What does /co/ think of Rocko's Modern Life?
>>84181375
I read somewhere that spunky is supposed to be a bull terrier. I also thought he was a jack russel.
Anyways, good show. I still like it.
It's a hoot.
I find it funny that Ren & Stimpy got more shit for being inappropriate for children when this was way worse in that regard. I guess it's just because the former was more popular.
>>84181375
Damn good show; my favourite was the one where everyone was singing about saving the environment except Rocko, cos' naturally no one invited him to recitals.
Pretty good stuff, one of the few 90s nick shows to actually hold up.
Is there any show that beats this in the "everyone in the world is an asshole and the main character has a shit life with the worst luck" department?
>>84181729
Ed Edd n Eddy comes to mind, at least with Double D.
Good show.
>>84181375
They say cartoons don't teach kids, but this show prepared me for all types of shit.
>>84181729
CatDog is full of assholes and the main characters never really win. At least Rocko's friends seem to genuinely care about him.
It was basically proto classic Spongebob.
>>84181926
True dat
>>84181375
Loved that shit.
>>84181375
I didn't care for it. As a country boy, I could relate to Courage more.
>>84181729
Rocko manages to do it without coming off as being overly negative. I guess because of Rocko's positive disposition and the fact that he's still got plenty of friends.
>>84181996
It's the combined facts that EVERYONE in Catdog besides Dog (and occasionally Cat) are fucking outrageous assholes and that Catdog are complete outcasts. The only friend they ever make is the bird, and even then she's not really there for them a lot of the time.
In Rocko, people are rude, but they still act like actual people and don't go out of their way to fuck over Rocko. Also, Rocko has lots of friends to help him out.
One of the best cartoons ever made
>>84184362
That doctor lady with the hook was cute IMO.
>>84184362
YOUR MIND
IT'S FILTHY
>>84181436
That's actually a very accurate assumption. Bull terriers and pit bulls are known for their ear shapes, short hair, and the distinct way they sit down, which is directly on their butt instead of sitting on their feet.
t. bull terrier owner.
>>84184362
FUCKING SOURCE NOW
>>84184362
MOAR
Masterpiece.
Paved the way for Spongebob
>>84181375
Still fun to watch to this day.
Out of the early 90's cartoons, it's one of only a handful that still holds up. In some ways it's even better, aside from the innuendo going over your head as a kid, it tackled and parodied a lot of stuff that a kid couldn't really understand. The animation was pretty good, the style was distinct and not overly-ugly like a lot of cartoons from the era, and the writing was solid. It even ended on its own terms.
Interestingly, you can draw a direct line back from most people currently working in the animation industry to Rocko. It kick-started a bunch of people's careers, who would go on to work on cartoons from the late-90's to mid-00's, and those cartoons got a lot of other careers rolling.
I liked it back then and I still do.
They ought to give Rocko another chance. There's tons of new stuff out there to ruin a modern modern life: ordering over the internet, mobile phones, political correctness, trigender bathrooms, absurd flight passenger regulations, government phone tapping, mars rover, garbage separation etc. etc. etc. It would literally write itself.
>>84184116
At least CatDog ended up reuniting with their parents who genuinely love them and all the assholes fucking died in the arctic.
>>84181850
Holy shit
tv movie when
>>84181532
Rocko was more clever about it.
Show should have been called, Rocko Flying Under the Radar.
>>84181850
Now I have to go watch this again.
>>84184362
More please. Also, sauce?
>>84181597
kek, when I was little i got chinese food with my family and when we opened our fortune cookies I repeated this completely deadpan and freaked my mom out.
>>84181729
I'd say Tom Goes to the Mayor, but there were far more idiots than assholes.
>>84184362
Found the saucehttps://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1083997
>>84190138
Rocko is funny and good though.
Tom is part of that Anti Comedy stuff they do late nights during the week. Where they are trying to be So Bad It Is Good, on purpose. Though they fail. Because you can't be so bad it is good, on purpose.
>>84190182
Humor's subjective, but I like both Rocko and Tom.
>>84190172
>dat blush
Unf.
I want to do lewd things to cute beach body Rocko.
>>84191006
You're in luck, he's just legal.
>>84190172
That's the most adorable beaver I've ever seen.
I would totally put my penis in rocko
>>84184362
Such degeneracy...
fuck you /co/mblr, not even my old cartoons I grew up watching is sacred. You are all disgusting creatures and I hope you all hang on the day of the rope.
