Comments on: Archer, or how I spent my sick day http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 04:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Singe http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1609526 Singe Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1609526  Uh hello, airplanes? Yeah, It's blimps, you win. Bye!  Uh hello, airplanes? Yeah, It’s blimps, you win. Bye!

]]> By: Jason Weisberger http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1608171 Jason Weisberger Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1608171 Thanks. I'll read it shortly! Thanks. I’ll read it shortly!

]]> By: eris_kallisti http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1608108 eris_kallisti Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1608108  Speaking of Bob's Burgers, there's going to be an Archer crossover episode. <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/archer-will-have-a-bobs-burgers-crossover-episode,83471/" rel="nofollow">I shit you not</a>.  Speaking of Bob’s Burgers, there’s going to be an Archer crossover episode. I shit you not.

]]> By: disky00 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1608045 disky00 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1608045  And Ben from Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.  And Ben from Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.

]]> By: knitmeapony http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607461 knitmeapony Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607461 I am not nearly that cool. I am not nearly that cool.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607446 Halloween_Jack Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607446  My crush on Pam is profound and unstoppable.  My crush on Pam is profound and unstoppable.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607442 Halloween_Jack Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607442 The back tat is from Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib": <blockquote>For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still!</blockquote> The back tat is from Byron’s “The Destruction of Sennacherib”:

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass’d;
And the eyes of the sleepers wax’d deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still!

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607440 Halloween_Jack Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607440 Are you well-known comics artist Adam Hughes? http://img277.imagevenue.com/loc513/th_666030849_pam_122_513lo.jpg Are you well-known comics artist Adam Hughes?

http://img277.imagevenue.com/loc513/th_666030849_pam_122_513lo.jpg

]]> By: Keith Melton http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607346 Keith Melton Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607346  I wouldn't call Archers main cast of 9 (Archer, Lana, Cyril, Ray, Pam, Cheryl, Mallory, Krieger, Woodhouse) a small cast. That's fairly large for an average sitcom. And within that main cast you only have two actors who were on AD. I wouldn't consider 25% a significant proportion.  I wouldn’t call Archers main cast of 9 (Archer, Lana, Cyril, Ray, Pam, Cheryl, Mallory, Krieger, Woodhouse) a small cast. That’s fairly large for an average sitcom. And within that main cast you only have two actors who were on AD. I wouldn’t consider 25% a significant proportion.

]]> By: Ronald Pottol http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607256 Ronald Pottol Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607256 You should also get your hands on "How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written", it's as if Sterling Archer is right there with you, drinking your booze, groping your significant other. Highly recommended. You should also get your hands on “How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written”, it’s as if Sterling Archer is right there with you, drinking your booze, groping your significant other. Highly recommended.

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607149 Rezeya Montecore Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607149 Danger 5 is so good.  Danger 5 is so good. 

]]> By: Dave Noisy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1607088 Dave Noisy Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1607088 Archer fans should also check out the Australian show Danger 5. Very similar vibe with real people. =) Archer fans should also check out the Australian show Danger 5. Very similar vibe with real people. =)

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606967 Rezeya Montecore Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606967 Exactly. I had a lot of trouble selling it to my feminist friends at first, too, because Sterling himself is borderline-rapey and there's so much race and gender humor, some of which is pretty crass and sounds awful out of context. Hell, I had a little trouble selling it to myself, too.  But watch a few more episodes of Archer and it becomes pretty clear the writers have their hearts in the right places and are cheering for the right people. It's hard to see Sterling as an authorial POV character after a couple of episodes. But Pam's what really made that show for me. Cheap fat-lady joke to CELTIC WAR GODDESS in only three seasons! :D Exactly. I had a lot of trouble selling it to my feminist friends at first, too, because Sterling himself is borderline-rapey and there’s so much race and gender humor, some of which is pretty crass and sounds awful out of context. Hell, I had a little trouble selling it to myself, too. 

But watch a few more episodes of Archer and it becomes pretty clear the writers have their hearts in the right places and are cheering for the right people. It’s hard to see Sterling as an authorial POV character after a couple of episodes. But Pam’s what really made that show for me. Cheap fat-lady joke to CELTIC WAR GODDESS in only three seasons! :D

]]> By: Doc_S http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606947 Doc_S Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606947 Erm. Aisha *Tyler*. Archer took a while to grow on me. I took it at face value at first, and it sucked. Then I realized the humor wasn't really the stories/characters themselves per se. "Bloody mary, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and in the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen." Erm. Aisha *Tyler*.

Archer took a while to grow on me. I took it at face value at first, and it sucked. Then I realized the humor wasn’t really the stories/characters themselves per se.

“Bloody mary, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and in the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen.”

]]> By: surreality http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606906 surreality Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606906  Disagree! I love Frisky Dingo but am still trying to get into Archer. Different strokes for different folks though.  Disagree! I love Frisky Dingo but am still trying to get into Archer. Different strokes for different folks though.

