C&C - Stroker and Hoop - "C.A.R.R. Trouble (PILOT)" [8/1]

[The Drizzle]

hahaha

Drizzle did something

[Tienshin]

Wow, and I thought you were dead.

See ya in 4 months.

[Fatneck]

Is that Jason Alexander as the car?

edit: guess not

[Artimus Gigan]

The opening Theme seemed like GTA

[nosaj56]

wow, what an intro. it must have cost a bagillion zillion dollars.

[RD!]

Well.

And, being only 9 minutes into the show, I may be jumping the gun.

But Squidbillies is looking better every day.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

yuck not my type of show at all so I won't be watching the 2nd half :( so um....yeah! bye!

[Youko Recca]

Where the hell did all the villains come from and why?

[Scythemantis]

where the hell did this come from? I heard nothing about it. Is it an upcoming series or just a random pilot? It's a little funny, not great, but it's not terrible. The car is likeable.

[Tienshin]

where the hell did this come from? I heard nothing about it. Is it an upcoming series or just a random pilot? It's a little funny, not great, but it's not terrible. The car is likeable.

It is a pilot...one that has been discussed here many times. And heavily pimped by promos over the last week.

[wrenchien]

the intro --- so , so whoa. expensive looking.

interesting zombie. and nice nod to kitt from night rider.

carr has some interesting dreams. and feelings.

electric poles by a lake. what a nice scene .

a rubber hose is pretty hard to get out of, isn't it.

beep beep hee hee. the demon bunny ...


i wish i could go north like that eskimo went south. whoa, nice ehm , outfit.

car having wack dreams with pong, neat.

and a eskimo and a pirate came out.. and now an indian. why, it's the village people!!

that car is the craaa-zie. nice.

hoops sure got some nice costumes.

car wash barons doing evil? now that's truly one of the AS ideas.

i'm so glad i'm out of school. and i hope my mom leaves it soon.


robot hawaianns!?! yehhh.. nice. and here comes the action.

poor pirate. one more month and he'd be worshipped.

i don't think much of pagers... but pdas, now i'd like to have one of those.

a cool beginning to what i know may be one of the great animated shows of our time. hope it catches on.

...like beavis and butthead did.

a great car toon, it was.

heh, i made a funny,

wrenchien

[GMB]

Eh, I see what they're going for--a parody of late 70's early 80's cop shows with the requisite insane humour filigreed around the edges, but like "Venture Bros." bent take on "Johnny Quest," I'm not sure it's entirely successful.

The timing's a bit off for one thing--the beginning joke was hatefully week and went on just a little too long, as did a few of the other jokes, most notbaly most of C.A.R.R.'s gags.

That said, despite it seriously average, there's some potential here, assuming the show develops its characters and lets the humour not be as forced as it felt in points here. Certainly C.A.R.R. needs some work--as he seems to constantly upstage Stroker and Hoop with his general annoyingness. Likewise, the constant potty-mouth one-liners feel like a cop-out.

I DID like the car wash battle with the mascots. Nice little bit of non-sequitur there.

In any case, despite the lack of immediate quality this was funny enough and has potential and in any case wasn't as brutally wretched as Sealab has been this season. I'm at least interested in seeing more and it's been some time since I've been able to say that. I'll be generous and give it a C

[Eddie G.]

That was a pretty good show, likeable characters and some solid gags. I could see this being an ongoing series.

[Sigma]

It was alright. I don't know if I would want to see it become a new series though.

[Nin-Nin69]

C.A.R.R.'s obsession was a bit tedious after a while, otherwise there was nothing to complain about with the show. This looks like it will be a popular series.

[Pimmelmann]

The problem with this show was that there were not enough jokes equating the car wash with sex. I definitely think that there needed to be fifty more jokes or so to make certain this was clearly established for the audience.

[song cycle]

I thought the pilot was good not great, I'll agree with whoever said the series has potential.

Where have I heard that car's voice before? It sounded VERY familiar to me.

