History DethroningMoment / CollegeHumor

* [=SenorCornholio=]: I have a small bone to pick with a throwaway line in the WebOriginal/CollegeHumor video, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlAZLCGLuU Luigi Finally Snaps]]". The plot of the video involves Luigi [[WhatTheHellHero calling out Mario for basically getting the spotlight while the green plumber always plays second fiddle]]. The video was perfectly fine for the most part, but what [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy really grinds my gears]] is this: Mario mentions he at least had ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' which Luigi says was terrible. Okay, fine; no problem. I like the game, but I can see why others don't. Then Mario says "Luigi, it's-a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]]; all of those games were terrible". [[BigWhat What!?]] And the [=GameCube=] hate apparently doesn't stop with this video; I recall them often repeatedly bashing the system in several videos. Okay, first of all: all [=GameCube=] games are terrible? I don't know about you, but I had fond memories of playing my [=GameCube=], and several others did as well. I remember playing the heck out of VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine, VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Sonic Adventure 2 Battle]], and VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor. And that's not even going into [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime several other]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 games that I]] [[VideoGame/StarFoxAssault missed out on]]. In fact, a lot of these "terrible" games have become fan favorites in recent years; heck, ''Wind Waker'' got an HD re-release on the UsefulNotes/WiiU. Really, it's like these guys only think that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks even for the most arbitrary change, the game automatically sucks]]. Second, putting all [=GameCube=] games in the same category of awful is a stupid generalization. I never had any interest in the UsefulNotes/Xbox360; does that mean all Xbox 360 games are terrible because of that? No; it just means I never took an interest in it! Not every [=GameCube=] game is ''Aquaman: Battle For Atlantis'', and not every Xbox 360 game is VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006. I may have merely mentioned this moment because I grew up with a [=GameCube=], but even if I wasn't a [=GameCube=] owner, I would be headdesking so hard at this moment.

## The y axis... oh my. Some placements make sense, like having the acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' at the top. ''The Black Cauldron'', a flop with mixed reviews, is at the bottom. On the other hand, several positively reviewed, beloved classics like ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' and ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' are given a "does not hold up" rating. ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', which is typically considered watchable, but low-tier for a Disney movie, somehow beats them. I realize that the bottom half of the matrix also needs entries, but there's a better way to do that: including the less popular movies like ''Chicken Little''! Also, for some reason, ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' has the second lowest y axis placement despite its generally positive reviews. This is enough to convince me that the authors didn't bother to research the movies' receptions and just substituted their own guesses or opinions. Of course, they're entitled to their opinions, but they shouldn't pretend to be objective when they aren't. Even with this in mind, all they're doing is saying things like "''Sleeping Beauty'' is bad" with no attempt to justify it. It's neither informative nor funny. It's just lazy. If someone posted it on their personal blog after being asked how they feel about the Disney films, I wouldn't care, but a comedy site should have some kinds of standards. If they had put some effort into writing funny and/or informative criticism to go along with the matrix, that would've been fine. Unfortunately, they do neither of these, so I fail to see why this chart should exist. The only purpose I can think of is "let's use ''College Humor'' as a vehicle for our Disney opinions and upset fans of the classics (and ''The Emperor's New Groove'')".

* Levitator: I've been somewhat turned off my CollegeHumor's more political videos for a while, but this video made me unsub: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1SLHEC98I&ab_channel=CollegeHumor "Hardware Store CEO: We're Rebranding For...Some Reason." It actually starts off fairly well, with some good humor regarding the cultural clash between an old shopkeeper and his obnoxious tech-bro millennial grandson. There's some reasonable satire of modern business practices, even if it's a little unsubtle. But then the video goes off the rails when the grandson' proposals inexplicably work. The shopkeeper reacts this: "I renounce all forms of capitalism, and I'm joining the communist party." Wow. I have plenty of problems with modern capitalism, but I really don't want to see my internet comedy videos endorsing extremist ideologies. The cherry on this shit sundae is the post from CH inviting me to join their useless streaming service Dropout to "see Brendan get alienated by capitalism." Just going full Marx here. With this video, CollegeHumor has officially lost any charm or interest for me. It's very unlikely I'll be watching any more videos from them.

