anything left in common, and then here’s this liberal stereotype that embodies everything Birchum feels he rightfully deserves but sees Birchum as a friend and equal (kinda like what early season Simpsons did with Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders). Alternatively, it could actually be even funnier to showcase Mr. Birchum and the leftist as the extreme versions of both sides of their respective political leanings; we often see that politics can get wildly out of hand from both extremes of the spectrum, so showcasing the two clashing ideologies could lend itself to a lot of comedy and drama.
No, Karpanzi is still an antagonist. Being an antagonist only requires being the force that the protagonist works against- they can still be a good person, especially if the protagonist is a villain. Minor nitpick from the loser English major in the audience
No you have a point, not every protagonist is inherently a good person, and that’s what makes stories interesting. Take Scarlett O’hara from Gone With the Wind; she’s selfish, immature, and spiteful throughout most of the book and movie, much to the contrast of her compassionate and loving sister in law, Melanie Hamilton, who for plot purposes is Scarlett’s antagonist. But that’s what makes the book compelling is that Scarlett isn’t a good person, she uses all those bad traits and it propels the plot. Also I’m the child of an English Major, so you have my full respect lol
tbf the point is more so that he has everything we usually see on the protagonists while the protagonist has everything we see on villains (all while acting as if he was a bad guy despite good and vice-versa) its true that protagonist/antagonist doesnt means evil or good tho, true
[● Horrible confession of the day: I want to watch this show because I somehow gaslit myself into thinking it's a tragic gay love story between Mr. Birchum and Mr. Karponzi. Like- I have seen a lot of things from this show and I know what it is, but it feels so much like a slow burn enemies to lovers story.]
What makes this so much funnier is that there are videos of people on the Right wing of the political spectrum denouncing this show and saying they won’t watch it because it has a single gay character in it like I’m pretty sure the character in question isn’t a big part like not even tertiary level and they still got more upset than the “Leftist snowflakes” because a literal single gay character is acknowledged as existing
@@jordanloux3883 no joke one of the videos literally has the person say “they (the LGBT) already have every other show why can’t they let us have just one” 🤯
I was wondering when I would get my evidence that the right has no media literacy, I just wasn't expecting it to be this blatant. Do they not realize that the show portrays the gay character as bad and tries to claim that being gay is bad. Do they just not understand how shows like this work because this type of show needs someone like the gay teacher to work? Otherwise, it's just an animated lecture, which might be what they want now that I think about it
The only thing I'm offended about is that there will never be a romantic enemies to lovers story arc between Mr Birchum and Karponzi. It could have been beautiful...
Everyone should get together and remake this show with Karpanzi as the true protagonist and Birchum the antagonist he truly is. Edit: I decided to create my own take on how I would write it: Mr. Birchum and Mr. Karpanzi are both teachers in woodwork and computer science respectively, both in the same school. Birchum is an middle-aged man who wants the world to be as simple as possible. Karpanzi is a late-teen who's supportive of everyone, despite being oppressed by the rest of the teachers. Each episode would have the two take turns of being the voice of reason. Birchum-centric episodes would involve him being frustrated with the advanced, "woke" world, trying to force people into his worldview while Karpanzi teaches him to be more accepting of the new age. Meanwhile, Karpanzi-centric episodes would involve him trying to befriend the other teachers, often to extreme lengths, while Birchum tries to help the two get along. And no, they would not be gay lovers. As funny as the idea is, people only make that joke because of the original show. My rewrite would try to find a balance between the two sides. They could be _friends,_ which would explain why they help each other, but making them lovers would lean too much towards the right. The show would probably be about 8-10 episodes. With this setup, I don't see how this show could last more than 1 season. But hopefully, this version of the show would be... y'know, good. This is obviously as simple of a plot synopsis as I can give. Not only would the characters have more depth, but so would many of the side characters (Birchum's family, the other teacher's, etc.), maybe even introduce some new characters, like a life partner for Karpanzi.
You can also make Birchum more of a complex protagonist I guess. Maybe show him as someone who sees the world change around him so fast which makes him act frantic and spastic as he tries to keep this world away from his daughter which in turn creates a divide between them and the Karpanzi could be everything Birchum hates in the changing world that he feels will hurt his daughter and the story could be about him learning more about him and how he and this new world as a whole is not really his enemy. Maybe there could be an episode about war vets where maybe he suffers from severe ptsd which contributes to that. Maybe there could be episode where he is called back into the army and the episode would focus on his daughter who despite being made uncomfortable by his outlandish behavior still is deeply worried for him and the episode could be about how she deals with it. And maybe you could also have some exploration of the Girls fears of maybe her dad hating her if she came out as something he despises and while she doesn't know if she is any of those things (because she is a kid) this Fear still lingers and that could be another focus point of an episode where Birchum has to consider such possibility and deal with that this future could happen and whether or not he should be afraid of it or embrace it. Or maybe I take this garbage too seriously. Also didn't watch the show so no idea if that girl is actually his daughter or anything. I just assume. I ain't watching that.
@@AzraelSoulHunter OH MH HOD YEA YEA YES or maybe with karponzi as the main protagonist, you can make him somewhat of a newly found teacher who adjusts to this somewhat incompetent school setting (could be making fun of the education system in a way if we keep the show’s humor). karponzi can be somewhat naive but he’s optimistic and genuinely enjoys teaching and having students learn!! maybe as the students bond with him- Mr birchum could be threatened by that, by change as you said! maybe at the end of season one of the show, you can have karponzi get fired BY mr birchum or some thing like that and in season two you’ll have more area to explore other characters and the students and yada yada THATS JUST MY TAKE ITS BAD 😞😞
@@santiagomenchaca4248Not sure how an annoying and oversensitive SJW who whines about everyone that is trivial is any more likeable than the grumpy old btching man who can't move on from the 50's
The thing about the first episode... King of the Hill had Hank do similar but with 1. Less malice and greed 2. Later into the series... We know him by this point in the series 3. He actually gets fired from the position, he gets punished for it.
Hank didn't have students work on his house, though. He had them work on the school, and then they later came to his house of their own accord to finish their projects. Why didn't Mr. Birchum just have the kids work on the school?
And Hank didn't even have the kids come to his house to do work for him personally. The kids were working on the school so it was more of a public service situation, and then they came to his house because they wanted to finish their projects
Thank y'all, I forgot the specifics but I knew he was actually... A good person doing it, enough they came back to do more. Going over administration would get him fired for it but nobody can say he was being malicious or just using children for cheap labor
I find it hilariously ironic how shows like mr birchum and that new norm show that recently debuted on twitter advertise their shows as "too edgy for TV" only to be much less edgy than shows like moral orel which was so shocking and disturbing that adult swim cancelled it after its third season. Hell I honestly think a lot of animated shows aimed at KIDS are more edgier than mr birchum or most adult animated shows made in america for that matter
@@sonicfanboy3375 The show is called space goofs and the episode is called “doodle!” (The show is pretty funny!) And the company that also did this also did this one called “Oggy and the cockroaches!”
@@sonicfanboy3375 Space goofs it’s a French cartoon made by a company called xilam they also did a show called “Oggy and the cockroaches!” The episode is called “Doodle!”
Another great antagonist you can watch is Dan Vs. a show about Dan the jerk who gets his payback one topic at a time. From charity, George Washington, fast food, and even stupidly. With 3 seasons, great writing and as of now free on vudu to watch.
If I had a nickel for every time a bad animated comedy accidentally made the only character you’re supposed to hate the most likable character, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice (The other is Santa inc btw)
Rogue Elements Leo And Layla Mr. Birchum The New Norm Sound Of Freedom Chip Chilla I think we have a new form of genre in entertainment: Conservative Cringe.
I mean what's wrong with Rogue Elements, though? I thought it's promising. Also get Sound of Freedom out of the list, son. Naughty journalists hated it for unlikeable reasons
12:16 No, the word I'd use to describe what he truly is, a hero, a flawed hero for sure, but a hero that would be appreciated nonetheless. A protagonist is a word to describe the character we follow along not necessarily the hero per say. Sometimes, it could be the villian, like Mr. Bircham here.
