History Quotes / BitingTheHandHumor

->''"During the party scene, Jameson has an encounter with businessman [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Roderick Kingsley]], who offers his advice on how to reinvigorate the failing ''Daily Bugle''. Kingsley says, 'Sell the majority of your shares to the public!' (That, of course, is what Ron Perelman had done with Creator/{{Marvel}} in 1991, and what is believed by many experts to be what ultimately led to the company going bankrupt in 1996.) Jameson replies, 'I'd never take the Bugle public, Kingsley-because I know that its long-term integrity would suffer under corporate connivers like you, who dream up ridiculous little 'schemes' which only produce short-term gains!' Yep, that pretty sums up what was going on at Marvel. If only [[BenevolentBoss J. Jonah Jameson could have been our owner…]]"''

->''"It's fairly clear that after he had that huge #1 hit with 'Convoy', his record company was applying severe pressure to [=Mr. McCall=] to [[StrictlyFormula repeat the success with another hit about CB.]] He wisely refused; his followup album, Wilderness, had him posing on the album cover looking like Music/JohnDenver and did not include one single song about truck drivers or [[UsefulNotes/TwoWayRadio CB radio.]] Major faux-pas as far as Creator/MGMRecords was concerned - they wanted a sequel to 'Convoy' and they wanted it now. 'You want a sequel to 'Convoy'? You got it!'. (Heh heh, I'll show 'em). [=Mr. McCall=] then set out to deliberately jump the shark on his fourth album, the way over the top ''Rubber Duck'' featuring 'Ratchetjaw' (a bunch of CB radio talk that sounds like a self-parody of his earlier CB novelty songs) and 'Round the World with the Rubber Duck' (which went beyond mere self-parody, it was [=C.W. McCall=] methodically and deliberately Jumping The Shark, right down to the pirate-inspired 'yo ho ho'isms and the backing 'dumb, dumb, dumb, this is dumb, dumb, dumb' background chorus.)"''

'''Knuckles:''' Dude! Is that "[[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Tomatopotamus Two]]"?\\
'''Tails:''' That's the best one in the entire series! "[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tomatopotamus]]" never worked in 3-D.\\

'''Sonic:''' And they never should've changed the color of Tomatopotamus's legs.

->''Think of it like a pause button. The thing you can't do easily on the Creator/HBOMax app.''
-->-- '''Creator/JohnOliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' (from {{Creator/HBO}})

-->--''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing''

-->--'''''Wiki/RationalWiki''''' on [=C.W. McCall=]

>'''Bart:''' ''(Chuckle)'' They'll buy ''anything''!\\

'''Smith:''' I know you said the story was over for you, but that’s the thing about stories. They never really end, do they? We’re still telling the same stories we’ve always told, just with different names, different faces and I have to say I’m kind of excited. After all these years, to be going back to where it all started... back to The Matrix!

->'''Homer:''' This Friday, we're going back to the woods and we're going to find that alien!
->'''Bart:''' What if we don't?
->'''Homer:''' We'll fake it, and sell it to the {{Creator/FOX}} Network.
->'''Bart:''' (chuckle) They'll buy ''anything''!
->'''Homer:''' Now, son, they do a lot of quality programming too.
->''[Both burst into laughter]''
->'''Homer:''' I kill me.

->'''Sonic:''' Look what I found at the flea market! [''Holds up a game cartridge'']
->'''Knuckles:''' Dude! Is that "[[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Tomatopotamus Two]]"?
->'''Tails:''' That's the best one in the entire series! "[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tomatopotamus]]" never worked in 3-D.
->'''Knuckles:''' Game companies always ruin their beloved franchises.
->'''Sonic:''' And they never should've changed the color of Tomatopotamus's legs.

->'''Peter''': Well, unfortunately, Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like ''[[LongList Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonderfalls, Fastlane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pits, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric the Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, and Greg the Bunny.]]''
->'''Lois''': Is there no hope?
->'''Peter''': Well, I suppose if ''all'' those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.

->'''Tommy:''' Where the hell are you?
->'''Chili:''' I'm in L.A. now.
->'''Tommy:''' Hey, what are you doin' out there?
->'''Chili:''' I'm goin' into the movie business. Thinkin' about producing.
->'''Tommy:''' What the fuck do you know about making movies?
->'''Chili:''' I don't think the producer has to know much.