* [=SenorCornholio=]: I have a small bone to pick with a throwaway line in the WebOriginal/CollegeHumor video, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlAZLCGLuU Luigi Finally Snaps]]". The plot of the video involves Luigi [[WhatTheHellHero calling out Mario for basically getting the spotlight while the green plumber always plays second fiddle]]. The video was perfectly fine for the most part, but what [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy really grinds my gears]] is this: Mario mentions he at least had ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' which Luigi says was terrible. Okay, fine; no problem. I like the game, but I can see why others don't. Then Mario says "Luigi, it's-a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]]; all of those games were terrible". [[BigWhat What!?]] And the [=GameCube=] hate apparently doesn't stop with this video; I recall them often repeatedly bashing the system in several videos. Okay, first of all: all [=GameCube=] games are terrible? I don't know about you, but I had fond memories of playing my [=GameCube=], and several others did as well. I remember playing the heck out of VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine, VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Sonic Adventure 2 Battle]], and VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor. And that's not even going into [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime several other]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 games that I]] [[VideoGame/StarFoxAssault missed out on]]. In fact, a lot of these "terrible" games have become fan favorites in recent years; heck, ''Wind Waker'' got an HD re-release on the UsefulNotes/WiiU. Really, it's like these guys only think that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks even for the most arbitrary change, the game automatically sucks]]. Second, putting all [=GameCube=] games in the same category of awful is a stupid generalization. I never had any interest in the UsefulNotes/Xbox360; does that mean all Xbox 360 games are terrible because of that? No; it just means I never took an interest in it! Not every [=GameCube=] game is ''Aquaman: Battle For Atlantis'', and not every Xbox 360 game is VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006. I may have merely mentioned this moment because I grew up with a [=GameCube=], but even if I wasn't a [=GameCube=] owner, I would be headdesking so hard at this moment.

* Tropers/CaptainTedium: The College Humor video that I found extremely bad was "WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Opening Gone Horribly Wrong". It basically starts the same way the traditional opening to this classic Disney cartoon goes, but things go downhill when they get to the part where Scrooge [=McDuck=] dives into his Money Bin. He ends up getting brutally injured and dies at the hospital, after which Huey, Dewey, and Louie end up in jail for causing a riot over Uncle Scrooge's death, are ''raped'' by the Beagle Boys, and are left to rot in jail by their uncle Donald, who is implied to commit suicide at the end of the video when he's unable to pay his bills. Having the Duck family torn apart by these tragedies just isn't funny.
* [=SenorCornholio=]: I have a small bone to pick with a throwaway line in the WebOriginal/CollegeHumor video, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlAZLCGLuU Luigi Finally Snaps]]". The plot of the video involves Luigi [[WhatTheHellHero calling out Mario for basically getting the spotlight while the green plumber always plays second fiddle]]. The video was perfectly fine for the most part, but what [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy really grinds my gears]] is this: Mario mentions he at least had VideoGame/LuigisMansion which Luigi says was terrible. Okay, fine; no problem. I like the game, but I can see why others don't. Then Mario says "Luigi, it's-a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]]; all of those games were terrible". [[BigWhat What!?]] And the [=GameCube=] hate apparently doesn't stop with this video; I recall them often repeatedly bashing the system in several videos. Okay, first of all: all [=GameCube=] games are terrible? I don't know about you, but I had fond memories of playing my [=GameCube=], and several others did as well. I remember playing the heck out of VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine, VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Sonic Adventure 2 Battle]], and VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor. And that's not even going into [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime several other]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 games that I]] [[VideoGame/StarFoxAssault missed out on]]. In fact, a lot of these "terrible" games have become fan favorites in recent years; heck, ''Wind Waker'' got an HD re-release on the UsefulNotes/WiiU. Really, it's like these guys only think that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks even for the most arbitrary change, the game automatically sucks]]. Second, putting all [=GameCube=] games in the same category of awful is a stupid generalization. I never had any interest in the UsefulNotes/Xbox360; does that mean all Xbox 360 games are terrible because of that? No; it just means I never took an interest in it! Not every [=GameCube=] game is ''Aquaman: Battle For Atlantis'', and not every Xbox 360 game is VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006. I may have merely mentioned this moment because I grew up with a [=GameCube=], but even if I wasn't a [=GameCube=] owner, I would be headdesking so hard at this moment.