[Mr. Pedro]

Eh. I guess it was alright. Not too much in the way of funny though. The cops played off of each other well, and C.A.R.R seems like a cool character.

So yeah. I'm indifferent to this show.

Grade: C-

[mdemaria]

Just remember, pilots usually suck. Just look at the Futurama pilot - not as good quality as the later episodes, even the rest of season 1.

[Youko Recca]

It was average. Good enough to watch and not feel like I was personally wasting my time or anything. I hope to see more of those carwash mascots, and seeing as the turtle leader survived and escaped, I think that'll come true. Carr was strange and undisciplined, which made for good moments. Hoop was surprisingly underhanded and crafty. Stroker was...well...himself I guess. Not bad.

[Master Moron]

This sucked. It really sucked. I didn't laugh once.

I missed the beinning though(the part before the credits), so can someone tell me what happened? I assume they ran over that girl Megan, but why was she a zombie later? And how did she possess the bunny? And how did she get her old body back?

By the way, was that Brak's mom as the band teacher?

[EightOh]

I was going to wait until the 1:30 rebroadcast, as I was watching something else (nothing earthshattering, but interesting) when it started. I figured I'd watch the first few minutes to get a taste, though, and ended up watching it in its entirety. Pretty decent show, on the whole, especially considering this is just a pilot. Not that it knocked my underwear into my armpits, or anything, but I think there's definitely some potential.

[Mister Intensity]

There's a half-hour of my life that I won't get back.

Mister Intensity

[shoujoaifan]

VERY funny.

Some things did seem forced, especially the way too long joke about them tied naked on the yard and the blood, and the normal shock value stuff, like Topless Woman (although they kinda made fun of that themsleves and I'm probably just nit-picking)

C.A.R.R.'s obsession was funny, tied into the plot, and he just wasn't a gimmick that used once or twice and forgotten about like I was afraid was going to happen.

It would get ANNOYING if they did get a series and CARR betrayed every ep, hopefully they don't get into that (IF they get a series, ohpleaseohpleaseohplease)

I was also afriad the show was going to be completely super-natural from the beginning which might narrow the appeal, but since it was just a subplot it worked pretty good, and in general the show seems to have alot genres, supernatural, sci-fi, detective, but kinda makes it real as far as comedy cartoons can go.

The turtle guy could be a little more cooler, or at least some human eyes that emote IF he becomes a main villian IF this becomes a series, but not all villians from pilots become arch-nemesis (just look at Fuzzy from PPG). NICE jetpack, definately over-the-top in a good way.

Was this FLASH? It was definately limited, especially in the beginning, BUT BOY does it flow smoothly, if its Flash, its done well.

Character designs: I like them. Not made to be handsome, but they're not ugky either. Fits well for a comedy show of this style.

HOOP: I hope IF this becomes a series he's not a total wimp all the time, but he is funny. I hope they don't go overboard with all the gay jokes, because some shows end up on relying on that and its a mountain of really bad gay jokes.

Nice to Megan managed to make it out alive.

I give Stroker and Hoop a A-.

[Lord Dalek]

That was slightly better than mediocre. Some of the jokes kinda misfired, like Hoop's undercover cosplay obsession but it was fun.

Good to see Tim Levitch in something animated other than Waking Life.

[livingfruitvirus]

Just remember, pilots usually suck. Just look at the Futurama pilot - not as good quality as the later episodes, even the rest of season 1.
Family Guy pilot
Family Guy pilot
Family Guy pilot

[EightOh]

I was also afriad the show was going to be completely super-natural from the beginning which might narrow the appeal, but since it was just a subplot it worked pretty good, and in general the show seems to have alot genres, supernatural, sci-fi, detective, but kinda makes it real as far as comedy cartoons can go.It did seem to cover a fairly broad spectrum, as far as the subjects of the jokes went. That's a definite plus.