->'''Zazu:''' ♩Nobody knooows... the trouble I've seen... ♩Nobody knooows... my sorrow...
->'''Scar:''' Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little more... bounce in it.
->'''Zazu:''' [[Ride/ItsASmallWorld ♫It's a small world, after all...]]
->'''Scar:''' [[BigNo NO!]] No. [[SelfDeprecation Anything, but]] [[EarWorm that!]]

->''"It's fairly clear that after he had that huge #1 hit with 'Convoy', his record company was applying severe pressure to [=Mr. McCall=] to [[StrictlyFormula repeat the success with another hit about CB.]] He wisely refused; his followup album, Wilderness, had him posing on the album cover looking like John Denver and did not include one single song about truck drivers or [[UsefulNotes/TwoWayRadio CB radio.]] Major faux-pas as far as MGM Records was concerned - they wanted a sequel to 'Convoy' and they wanted it now. 'You want a sequel to 'Convoy'? You got it!'. (Heh heh, I'll show 'em). [=Mr. McCall=] then set out to deliberately jump the shark on his fourth album, the way over the top Rubber Duck featuring 'Ratchetjaw' (a bunch of CB radio talk that sounds like a self-parody of his earlier CB novelty songs) and 'Round the World with the Rubber Duck' (which went beyond mere self-parody, it was [=C.W. McCall=] methodically and deliberately Jumping The Shark, right down to the pirate-inspired 'yo ho ho'isms and the backing 'dumb, dumb, dumb, this is dumb, dumb, dumb' background chorus.)"''

->'''Peter''': Well, unfortunately, Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like ''[[LongList Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonderfalls, Fastlane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pits, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, Normal, Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric the Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, and Greg the Bunny.]]''

-->--'''Opening Credits''', ''Film/{{Deadpool}}''

-->--'''Jack Donaghy''' (a parody of an NBC executive) '''''Series/{{30 Rock}}''''', Season 1, Episode 5 ("Jack-Tor")

-->--'''Jack Donaghy''' (a parody of an NBC executive) '''''Series/{{30 Rock}''''', Season 1, Episode 5 ("Jack-Tor")

->''"Oh I get it. The whole self-referential thing; Letterman hates the suits, Stern yells at his boss, Nixon’s "sock it to me" on ''Laugh-In''... Hippie humor.''

->'''Bart:''' What if we don't get any footage?
->'''Homer:''' Then we'll fake it, and sell it to the {{Creator/FOX}} Network.
->'''Bart:''' They'll buy ''anything''!
->'''Homer:''' Now, son, they produce a lot of quality programming.

-->--'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/03/pathetic-bunch-of-tin-soldiers.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva}} "Castrovalva"]])

->''"''[Richard]'' Garriott's dislike of [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA]] founder Trip Hawkins is legendary for long-time ''Ultima'' fans. Potshots at EA begin as early as ''VideoGame/UltimaII'', and ''VideoGame/UltimaV''[='=]s Apple II version recognized 'electronic arts' as a curse word, with [=NPCs=] chastising you for using it in conversation. In ''VideoGame/UltimaVI'', players can stumble onto the grave of 'Captain Hawkins', a pirate whose epitaph reads 'Here lies Captain Hawkins. He died a hard death [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing and he deserved it]]', and whose cruel and destructive deeds form a minor part of the backstory of several quests and [=NPCs=] in the game, including other pirates also named after prominent EA employees. Even in ''Ultima VII'', stabs at EA come in the form of major Fellowship leaders Elizabeth and Abraham, three artifacts that must be destroyed in the endgame being shaped like a cube, sphere and pyramid (the components of the old Electronic Arts logo), and the Guardian himself being described as the 'Destroyer of Worlds' (Origin Systems' company motto at the time was 'We Create Worlds'). Fan theory regards The Guardian as an analogue for Trip Hawkins, due to his urge to [[CorruptCorporateExecutive acquire and then destroy once he gets bored with his toys]]."''

->'''Homer:''' Then we'll fake it, and sell it to the {{Fox}} Network.

-->--'''''RationalWiki''''' on [=C.W. McCall=]