As a conservative, I think the problem we have is that we think the best way to succeed is to relentlessly mock our opposition- ironically, leaving ourselves in a position to be mocked by the liberals. I’m not one of those nut jobs who declare anything featuring a female protagonist of color to be woke or shun anyone IRL who isn’t a straight white male like myself; I just take my time to do my own research and come to my own conclusions. I have tons of non-conservative friends and we get along fine because neither party really feels the need to bludgeon the other with politics in my area. What conservative art needs are actual artists, not activists who think they’re artists. That’s something that those on my side say about the entertainment industry, but until we get our side of the industry right, then we can’t expect the other side to do the same. Write well, put in the funds necessary to support artists, and let them tell their stories rather than demanding they create echo chambers for those on either side- it shouldn’t be that hard.
It's very refreshing hearing a comment from a conservative that isn't either a strawman from a non-conservative or the conservative that was used as inspiration for the strawman lol
I’m sorry that your politics is now known by the minority of temper throwing idiots (like Ben). I may not agree with you politically, but I I know that these “anti-woke” hatemongers are a minority, an incredibly loud one. And it’s not like the left isn’t the same (while they do over-exaggerate at times, the SJW group are just as loud and obnoxious)
I consider myself conservative, but...here's the thing. Art isn't made by groups; it's made by individuals. Art is personal, and good art requires creative freedom. So even though politics will always influence art and vice versa, I don't really want a successful "conservative counter culture." I don't view "conservative art" as a good thing. As long as either "side" is calling the shorts, creative freedom will suffer. Let art be art and politics be politics. Let them influence each other, but don't let them control each other.
i think the problem is more specific. mainly, in order to criticise something you have to actually understand it, and a lot of these people in the daily wire are heavily insular and very 'online', i genuinely wonder how many of them have actually interacted with a leftist in a way that isn't some sort of debate or argument. and so a lot of their criticisms end up coming off as hollow. they seem to think the left is full of hippies, a stereotype from like the 80s or something, not only are they using strawman caricatures, but they're not even up to date
11:25 It is the same Fred from the Velma show. Velma wants use Fred to be the villainous but the show accidentally made Fred a sympathetic character with depth. He was raised to the way his was at start(as his dad put his cigars on him and ridiculed him for being childish) Later Fred has growth and he wants to be a better person. 21:21 Same with Velma. Like anything that other characters give Velma a lesson, she forgets about the lesson and does not grow as a person. It is the other way around. People learn from Velma and praise her. It shows, no matter if The show is left wing or right wing, woke or anti-woke. If you make a show with spite, mean-spirited, Shallowness and to glorify your vision, like Mindy Kaling’ weird love and hate for rich white guys and Mr Birchum hate the Woke Agenda. And also Velma and Mr. Birchum is alway right even though realistically they are wrong and deserve consequences like Cartman. (I know Velma become a ghost in season 2 and hope she stays dead. Don’t let Mindy Kaling bring Goober and the Ghost Chasers) They both still be bad shows. 25:35 This is a Hot Take: Velma and Good Times Netflix reboot has better Animation Visuals than Mr.Birchum. 30:40 I am adding Ramshackle. Ramshackle is a fun show.
Feels like a show made by the people who watch “It’s always sunny” and think they’re supposed to root for the gang. “I identify with Dennis, he’s so cool!” That’s a problem.
The thing that makes me sad about this show is, I don't hate the premise. I think it could have been good if it was about an out of touch woodshop teacher learning that not everything progressives want is bad, and he could also instill some of the better qualities of conservative ideologies (ie. self reliance and good work ethic) into the next generation. I'm a hard leftie and even I can see that we can be hypocritical sometimes and often go to far in trying to be seen as better than our parents ( for example, white knighting women and minorities instead of letting them speak for themselves and getting mad at things they don't care about). I would love to see a show about different generations and ideologies finding balance. But the only way to do that is to acknowledge that Birchum is sometimes wrong. I guess what I am trying to say is I miss King of the Hill.
Velma did the exact same thing. They created a character you're supposed to hate, but they made him the most likable person with actual character growth EDIT: It's Fred
It actually puts the show BEHIND Velma, since that show also acknowledged that Velma was a bad person and needed to be reminded that she wasn't right all the time. It never stuck, but it still was there
You know, at first, I thought the only Parks and Recreation comparison I could make here is that Mr. Birchum himself was the poorest man's Ron Swanson, but now I realize this issue is WAY deeper than that. Mr. Birchum is Parks and Rec's polar opposite: Parks and Recreation's main theme/message was that if we want to make the world a better place, we need to come together in spite of our differences. That's why all of the characters are so different and distinct from each other, why Leslie's friends deeply admire and respect her, but aren't afraid to call her out when they disagree with her, why Pawnee has so much lore behind it, why it never assigned one set of beliefs as being the right one, and why close-minded people were always seen as in the wrong. Because we're all living on the same planet, we might as well stop fighting and start working together. Mr. Birchum, on the other hand, seems to preach the idea that things are supposed to be a certain way and anyone who disagrees with that way is wrong and should be ridiculed. That's why Mr. Birchum constantly gets away with being awful, why all the characters revolve around him and have little to nothing to help them stand out, why they constantly spit out pseudo-political takes and insults, why the show features almost no nuance, and specializes in only black and white thinking, because that's what it was created for. To tell people that everything was a lot better back in the days and people who disagree with you are wrong and you should never try to understand them, compromise with them, or be friends with them. They're your enemies and they always will be. Parks and Rec teaches acceptance, cooperation, humility, and optimism. Mr. Birchum teaches hostility, superiority, exclusion, and close-mindedness. And I don't know about you, but I definitely prefer the former.
At least I had fun with smiling friends (and weirdly enough hazbin hotel and their spin off!) Compared to this and Velma! Have you heard of the store sharkrobot? That’s my new hot topic now!
@@sonicfanboy3375 Have you seen this show called code lyoko? I remember watching it while I was nervous about my first job and it’s WAY BETTER than Velma!
29:05 Reading the comment in full, it’s very ironic that a show that takes jabs at queer people…… had an animation crew mostly consisting of queer people. Another reason I feel bad for the animation crew.
Honestly the deck thing is also wild bc what self-respecting woodworker would want his deck to look like shit full of like bent nails and misaligned boards bc it was put together by untrained kids. He should've at least made them do some simpler busywork like idk raking leaves or weeding.
This show has one thing in common with Velma: You end up loathing the character you’re supposed to like (Mr Birchum, Velma) and end up loving the character you’re supposed to hate (Karponzi, Fred). Also didn’t expect the Dead Poets Society mention!
I'm glad he opened the video by admitting that he doesn't follow politics. This is just proof that the show is just bad not cuz of its political views. It's just bad writing, bad non offensive jokes, just written characters... Even the people voicing the characters sound like they don't want to be there.
I used to watch Just Stop but his older content felt political. Complains about companies and cancel culture. He also took the political compass in 2021 and resulted in him being left leaning. I don’t buy it that he doesn’t know anything about political.
If it was made by anyone other than the Daily Wire, I would totally believe that this is a show bout a super macho conservative teacher, who's deep in the closet, and the new gay teacher at his school helps him come to terms with who he is. It's also a shockingly progressive characters, having major black, gay, and gender non-comforming characters, including a major character who uses neo pronouns.
If you wanted to watch Mr. Birchum you should just watch King of the Hill It's a show that's kindve similar (a conservative adapting to the new world around him), but is a hundred times better in pretty much every way.
@92JazzQueen these are the same people who criticize shows like velma are woke garbage and that writers should focus on making the best story possible. When I see their hypocrisy when they defend mr birchum, damn right imma be smug about it.
The obvious right wing propaganda cartoon attracting an LGBT fanbase that ships two male characters has to be one of the most ironic and hilarious fates I’ve seen for a show ever lol.
The equivalent to this show on the left is things like our cartoon president or any animated show that had steven colbert involvement.I think the major problem is that they molded a story out of an agenda as oppsed to having a story to tell.
