 Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of ricksty minutes. It's me. I'm I'm best I'm best and we got dig And we were fucked rich doing the show the only way that you should mm-hmm, which is under the influence of alcohol Good good. I'm keeping it sober. I'm keeping a clean cut over here Because that's that's just the kind of fucking dude. I am. What can I say? So what do you think of this episode here did you? Um, it's all right. I like the concept and there were a couple of lines of dialogue that were Rewarding to me on a meta level More so than perhaps much of the episode. Yeah Um, I Feel like while I like this as an episode idea. It's weird that they framed this as a replacement for dimensional cable Because I don't think it was really that similar Maybe they just did that to assure us that they weren't going to do one this season, but like oh, so Because I was expecting Because in season two when they did it Rick did a fourth wall break and said like we're doing it again because everyone loved it last right, right, um, I didn't think they'd do it a third time because a they've done it twice already and be the response to the second one was not nearly as favorable as the original um So I was thinking that if like if they addressed it at all There will be another fourth wall break and we got that at the start of the episode, right? That was really gratifying for me on a meta level. Yeah the fact that Rick said we're doing this instead of dimensional cable and I went Oh, like of course, but then I think that Accidentally set me up to expect it to be anything like dimensional cable, which it's really not. Yeah Yeah, instead of like crazy vignettes where they I don't know like they just spitball lines and then animate around them in a very very appealing aesthetic kind of way like with Yeah, what were the the two blur two brothers shit? It's just called two brothers. Yeah, like that's that's classic shit that everybody loves that and this was just this is just like a Bunch of mini Rick and Morty adventures just smashed into one thing and they were all new they were all original That they were cool, but yeah, like I come away a bit lukewarm, you know, it's a bunch of episodes that that were like Decent, you know, well, that's even selling it short They were they were good as some of them were like quite interesting and quite funny But in the end we're just left with a bunch of like shallow experiences that were kind of like cheap fun Yeah, and but the weird thing about it is that they're not going this felt more like a story episode to me Like with the dimensional cable and granted the first the first dimensional cable Did have one of the most gripping Narrative moments in the show. That's the one with Jerry. The family, right? Yeah. Yeah But the dimensional cable itself is like a totally ridiculous unscripted goofy shit And I think the reason the second one wasn't as well received was that Both stories were like the dimensional cable itself was the same as before It's just a bunch of like retarded bullshit. That's hilarious But then the bee plot was also really dumb and so it didn't have the impact the original episode had this one though If they had never mentioned dimensional cable, this would have just seemed like an episode of Rick and Morty Like the point is the this idea that Rick has been taking all these memories from Morty Some of them by Morty's request and some of them because Rick got rid of them on purpose for his own reasons Usually which are hilariously petty Like yeah, probably my favorite memory is the one where Rick just says a word wrong and Taking for granted taking for granted everybody. Yeah, as opposed to taking for granted and Morty calls it calls him out on it And he erased that memory from Morty's mind There's also one where Morty beat him at checkers While he was like drunk He wasn't even probably trying any still erased that memory Well, you know I'd be interested to know sort of the creation process for this episode because later on like Rick Repeatedly says several times like yo Morty you stop thinking of this is like a lesson learning thing Stop thinking of this is like a normal like narrative episode. This is a vignette episode Stop taking it so seriously like he was quite clear to make that point But it manifests like the resulting we we get of like these bunch of episodes of you know Like these micro episodes are they're good, but they're less like out there and wacky and fun than like the crazy shit You saw an interdimensional cable. Mm-hmm That's that's the thing like they're less weird than like a normal Rick and Morty episode a lot of the time Yeah, like yeah, it's just even these are the ones that are supposed to like drive him literally insane That's what we were like promised at the beginning and they did not really Usually it's just that Morty accidentally got someone killed in some kind of horrific way And that's why he had the memory erased. Yeah, and while those stories are are funny and and and fun like they're not so Weird that it doesn't feel like a normal episode of Rick and Morty But I think here's the other line that was deeply satisfied to me on a meta level Which is where at the very end of the episode when? Rick and Morty are both calling summer a bitch for no reason. She says No wonder you're arguing constantly and always behind schedule and they're like would you say it? She's like nothing and I was like There we go That's why this episode happened because Justin Roiland wanted to do another interdimensional cable and some more unscripted bullshit and Dan Harmon wants the show to be a serious You know yeah, yeah Which cuz like if you go back to the original episode Dan Harmon wrote the like the the half of the episode that was a