Quotes / Viewers Are Goldfish

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[The program] is incredibly repetitive, to the point that I found it hard to watch for any length of time without my attention wandering. Not just the CGI clips, but the narration as well. You'll learn in 30 seconds why females tend to be choosier about mates than males (eggs are more expensive than sperm), and spend the next 15 minutes having that slowly beaten in your brain using as much empty verbiage as possible. Ditto every other fact on the show.

—Mathew Wedel on Clash of the Dinosaurs

Jeffrey Katzenberg, then chairman of Walt Disney Studios, didn't want the song to be a part of the movie's world because he thought kids would find it boring. He arrived at that conclusion after a kid in the test audience spilled his popcorn during the scene, which to Katzenberg meant that the sequence was so mind-numbingly dull, it actually caused the child's higher motor functions to commit suicide.

—Cracked on "Part of Your World", "5 Iconic Movie Scenes Almost Cut For Idiotic Reasons"

Web Video

Shopkeeper: How about this woolen dog?
James Voysover: The shopkeeper makes a suggestion.
Shopkeeper: How about this woolen dog?
James Voysover: But what will Brian's reaction be?
Brian: I'm looking for a gift for my aunt.
James Voysover: But what sort?
Shopkeeper: How about this woolen dog?
James Voysover: We already know the shopkeeper says that, but what does Brian...
Brian: —looking for a gift for my aunt.
James Voysover: ...say before that?
Brian: Well, the sort of gift that if it were a quote, it would be apposite.
Shopkeeper: Hmm. How about this woolen dog?
James Voysover: Does the shopkeeper have a woolen dog? Will Brian like it? Find out in part four of "The Gift Shop Sketch"!

—"The Gift Shop Sketch", That Mitchell and Webb Look

And, during this song, the movie decides to do a recap of the movie up until this point! I'VE JUST SEEN IT! I DON'T NEED TO SEE WATCH AGAIN! FUCK OFF! JIMMY!

—V1 of OSW Review, on Fatal Deviation's Loved Ones Montage

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