Haven't watched this show, don't plan to, but your analysis inspired me to think of a headcanon: Mr. Karponzi died and went to hell, and this show is his The Good Place. All the other characters are demons troturing him as he tries to do the right thing but gets dunked on for stupid reasons. It's his worst nightmare.
I didnt watch a single second of this show, but your recap of the episode where he remembers his old p.e. teacher fondly even though he was actually awful, really reminded me of the episode in bob's burgers where bob is basically forcing his kids to work through the summer because he remembers how much he enjoyed it when his dad made him do it. Only for the episode to end with bob realizing how sad his childhood was and deciding to let kids have their free summer. I love that episode and it sounds like this show wanted to do smth similar but missed the mark completely. I appologize for the long comment
It felt like they were trying to capture the success of conservative characters like Hank Hill without realizing why people liked those characters in the first place. Hank was a conservative, sure, but he was also willing to change his mind. Even if he didn't always understand something, he was usually able to find something honorable in it. Not every episode ended with "Hank was 100% in the right this whole time" and that's what made the show interesting. Plus Hank was actually a good person with humanity at the core of his character, which is always nice if you want your audience to like your protagonist.
I remember the episode when Bill went out of his mind for a bit and thought he was his ex-wife. Hank realized he needed to have compassion & understanding when dealing with his friend instead of trying to yell the problem away.
That episode about him tricking the kids into building his deck is similar to the South Park DikinBaus episode. That worked because we got to enjoy Cartman’s antics while knowing he was clearly in the wrong and he ultimately lost in the end.
If you look closely at the screenshot Just Stop provided, the animation crew consists of mostly LGBT people when it comes from a company that despises LGBT rights. The reeks of hypocrisy doesn't go into the show itself.
It really says a lot when the Conservative Audiences, who this show was made for, don't have anything positive to say about and say it's a massive disappointment by how ridiculous it is. If they want to do a show with that type of themes, King of the Hill is an example of how to do it right.
The only interesting thing I think came out of this show is this yaoi thing between Mr Birchum and the woke teacher (even if it's meant to be a joke). I mean, I get it. An ultra conservative that hates anything on the left side, being romantically involved with an ultra gay teacher who hates anything to do with right wing politics - now that's some Romeo and Juliet sh*t right there.
This whole show reminds me of that American Dad episode where (at the time homophobic) Stan made a play about Abe Lincoln and never realized that the whole thing was a gay love story
No, it reminds me of that one episode where I think Stan enters his kid into the Log Cabin Republicans thinking they’re just entirely Boy Scout-esque but then slowly finds out they’re all gay.
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Mr. Birchum's Intended Audience: 👴🏻🇺🇸
Mr. Birchum's Actual Audience: 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Oh the irony
You just know Mr birchum and the Manbun guy secretly love each other, they just don’t want to admit it in public
Fr, Mr.Birchum and Mr.Karpozi should kiss
The problem is they think libs are leftists and don't know what a leftist is.
@@Cubeytheawesome This is a sad truth. Do you know how much money I have made with closeted Bi guys?
Mr.Birchum is the kind of guy to talk about traditional family values and then message you on grindr at 3 am
Wdym? Gay seggs is the most traditional and manly as you can get- just ask spartans, thebans, vikings and conquistadors.
most conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservativesbare either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
@@RodrigoGarcia-ze5em most conservatives are rworded
@@RodrigoGarcia-ze5emconservatives can like family guy humour. They aren't super strict with themselves inherently
The issue is, Mr Birchum isn't even family guy humour, it's too safe and plays everything INCREDIBLY stereotypical and basic. There's no jokes about Mr Birchum fighting giant chickens or spearing whales with forklifts or incompetent drivers watching Madagascar while making the road actively dangerous. It's just him getting smug and laughing at some dude with pronouns in his name
This show appeals to noone in that regard
@@Birds_In_Crime Unfortunately, they made this. So conservatives get what they deserve for this show.
they shoulve made birchim and the gay guy have a secret romance
That would be a good twist if this series was made by someone who isn’t the daily wire
i think there’s already gay fanart about it
@@TuckyBlueuh yes there might be
@Somebuffoononline most conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservativesbare either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
@@TuckyBluethere's even r34 of them too!!
South Park airs on TV, there's no way this was "too edgy" to air on TV, I just think nobody wanted to air it because it fucking sucks.
Always Sunny, too. Plenty of “edgy” shit in there but everyone loves it (and rightfully so).
I once saw an article in a right-wing magazine my dad reads that praised that show, but then the writer wondered how it hadn’t fallen victim to “cancel culture” yet. They speculated that it “flew under the radar.” No, dumbass, it’s still on because it’s actually funny and knows how to tackle sensitive issues without shitting on marginalized people for cheap laughs. It’s just you people can’t grasp that as a concept.
Yeah, but then they can just lie and say the other platforms denied them for being edgy and conservative; when in reality they probably just went "we have our own shitty adult cartoons, and this one isn't even good by those standards. No."
Hey, guys. We're just Two Edgy for the lamestream media amirite? Also we're souper family friendly.
And edgy. For families. (Brought to you by the people who rage when you suggest they ask their phone what a word means, to the surprise of 3 people. All of them Ben shapiro)
Adam Carolla's tried pitching the show for years, but if the actual pilot is anything to go by, which has an abrupt ending, it wasn't exactly spectacular enough to get a guaranteed funding for a full show.
This is better than south barf which wasn't funny in the 1990s and still isn't funny today. Conservative bashing is hate speech and needs to be treated as such under the law.
All I know about Mr. Birchum show is the tragic yaoi love story between Mr. Birchum and Mr.Karpozi, I think of it as the modern version of Romeo and Juliet.
😂 this would be a way better Show
It's the modern version of "Romeo and Romeo" like in the show!!!! :O
I guess Romeo and Mercutio not available?
They should make Mr.Birchum leave his family for Mr.Karponzi
@@apolloandwarrior_3229 😂 wrote the same Thing. They need to make a second Season which ends with this
I love how the yaoi is basically the only thing to come from this show, Mr. Birchum really gives "deeply closeted gay guy who acts conservative to cover up his insecurity" vibes and it's hilarious
Right?? If it weren't made by Dailywire I would seriously think that's where this kind of thing is headed. Overly conservative macho-man who's acting aggressively masculine to cover up his internalized homophobia meets his openly gay co-worker. Awakening ensues.
I mean, a lot of extreme homophobes are deep closet queer. They were indoctrinated at a young age. They have strong self hatred. They are unhappy and filled with rage because they can't freely express themselves. And they have the idea of "I'm bad, if I punish the bad people like me. I'll be better than that."
It's really sad.
😂 the last Episode will be him leaving his Family for the other Teacher
Reason #863 why It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is much better than this garbage. Mac is exactly what you described. And it’s both hilarious and heartwarming when he finally admits he’s gay
@@parkerbench1843 OH MY GOD THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AMAZING
Mr. Birchum is about as edgy as a Rubber Knife.
Mr. Birchum is about as edgy as a wool sweater
More like a retractable knife
It’s about as offensive as a glass of water.
It’s as offensive as breathing
Mr. Birchum is about as edgy as the cold side of my pillow.
I'm glad someone pointed out how sympathetic Karponzi is.
"Karponzi wants to stop a teacher from using his own students as free labor to fix up his house? How dare he!?" The show tries to push this idea on you in the first episode unironically, and they think this show is gonna work? No way.
ATP IM GONNA REQRITE THE SHOW JUST ABT KARPENZI
Like, i get the 'intended' point of that, teaching students to actually, y'know, have some life skills IS important, but using your students as free labour to fix up your house, ain't really that.
@@ukaszwalczak1154 It’s important for you to be self sufficient, so go fix my car and unclog my toilet.
@@ukaszwalczak1154 Exactly this, I feel it tried to deliver a message about kids needing to learn life skills but delivered it in the wrong way.
I think they wanted the audience to hate him for having a man bun
its honestely hilarious how a show made by people who failed in hollywood accidentally made the villain the most likeable character on the show
I felt bad for the guy when he asked to sit with them at the bar and was denied a seat then walked away sad. Like are we sure this guy is a villain because it doesn't feel like he is.
