What I find interesting now is how many "throwaways" these stories have — visual ideas, gags, "bits," — that are inessential to the plot. They're simply things I wanted to do. I tend to be more disciplined, now, in this regard. But I wonder if that's entirely a virtue. Those throwaways are really pretty fun, rather like searching for the hidden animals in a children's magazine puzzle picture. Every page promises a new "bird" or "squirrel"...or a moon that echoes Concrete's bullet-cratered head, or a sculpture of a backstabber in the mansion of a betraying rock star.
In the early days I made lists, independent of plots, of shots I wanted to do, potential gags, and "moments." I fit them in when I could.
—Paul Chadwick, Introduction to Concrete: Depths
"I never noticed this before: When the Chef is complaining about the rats in the kitchen, one of the rats is stealing a live chicken. For what purpose, I can only speculate."
—Kynan Barker in his and Danny Horn's ToughPigs review
of A Muppet Family Christmas
of A Muppet Family Christmas[screen gradually zooms in on a spaced-out Donkey Kong with several noises and music, implying that's what's going on in his head as Diddy talks to him]
Diddy: [in background] Oh, all right, but you better be careful! You know I just got that vasectomy, and t-the doctor says I really need to take it easy because if I'm not cautious enough I could reopen the wound, and I really can't afford that because A. I no longer have healthcare after the divorce, and B. my blood is about as thin as an anorexic-
Donkey Kong: [punches button to take Diddy up, but causes him to fall down and get trapped in the wreckage of the barrel he was in]
Donkey Kong: Uh...Shit.
Diddy: [muffled] I'm in so much pain!
—Uncle Al's Donkey Kong Country Abridged - Episode 1 - Big Dumb Day, in a rare audio example of the trope
, in a rare audio example of the trope"I love that Mallory and the ninja were attacking each other by doing patty cake in the background."
"Ha! Bob was recording."