[shogunthethird]

HA HA HA....topless

sorry, hadda be said

[livingfruitvirus]

Was this FLASH? It was definately limited, especially in the beginning, BUT BOY does it flow smoothly, if its Flash, its done well.
Turner Studios (who also does Birdman) has probably done some of the best Flash-that-doesnt-look-like-Flash animation on tv.

[The Landstander]

I guess there's some potential maybe possibly, but I really didn't enjoy this. A few chuckles but a large amount of the jokes just fell flat.

[Legato B]

I thought it was pretty good. Not great, but I wouldn't mind seeing more of it. Besides, what else do they have in the pipeline? Squidbillies? Blech.

[Perfect Cell]

I wasnt too impressed... The Viagra joke was funny though... Id rather be watching Harvey Birdman

[PaQ]

I missed the first airing, so I'm watching the encore right now. Hmm.. so far it's a decent show. Not laughing much, but there's potential.

Hoop wanting to seduce the Eskimo by dressing up as a highschool cheerleader was interesting, as was the topless woman with tassles shooting at them..

[Delthayre]

Eskimo languages don't really have fifty-two synonyms for snow, rather the language's have an polysynthetic structure that involves combining morphemes into complex words, the languages do have a sizeable number of words related to snow, but so does English and numerous other languages.

That's all I really thought about while watching this.

[Kurtman]

I just watched it. It was pretty odd but I really liked it!

[Zig-Zag!]

That was so...damn...average.

Better than "Squidbillies" sounds though. Can they possibly come up with a worse idea for a show than Squidbillies? Eh...at least they're getting it out of their system so they can eventually go back to Space Ghost.

I for one am very much looking foward to Venture Brothers. I loved the first episode's sharp and rapid humor, and it just works. So this actually looks like a new show I can love like I do the SG universe.

[William C. Maune]

While it isn't great yet, I thought it was decent with a lot of potential.

[Sketch]

Wow... that was um... tasteless.

My dad watched the second half with me and I kept thinking to myself... why am I watching this? He got a smirk every now and then. He just saw Family Guy for the semi-first time the other day and thought it was very funny. He's watched Harvey Birdman with me before as well.

Adult Swim "the block that you watch with your family"

[Zig-Zag!]

The one time I saw an episode of Family Guy with my dad, it just had to be the episode about Chris' penis.

My whole family and I have been watching Space Ghost since before I can remember.

[GKain]

I really enjoyed it. Especially the demon bunny. Sure, it could have been a little better, but it's just starting out. I hope it gets a chance to find it's niche.

Oh, and for those wondering who the voice of C.A.R.R. was, it was Paul Christie, who is the voice of Louie the Lizard from the Budweiser commercials.

[Nick K.]

I didn't like it. It was mediocre... C.A.R.R. was dumb. What is it with AS trying to make every inanimate object funny? It isn't working...

Thank the lord Futurama, Home Movies, Mission Hill and Family Guy are still on.

[EightOh]

Oh, and for those wondering who the voice of C.A.R.R. was, it was Paul Christie, who is the voice of Louie the Lizard from the Budweiser commercials.Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

The Limbaugh-esque talk show host did sound an awful lot like Jason Alexander, but I was struggling to pin down where I'd heard C.A.R.R.'s voice before.

[Ultra8]

:D Can't stop laughing!!:D

[tucsoncoyote]

After Seeing Stroker and Hoop what can I say..

Boring.. lame, below subpar creativity for a spoof of 70's and 80's Cop and talking car (Read as Knight Rider) shows.

Oh sure the show did have it's moments with the topless woman firing off the submachine gun, and Hoop Dressing up as a Cheerleader. But hate to say this but this show looks like something a certain Former Family Enterrainment company (that now Lacks Creativity) would create.

C.A.R.R., could have been better, and his Dreams about being Washed, were just right down disturbing IMHO, and the talk show host? Lame Lame Lame...
(Hoop was right, they do need an FM Radio, in C.A.R.R.)