Reminds me of how Santa inc. tried making Santa the most hateable character in the show.
That would make a good comedy like something inspired by catch me if you can, the producers, and righteous gemstones.
Oh hey Cyynapse!
This show proves that the unintentionally likeable villain goes both ways, like in Velma they tried super hard to make Fred hateable for being a straight white guy and ended up being the more developed one of the bunch, same here with Mr Carponzi, dude is always right but because he is a gay woke douche everybody dunks on him.
in a way this is kind of progressive because it shows that the problem were never the politics but just the writing.
I ship a polyamorous relationship between Birchum, Karpanzi, and The New Norm personally
More like The Holy Trinity of modern conservative cartoon guys.
@@harmonetheanimationaddict4419 or to be more specific the trinity of characters the internet loves to clown on
SaltyDKDan would actually finish to this, not just edge
actually, he's the old norm (he wants normal beer)
@@sayakamikireal I realized this a bit ago and was gonna edit my comment but then I realized if I called him The Old Norm, no one would realize who I was talking about
When I think of "too edgy for television", I don't think of any television show that advertises itself as such. My mind immediately defaults to Moral Orel.
the reason its considered "too edgy" is because it took stuff that most adult cartoons played for laughs, and actually took them seriously
"haha funny religion show"
... *oh*
When I hear too edgy to TV I immediately think drawn together tbh.
@@skybuilder7753 It felt like that show was DESPERATE to get cancelled 🤣
@@skybuilder7753 That too
I hate how much Mr. Birchum looks like Ron Swanson.
Especially considering how Ron does a lot of what Mr. Birchum tried to do INFINITELY better.
-He's not subtle or quiet with his beliefs but is still able to co-exist and befriend people who have differing beliefs.
-Whenever he's giving someone advice, he doesn't come off as a mouthpiece, but rather a person who has years' worth of experience and genuinely wants to help someone out.
-Has other interests and passions that help him stand out as more than just a grumpy old conservative guy.
-Is a way better teacher than Birchum could ever be.
@@Thomperfan so true
who?
@@jskywalker58 One of the main characters from Parks and Recreation. Really great show.
saberspark gave a good description, he's like if you combined ron swanson and hank hill and the removed anything that made either charming
I love how people have made yaoi for a conservative cartoon. One man's trash is another man's treasure...
Yeah
Birponzi forever!!!!!!!!!!🌈🏳️🌈🌈❤️💖✨✨✨
All yaoi is made of a conservative cartoon
Make Love out of Hate.
Or something like that.
@@cesar6447 wtf you talking about? do you even know what Yaoi is, any anime that has it, has nothing to do with politics, hope this is sarcasm
Republican Party ❌️
Democratic Party ❌️
Mario Party ✅️
The only party cheerleader spending your money on is Mario party!!!! No one needs drugs are alcohol when you have mario party!!!
God, Super Mario Party Jamboree looks actually cool.
[● I suck so badly at Mario party but I'm in.]
That’s the kind of compromise that should unite both sides
@@R4WRY_Creepy_ClawsMario party is purely luck based except the minigames
My favorite part is when they added a token gay character in cia or smth for birchum to say something along the lines "of course we accept gay people when they don't complain all the time" and some portion of target audience responded with "I'm not watching that, I'm so tired of every show inserting gay characters, my conservative christian family just wants show without gays"
Josh knows that straight-up homophobia is not accepted anymore so he has to dance around it without being super blatant, which of course comes off as heresy to the homophobes that aren't afraid of walking around with their masks off.
The funny part is Karponzi is INTEGRAL to the show's premise. He's the only one that challenges Birchum so he can make a conservative speech, and get cheered on by other characters. So conservative viewers who were mad that there's a gay character are asking for a show about nothing. 😂
@@luluzin5022 nah, it wasn’t about Karponzi, he’s made fun of, they don’t mind. There was one “positive” gay character with cia or something in episode 2 I think, literally just a token gay character because of which people got mad
Of course, when a gay character complains about politics, it's bad like America totally solved homophobia when gay marriage was forced to be legalized because of the constitution less then a decade ago
I want multiple shows in every genre and medium with nothing but gay Republicans on both sides of the camera, and I consider the absence of one discrimination on multiple levels.
The funniest thing about the show is that despite hating "woke crap" for being in everything, the show has an openly gay character as well as one with neopronouns, and both characters show up FREQUENTLY
The target audience has lambasted it for being too woke. How much of a fuckup do you have to be to not even be able to do hatemongering right?
"fuck these modern movies for sticking gay characters in for diversity points. anyway lets go stick this gay character in our anti-woke show"
O
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XD
They exist just as the show’s punching bag I guess.
(This is pure speculation, I haven’t watched Mr. Birchum and I never will. If I’m wrong, tell me.)
It's pretty progressive in that way.
Love that the people that always complain about Star Wars and Marvel's mary sues made a mary sue protagonist.
"Nah but you see the difference is that our Mary sue isn't a woman" - The people who made this show, probably.
In reality, Star Wars is for geeks. The main demographic since A New Hope's opening weekend in 1977.
Birchum is the pink haired lady that beefed with Poe and blew up in episode 8
@@HydragonofDeathyou mean a gary sue
@@katzrainbowdripfactory I always heard “Gary Stu” which always made me chuckle.
I bet Mr Birchum and that Man bun guy are secretly in love
They are
There's no other way to read the dream sequence where they dance lol
I guess it's one-sided
"I don't know politics"
oh don't worry, even those who know know politics hate this show.
@phillipclearman859 Name the people who like the show then.
@phillipclearman859 wah
@phillipclearman859 look, if you like a politically infested show with age old political talking points, that's fine. But let's not pretend like this is comedy. There isn't a punchline or joke being made. It's "look at this effeminate man with a manbun with a feminine voice! Isn't that whacky and crazy?!" It's literally on par with baby humor. There isn't a joke out of that.
The problem with modern day "political humor" is that politics is 95% and the joke is 5%.
Look up some George Carlin skits. Dude made excellent political points but always delivered it as a joke to reinforce his thoughts. The point was never to force a view down your throat, it was to make light of politics with humor itself, it just had that following effect of making you think about what the subject was really about.
Edit: Also, the hate boils down to it just not being funny. As a comedy, it's just not good. Pretty sure the only reviewers that have reviewed it positively are actual, known grifters that say whatever they have to for controversy sake.
It's kinda like fart or poop jokes, you can find them funny, but unless you're actually 6 years old, no one would say it's good comedy.
@phillipclearman859 You like those dogshit movies? Seriously? Especially Run Hide Fight? The fucking school shooter movie with the most dogshit acting ever?
@phillipclearman859 Terror on the Prairie was pretty bad lmao. "Woke" even, according to many conservatives.
The fact that they actually believed that this show would be "too offensive for TV" is the funniest part. This show is about as offensive as a field of flowers
Not even that, because at least flowers can give people allergies.
What’s crazy is that the guy who made this worked on drawn together, which is arguably one of the most offensive and edgy things ever.
How the fuck did he not take anything from that to at least make the jokes bearable?
@@Cubeytheawesome it could be because Drawn Together has a lot of crass humor and Carolla claimed the show was supposed to be "South Park without the raunch." It could also be that his involvement in creating the thing was limited, since all the Daily Wire folks probably wanted to put their hands in it.
Any show that claims to be offensive or outrageous usually isn't. Like when i think of shows that were "too edgy" or "too real" for TV, I don't think of this. I think of Moral Orel, who never claimed to be any of these things.
The show is just a bunch of poorly drawn characters stand around and talk about real life politic and make outdated pop culture references. They don't even try to make it interesting or funny
This is like the reverse Velma. So bad at presenting it's political message that it basically becomes a parody of your side and a promotion for your opposition
(Replies proving my point perfectly lol)
Please do not force Velma upon the left. They did not want it, and neither did us centrists
Velma isn’t a leftist show, that shi was ragebait 😭
@@thatperson1009 Why are you in denial?