completely serious story that was heart-wrenching Was written by Dan Harmon and the other half was Justin Roiland doing improv in a booth. Yeah, you know So I think That maybe You know there was disagreement about how the second one had gone Where maybe now I haven't listened to the commentaries on season two yet Which I've been meaning to do this whole fucking time I've never gotten around to but um you know I should and that I want to hear the commentaries on this season because I've kind of followed the production background of Rick and Morty a bit not only through reading having you know Listen to the commentaries, but also when season two was airing and I don't know if any of this has happened for season Three haven't paid enough attention, but when season two was airing for the first episode in the last episode Justin Roiland like Periscoped and live streamed The parties that they threw yeah, yeah, and during those Was during the first one was one of the most fascinating things I've ever watched in my life specifically because of the fact that Half of their people were being poached Actively at the time right like right they were talking about how their lead guy They're like they're they're their lead writer for that season had just been poached by Disney and Justin Roiland was saying like if the show Goes down hill next season. It's because we lost this guy and he said things like Who everyone was saying that like because Justin does so much on the show is why it takes so long to come out and like Just not having enough talent on the show is why it's always behind schedule and Why? You know and like because the talent that is there gets poached by better networks who can pay them or you know And so they all leave so no one stays on the show for long enough So like if Rick and Morty were to go downhill it would be because They couldn't spend two years letting Justin and Dan do everything on the show, you know Now obviously the season has been pretty great So they've they found they must have found someone this straps some shit together. Yeah, they're working out so far But like hearing them mention the idea that like oh you two argue constantly are behind schedule And the fact that it was directed at Rick and Morty like themselves like Because if it had been directed at more characters, I'd assume the whole cast or everyone involved is always arguing But like framing it that way made it like Justin and Dan are arguing all the time and always behind schedule And like it's easy to imagine that's exactly what it comes off as they're both insane people like just in the last episode of this podcast I was talking about how Dan Harmon is known for being impossible to work with a total piece of shit and Justin Royland's fucking crazy. This is a guy who last year Just leaked all this like Information about a show he was trying to like he was working with Fox on I don't know if this has been canceled by now or if it's just You know, I don't know how far along it ever was but he just like leaks all this information about his own show that he had news to me, but all right It was it he he would you do that Who was the point of that shit faced and leaked all this info and he was he he posted He posted the text logs He was having with like the like the lead writer on the show with the guy was our producer Yeah, who was telling him like what the fuck are you doing and he was screaming all caps This is new media you motherfucker like stop living in the past We're in the future now like Twitter is the future like you can't hide shit behind corporate Backgrounds and stuff like that like he's just out like he's doing what I would do. Yeah, basically Yeah, but he's doing it while trying to make a pitch to Fox or whatever So like they already owned the show like okay, okay, like it was a show that's in Pre-production that may or may not okay Look at me. I'm such a rebel while I work for a giant corporation making their cartoon like it seems like a double-snap, but okay Whatever, that's fine. I think well I think he saw it as a as a promotional thing like okay Oh, I this show in a very modern way by releasing all this information and just being Transparent about it. Yeah, okay, which is how I think you know, but but the point is that Justin Really doesn't play by the rules and he's insane You know he kind of comes from the internet. He's originally an internet Like he's from Hollywood, but he's from the Hollywood internet, you know, what do you what even is that? What is the Hollywood internet like what sort of things the Hollywood internet people do? Have you ever heard of a channel 101? I am aware of the channel 101 That's that's where Rick and Morty comes from right the original short was on there But channel 101 like was supposed to be The idea of it was that it was like people who work in TV Like it was people who were like sick of the restrictions of what TV made them do I see and so they went and made this other place where they could they could break copyright law without getting punished they could like Basically do whatever the fuck they want it was like a guerrilla filmmaking thing But like everyone involved with it was people like Dan Harmon was involved the channel 101 Like these are all people who worked in TV, but we're like looking for an escape on the internet It just didn't blow up that big the only show that I think anybody really knows is yacht rock and cautionary tales of swords Which are of course of course But that's why those shows have a little bit more production than the average YouTube show because like it was a channel They were trying to launch online Which Dan Harmon tried to do recently like his show Harmon Town Which was the Dungeons and Dragons show do you know about that? Oh, that's right. I