The Evil Possessed girl who released the Hounds of Heck.. just as boring. and her parents, weren't even remotely funny. I think the moment that Killed it for me, was perhaps the father throwing out curse words at a Naked Stroker and Hoop on the Front Lawn...

(Where's that RABID badger when you need him???!!!)

of course in the Cards, they said a Rabid Maniacl Badger ate half the show.. Frankly Stroker and Hoop was really so lame is there a Grade that's Lower then F- we can give this? I think we can... Z-

Let's hope Next week when the Premiere The Venture Brothers, airs, it turns out better then this. cause Frankly seeing a Talking car... well it's soooooo 80's...

:coyote:

[Haruhara]

God that was horrible. I just watched the second half HOPING it wouldve become better, but wow, it didn't.

D- (and thats being nice)

[Jaguar]

I actually thought the card about getting a cup of tea was funnier than this.


Since everyone is using letter grades all of a sudden (HMMM) I'll do something slightly different.

D-

[Vincent Warlock]

Overall, not impressed. First of all, ANYONE could've made that show, with it's cheap animation, it's lame jokes, and average plotline. Second of all, the contents of the show could have been done in 12 minutes, like some of our other shows. Finally, showing S&H after Family Guy is a BIG mistake. (SIGH.) I often wonder if Family Guy is too good for A.S. :sad: Well, like was said before, maybe the only problem was that S&H had Pilot's Disease. (maybe)

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"My Mom says I'm cool!" - Milhouse

[NeueZielZeon]

While it wasn't perfect, it was still better than the entirety of many of the newer animated series from the likes of Spike TV and Comedy Central. The first half was thoroughly humorous, though was brought down a bit by a weaker, slower second half, but not by much. An enjoyable pilot that has motivated me enough to catch more episodes of the series. Though this is coming from someone who still has interest in the comedy block, and hasn't chewed up and spit out everything in my way.

Next up - Venture Bros, which I've missed the pilot every time it had aired.

[True Noir]

This was weird... just wierd. And that's all I got to say.

[herbkir]

I'm another who sees this as having promise. But the pilot wasn't all that impressive. CARR's obsession with washing got tiresome. Should have been done once, or twice, then on to something else. Lots of plays on Knight Rider, a bit of Starsky & Hutch, plus themes on other old cop/detective shows. There's plenty of room for comedic development here.

Like most pilots with promise, this could be developed into a good show, but also could turn crappy. I'm not sure, though, how this show would go over with the younger end of the 18-34 demo, who didn't grow up with the likes of KITT. Art styling is on the rough side, but appropriate to the show and who the characters are. I'd give this a C-, with the notation "Could Do Better." (^_*)

[Arcturus]

Overall I thought it was pretty sub par for Adult Swim, and doesn't bode well for the future. Nearly every animated show coming on (minus Venture Brothers) seems like it's just going to be random non sequieter humor with a thinly veiled setting (see Sealab the later seasons).

The show itself just wasn't very funny either. Hoop is incredibly annoying, and sounds like a cheap Andy Dick impersonator. Stroker is alright, but doesn't play off Hoop nor the CARR very well. C.A.R.R. is just annoying with his non stop "wash me hurr" comedy and his voice is too recognizable as the Budwieser Lizard. The plot was non sensical in a bad way and the whole possessed girl thing wasn't played up nearly as well as it could be.

The animation and art itself are also pretty terrible. There is no consistency in the shape and look of any characters and the only thing I thought looked genuinely good was the backgrounds. The female faces were just horrible and for some reason characters head sizes shifted like 15 times in the episode. CARR went from being a squat hatchback to a station wagon and back like 10 times too.

Overall I'd give it a D. It tried too hard to be random and just fell flat.

:moon:

[Beat]

Mediocre. That's the review in a nutshell.

C.

[Sketch]

The one time I saw an episode of Family Guy with my dad, it just had to be the episode about Chris' penis.

That must have been a quality bonding moment.