@@SaberSin-mu4kt Idk that show played so many sides that I don't think it even had an intended audience.
nobody likes Velma everyone left right and center hates it
The bad cutaway gags make me so angry, so here are two ideas to replace them.
For the "vegan wolf" one: After Birchum makes his snarky comment about vegan wolves, hard cut to a close-up of a wolf with a David Attenborough voice saying "And here we have the noble North American Vegan Wolf in its natural habitat: San Fran, California." Then zoom out to reveal that it's on a date at a hipster coffee shop.
For the puking one: The character who pukes (idk his name) says that he's thrown up on every continent except one. Birchum says "Let me guess, you haven't barfed in Antarctica yet?" And the guy replies "Nah, Australia. I did Antarctica last year." Hard cut to him being chased by a leopard seal, throwing up in fear, and the leopard seal being grossed out and losing interest.
Are these stupid? Sure, but not nearly as garbage as the ones in the show.
EDIT: replaced the polar bear in the Antarctica one with a leopard seal, since there are no polar bears in Antarctica. My bad guys!
these are so much better than any joke in the entire show
Now that's funny!
This is way better jokes
what's a polar bear doing on the south pole?
the Arctic is named after _Ursa_ Major, a northern constellation, while also being the place where the polar _bears_ are
the *Ant*arctic is named that because it's on the opposite side
There are no polar bears in Antarctica, dude.
"I don't know anything about politics"
God I wish that was me
Same😊
I too wish I still lived in the before times
Modern Political Literacy is a bit like schizophrenia, except there aren’t any pills to make it go away.
Same. I can’t go back from Skibidi Biden
@@Cubeytheawesome_huh_
I hate any forced political things, especially in this case where it’s clearly coming from a place of hatred. I can like a well made piece of art that has different politics than me, I won’t ever like something yelling at me
Ever since Skibidi Biden (look it up), I have been actively avoiding anything political. Only information I know about it is from word of mouth.
@@Cubeytheawesome that I love simply because it’s so insanely awful that imagining it giving boomers strokes makes me laugh
@Cubeytheawesome Steven Colbert is such an enigma
Because when playing a character where he HAS to be a sarcastic characature, he's actually pretty brilliant
But when he's more surface level and straightforward, his humor and creativity is Mr Brichum levels of bad
@@Cubeytheawesome I skibidon't believe this shit
Anything can fall flat with bad writing. Even being loud af with political messages can be good if it has good writing
The one good thing this show did was finally getting me to watch King of the Hill.
I have very vague memories of KoTH but I still know in my soul that the show is actually goated. I remember watching it on Adult Swim. Good characters and dynamics, it was all around good fun and a blast to watch, gotta watch it again some time.
King of the Hill, the best conservative animated comedy. No joke.
At least King of the Hill is good show.
Favorite character so far?
most young conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservatives are either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
Everyone keeps saying it never got picked up because it was “too offensive,” if they meant offensive to comedy then I’d say that’s perfectly accurate
It genuinely shouldn’t be surprising that the people at the Daily Wire can’t make competent content
Yeah, they launched their “kids” streaming service called Bentkey, to compete with Disney, the price of subscription is…99$ dollars 💀
Matt Walsh himself has even said that adults shouldn't watch cartoons, so it only makes sense the company he works for doesn't respect animation either.
@@aeroblu2002 I really dislike Matt Walsh. He is such a smug douchebag. So is everyone at the Daily Wire.
Whaaaaaat? You mean the political pundit network can't make good TV and movies? Noooooo. Now if you excuse me, I will patiently wait when CNN announces they will start making shows.
Conservatives like the daily wire and Elon musk simps can’t make art
MAKE THE OLD MEN KISS!!!!
HELL. YES.
Sadly the porn crowd around this show have been more interested in the kids..
@@Timic83tc the crowd around the show is mixed bag of people like blud what are you talking about
I think this and “The New Norm” shows that regardless of political alignment, you can make something so bad it unites people
To the point of making gay art about the antiwoke characters
and edge.
@@magdalenomartinezjr8805 you KNOW that steams the hams of the creators 🤣
@@stingerjohnny9951 I thought that would steam their clams? 🤔
@@DonPatchSeymour!
Who keeps letting the people with zero media literary make shows?
To be fair, that’s not exclusive to the political alignment of the people that make anti-woke stuff. I’ve seen poor media literacy from both sides.
@@FilthyTea This
Cutaway to a Chimpanzee throwing Crap at a Whiteboard and all of the People in the Writing Room agreeing that his Idea will make a great Show
@@Firestar-TV He tore the face off the last guy that offered constructive criticism
@@stingerjohnny9951 ,,am I the only one who sees what's really going on here? It's just a brown Stain"
Moments before Desaster🙃
Mr. Birchum feels like a closetted, frustrated Bisexual
No you cannot convince me otherwise
I honestly think Mr Birchum could’ve worked as a Bojack Horseman type of show, starting out as a somewhat typical adult comedy with Birchum being the same kind of asshole he is in the show, but gradually shifting to something more serious, using the points you made to emphasise how Birchum and others like him really aren’t good people at all.
So, Kevin Can Fuck Himself, but for adult animated shows like this. Awesome.
I could see it if there was a plot twist that everyone chairing at him is all in he's head.
And when we shift focus to someone like mr karpansi turns out that fot example the kids were offended by the mologue and is the teachers save for karpansi that say he could stay because of pr.
Having him wrestle with the toxic elements of his conservative perspective, realise his inflated ego and maybe confront his sexuality could make for a really grounded and moving show. It could show how his attitude is pushing people away and force mr. Birchum to go through the stages of reflection and deconstruction of his ideas. Too bad it won't do that.
Mr Birchum looks a discount version of American Dad.
American Dad? No, this looks more like discount King of the Hill.
It's the bargain bin version
American dad and king of the hill have the child non of the parents (even the adoptive one of modern family guy) wants.
Tried looking like American Dad, tried making jokes like Family Guy, tried writing stories like King of the Hill, and failed at each and every one of those.
most young conservatives don't seem to like Mr Birchum for what i've seen. This is mainly fof two reason 1) the daily wire is neocon and most young conservatives are either right wing libertarian or paleocons 2) most young conservatives when talking ahout animation they usually seem to prefer 2d animated epic movies or mike judge tv shows, they don't seem interested at all in family guy humor.
Mr. Birchum is just a pathetic version of King of the Hill
No, The Goode Family is a pathetic version of King of the Hill. Mr. Birchum is a pathetic version of The Goode Family
@@anth636 I have never heard of The Goode Family
@@tiredlink15- It was not very good, so you are lucky.
@@tiredlink15 The Goode Family was essentially a parody of a progressive leftist family, but it got canceled because people thought it was dumb.
@@SaberSin-mu4kt ah so i'm not missing much or anything
My favorite part of all this is that it proves liberals aren’t as easily triggered as conservatives paint them, because the left responded to this show by mocking it and ironically enjoying it as an accidental bit of queer coding.
The best revenge is living a happy life.
Discount American Dad vs Alex Yiik
YIIK MENTION🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
@@greengrapeguy70 Who the fuck Is he
Come on man, that's just straight up insulting.
Comparing something to YIIK... Have a little compassion.
alex yiik would win
Alex is the worst, but hes so bad that it comes back to being the best insufferable douche ever
The worst part about Karpanzi is that the angle of "guy who everyone recognizes is probably right most of the time, but is annoying so everyone hates him anyway" is a decent comedic approach you could take with the function of his character if only the show actually cared about comedy rather than culture war points, regardless of however they parrot about "entertainment without politics"
(Haven't seen Archer in a while but bear with me) that sounds kinda like what they did with Cyrill
I even remember an episode where he used his skillset to be a competent spy, only to get a huge ego to continue showing how much of a coward he is
Honestly! I have a couple of friends that are Karponzi-adjacent and get on my nerves sometimes. This show could’ve been a fun romp through the absurdity of the culture wars, but that would require it to A.) not be produced by the Daily Wire, and B.) have a team of capable and competent writers.
Also, this is like the first time I've seen Manbuns portrayed as "Soy".
Fellas, is beta to hold up your hair?