>>84192275
Nothing is sacred and all is permitted.
>>84181729
Yes. It's called "Real Life".
>>84192004
I didn't know wallabys were considered beavers in 2004.
Man, times have changed, Pluto isn't even a planet anymore.
>>84188030
>it's "Filburt becomes a MMORPG addict" episode
>>84192275
>Such degeneracy...
Have you already forgot about the "Wedgie Boy" episode?
>>84188030
please don't, they would PPG-ize it
>>84184362
Well, Rocko does love rainbows.
>>84188030
>>84193734
It's happening. Nick was hiring for a storyboard artist specifically for a new Rocko show. It will likely be a few more years before we hear anything else about it.
>>84184362
Normally I'd curse the internet for ruing my childhood, but things like this somehow makes my adulthood better...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq70wzCDnGU
>>84195884
>This video contains content from B_Viacom, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
So they're doing this instead of just removing videos now? Hm.
>>84193422
OH
MY
GOD
Rocko had a dream life.
>Owned an entire house
>Two great friends
>Got to sit around reading comics all day
>Got to plow the neighbor wife regularly
>>84181375
Fantastic show. 10/10. Actually bought the complete series dvd. I feel jipped though, they censored a lot of jokes.
>>84196014
He was just renting the house.
>>84181495
Underrated
>>84193422
Sit on me! Sit on me!
> Ask for a character with a good hook
> Given a character design with an actual fucking hook
I tried to watch it as a kid because the main character had my accent, but it bored me. Tried to watch it again recently and it still bores me. It's weird, I can recognise what I'm seeing isn't bad, but I have no interest in it at all.
I remember watching this with my dad, we both thought it was hilarious and still do.
I also thought this legit was an adult show. In my country they only dub kid's stuff, this wasn't dubbed.
>>84190172
This confirms it. I am gay.
>>84198481
Time for celebration
>>84198028
heres a (you) champ. faggot
>>84181375
Why his life is "modern"? i dont remember if they explain his childhood.
How he get money? live in a universal income society?
>>84198028
This means you have honest to goodness autism.
>>84198607
I remember an episode where he worked at a comic book store.
>>84189789
>and all the assholes fucking died in the arctic.
I don't remember that part of the movie. Did those three punk dog characters really die? That's awesome.
>>84192275
Oh, be nice!
>>84181850
I like how this twenty-year-old children's cartoon does a better job at satirizing religious fanaticism than Family Guy ever did.
>>84192275
>>84195865
You say this like Rocko was somehow a super innocent children's cartoon or something. I mean, he worked as a phone sex operator at one point.
>>84192275
It's okay to admit you got a boner
>that episode where it was directly implied Rocko's car was being raped at the trash dump.
>>84196902
Wait, really?
>>84192275
You love it, you dirty whore.
>>84181850
Damn it, I knew there was a reason I used to think schnitzel was a sausage. I made a fool of myself in Germany.
Does anyone know where I can see this show without the jokes getting censored? I really wanna see it now.
>>84199957
torrent
>>84200070
Fuck. Can't because I don't own a pc.
>>84200100
stop being poor
>>84193355
Level up Wash your hands
>>84200127
Haha, I wish.
>>84181375
It still holds up and if anything is even funnier when you watch it as an adult. It takes such good jabs at the monotony and ridiculousness of adult life.
>>84181495
/thread
>You can't fight city hall, you can't fight corporate America...
Thanks for the reality check, Rocko.
>>84200245
OH BOY IT SURE IS SUMMER IN HERE
I used to love it
too bad it came on in the ass hours of the morning where I live.
DADDY DADDY
Teacher says that when a car gets its gas cap, an angel gets its wings!
>>84201494
Your teacher sounds hot.
>>84201494
Your teachers full of crap!
>>84201385
Epic le summer meme, bro.
>>84181375
Does Kisscartoon have the episdoes uncensored?
>>84184362
NAAAAAKED
>>84181850
>It's a "Heffer joins a cult" episode.
1st season theme>B52's shit
Who here/WILDPIG/
>>84181375
Just finished rewatching it, way smarter and subtle then most other kid targeted shows that have tons of adult jokes in them, like R&S (but then again, that isn't very hard)
Anyone mention the rumors about it getting a tv movie like Hey Arnold? No idea what they could do for the story, hopefully 2 hours of 'DA CHEESE IS THE BEST CHARACTER IN THE SHOW' in beautiful HD
>>84181375
You know how some shows get worse when you grow up?
