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* FridgeHorror: Joe mentions he is almost 36. The Judge says he wasn't expected to die for another 20 years. So he was supposed to die at ''56''? Even for the 1950s, that's awfully early.
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* FridgeHorror: Joe mentions he is almost 36. The Judge says he wasn't expected to die for another 20 years. So he was supposed to die at ''56''? Even for the 1950s, that's awfully early. Then again, considering Joe's driving...
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As heavyhanded as the short is, it's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today, especially regular emissions checks.
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* ValuesResonance: The entire short is very much a case of this, but especially the anti-drunk driving message -- produced in an era when the general public's attitude towards it was more lax, the judge's conviction that alcohol is a danger to anyone on the road is surprisingly modern-sounding.
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* ValuesResonance: The entire short is very much a case of this, but especially the anti-drunk driving message -- produced in an era when the general public's attitude towards it was more lax, the judge's conviction that alcohol is a danger to anyone on the road is surprisingly modern-sounding.
modern-sounding. (The main reason is that the science examining alcoholism and driving was there, but the volume of cars in TheForties was not nearly as high as it would be two decades later, when drunk driving accidents would skyrocket from the sheer number of car owners.)
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As heavyhanded as the short is, it's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As heavyhanded as the short is, it's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.today, especially regular emissions checks.
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Society Marches On isn't YMMV
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Averted, because... SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped. It's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
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* ValuesResonance: The entire short is very much a case of this, but especially the anti-drunk driving message -- produced in an era when the general public's attitude towards it was more lax, the judge's conviction that alcohol is a danger to anyone on the road is surprisingly modern-sounding.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Joe spinning through the intersection while narrowly avoiding two other cars is quite an impressive stunt, especially considering the cars involved. Even the [=MST3k=] crew was quite impressed, with Tom simply saying "That was ''great''!"
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Joe spinning through the intersection while narrowly avoiding two other cars is quite an impressive stunt, especially considering the cars involved. Even the [=MST3k=] crew was quite impressed, with Tom simply saying "That was ''great''!"
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Joe spinning through the intersection while narrowly avoiding two other cars is quite an impressive stunt, especially considering the cars involved. Even the [=MST3k=] crew was quite impressed, with Tom simply saying "That was ''great''!"
* SocietyMarchesOn: Averted, because... SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped. It's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
* SocietyMarchesOn: Averted, because... SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped. It's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus intended to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus intended to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is [[DrivesLikeCrazy an utter maniac maniac]] who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Joe spinning through the intersection while narrowly avoiding two other cars is quite an impressive stunt, especially considering the cars involved. Even the [=MST3k=] crew was quite impressed, with Tom simply saying "That was ''great''!"
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus intended to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road, who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus intended to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road, who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road, who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant intended to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road, who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road road, who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's completely undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's completely undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As heavyhanded as the short is, it's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As heavyhanded as the short is, it's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
today.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's completely undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While we're certainly not meant to ''approve'' of Joe, he's supposed to be a sort of Everyman who reflects our own poor choices behind the wheel. The judge's inquiry as to whether we are qualified to pass sentence on Joe is thus meant to be an ArmorPiercingQuestion, but it's completely undermined by that fact that Joe is an utter maniac on the road who bears no resemblance to the average driver.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As heavyhanded as the short is, it's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As heavyhanded as the short is, it's actually a good instruction film and all the instruction still applies today.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point Joe cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street. The man simply climbs into Joe's back seat then exits the other side and continues on his way. He doesn't even close the car door behind him.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: CrowningMomentOfFunny
** At one point Joe cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street. The man simply climbs into Joe's back seat then exits the other side and continues on his way. He doesn't even close the car door behind him.
** At one point Joe cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street. The man simply climbs into Joe's back seat then exits the other side and continues on his way. He doesn't even close the car door behind him.
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* FridgeHorror: Joe mentions he is almost 36. The Judge says he wasn't expected to die for another 20 years. So he was supposed to die at ''56''? Even for the 1950s, that's awfully early.
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Mentos Finger has been merged.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point Joe cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street. The man simply climbs into Joe's back seat then exits the other side and continues on his way. He doesn't even close the car door behind him. You almost expect him to turn around and flash a MentosFinger.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point Joe cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street. The man simply climbs into Joe's back seat then exits the other side and continues on his way. He doesn't even close the car door behind him. You almost expect him to turn around and flash a MentosFinger.
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Hottip cleanup.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point Joe cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street. The man simply climbs into Joe's back seat then exits the other side and continues on his way[[hottip:*:he doesn't even close the car door behind him]]. You almost expect him to turn around and flash a MentosFinger.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point Joe cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street. The man simply climbs into Joe's back seat then exits the other side and continues on his way[[hottip:*:he way. He doesn't even close the car door behind him]].him. You almost expect him to turn around and flash a MentosFinger.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point Joe is crossing the street, with traffic in his way. In a huff, he simply climbs into the back seat of the nearest car, argues with the driver, then exits the other side and continues on his way[[hottip:*:he doesn't even close the car door behind him]]. You almost expect him to turn around and flash a MentosFinger.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point Joe is crossing cuts off a pedestrian who was trying to cross the street, with traffic in his way. In a huff, he street. The man simply climbs into the Joe's back seat of the nearest car, argues with the driver, then exits the other side and continues on his way[[hottip:*:he doesn't even close the car door behind him]]. You almost expect him to turn around and flash a MentosFinger.MentosFinger.
** Joe tops him two seconds later, by pulling out then stopping dead in the intersection in order to close his car doors -- and instigating a traffic jam in the process.
** Joe tops him two seconds later, by pulling out then stopping dead in the intersection in order to close his car doors -- and instigating a traffic jam in the process.