Right? Usually the stereotype is that pretentious twats have a manbun, never seen it be considered “soyboy”.
Who are you holding it up for?? A man ??? A man that likes wood
It's actually quite common for far-right people to make weird jokes about manbuns, even though keeping your hair long is probably the most conservative thing you can do lol
Wait have you siriously never never heard of conservatives' weird hate bones for man-buns?
@@captaincrazycreative they must have an amazing algorithm to thank for that. Pink cat, thank the algorithm gods in your prayers tonight
This really isn’t even a hard premise to screw up: rather than trying to paint Birchum as this all-powerful, never wrong superhuman, you make him the underdog; he’s trying to prove that he’s still relevant when the whole world seems like they’d happily leave him and his worldview in the previous century. Build him *wanting* a relationship with his wife and son, but feeling like they just don’t have anything left in common, and then here’s this liberal stereotype that embodies everything Birchum feels he rightfully deserves but sees Birchum as a friend and equal (kinda like what early season Simpsons did with Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders).
Alternatively, it could actually be even funnier to showcase Mr. Birchum and the leftist as the extreme versions of both sides of their respective political leanings; we often see that politics can get wildly out of hand from both extremes of the spectrum, so showcasing the two clashing ideologies could lend itself to a lot of comedy and drama.
We haven't had our Horseshoe Theory animated adult sitcom comedy that the people deserve (Joking but hey I wouldn't mind lol)
No, Karpanzi is still an antagonist. Being an antagonist only requires being the force that the protagonist works against- they can still be a good person, especially if the protagonist is a villain.
Minor nitpick from the loser English major in the audience
Don't worry I still think English Majors are cool
No you have a point, not every protagonist is inherently a good person, and that’s what makes stories interesting. Take Scarlett O’hara from Gone With the Wind; she’s selfish, immature, and spiteful throughout most of the book and movie, much to the contrast of her compassionate and loving sister in law, Melanie Hamilton, who for plot purposes is Scarlett’s antagonist. But that’s what makes the book compelling is that Scarlett isn’t a good person, she uses all those bad traits and it propels the plot.
Also I’m the child of an English Major, so you have my full respect lol
tbf the point is more so that he has everything we usually see on the protagonists while the protagonist has everything we see on villains (all while acting as if he was a bad guy despite good and vice-versa)
its true that protagonist/antagonist doesnt means evil or good tho, true
[● Horrible confession of the day: I want to watch this show because I somehow gaslit myself into thinking it's a tragic gay love story between Mr. Birchum and Mr. Karponzi. Like- I have seen a lot of things from this show and I know what it is, but it feels so much like a slow burn enemies to lovers story.]
What makes this so much funnier is that there are videos of people on the Right wing of the political spectrum denouncing this show and saying they won’t watch it because it has a single gay character in it like I’m pretty sure the character in question isn’t a big part like not even tertiary level and they still got more upset than the “Leftist snowflakes” because a literal single gay character is acknowledged as existing
And people say the left whine about safe spaces...
@@jordanloux3883 no joke one of the videos literally has the person say “they (the LGBT) already have every other show why can’t they let us have just one” 🤯
@@Crystal_Dylan how the fuck do they call us snowflakes when theyre like that
@@milodoesntknow2090 because every accusation is a confession when it comes to them
I was wondering when I would get my evidence that the right has no media literacy, I just wasn't expecting it to be this blatant. Do they not realize that the show portrays the gay character as bad and tries to claim that being gay is bad. Do they just not understand how shows like this work because this type of show needs someone like the gay teacher to work? Otherwise, it's just an animated lecture, which might be what they want now that I think about it
The only thing I'm offended about is that there will never be a romantic enemies to lovers story arc between Mr Birchum and Karponzi.
It could have been beautiful...
Just go on AO3, they’ve willed it into existence
My favorite scene from the show is when Mr. Birchim and Mr. Karpozi started to make out on the deck.
Everyone should get together and remake this show with Karpanzi as the true protagonist and Birchum the antagonist he truly is.
Edit: I decided to create my own take on how I would write it:
Mr. Birchum and Mr. Karpanzi are both teachers in woodwork and computer science respectively, both in the same school. Birchum is an middle-aged man who wants the world to be as simple as possible. Karpanzi is a late-teen who's supportive of everyone, despite being oppressed by the rest of the teachers.
Each episode would have the two take turns of being the voice of reason. Birchum-centric episodes would involve him being frustrated with the advanced, "woke" world, trying to force people into his worldview while Karpanzi teaches him to be more accepting of the new age. Meanwhile, Karpanzi-centric episodes would involve him trying to befriend the other teachers, often to extreme lengths, while Birchum tries to help the two get along.
And no, they would not be gay lovers. As funny as the idea is, people only make that joke because of the original show. My rewrite would try to find a balance between the two sides. They could be _friends,_ which would explain why they help each other, but making them lovers would lean too much towards the right.
The show would probably be about 8-10 episodes. With this setup, I don't see how this show could last more than 1 season. But hopefully, this version of the show would be... y'know, good.
This is obviously as simple of a plot synopsis as I can give. Not only would the characters have more depth, but so would many of the side characters (Birchum's family, the other teacher's, etc.), maybe even introduce some new characters, like a life partner for Karpanzi.
And then let them kiss
You can also make Birchum more of a complex protagonist I guess. Maybe show him as someone who sees the world change around him so fast which makes him act frantic and spastic as he tries to keep this world away from his daughter which in turn creates a divide between them and the Karpanzi could be everything Birchum hates in the changing world that he feels will hurt his daughter and the story could be about him learning more about him and how he and this new world as a whole is not really his enemy.
Maybe there could be an episode about war vets where maybe he suffers from severe ptsd which contributes to that. Maybe there could be episode where he is called back into the army and the episode would focus on his daughter who despite being made uncomfortable by his outlandish behavior still is deeply worried for him and the episode could be about how she deals with it. And maybe you could also have some exploration of the Girls fears of maybe her dad hating her if she came out as something he despises and while she doesn't know if she is any of those things (because she is a kid) this Fear still lingers and that could be another focus point of an episode where Birchum has to consider such possibility and deal with that this future could happen and whether or not he should be afraid of it or embrace it.
Or maybe I take this garbage too seriously. Also didn't watch the show so no idea if that girl is actually his daughter or anything. I just assume. I ain't watching that.
YOURE TEMPTING ME….
YTP Crew, your our first hope!
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@@AzraelSoulHunter OH MH HOD YEA YEA YES
or maybe with karponzi as the main protagonist, you can make him somewhat of a newly found teacher who adjusts to this somewhat incompetent school setting (could be making fun of the education system in a way if we keep the show’s humor). karponzi can be somewhat naive but he’s optimistic and genuinely enjoys teaching and having students learn!! maybe as the students bond with him- Mr birchum could be threatened by that, by change as you said!
maybe at the end of season one of the show, you can have karponzi get fired BY mr birchum or some thing like that and in season two you’ll have more area to explore other characters and the students and yada yada
THATS JUST MY TAKE ITS BAD 😞😞
They really went full Santa Inc. with the antagonist...
Not only the most likeable but also mostly in the right or at the very least the least wrong.
@@santiagomenchaca4248Not sure how an annoying and oversensitive SJW who whines about everyone that is trivial is any more likeable than the grumpy old btching man who can't move on from the 50's
The thing about the first episode... King of the Hill had Hank do similar but with
1. Less malice and greed
2. Later into the series... We know him by this point in the series
3. He actually gets fired from the position, he gets punished for it.
Hank didn't have students work on his house, though. He had them work on the school, and then they later came to his house of their own accord to finish their projects.
Why didn't Mr. Birchum just have the kids work on the school?
And Hank didn't even have the kids come to his house to do work for him personally. The kids were working on the school so it was more of a public service situation, and then they came to his house because they wanted to finish their projects
Thank y'all, I forgot the specifics but I knew he was actually... A good person doing it, enough they came back to do more. Going over administration would get him fired for it but nobody can say he was being malicious or just using children for cheap labor
I find it hilariously ironic how shows like mr birchum and that new norm show that recently debuted on twitter advertise their shows as "too edgy for TV" only to be much less edgy than shows like moral orel which was so shocking and disturbing that adult swim cancelled it after its third season. Hell I honestly think a lot of animated shows aimed at KIDS are more edgier than mr birchum or most adult animated shows made in america for that matter
Jesus moral Orel…!