[Sir T. Ghostal]

Ehhh, not funny. The only part that made me laugh was Stroker's line "Alright, you're too fat to be a cheerleader, so you do the goth thing."


Grade: D

[Czar Gato]

No sir, I don't like it.

D+

[Spastic Minnow]

Wasn't horrible, but definitely not great either. Stroker was grating, Hoop was someone's idea of an animated Andy Dick and one Andy Dick is enough. KITT was just as funny as CARR, so it wasn't really much of a spoof there.

I do have a favorite part though. running over the demon bunny, that was funny.

[EightOh]

Next up - Venture Bros, which I've missed the pilot every time it had aired.I've actually got the pilot on tape somewhere, but I've just never mustered up the energy to find it.

[The Dork Knight]

I thought it was suprisingly funny.

B+

- The Dork Knight

[Gruntling]

I really didn't like this show... I didn't laugh at any of the jokes and if this is a AS original, its really disappointing.

I give C.A.R.R. Trouble an F.

[Daizaburo Estes]

I'll give you a hint: the first word begins with a "p" and the entire phrase rhymes with "cure spit."

F!!

[Mysteryinfoman]

It was not good but it did not suck, it was okay. I liked the animation and again, I could not tell that was flash so good plus to the animators. The jokes, some got a little laugh but that's it. The car was funny at the beginning but it got annoying soon enough. The blood was not funny either and the beeps, so yeah it was okay. I guess it can improve but I don't got too much hope for this show but then again it is a pilot.

[Freedom Fighter]

Eh, was okay, but I think Megan's father did go over the top with the cursing at Stroker and Hoop. K.I.T.T. was cool. C.A.R.R. was not. This obviously could've been a much better show had a few things been different. And the almost-topless woman did nothing for me. NOTHING. I've giving it a bit of slack since it's just a pilot.

"C.A.R.R. Trouble" gets 2 out of 4 from me.

[Aquadementia]

I can't say this show was outstanding, but it does have a lot of elements that could provide for some amusing episodes.
We got two privet eyes, one extra macho, the other about to restart his singing career "Don't give up on us baby."
There was maybe too much Carr this episode, but I think he could be funny in smaller bites. That was Jason Alexander? Didn't sound like it to me.
Spooky evil forces. I wish we would have seen more of that. Could make for some interesting stories in the future.
Not the best animation, but if they fine tune the humor it will be good enough for me.

What I did like, and these were only bit parts,
A car listening to right wing AM radio, and
The mascot they were looking for was 15 years out of date.
I can identify with things you didn't give a second thought about back in your day are 'suddenly' vary un-PC.

[Trogdor]

Meh, it wasn't too bad. It kinda sucked, but wasn't terrible. It wasn't really as good as I thought it'd be, but after all, it was just a pilot episode. I'm surprised at how little the demon appeared, I think it woulda made for a much better plot. I kinda side with everything Aquadementia said above.

[PaQ]

For a pilot it was decent. I enjoyed it more than the Venture Bros pilot. I think I smiled a few times during the episode, but it wasn't full of laughs, however the potential for funny is there. Hopefully once the series starts, they'll have found their style.

C.A.R.R. was interesting. Obviously inspired by another talking car, the whole washing addiction was alright. Hoop seems to be the wild thinker of the bunch, wanting to seduce the eskimo and such. Stroker was ok, those two make an alright duo. It should be interesting to see the situations they get put into. The villains this time around, being involved in a car wash ring where they wore their costumes and threatened charity car wash was an original idea. Hopefully like Venture Bros, the promos for Stroker and Hoop, once it's ready to air will be even better than the pilot and give me more hope for the series.

"C.A.R.R. Trouble (PILOT)" Gets a C+.

[Harlan_Phoenix]

This show was something I was looking forward too...here's my two cents...

Some lines were funny (Stroker: TAP WATER?! YOU LAZY ***. Just the way he said it I guess) CARR was strange, yes, but he was still kinda cool. I found Hoop very funny, along with the instrument sticking out of *** thing. Can't forget the demon bunny.