know of it in general. I haven't seen any of it Yeah, they just animated like over a done like they played D&D live in front of an audience and then animated the campaign It's all right. It sounded like a terrible. I'm not Harmon town Okay, nobody understands that D&D is the most boring thing in the fucking world if you're not actually playing but it's even It's barely even fine. Well, okay, if they know what they're doing that's it's all right Is this that show that you see the fucking trailers for on like YouTube ads and shit all the time because it looks like the worst thing ever Are you implying that I watch YouTube ads? Well, I mean just I skip them as much as possible All I know about it is that it was on this new like Dan Harmon and a bunch of other people tried to create Like their own Hulu like a subscription service to watch like specific shows But it went as well as title did right you're trying to do the same thing Which is you can't take people away from the websites They want to use and make them pay to watch content that they don't even know what it is, you know Yep, no one's gonna download titles so they can hear the new Kanye West album if they haven't already heard it and confirmed They liked it and they just want to pay for it normally But anyways Like there's a reason I didn't buy 444 Jay-Z. I downloaded that shit cuz can't buy it anywhere It's only on fucking title. Who's gonna do that not me Well, not that it matters to him. He has a little money in any case Okay, so that's all cool But I just did want to say about all that whole point basically tied into that meta comment that summer makes at the end of this episode here And okay, so like yes that that is the lampshade hanging sort of explain You know it possibly as you just placed it forward Explaining like why this episode seems to be disjointed and have like a half that's you know Story base that doesn't really go anywhere and then the other freeform thing that also feels kind of awkward So okay, we've got we've got this basically explanation, but that doesn't retroactively make the episode more entertaining or like more good It just gives me sort of a sense of satisfaction like it isn't interesting It's an interesting thought about like why this production is why it took season three so long to come out You know why they released the April 1st episode that took another three months for the episode right after the season, you know like Just the idea that Dan and Justin fight all the time is entertaining to me because I could easily imagine it you know like these guys are insane people and I Don't know if that's why the episode itself is like how it is But it would certainly explain why like I could easily imagine Justin being like why not do Episode like why not do another interdimensional cable? Yeah, why not? I love it, you know and Dan being like Um fucking Dan I don't know man I I almost feel like it's a waste of time to even go into any of the details of the episode like the moon by the way Kind of funny, I guess I don't even blame them for that because of the fact that like I loved the second International cable, but that one did get a lot of flak like I know people who think that episode is bad and like imagine why I Guess monkey said I think monkeys dissed that episode before really But what's his argument that it's just too redundant. It's just the same idea again I think I think just because I mean the Jerry half of the episode is not that funny. That's true I'll give him that but and and the skits aren't as memorable as the first time I just feel like I could watch an infinite number of those that's what I was gonna say They don't all have to be as good as one another I will watch as many of those as you make cuz they're fucking hilarious in concept alone, you know I feel the very same But uh, you know, I could see why that episode was pretty criticized so I could see why they'd not want to take that route again Yeah, I guess so I Don't know man I got nothing to fucking say about like the individual like oh it was so funny when the worm came out of Morty's mouth They were like lol, it's poof. Just pinch it off, dude, you know Okay, I got a laugh out of that but then like I don't know like the joke dragged a little bit And I was like, okay, I get it Let's wrap this thing up the moon man joke dragged and like like the high point of the joke of the moon man thing was like a Huh, huh? Okay, I get it. Yeah, it's good. You know, I agree. There was no there was no real massive peak lol He's jacking the dude off when he thinks he's torturing him Kind of funny, but like it's I don't yeah, like that weren't that funny the funniest line in the episode by far to me is immediately after Rick and Morty accidentally mind-wipe themselves and After Morty's first memory he says I guess we're kind of like the men in black Yeah, he asks Rick if he remembers men in black and Rick says I've only got men in black too And he says well then you get the concept that he goes well actually it's mostly random callbacks I lost it at that joke A couple more at the end of the episode all the jokes that really made me laugh weren't even in the memories except for when when Morty beat Rick at checkers and that made me that was good I went back and watch some of those like really fast clip show things that went by yeah like there was some I like when they Can cram the fast ones were better than the long ones. I know they were they were but then again You know, honestly, some of them felt like they were legitimately like rejected ideas from the show. Yeah Yeah, like they would man one could have been a full episode if they wanted to be We're just like all of these were just things that they thought of for like minor subplots and then didn't do and then