And yeah you’re right I remember there was an episode one this KIDS show where they say R3t@Rded!
(I’m not joking!)
@@calebpribyl5152What kid's show?
@@sonicfanboy3375
The show is called space goofs and the episode is called “doodle!”
(The show is pretty funny!)
And the company that also did this also did this one called “Oggy and the cockroaches!”
@@sonicfanboy3375
Space goofs it’s a French cartoon made by a company called xilam they also did a show called “Oggy and the cockroaches!”
The episode is called “Doodle!”
@@sonicfanboy3375
Space goofs and the episode is called “doodle!”
So basically, Mr Birchum is a Marry Sue?
Yes
this and the new norm have only one contribution to society
ironic yaoi
Birtrum seems so far in the closet that he regularly fist fights the jabberwockey.
This entire show is literal “I win because I drew a comic where your the cringe beta male and I’m the cool chad”
Another great antagonist you can watch is Dan Vs. a show about Dan the jerk who gets his payback one topic at a time. From charity, George Washington, fast food, and even stupidly. With 3 seasons, great writing and as of now free on vudu to watch.
Why the fuck did they start the show by implying Dan doesn’t pay taxes?
@@Cubeytheawesome Because that's fucking based, taxes are religious in nature.
@@Cubeytheawesomeit’s a good way to establish the guy as an angry misanthrope and also hilarious
If I had a nickel for every time a bad animated comedy accidentally made the only character you’re supposed to hate the most likable character, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
(The other is Santa inc btw)
Rogue Elements
Leo And Layla
Mr. Birchum
The New Norm
Sound Of Freedom
Chip Chilla
I think we have a new form of genre in entertainment: Conservative Cringe.
BRO WTF US SOUND OF FREEDOM DOING HERE THAT MOVIE WAS BEAUTIFUL
@@MikeWazowskixxxIt was made by vile groomers.
The anti-sjws have become the very thing that they swore to destroy
Cringeservative
I mean what's wrong with Rogue Elements, though? I thought it's promising.
Also get Sound of Freedom out of the list, son. Naughty journalists hated it for unlikeable reasons
I can't believe there was no single Hello Neighbor joke in this video.
12:16 No, the word I'd use to describe what he truly is, a hero, a flawed hero for sure, but a hero that would be appreciated nonetheless. A protagonist is a word to describe the character we follow along not necessarily the hero per say. Sometimes, it could be the villian, like Mr. Bircham here.
That is definitely true. My favorite protagonist tend to be villain protagonist.
Super "edgy and anti-PC" Mr. Birchum would have been evaporated by the aura of your average COD lobby.
As a conservative, I think the problem we have is that we think the best way to succeed is to relentlessly mock our opposition- ironically, leaving ourselves in a position to be mocked by the liberals. I’m not one of those nut jobs who declare anything featuring a female protagonist of color to be woke or shun anyone IRL who isn’t a straight white male like myself; I just take my time to do my own research and come to my own conclusions. I have tons of non-conservative friends and we get along fine because neither party really feels the need to bludgeon the other with politics in my area.
What conservative art needs are actual artists, not activists who think they’re artists. That’s something that those on my side say about the entertainment industry, but until we get our side of the industry right, then we can’t expect the other side to do the same. Write well, put in the funds necessary to support artists, and let them tell their stories rather than demanding they create echo chambers for those on either side- it shouldn’t be that hard.
…thank you.
It's very refreshing hearing a comment from a conservative that isn't either a strawman from a non-conservative or the conservative that was used as inspiration for the strawman lol
I’m sorry that your politics is now known by the minority of temper throwing idiots (like Ben). I may not agree with you politically, but I I know that these “anti-woke” hatemongers are a minority, an incredibly loud one. And it’s not like the left isn’t the same (while they do over-exaggerate at times, the SJW group are just as loud and obnoxious)
I consider myself conservative, but...here's the thing. Art isn't made by groups; it's made by individuals. Art is personal, and good art requires creative freedom. So even though politics will always influence art and vice versa, I don't really want a successful "conservative counter culture." I don't view "conservative art" as a good thing. As long as either "side" is calling the shorts, creative freedom will suffer. Let art be art and politics be politics. Let them influence each other, but don't let them control each other.
i think the problem is more specific. mainly, in order to criticise something you have to actually understand it, and a lot of these people in the daily wire are heavily insular and very 'online', i genuinely wonder how many of them have actually interacted with a leftist in a way that isn't some sort of debate or argument. and so a lot of their criticisms end up coming off as hollow. they seem to think the left is full of hippies, a stereotype from like the 80s or something, not only are they using strawman caricatures, but they're not even up to date
The thumbnail alone was MORE FUNNY AND HILARIOUS than that whole awful mess of a show.
11:25 It is the same Fred from the Velma show.
Velma wants use Fred to be the villainous but the show accidentally made Fred a sympathetic character with depth. He was raised to the way his was at start(as his dad put his cigars on him and ridiculed him for being childish)
Later Fred has growth and he wants to be a better person.
21:21 Same with Velma. Like anything that other characters give Velma a lesson, she forgets about the lesson and does not grow as a person. It is the other way around. People learn from Velma and praise her.
It shows, no matter if The show is left wing or right wing, woke or anti-woke. If you make a show with spite, mean-spirited, Shallowness and to glorify your vision, like Mindy Kaling’ weird love and hate for rich white guys and Mr Birchum hate the Woke Agenda.
And also Velma and Mr. Birchum is alway right even though realistically they are wrong and deserve consequences like Cartman.
(I know Velma become a ghost in season 2 and hope she stays dead. Don’t let Mindy Kaling bring Goober and the Ghost Chasers)
They both still be bad shows.
25:35 This is a Hot Take: Velma and Good Times Netflix reboot has better Animation Visuals than Mr.Birchum.
30:40 I am adding Ramshackle. Ramshackle is a fun show.
Never blame the animators for shitty animation, always blame the ones imposing the deadlines and pay. It is 100% guarantee the case.
Mr. Birchum seems like a caricature of Ron from Parks and Rec but done really really badly
Everything points towards birchum being super closeted. I mean, did you SEE his “I love Wood” mug!
Mr Birchum and Norm need to kiss already.
Feels like a show made by the people who watch “It’s always sunny” and think they’re supposed to root for the gang.
“I identify with Dennis, he’s so cool!”
That’s a problem.
I feel like everything would be solved if mr birchumand the man bun guy just kissed
The thing that makes me sad about this show is, I don't hate the premise. I think it could have been good if it was about an out of touch woodshop teacher learning that not everything progressives want is bad, and he could also instill some of the better qualities of conservative ideologies (ie. self reliance and good work ethic) into the next generation. I'm a hard leftie and even I can see that we can be hypocritical sometimes and often go to far in trying to be seen as better than our parents ( for example, white knighting women and minorities instead of letting them speak for themselves and getting mad at things they don't care about). I would love to see a show about different generations and ideologies finding balance. But the only way to do that is to acknowledge that Birchum is sometimes wrong.
I guess what I am trying to say is I miss King of the Hill.
Velma did the exact same thing.
They created a character you're supposed to hate, but they made him the most likable person with actual character growth
EDIT: It's Fred
It actually puts the show BEHIND Velma, since that show also acknowledged that Velma was a bad person and needed to be reminded that she wasn't right all the time. It never stuck, but it still was there
@@jordanloux3883 It doesn't.
It's Fred. It's impossible to make him hateable.
@@lostboysonce3133 This is the one true answer.
Also, he automatically becomes more likable because he's voice by Glenn Howerton
@@lostboysonce3133 Fred in the old cartoons was very boring. I didn't consider him an actual character until Mystery Inc.
