Blogs
Given the 75 years since VJ Day, lower military enlistment rates, and decline of newspapers in general, I was pretty astonished to see that Beetle Bailey appears in 1,600 newspapers and apparently has a big international presence. Especially since it’s basically The Lockhorns in uniform?
Live-Action TV
"The question is, can you do anything with crap? Obviously the answer is yes, we're in our fourteenth season."
—Red Green, The Red Green Show
Web Original
Alec seems unable to cope with the fact that he’s inhabiting a world made of quicksand, liable to shift beneath his feet at any given moment. He can’t deal with that. Bond, of course, can...More than that, though, he can cope with a world that isn’t simply black-and-white anymore. He can work with Valentin Zhukovski, an old enemy he brutally crippled. He can team up with a Russian government employee. Sure, he might fall back on old habits like driving a tank through St. Petersburg, but he’s only human.
Web Video
Alucard: So, did One Piece wrap up, finally?
Integra: Yes, but now they have a sequel called Two Piece.
Integra: Yes, but now they have a sequel called Two Piece.
—The final gag of Hellsing Ultimate Abridged
"If there was a magic DVD that contained all of Guiding Light, I could pop it into a DVD player, hit the Play button, get up from the TV, walk all the way from my hometown of Springfield, Missouri to Miami, Florida, take a three-day cruise to the Bahamas, come back to Miami, walk to Kennedy Space Center, get on a space shuttle, launch, fly to Mars, plant a flag on the surface, fly back to Earth, walk all the way back to Springfield, sleep for a solid week, go to the post office, apply for a passport, burn four weeks playing video games at my house, receive my passport in the mail, fly to Paris, live there for a hundred days, fly back to America, sleep for another solid week, then bike to Louisiana, spend a week with my in-laws to tell them about my trip to Mars, bike all the way back to Springfield, order pizza, sit down in front of the TV, and Guiding Light would still be on."
— Austin McConnell, Why Are Soap Operas STILL On The Air?
Webcomics
Jim Davis has been drawing longer than any of us have been alive.
— Author's commentary of this strip, Square Root of Minus Garfield
, Square Root of Minus GarfieldWestern Animation
"And now, a family that doesn't know the meaning of the word 'canceled', the Simpsons!"
— Kent Brockman, The Simpsons
The world may end in 2012, but this show won't.
—Bart Simpson (on blackboard), The Simpsons, "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
"Wow, how did the show stay so fresh?"
—Bart Simpson, watching Pokémon: The Series
"There's the old gang we've come to know so well over the years."
—Brian Griffin, Family Guy ("Back to the Pilot")
Sir, if you don't mind my saying, I'm a little concerned. I've seen you go through similar phases in 2016 and 2012 and 2008 and 2005 and 1997 and 1995 and 1992 and 1989 and that weird one in 1966.
—Alfred Pennyworth, The LEGO Batman Movie
