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MsAmiClassified Tired of givin' up the ghost from the fucking ocean Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tired of givin' up the ghost
#34751: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:32:04 PM

[up][up]

shit

edited 18th Jul '16 10:32:52 PM by MsAmiClassified

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#34752: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:34:26 PM

I'm not saying nobody would buy it at first. Just that they couldn't make it convincing enough for most to not expect the twist at the end.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34753: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:35:11 PM

Yeah, same here.
And really, that alone would be so douchey (especially if he ended up offended that it didn't work) that what really happened felt excessive.

edited 18th Jul '16 10:35:38 PM by thatother1dude

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#34754: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:48:02 PM

I still don't find it entertaining because it's a cliche. But I find it interesting that people think characters like Marty aren't realistic, because I guarantee you people like that do exist.

Someone mentioned that it would have been less unpleasant and would have made more sense if instead of lying Marty had just asked in the first place if Sour Cream would let him help with the gig and let him advertise the Soda, But that's exactly the kind of stuff that pathological liars do. Lie to get what they want even when it doesn't make sense, and will probably hurt their chances.

edited 18th Jul '16 10:52:41 PM by xanderiskander

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#34755: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:51:15 PM

So I wonder if Marty sold Greg's songs to other artists. Cause Greg is a pretty good songwriter & I can imagine his songs being bought or used.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#34756: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:53:01 PM

People have already said this but I think it's cool that from the previews, Greg hasn't just wasted all that money away, as happens almost inevitably in these kinds of plots.

MsAmiClassified Tired of givin' up the ghost from the fucking ocean Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tired of givin' up the ghost
#34757: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:58:23 PM

nice to know this wont be just another A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted plot

edited 18th Jul '16 10:59:45 PM by MsAmiClassified

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#34758: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:58:40 PM

[up][up][up][up] Marty didn't lie (as far as I can recall, he's actually fairly up front about things he feels people need to know, if nothing else). What he did was take over SC's concert and assume that SC would go along with everything Marty wanted to happen because, after all, that's how people (and by extension Marty) become successes in the music world. He's legitimately surprised when SC takes offense, because after all, who wouldn't submissively go along with every bit of Executive Meddling their manager sets up and still expect to be a success?

That's was biggest sign that this wasn't going to end well - even from the very beginning, Marty treated SC more like a client than his actual son, and he already doesn't treat his clients well.

[up][up][up] Maybe that's where the ten million dollars came from. If Greg's actual recordings were popular enough that they made that much money even after Marty took out his cut, I feel like we would've heard about it.

edited 18th Jul '16 11:03:31 PM by KnownUnknown

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34759: Jul 18th 2016 at 10:59:41 PM

[up]x5 It would've still been a cliche, the actual bad part was how by the numbers it was. They didn't shake it up.

Simply being a cliche isn't a bad thing.

edited 18th Jul '16 11:00:26 PM by randomness4

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#34760: Jul 18th 2016 at 11:10:32 PM

[up][up] No, he totally lied about "making up for lost time", and he lied again about "hyping him up" because he had an agenda behind everything. That was the bigger part of the reason Sourcream told him to take a hike. It was because he had ulterior motives that were embarrassing him at his own show, and because he called Sour Cream selfish, hypocritically.

He didn't really have a problem with him controlling the set up until that happened. Until that he was mostly just cool with the help, because he didn't realize all the cool stuff came with a catch he wasn't told about. He just thought his Dad was helping him put on an awesome show.

And even if you argue "maybe Marty still intended it to be bonding", From his behavior I really don't think so. He was being dishonest about his intentions pretty clearly. but even then, a lie by omission is still a lie.

It didn't really seem to me like was he was surprised by Sour Cream being offended either. In fact he probably didn't mention it because he was afraid of / expected him to be. Marty was just deflecting the blame, back on Sourcream, and was trying make him feel bad for not being grateful for the show he set up for him, probably so he could keep manipulating him through guilt.

edited 18th Jul '16 11:41:27 PM by xanderiskander

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#34761: Jul 18th 2016 at 11:51:09 PM

Finally got around to seeing Drop Beat Dad, and it felt... pretty weak. Possibly my least favorite episode in a long while. Too rushed and predictable at the same time to have any real impact. And even if Marty was supposed to be an unredeemable sleazeball I was hoping they'd pull it off better. The show is pretty good about giving other really minor characters some degree of rounding, while Marty has none. He's just boring.

I was surprised that Sour Cream and Marty seemed to have spent at least some time together when he was a kid rather than it being a one-night stand. Does Onion have an age? Maybe Marty leaving nine years ago was when Vidalia met Yellowtail and had Onion.

edited 19th Jul '16 12:21:38 AM by AlleyOop

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#34762: Jul 19th 2016 at 12:28:30 AM

I'm kinda confused as to why Sourcream started speaking Yellowtail.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34763: Jul 19th 2016 at 12:33:21 AM

Comedy Censoring....

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TheFox Quick like... Since: Jan, 2013
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#34764: Jul 19th 2016 at 2:36:10 AM

Was this the first episode that didn't feature the gems at all?

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#34765: Jul 19th 2016 at 2:42:08 AM

No. There are several, such as Nightmare Hospital and Sadie's Song, off the top of my head.

edited 19th Jul '16 2:46:07 AM by SilentColossus

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34766: Jul 19th 2016 at 2:47:38 AM

Actually...that's about it.

Also "Beach City Horror Club".

edited 19th Jul '16 3:17:21 AM by randomness4

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34767: Jul 19th 2016 at 5:26:22 AM

I find it interesting that people think characters like Marty aren't realistic,
I don't think anyone has said this, and you're not the only one saying the exact opposite.

edited 19th Jul '16 5:26:37 AM by thatother1dude

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#34768: Jul 19th 2016 at 5:55:27 AM

[up][up][up] Oh right, I forgot about those episodes for a second.

FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
#34769: Jul 19th 2016 at 6:46:22 AM

I'm kinda confused as to why Sourcream started speaking Yellowtail.

I've heard stories of bilingual people who would hold a conversation in one language for a while, then suddenly start ranting in their other language without realizing it when something made them angry. Same idea here, maybe?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34770: Jul 19th 2016 at 6:57:21 AM

I believe when that usually happens those people start speaking in their native/birth language...not the other way around.

Yellow-tail speaks in the language of the muh-moomas: ancient replacement for Russians...since it appears to be real.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34771: Jul 19th 2016 at 7:02:35 AM

I think he was specifically saying something Yellowtail had before, but forgot to translate.

Asking why is probably overthinking it in the first place.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34772: Jul 19th 2016 at 7:11:52 AM

He did translate...unless he said something else.

Convenient Censoring...

edited 19th Jul '16 7:12:47 AM by randomness4

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MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#34773: Jul 19th 2016 at 7:56:55 AM

More likely he was raised on both languages and just happened to slip into the other by accident.

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yoshimickster Since: Nov, 2012
#34774: Jul 19th 2016 at 8:06:44 AM

Oh poor Ronaldo, a young writer FORCED to sell out to an adhesive beverage.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34775: Jul 19th 2016 at 8:12:30 AM

[up][up]For 9 years, probably just learned it to communicate with Onion and Yellow-tail...

edited 19th Jul '16 8:12:48 AM by randomness4

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