On the bad side...sometimes it just wasn't funny. Is this produced by WS themselves? I can see potential in this show, but it better get better...quick.

6 outta 10

[livingfruitvirus]

ass ass ass ass ass
On the bad side...sometimes it just wasn't funny. Is this produced by WS themselves? I can see potential in this show, but it better get better...quick. 2 guys from WS write it while W/M Animation boards and lays it out and Turner Studios animates it.

[EightOh]

I'll give you a hint: the first word begins with a "p" and the entire phrase rhymes with "cure spit."Pedicure kit?

[Kurtman]

I really loved the part where he read tyhe letter about "Playing the oboe with your arse". I just could not help but laugh at that line. The villains were pretty strange. CARR's obsession was alright. I mean,we all probably have our own obsessions,correct?

[pabcool]

"Stroker And Hoop"

Mediocre but alright. I don't have much hope for the series, but C.A.R.R.'s strange addiction was amusing. But overall, the whole thing felt like another interchangeable pilot, as opposed to the excellent Venture Brothers and even the underrated Penguins Behind Bars, which I was one of the very few defenders of.

C-.

[VinceA]

Hmmm, I guess I'm going against the grain here and saying "I liked it". It wasn't the best thing I've ever seen but it made me laugh a few times. Maybe it's because I actually saw most of the shows that this was a parody of (and I saw them when they were network shows not syndicated)... maybe it's because I'm old. This made me laugh a bit more than some of the more random-humor episodes of ATHF or SL2021.

[Mynd Hed]

It's funny, I was describing this show to my girlfriend over lunch yesterday, and she laughed more at my description than I did at the actual show. That's kind of how it struck me-- the kind of thing that's funny in theory, but kinda got killed in the execution.
Stroker and Hoop themselves are just pages out of the Big Book of Character Cliches-- they really need to put some kind of spin on them besides "the macho one who's always lamely trying to get girls" and "the closet gay one who's always finding some excuse to crossdress" or this show isn't going to do well. Stroker trying to pick up the soccer mom fell flat on so many levels-- this is a character that's been done and done better at least twice on AS alone (Coach McGuirk from Home Movies and Carl from ATHF). C.A.R.R. was a neat idea, but they kind of turned him into a one-trick pony with the whole "car was = sex" thing-- wished they'd kept going with the whole ultra-conservative-thanks-to-AM-radio thing instead.
The character designs kinda bugged me, too-- did they strike anyone else as vaguely Mike Judge-ish? The creators of this show need to remember that on those few occasions where Judge manages to put something decently entertaining together, he does it in spite of his visual style, not because of it. (Case in point: Office Space, quite possibly his best work ever, was live action and didn't need to overcome the seriously fugly character designs that plague many of his animated works.)
All that was just to say that I'm with the consensus: D+, with the hope that things will pick up once the creators have worked out the kinks.

[raykremer]

If made into a series I'd watch a few more episodes to see whether it turns into a good show or a crappy show. I can see it going either way.

[Trogdor]

Huh, now that you mention it, S & H do seem like a couple of overused cliches. But, as everyone is saying, it was just a pilot ep, and will hopefully get better if made into a series. I wouldn't mind it becoming one, just to see how much it could improve, but judging by the stretch of time between now and the first time I saw 'The Venture Brothers', that could be a while... To me, it wasn't as good as the 'Venture Brothers' pilot, but better than that 'Penguins Behind Bars' thing.

[livingfruitvirus]

Ratings are in -

And the pilot of new original series Stroker and Hoop (Sunday, 11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period on basic cable for delivery of adults 18-24 (453,000, up 278%).
So that's 453,000 viewers 18-24. Now all we need is the 25-34 people and we have a total for the Sunday ratings cards.

[Pimmelmann]

What's I'm seeing here is that the topless car wash girl went over surprisingly well with many viewers. It's time for a retooling: Topless Car Wash Girl Detectives and their...well, keep the talking car, I guess, as long as it talks about something other than car washes. Ratings will increase at least 376.28912%.