Rocko is the exact opposite.
>>84184362
>Let me be the 1st to welcome you to Chokey Chicken Inc., Karen.
>>84208481
>That episode where Heffer needed to eat an elk to become an adult "wolf"
>The elk is of course sapient
This show was so fucked up
>>84208935
Yes, I remember having a discussion with a friend about "human animals" and :"animal animals". Spunky for example is an animal in the show. But his ticks and worms talk like people.
IIRC there even was an entire episode about a fly that kept Rocko awake.
>>84184362
>>84209009
Oh shit, i have forgotten about that episode. It completely destroyed the line between "people" and "animals".
>Implying you can fight city hall
>Implying you can actually fight corporate america
Are you guys insane? They are big and we are small we cant fight city hall
RML had great musical numbers
>>84209105
But you can get through the DMV OK if you just don't get the fat guy.
>>84209696
>tfw im fat and working in the dmv
>tfw i always help people and sometimes cut them some slack
why is it called modern life when its based on the 90's and not today?
>>84209776
What are you talking about its still july 2 1995
>>84209734
You don't really have a form for vehicles towed because of a missing gas cap, do you?
Where do you buy this show?
>>84209823
yes
>>84209847
Amazon probably.
Did it ever get a DVD release for that matter?
>>84184362
Fart in my face, Rocko
>>84209879
Lots, there's a complete series set that's newer and it has a comic con read of wacky delly and cover art y murray, and season sets aside from season 1 cover art too
>>84209823
>>84211076
cool
>no HD release on itunes
>no HD release on bluray
>>84181375
Garbage day, is a very dangerous day.
>>84181375
Shopping day, is a very dangerous day.
>>84181729
Its always sunny in Philadelphia.
>>84181729
the 90's and early 00's are full of cartoon set up in this world.
I call it the Zappaverse, because of Duckman and Frank Zappa. I really remember growning up in it, and it dying after 9/11 to be replaced by a more hypocrite and Mike Judge-esque world where everyones pretends everything is alright or can be magically fixed with nutrition, sport and 1960 nostalgia.
Maybe it was just the 90s
>>84215419
If it's a Zappaverse, then where are the Penguins in bondage or the burnt weenie sandwiches, eh?
>>84215516
well in the songs. it's a whole universe, you can't expect to see everything ! But the feel is here, the black mamas, the dirty kids, the desicated lawn, the weird bum at the corner, the creepy tv commercials, the inbred bullies...Eveything that is wrong in your neighborhood and that we can't show anymore.
Makes me think that Malcolm in the Middle is in the Zappaverse too
>>84181495
lol
>>84208935
Did you forget the part where Heffer was actually "adopted" only to be fatten up and get eaten later, but the family started to care about him and later made him one of the family.
>>84215666
what the hell satan
>>84215595
I get what you're saying but it's just weird to credit Zappa of all people, even though I'm a huge fan. Makes sense, though. Especially with Rocko's modern life. Goddamnit, I love the tone and feel of Rocko so much, makes me wish they would still make cartoons like that.
>>84215740
I "credit" Zappa mostly because of Duckman, which is the worst and most despicable cartoon universe of all imo, and Zappa did the music for it (and probably throw a few ideas in it, since he was a good friend of Everett Peck
>>84215740
I wish too, but I think that cartoons like "Rocko" would be more successful in their own time period
I also feel that it's not just Zappa alone who deserves credit for tone and feel of this sort of universe...there's also MAD magazine (before Gaines died), MTV (when they actually played music videos) and things of that nature.
>>84215797
>Duckman, which is the worst and most despicable cartoon universe of all imo
your opinion, indeed.
>>84215851
just to be clear : i fucking love Duckman, it's my second favority cartoon of all time. i did NOT mean that it's bad as its quality, I mean it's a horrible universe to live in.
You guys should totally be looking forward to a Rocko's Modern Life thread in early September.
>>84181375
still holds up. Everyone should give a few episodes a look.
>>84181729
Bob's Burgers
>>84209776
Modern refers to the time period from ~1800 to present day
>>84216697
The 18th, yes?
>>84217162
I'm not too sure actually, I just have something planned.
Why that date?
Does anyone have any pictures of Rocko sitting on the toilet?
