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He doesn't get enough credit. The fact that King of the Hill and Silicon Valley come from the same person is astounding and suggests a comic breadth that is ha

He doesn't get enough credit. The fact that King of the Hill and Silicon Valley come from the same person is astounding and suggests a comic breadth that is hard to grasp.

tomjakubowski 8y ago
Also represented the other side of the "programming job" world in Office Space.
- carapace 8y ago
  And then the factory floor in Extract.
zadler 8y ago
He also programmed for a time, so he had some background for Office Space and maybe Silicon Valley. But then he made KOTH so it’s not like he’s limited either.
- rusk 8y ago
  He’s come a long way from Beavis and Butthead!
  - dwd 8y ago
    B&B would have been a reflection of the kids he knew in high school, the same way SV was about his time as a programmer. Similar story to Peter Jackson who started with Bad Taste.
    - rusk 8y ago
      and for King of the Hill, he says he identifies with that personally. In particular with Hank.
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duderific 8y ago
Not to mention Idiocracy, which is pretty much coming true even as we speak.
- Judgmentality 8y ago
  https://xkcd.com/603/ https://xkcd.com/603/
  - jewelthief91 8y ago
    "More harm has been done by those worrying about social decline than social decline itself." [Citation Needed]
  - lsd5you 8y ago
    It's teasing us. What is the refutation?
    - Judgmentality 8y ago
      What makes you think Idiocracy is coming true?
      - wycs 8y ago
        http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/5/E727.full.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/5/E727.full.pdf
      - duderific 8y ago
        "In “Idiocracy,” the secretary of state is sponsored by Carl’s Jr., a company whose chairman very nearly became our current secretary of labor. In 2505, the Oval Office is occupied by an ex-wrestler and porn star named Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho; our president has been on the business end of a Stone Cold Stunner and once appeared in a nonpornographic segment of an otherwise soft-core Playboy VHS tape, dumping sparkling wine onto a limousine. His name is a brand name, too." [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/magazine/mike-judge-the-bard-of-suck.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/magazine/mike-judge-the-b...

He doesn't get enough credit. The fact that King of the Hill and Silicon Valley come from the same person is astounding and suggests a comic breadth that is hard to grasp.

tomjakubowski 8y ago

Also represented the other side of the "programming job" world in Office Space.

carapace 8y ago
And then the factory floor in Extract.

zadler 8y ago

He also programmed for a time, so he had some background for Office Space and maybe Silicon Valley. But then he made KOTH so it’s not like he’s limited either.

rusk 8y ago
He’s come a long way from Beavis and Butthead!
- dwd 8y ago
  B&B would have been a reflection of the kids he knew in high school, the same way SV was about his time as a programmer. Similar story to Peter Jackson who started with Bad Taste.
  - rusk 8y ago
    and for King of the Hill, he says he identifies with that personally. In particular with Hank.

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duderific 8y ago

Not to mention Idiocracy, which is pretty much coming true even as we speak.

Judgmentality 8y ago
https://xkcd.com/603/ https://xkcd.com/603/
- jewelthief91 8y ago
  "More harm has been done by those worrying about social decline than social decline itself." [Citation Needed]
- lsd5you 8y ago
  It's teasing us. What is the refutation?
  - Judgmentality 8y ago
    What makes you think Idiocracy is coming true?
    - wycs 8y ago
      http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/5/E727.full.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/5/E727.full.pdf
    - duderific 8y ago
      "In “Idiocracy,” the secretary of state is sponsored by Carl’s Jr., a company whose chairman very nearly became our current secretary of labor. In 2505, the Oval Office is occupied by an ex-wrestler and porn star named Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho; our president has been on the business end of a Stone Cold Stunner and once appeared in a nonpornographic segment of an otherwise soft-core Playboy VHS tape, dumping sparkling wine onto a limousine. His name is a brand name, too." [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/magazine/mike-judge-the-bard-of-suck.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/magazine/mike-judge-the-b...