[NOFX4K]

Yeh, Pilots usually do suck. But even so, I'm not really fond of the style of humor they used. I'll probably watch it anyways. I think they should make new eps of mission hill instead.:french1:

[PaQ]

Wow.. Pretty good ratings. Nice to see that Stroker and Hoop can be a potential ratings hit as long as the series stays funny. I doubt the pilot turned many off, it is a pilot after all.

[PAT1234]

that show should replace futurama on weekdays. im so tired of that show ive seen like every episode like 1000 times.

[Spastic Minnow]

im so tired of that show ive seen like every episode like 1000 times.That statement only works because you have a Master Shake avatar. :shake:
:)

[Punisher]

pretty funny show but im not gonna watch it anymore waste of my time

[Random]

Ok, I've thought about this for a few days. Stroker was ok, I don't really get the character though. He just this guy for me to forget.

Hoop was pretty funny. Kind of a mixture of the touchy feely teacher from "Beavis & Butthead" mixed with Mathew Brock from Newsradio.

C.A.R.R. got annoying pretty fast. They should upgrade him into something different. Steal from "Futurama" and make it female with a secret crush on Stroker or something. Awkward pauses crack me up.

I didn't really care for the villain as a recurring one. What else would a guy in a turtle suit be involved in? Wax smuggling operations? Anti-rabbit organizations? But the rest of the villains were pretty funny. Although the topless woman looked like Phyllis Diller to me. Killed any joy I could have had. Oh well.

I thought the plot could have been much better. With a whole half hour they can do quite a lot. I mean look at what "Police Squad" did in that length of time. Introduction, investigation and conclusion. I'd like them to stick more to the case side of the story and find the humor there.

[The Landstander]

They're billing it as a fake premiere or something and I'm betting people missed it the first time. So ARISE THREAD

Also, did you ever not really like something the first time, and then rewatch it a long time later and think it was much better? Cause that didn't happen to me here. =(

[Zyzzybalubah]

They're billing it as a fake premiere or something and I'm betting people missed it the first time. So ARISE THREAD

Also, did you ever not really like something the first time, and then rewatch it a long time later and think it was much better? Cause that didn't happen to me here. =(
Yeah still stinks like feet after a work out. I will still give next week a chance though I suppose. But my hopes aren't too high at the moment.

[Delthayre]

I all most wish they'd've faked us out and aired The Squidbillies. I don't like that, but it's the devil I know.

I still don't like this show. It isn't making me laugh and it's all most pissing me off. The opening sequence is ugly and incomprehensible, replete with hideous CGI. Really, it's an ugly show overall. The character designs seem, to this untrained laymen at least, to be utter crap and the whole thing just sucks.

Yeah, maybe I can't back that up with extensive analysis, but I don't care. It sucks and that's what I'm going with.

And I hate Hoop especially. His character just seems to inane and pointless. I have no idea what he's supposed to be nor any idea at all how he might possibly be funny in the hands of more able writers.

sucks out of *****

[Artimus Gigan]

The thing is they're going for the entire "loser cool" feel for the show. But the characters themselves just arn't likeable. First off they arn't drawn in a stylistic way or express themselves well like the designs on Venture Bros that actualy look similar to the homage material. Stroker and Hoop are really trying to make fun of the 1970's buddy cop series and movies, but the entire way the designs are laid out doesn't even look the least bit action/drama oriented. Also the character personalities, Hoop looks and acts waaay to much like Andy Dick. And Stroker just isn't funny and is also incredibly perdictable in many instances.

The gag of the series is both are trying to make themselves appear greater than they are because they suck...

[RADRAD]

I saw it last year, and I still don't like it all that much. Adult Swim's main attempt at getting as close to the MA rating line as they can without crossing it. Didn't really laugh that much, and the best part of that episode seems to be its intro.

** out of *****

[Daikun]

Duke put it best. The puppet commercial was better than the show itself.