>>84217226
On that date, Rocko will be 23 years old.
I thought that was what you were hinting.
>>84217309
Mrs. Bighead, pls go
>>84181532
Ren and Stimpy freaked people out because they were gay in several episodes. Rocko was beat up for liking Rainbows and Mr. Big Head was a closeted clown.
>>84217347
No, but that's a perfect time to do what I'm planning. I'll wait for the anniversary thread (or I might have to make it if no one else does) and then do what I'm wanting to do.
Heheh, p-please don't cum in me bum
What was the name of that bully turned pacifist in that one episode? I bet him and Rocko would make good boyfriends.I think I have a thing for reformed bullies falling in love with their former victims
>>84217571
post your climax face
>>84217601
Dingo from "Wimp on the Barbie".
>>84217705
total boyfriens
since it's about that time, did rocko ever have a 4th of july episode?
>>84218467
No, but in "Cabin Fever", Ed Bighead mentions that he had the cabin reserved for the 4th of July (it was January)...close enough?
>>84217629
>>84217387
what a MILF
>>84199792
I remember reading this somewhere, possibly the book Joe Murray wrote about animation.
He discussed the making of Rocko and Camp Lazlo mostly for technical reasons, but left in a lot of juicy dish.
>>84187300
I remember hearing the announcement of Camp Lazlo and thinking it would be the return of Rocko's type of humor.
Only in the final few episodes did they get close, rest of the show was so average it hurt.
>>84218934
To be fair, Joe Murray wanted to make a cartoon aimed at a younger audience than Rocko, and achieved it with Camp Lazlo.
It wasn't GOAT but it had its moments.
Plus that was one crazy-ass series finale.
>>84218934
> the real councillor at the end of lazlo was meant to be heiffer
>>84218934
This won't bother me unless I hear that the creators wanted Camp Lazlo to have lots of jokes for adults in it, CN censors blocked them all, the staff hated what the show was actually like and they only kept at it for the money.
>It is because of this REALLY SCARY and REALISTIC image that we must prepare to face the enemy!
I saw Joe Murray at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen tofu bars in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
>>84220445
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdhAWW9d7Qg
>>84219356
its like your trying to make a creepy pasta
REALLY REALLY BADLY
>>84222346
Summer nights, everybody, are you with me?
Let that Igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise
Summer nights, everybody’s feeling sexy
Holler if you’re ready for some summer nights
A-come on, oh yeah, yeah
I've never watched Rocko but I guess I don't really have a choice after seeing this thread
Loved it when I was 8 still love it @ 30
>>84215158
The gang are assholes too and often they bring their shitty happenings upon themselves. Except for Charlie, he's probably autistic.
>>84209522
I can hear it in my head
>>84209522
>>84222765
Of course, Dan and Swampy would go on to make a show that was nothing BUT musical numbers - Phineas & Ferb.it was shit, but you already knew that
>>84217601
what the fresh fuck is wrong with you
>>84188030
we've already seen what the world looks like in the far-off year of 2013 in the original series, though
Named my dog Rocko. If I get another one I'll name it Spunky. I definately enjoy the show.
>>84223151
Have you thought about growing any salmon bushes? Perfect season for them.
>>84223151
what kind of dog?
also there was this guy selling a rocko plush on etsy (official from 1997) and on ebay and kept calling it "Rocko dog" and then someone else before doing the same.
Doesn't even look like a dog
Good night /co/
Here's hoping this thread's still here by tomorrow
>>84223472
I'll bump with another screencap of whatever episode I watch tonight.
It's been a little while, I like when Rocko threads calmly reach bump limit.
>>84207460
I'm always so happy when a chance to shout this arrives.
>>84223675
if you do it around other people i hate you
Rockface Modern Living
>>84225016
>>84218879
Was Camp Lazlo worth a fuck? I remember it sucking dick. I didn't know it was made by the same guy.
I can't remember if it was this show or something else, but I'm remembering a story about the creator being asked in an press conference why there weren't any female role models and him shutting the person who asked the question down hard.
>>84215419
So what's a worse place to live in, the Zappverse or China?
In this episode, Spunky falls in love with a mop. In this scene, Rocko opens the closet after hearing squeaking noises to find him laying back with his gal and a white liquid on the ground.
This is not a children's show.