## The placements on the "was your childhood" axis are arbitrary. I seriously have no idea what the logic behind them is - I suspect that the authors (yes, it took two people to make this stuff) at most exchanged some childhood memories and based the rankings on that. And why is ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'' on it? If you were a kid when it was released, you're probably still a kid!

* Garfield2710: Their video "The Conservative Lorax," really left a bad taste in my mouth. Aside from being just plain unfunny, this sketch implies that all conservatives are Wall-Street loving, environment hating, Mexican hating, and greedy tycoons. It also completely misunderstands the difference between free-market capitalism and crony capitalism, ignores the fact that most companies that cut down trees, replant those very same trees, because not doing so would be a detriment to their business, something that the original source material warned against, and also seems to believe that every corporation is bad (some are, but not all). This entire sketch is nothing more than a thinly veiled AuthorTract TakeThat, and an unfunny one at that. If you don't agree with Conservative ideology, or want to make a video playfully mocking them, that's perfectly fine (I lean Conservative, but I don't agree with everything they say or do, and there is a lot to make fun of about them), but this is just so mean-spirited and smug.

## They didn't even include the full Disney Animated Canon[[note]]at first I thought it was understandable because the matrix has a limited amount of space, but then I realized that they could just make a larger matrix or use smaller text and images[[/note]], and the criteria for inclusion make no sense. Less popular films like ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'' and ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'' tend to be excluded, but the disliked and forgotten ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' is on the list. Some recent films, like ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' and ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' are excluded, but ''Frozen'' is not!
## The y axis... oh my. Some placements make sense, like having the acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' at the top. ''The Black Cauldron'', a flop with mixed reviews, is at the bottom. On the other hand, several positively reviewed, beloved classics like ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' and ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' are given a "does not hold up" rating. ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', which is typically considered watchable, but low-tier for a Disney movie, somehow beats them. I realize that the bottom half of the matrix also needs entries, but there's a better way to do that: including the less popular movies like ''Chicken Little''! Also, for some reason, ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' has the second lowest y axis placement despite its generally positive reviews. This is enough to convince me that the authors didn't bother to research the movies' receptions and just substituted their own guesses or opinions. Of course they're entitled to their opinions, but they shouldn't pretend to be objective when they aren't. Even with this in mind, all they're doing is saying things like "''Sleeping Beauty'' is bad" with no attempt to justify it. It's neither informative nor funny. It's just lazy. If someone posted it on their personal blog after being asked how they feel about the Disney films, I wouldn't care, but a comedy site should have some kinds of standards. If they had put some effort into writing funny and/or informative criticism to go along with the matrix, that would've been fine. Unfortunately, they do neither of these, so I fail to see why this chart should exist. The only purpose I can think of is "let's use ''College Humor'' as a vehicle for our Disney opinions and upset fans of the classics (and ''The Emperor's New Groove'')".