Grandmother said this: 'Do not be hasty, for it leads to waste
You know, at first, I thought the only Parks and Recreation comparison I could make here is that Mr. Birchum himself was the poorest man's Ron Swanson, but now I realize this issue is WAY deeper than that. Mr. Birchum is Parks and Rec's polar opposite:
Parks and Recreation's main theme/message was that if we want to make the world a better place, we need to come together in spite of our differences. That's why all of the characters are so different and distinct from each other, why Leslie's friends deeply admire and respect her, but aren't afraid to call her out when they disagree with her, why Pawnee has so much lore behind it, why it never assigned one set of beliefs as being the right one, and why close-minded people were always seen as in the wrong. Because we're all living on the same planet, we might as well stop fighting and start working together.
Mr. Birchum, on the other hand, seems to preach the idea that things are supposed to be a certain way and anyone who disagrees with that way is wrong and should be ridiculed. That's why Mr. Birchum constantly gets away with being awful, why all the characters revolve around him and have little to nothing to help them stand out, why they constantly spit out pseudo-political takes and insults, why the show features almost no nuance, and specializes in only black and white thinking, because that's what it was created for. To tell people that everything was a lot better back in the days and people who disagree with you are wrong and you should never try to understand them, compromise with them, or be friends with them. They're your enemies and they always will be.
Parks and Rec teaches acceptance, cooperation, humility, and optimism. Mr. Birchum teaches hostility, superiority, exclusion, and close-mindedness. And I don't know about you, but I definitely prefer the former.
Hazbin Hotel and Smiling Friends season 2 coming out the same year as Birchum and Velma season 2 feels like balance
At least I had fun with smiling friends (and weirdly enough hazbin hotel and their spin off!)
Compared to this and Velma!
Have you heard of the store sharkrobot?
That’s my new hot topic now!
I don't really like Hazbin but it's still definitely better than Velma and Birchum
@@sonicfanboy3375
Have you seen this show called code lyoko?
I remember watching it while I was nervous about my first job and it’s WAY BETTER than Velma!
i will say, i do think this is better than velma
@@thejuiceking2219 Everything is
They way the character is written embodies the "and then everyone clapped" reddit post.
29:05 Reading the comment in full, it’s very ironic that a show that takes jabs at queer people…… had an animation crew mostly consisting of queer people. Another reason I feel bad for the animation crew.
From what I hear, everyone left the production when they found out who they were working for.
@@fulcrum6760 Yikes
Honestly the deck thing is also wild bc what self-respecting woodworker would want his deck to look like shit full of like bent nails and misaligned boards bc it was put together by untrained kids. He should've at least made them do some simpler busywork like idk raking leaves or weeding.
This show has one thing in common with Velma:
You end up loathing the character you’re supposed to like (Mr Birchum, Velma) and end up loving the character you’re supposed to hate (Karponzi, Fred).
Also didn’t expect the Dead Poets Society mention!
Pro GAYmer move
I'm glad he opened the video by admitting that he doesn't follow politics. This is just proof that the show is just bad not cuz of its political views. It's just bad writing, bad non offensive jokes, just written characters...
Even the people voicing the characters sound like they don't want to be there.
I used to watch Just Stop but his older content felt political. Complains about companies and cancel culture. He also took the political compass in 2021 and resulted in him being left leaning. I don’t buy it that he doesn’t know anything about political.
@@eko9554 does it disprove how bad this show is?
@@unknowngod8221 No I hate mr birchum
If it was made by anyone other than the Daily Wire, I would totally believe that this is a show bout a super macho conservative teacher, who's deep in the closet, and the new gay teacher at his school helps him come to terms with who he is.
It's also a shockingly progressive characters, having major black, gay, and gender non-comforming characters, including a major character who uses neo pronouns.
I told some dailywire subscribers that i would rather watch velma, atleast it has some scenes that look pretty. They got pretty triggered
If you wanted to watch Mr. Birchum you should just watch King of the Hill
It's a show that's kindve similar (a conservative adapting to the new world around him), but is a hundred times better in pretty much every way.
You kind of come off as smug
@92JazzQueen these are the same people who criticize shows like velma are woke garbage and that writers should focus on making the best story possible. When I see their hypocrisy when they defend mr birchum, damn right imma be smug about it.
I feel like you’re the kind of person who PAYS to watch the Daily Wire’s streaming “service”, you get triggered very easily
@@stanable9716 nice baseless assumption
This show only exists to remind us how great King of the Hill was
The obvious right wing propaganda cartoon attracting an LGBT fanbase that ships two male characters has to be one of the most ironic and hilarious fates I’ve seen for a show ever lol.
The equivalent to this show on the left is things like our cartoon president or any animated show that had steven colbert involvement.I think the major problem is that they molded a story out of an agenda as oppsed to having a story to tell.
Haven't watched this show, don't plan to, but your analysis inspired me to think of a headcanon: Mr. Karponzi died and went to hell, and this show is his The Good Place. All the other characters are demons troturing him as he tries to do the right thing but gets dunked on for stupid reasons. It's his worst nightmare.
CAN WE PRETEND THAT AIRPLANES IN THE NIGHTSKY ARE LIKE SHOOTING STARS
To think the most culturally significant aspect of this show is all the old man yaoi it spawned.
This thing is about as edgy as Jigglypuff.
I didnt watch a single second of this show, but your recap of the episode where he remembers his old p.e. teacher fondly even though he was actually awful, really reminded me of the episode in bob's burgers where bob is basically forcing his kids to work through the summer because he remembers how much he enjoyed it when his dad made him do it. Only for the episode to end with bob realizing how sad his childhood was and deciding to let kids have their free summer. I love that episode and it sounds like this show wanted to do smth similar but missed the mark completely. I appologize for the long comment
Mr. Doglavich!
Bob's burgers and king of the hill solo mr birchum
This show did not have the right to take a page from King of the Hill.🐱
It felt like they were trying to capture the success of conservative characters like Hank Hill without realizing why people liked those characters in the first place.
Hank was a conservative, sure, but he was also willing to change his mind. Even if he didn't always understand something, he was usually able to find something honorable in it. Not every episode ended with "Hank was 100% in the right this whole time" and that's what made the show interesting. Plus Hank was actually a good person with humanity at the core of his character, which is always nice if you want your audience to like your protagonist.
I remember the episode when Bill went out of his mind for a bit and thought he was his ex-wife. Hank realized he needed to have compassion & understanding when dealing with his friend instead of trying to yell the problem away.
I feel like he’s the most obvious example of a Mary sue I’ve seen in a show
That episode about him tricking the kids into building his deck is similar to the South Park DikinBaus episode. That worked because we got to enjoy Cartman’s antics while knowing he was clearly in the wrong and he ultimately lost in the end.
Am I losing my mind, or does Birchum sound like Sigma from Mega Man X4?
THE PEOPLE KISSING AT 0:24 IM SCREAMINGGGTRRRTRFF
Hey guys, Please Vote! This is for the people who didnt get the opening joke.
If you look closely at the screenshot Just Stop provided, the animation crew consists of mostly LGBT people when it comes from a company that despises LGBT rights. The reeks of hypocrisy doesn't go into the show itself.
It really says a lot when the Conservative Audiences, who this show was made for, don't have anything positive to say about and say it's a massive disappointment by how ridiculous it is.
If they want to do a show with that type of themes, King of the Hill is an example of how to do it right.
Birchum comes across as closeted for the bun guy
The only interesting thing I think came out of this show is this yaoi thing between Mr Birchum and the woke teacher (even if it's meant to be a joke). I mean, I get it. An ultra conservative that hates anything on the left side, being romantically involved with an ultra gay teacher who hates anything to do with right wing politics - now that's some Romeo and Juliet sh*t right there.
This show is the definition of "old man yells at cloud"
YOU PUT THE SOUL EATER FILLER MUSIC IN HERE DUDE I LOVE YOU
I’m surprised someone else knows about soul eater!
This whole show reminds me of that American Dad episode where (at the time homophobic) Stan made a play about Abe Lincoln and never realized that the whole thing was a gay love story
No, it reminds me of that one episode where I think Stan enters his kid into the Log Cabin Republicans thinking they’re just entirely Boy Scout-esque but then slowly finds out they’re all gay.