>>84226251
dont be so dramatic
Rocko was a based show because Joe Murray is a based cartoonist. He headed off the SJW impulses of the mid-90's before they became mainstream and he stuck to his creative guns. The guy was a genius.
>Dr. Hutchinson ( who later married Filburt and mothered his children) was a character created as a result of a press conference.
>I was asked by a reporter why there were no positive female role models on Rocko. “Well” I said “There are no positive male role models either”. But I couldn’t dodge it that easily. Later, one of the female executives from Nickelodeon said that we must have a strong female character in the show, for the sake of woman. I asked her what kind of character she had in mind? She said; “You know, a professional woman, someone with a good hook”.
>Now, I knew she was using a term that is used in entertainment about a “hook” being a personality trait that “hooks” the viewers. But, out of sheer defiance, I created (I believe with the help of Doug Lawrence) Dr. Hutchinson, and gave her… well….. a hook.
>Even though her birth may have been shrouded in odd intentions, I , and the directors, grew to love her, and the show where she marries Filburt is one of my all time favorites.
>>84226057
That did happen, and the incident directly led to Dr. Hutchinson's creator.
Soon after, Nick's executive asked Murray to create a positive female character, maybe a professional, someone"with a good hook"
>>84226057
He didn't shut the person down, he just scrapped the character he had in mind. He wanted to give Rocko a sister, but...
>Anyway.. I was at a press-conference where all of the networks pitch their new seasons to the press, and I was before a tired group of reporters, and one reporter (looking for some sort of controversy) asked why I didn't have more positive female role models in my show. I said I didn't have any positive MALE role models (maybe Rocko was..kind of) and we didn't write the show to teach lessons, and plus, who uses cartoon characters as role models? Well.. after the press conference a couple of Nickelodeon executives ran up to the reporter and said they were planning on putting some positive female role models in the show and then walked over to me and said "You need to put that Magdalane character in the show and make her strong.". So I dropped her all together, and she never saw the light of day again
>>84228116
good on him, also i love that name, fits really well
As someone who was a child when this first ran in the early to mid 90s I think I was more prepared for the horseshit that is adult life because of R'SML.
>>84218772
>that episode where Bev literally tries to fuck Rocko
>>84209823
needs more jpeg
I'll never understand people who post heavily-compressed screenshots as PNG
>>84228253
>that one heffer baby
>wonder what Joe Murray's been up to these days
>last thing listed on Wikipedia is a YouTube channel called KaboingTV
>the most recent video is an indie showcase from 2012
>AMA from 2013 says "I worked for a brief time on a Tex Avery show for DIC. I do work on other projects now, but it's discreet as a consultant and creative sweetener"
>last tweet is from 2014
I wonder why he just dropped off the face of the earth like that. Maybe it's intentional? Showrunning is pretty stressful, I guess.
>>84228980
>dropped off the face of the Earth
>stopped using social media
You have really low standards for "dropped off the face of the Earth." If you live in Los Angeles you could probably see him on a daily basis.
>Sausages are very seductive.
>>84229190
Okay, great, but how is that relevant to people who are fans of his work? His media presence (not just social media, but media and art in general) has sort of disappeared. I'm sure he's still teaching or doing consulting behind the scenes or something, just like I'm sure Bill Watterson is keeping busy. You needn't be so literal, anon.
>>84229333
Sorry, sometimes I just suck cock too long and my mind goes *pop* so I guess I misread your post.
>>84181375
What's your favorite episode? Mine is "With Friends Like These".
>>84229474
Hard to say, Pranksters is nice.
>>84229474
Rocko's Inside Job
>>84229474
I liked the one where Filburt tried candy for the first time after trick or treat and went nuts.
Also: Rinse and Spit.
>>84181375
Comfy as fuck
>>84230404
>Comfy
>>84231250
>>84181495
>>84231339
kek good joke
OH BOY WHOT A BEUTIFOOL DAY!
>>84232352NAKED
>>84229474
One of the most memorable for me has to be the one with Heffer going to hell when chocking on some chicken. As I kid, I thought that was a messed up episode, with the chicken lady turned into food and everyone waking up and shit.
>>84232620
The first time I saw the scene where Peaches' udder head spurted out milk and span around I couldn't stop laughing.
>>84217629
>>84229474
Dumbells.
>You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to order whatever you would like on the lunch menu...
>>84232733
suck a fat one buddy that one was bland
>>84233302
Well kid, that's your opinion.