]]> By: jhoosier http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606857 jhoosier Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606857 Sadly (or not?), I can't disconnect his voice from the character Archer.  Same with Jessica Walters, since I saw Archer before watching Arrested Development. Sadly (or not?), I can’t disconnect his voice from the character Archer.  Same with Jessica Walters, since I saw Archer before watching Arrested Development.

]]> By: Ronald Pottol http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606848 Ronald Pottol Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606848 As Archer himself said, "what day is it? The real question is what year?" He was born while the OSS was still around, which was dissolved on September 20th, 1945, and his butler served in WWI, the head of ISIS clearly has an Apple Lisa on her desk, the mainframe still has tape drives, but they have reasonably current cell phones, and are culturally fairly modern.  So it is some smear of the last 50 years. As Archer himself said, “what day is it? The real question is what year?” He was born while the OSS was still around, which was dissolved on September 20th, 1945, and his butler served in WWI, the head of ISIS clearly has an Apple Lisa on her desk, the mainframe still has tape drives, but they have reasonably current cell phones, and are culturally fairly modern. 

So it is some smear of the last 50 years.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606750 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606750 Emma or Rosemary? Emma or Rosemary?

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606745 devophill Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606745  Also the talking can of soup from Wet Hot American Summer.  Also the talking can of soup from Wet Hot American Summer.

]]> By: Madeline Ashby http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606646 Madeline Ashby Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606646 I forgot to add: RAMPAGE! I forgot to add: RAMPAGE!

]]> By: Madeline Ashby http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606645 Madeline Ashby Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606645 That's true, it's not the entirety of the cast. But "Archer" itself has a pretty small cast, so two mains, one occasional, and guests are a significant proportion. That’s true, it’s not the entirety of the cast. But “Archer” itself has a pretty small cast, so two mains, one occasional, and guests are a significant proportion.

]]> By: Kingboy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606588 Kingboy Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606588 "Phrasing" is a common one word rejoinder 'round these parts, pretty much entirely due to Archer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLWrKh2fB0 “Phrasing” is a common one word rejoinder ’round these parts, pretty much entirely due to Archer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLWrKh2fB0

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606568 Thorzdad Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606568 God, I love <i>Archer.</i> Wittiest dialog on tv. I'm also waiting for the next season, which is...when? <i>Justified</i> returns next month, and those two usually ran back-to-back...maybe then? God, I love Archer. Wittiest dialog on tv. I’m also waiting for the next season, which is…when? Justified returns next month, and those two usually ran back-to-back…maybe then?

]]> By: Trig Discipline http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606531 Trig Discipline Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606531 Totally agree.  It's not bad, and it has its moments of brilliance, but it's nowhere near as good as Archer. Totally agree.  It’s not bad, and it has its moments of brilliance, but it’s nowhere near as good as Archer.

]]> By: Trig Discipline http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606527 Trig Discipline Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606527 Funniest show on TV, bar none. Funniest show on TV, bar none.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606521 GawainLavers Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606521 I like show (the zeppelin episode may be my favorite so far), although some of the humor is just "raunchy for the sake of raunchy" (raunchy -- what a lame-ass word), and since I'm generally jaded and unmoved by that it has flat moments for me. It's like the end of Venture Bros. Operation P.R.O.M., or the South Park movie: I found them much funnier "bleeped" than the actual dialog, which is never quite as horrible as my imagination.  "Heard profanities are funny, but those unheard are funnier" as I believe the poem goes. I like show (the zeppelin episode may be my favorite so far), although some of the humor is just “raunchy for the sake of raunchy” (raunchy — what a lame-ass word), and since I’m generally jaded and unmoved by that it has flat moments for me.

It’s like the end of Venture Bros. Operation P.R.O.M., or the South Park movie: I found them much funnier “bleeped” than the actual dialog, which is never quite as horrible as my imagination.  “Heard profanities are funny, but those unheard are funnier” as I believe the poem goes.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606493 GawainLavers Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606493 And The Master from the Venture Bros.  Recognized him immediately from that. And The Master from the Venture Bros.  Recognized him immediately from that.

]]> By: Kaveh Maguire http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606480 Kaveh Maguire Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606480 One of the best shows ever. I can't wait for the next season to start! One of the best shows ever. I can’t wait for the next season to start!

]]> By: TrollyMcTrollington http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606455 TrollyMcTrollington Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606455 Season 1, great. 2, less so.  3, weak sauce.  They really turned down the raunch and edge. Season 1, great. 2, less so.  3, weak sauce.  They really turned down the raunch and edge.

]]> By: signsofrain http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archer-or-how-i-spent-my-sick.html#comment-1606417 signsofrain Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200247#comment-1606417 He's also Coach McGuirk on <i>Home Movies</i>. (Which is also an amazing show) He’s also Coach McGuirk on Home Movies. (Which is also an amazing show)

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