* [=SenorCornholio=]: I have a small bone to pick with a throwaway line in the WebOriginal/CollegeHumor video, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlAZLCGLuU Luigi Finally Snaps]]". The plot of the video involves Luigi [[WhatTheHellHero calling out Mario for basically getting the spotlight while the green plumber always plays second fiddle]]. The video was perfectly fine for the most part, but what [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy really grinds my gears]] is this: Mario mentions he at least had VideoGame/LuigisMansion which Luigi says was terrible. Okay, fine; no problem. I like the game, but I can see why others don't. Then Mario says "Luigi, it's-a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]]; all of those games were terrible". [[BigWhat What!?]] And the [=GameCube=] hate apparently doesn't stop with this video; I recall them often repeatedly bashing the system in several videos. Okay, first of all: all [=GameCube=] games are terrible? I don't know about you, but I had fond memories of playing my [=GameCube=], and several others did as well. I remember playing the heck out of VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine, VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Sonic Adventure 2 Battle]], and VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor. And that's not even going into [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime several other]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 games that I]] [[VideoGame/StarFoxAssault missed out on]]. In fact, a lot of these "terrible" games have become fan favorites in recent years; heck ''Wind Waker'' got an HD re-release on the UsefulNotes/WiiU. Really, it's like these guys only think that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks even for the most arbitrary change, the game automatically sucks]]. Second, putting all [=GameCube=] games in the same category of awful is a stupid generalization. I never had any interest in the UsefulNotes/Xbox360; does that mean all Xbox 360 games are terrible because of that? No; it just means I never took an interest in it! Not every [=GameCube=] game is ''Aquaman: Battle For Atlantis'', and not every Xbox 360 game is VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006. I may have merely mentioned this moment because I grew up with a [=GameCube=], but even if I wasn't a [=GameCube=] owner I would be headdesking so hard at this moment.

## The placements on the "was your childhood" axis are arbitrary. I seriously have no idea what the logic behind them is - I suspect that the authors (yes, it took two people to make this stuff) at most exchanged some childhood memories and based the rankings on that. And why is ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' on it? If you were a kid when it was released, you're probably still a kid!
## They didn't even include the full Disney Animated Canon[[note]]at first I thought it was understandable because the matrix has a limited amount of space, but then I realized that they could just make a larger matrix or use smaller text and images[[/note]], and the criteria for inclusion make no sense. Less popular films like ''Disney/ChickenLittle'' and ''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'' tend to be excluded, but the disliked and forgotten ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'' is on the list. Some recent films, like ''Disney/BigHero6'' and ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' are excluded, but ''Frozen'' is not!
## The y axis... oh my. Some placements make sense, like having the acclaimed ''Disney/TheLionKing'' and ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' at the top. ''The Black Cauldron'', a flop with mixed reviews, is at the bottom. On the other hand, several positively reviewed, beloved classics like ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' and ''Disney/PeterPan'' are given a "does not hold up" rating. ''Disney/TheAristocats'', which is typically considered watchable, but low-tier for a Disney movie, somehow beats them. I realize that the bottom half of the matrix also needs entries, but there's a better way to do that: including the less popular movies like ''Chicken Little''! Also, for some reason, ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' has the second lowest y axis placement despite its generally positive reviews. This is enough to convince me that the authors didn't bother to research the movies' receptions and just substituted their own guesses or opinions. Of course they're entitled to their opinions, but they shouldn't pretend to be objective when they aren't. Even with this in mind, all they're doing is saying things like "''Sleeping Beauty'' is bad" with no attempt to justify it. It's neither informative nor funny. It's just lazy. If someone posted it on their personal blog after being asked how they feel about the Disney films, I wouldn't care, but a comedy site should have some kinds of standards. If they had put some effort into writing funny and/or informative criticism to go along with the matrix, that would've been fine. Unfortunately, they do neither of these, so I fail to see why this chart should exist. The only purpose I can think of is "let's use ''College Humor'' as a vehicle for our Disney opinions and upset fans of the classics (and ''The Emperor's New Groove'')".

* Tropers/CaptainTedium: The College Humor video that I found extremely bad was "WesternAnimation/DuckTales Opening Gone Horribly Wrong". It basically starts the same way the traditional opening to this classic Disney cartoon goes, but things go downhill when they get to the part where Scrooge [=McDuck=] dives into his Money Bin. He ends up getting brutally injured and dies at the hospital, after which Huey, Dewey, and Louie end up in jail for causing a riot over Uncle Scrooge's death, are ''raped'' by the Beagle Boys, and are left to rot in jail by their uncle Donald, who is implied to commit suicide at the end of the video when he's unable to pay his bills. Having the Duck family torn apart by these tragedies just isn't funny.