[Happy]

I actually didn't think it was that bad.

[shoujoaifan]

Meandered some in the last 1/2, and the Turtle guy wasn't that interesting of a leader, and the others looked better. The first half setting them up was good, might've helped if they made the demon girl subplot into the main plot.

Aside from the weaker second 1/2, I thought it was hilarious. It was slower-paced comedy compared to the normal rapid-fire, irrevelant humor of most the shows on AS. (Don't get me wrong I that type of humor too.) It being slower paced is like TGTTM.....except S&H is actually good at being slower paced.

Got to love some of the lines:

"Stroker ran over your daughter."

The ass notes.

"That's not a bunny, its a demon!"

"Isn't it great being outdoors and just being, the cool grass touching our buttocks?"

".....we're the Eiseonhower Eskimos! God I hated high school."

And of course:

"What did we ever do to you topless woman?"

[FinalDragoon]

Eh, better than ATHF, Sealab, Harvey Birdman...hell any show AS airs that relies on stupid humour more than 50% of the time. I think everyone is being overly cynical because you're used to getting your socks off on stuff that no one should be laughing to....

Stroker and Hoop Pilot get's a B from me

[shoujoaifan]

Eh, better than ATHF, Sealab, Harvey Birdman...hell any show AS airs that relies on stupid humour more than 50% of the time. I think everyone is being overly cynical because you're used to getting your socks off on stuff that no one should be laughing to....

Stroker and Hoop Pilot get's a B from mePersonally I have to both agree and disagree with some of that. Like I posted above, I like both types of humor: 1)The wacky, rapid-fire irrevelant humor, and 2) A slower-paced, and more relevant humor. (But not everything amuses everyone. I only find Robot Chicken funny part of the time.)

I think some of the those shows can make that type of humor work. ATHF is the king of wacky, and Birdman's starting to get better. S&H fits more into the slower-paced comedy and I think it also works.

[G1Ravage]

It was better this time around. I'd like to see some more episodes.

[jbanks97]

Eh It was completely and utterly mediocre, and I'm not sure I want to ever see it again. But that's exactly how I felt after the Venture Brothers first premiered.

[Zyzzybalubah]

Eh, better than ATHF, Sealab, Harvey Birdman...hell any show AS airs that relies on stupid humour more than 50% of the time. I think everyone is being overly cynical because you're used to getting your socks off on stuff that no one should be laughing to....

Stroker and Hoop Pilot get's a B from me
Sorry, Andy Dick isn't funny to me. :sweat:

[Jp7010]

The problem with this show was that there were not enough jokes equating the car wash with sex. I definitely think that there needed to be fifty more jokes or so to make certain this was clearly established for the audience.
Definitely.

I find this show frustrating! The show has so much potential, as it can parodize literally dozens of shows. But every joke falls flat on its face.

This pilot is a waste of space on my DVR. *erase*

[Golgo13]

For what it wants to be, I found S&H pretty funny. I'm willing to see where the series go.

[beren]

Since I don't watch repeats Stroker and Hoop is how I judge all of Adult Swim Comedy. I thought it was really funny to be honest, better then the latest season of athf for sure.

What I thought Was funny,

The goth girl , when Stroker said she was to fat to be a cheerleader so she dressed up goth and smoked cigaratees or something, then they ran her over, that was good.

The "date" scene was funny.

carr trying to pick up the jogger

goth girls parents the first 2 times



carr saying he was waving at them when they were pinned down

what was not funny

all the scenes involving: the carwash mafia, the scenes involving the band,

I think if the show is going to have action, it should be more actiony, basicly it was to serious, I think the premise was suppposed to be funny, however we are used to premises involving raping spiders and queen dopapopulous (not ot mention the last 10 or so seasons of the simpsons )so it does not come off as odd that there is a car wash mafia.

[Ferire]

One thing though... it looks much more impressive after 12 oz. Mouse. At least S+H isn't painful to watch.