Let's just fill an episode with all of our extra bullshit that we thought was kind of you know The way that at the beginning like Rick is like oh, we're doing a clip show, but they're all new clips Like oh these are these are ideas we threw away, but at least they're new here They are everybody, you know, we got them on the table the way he phrased it made it sound like it was yeah stuff They'd thrown out, you know, you know what I'm just gonna pin this one on the fucking women writers those goddamn fucking women writers You can't trust them as far as you can throw them Why they got a ruined Rick and Morty in every way like this actually my favorite scene is when Morty's gonna kill himself and Rick is like inspired to join him in a suicide pack. I don't like that That's just such a Rick moment like that's what I love about his character is the idea that he'd be like, you know what? I am down to kill myself. Let's do this motherfucker, you know Yeah, I like that reckless side and then some are coming in just like oh you guys are doing this again I was like, oh you got me Yeah, we all got cocked. I wanted to see him fucking die. I really like this idea that Rick Because he's so insanely well-prepared and has so much shit set up And generally is only kind of afraid of death. We'll just let these scenarios play out like You know, he he openly says this isn't the first time we've done this like we've literally gone down this road before Just because he can write all his memories after it's over, you know And like the fact that he has set ups for even if him and Morty accidentally wiped like even this has happened before Even them forgetting it happened has happened before that's right. That's right And there's preparations for it and I Yeah, that's what I love about Rick and this show. That's good stuff. And you know, and just the idea of Yeah, like it makes sense that it just reinforces the whole thing Like not only is rick able to go to infinite realities and like just if everyone dies here He'll just go somewhere else. Everyone's fine Like so he you know his detachment has begun at that point But now even though he's able to just remove memories from himself and anyone else and replace them It's just another layer of like, yeah, like why would I give a shit about anything? I like I can just nothing nothing nothing matters whatsoever. Yeah, it's all just entertaining, you know and Um, I think this episode was helped for me also by the fact that I actually I watched the first 15 minutes and then I had to stop because I had to do other shit And then I watched the last five minutes just now and I really think the last five minutes saved the episode Like I think up till that point. I thought it was okay And I was like, all right, this is there's moments in here. I like but some of it's dumb The very end I thought is the best part like just when when it actually when it stops being just a clip show and becomes about them You know doing the suicide pact and like this meta idea that they've been doing this before was way funnier than any of the actual stories They told That's true. Yeah, I don't know man. I was just pretty disappointed overall in terms of uh, the laugh o meter Yeah, I don't know the stories were not that good They really felt cutting room. They didn't feel original and like They felt like stuff that wasn't supposed to be in the show that you watch and go Oh, that should have been cut like I know why you guys didn't put that in the episode because it wasn't that good, you know Yeah, I don't know maybe maybe that's why she was maybe that's also part of the reference to them being behind schedule is like they Don't have time so they threw in an episode of like, you know Half complete shit who knows? Yeah, who will never know I can't wait for I cannot wait for the commentaries for this episode because I think this episode While by itself is not that great Will be far more interesting to hear it talked about than it will be to have watched it That's a great point. I would love to hear the commentary on this episode. Yeah. Yeah More than any other episodes so far this season Yeah, and I have a very different kind of engagement with this show. I think then This you know, this is I think we should address this Nate. This has been a weirdly controversial podcast a lot of the time On occasion, that's true I think it might just be because Like people watch this who make like maybe there's a lot of people who watch this who just are rick and morty fans Like maybe these episodes get found I have no idea because they do get pretty high view counts for For views shows on this channel they get more views than any other thing on this channel. It's true Yeah, which is really weird. Yeah But the comments are often like aggressively against us and they have bigger dislike bars than our normal videos so I think people come in here just looking for rick and morty reviews and When we for instance of the last episode went on a seven-minute rant about Whether or not dan harman is a liberal cuck. Yeah, we got a lot of flak for that They can fuck off. That's the good shit. That's the good shit. Yeah No, but that's sometimes it's I mean for one thing like with this episode the whole time watching the episode I thought I'm gonna have nothing to say about this Like I wasn't even sure if I was gonna be able to do a podcast until the meta thing came through and I went Well, I can talk about that for 20 minutes, you know, and that's filled up 90 percent of the time We've been talking right now Yeah Yeah worried for you Uh, I'm never worried. I have developed a level of confidence that can talk for any amount of time about anything I'll find a way. Yeah, that's that's how I felt. Uh, I was just basically gonna reiterate how Unfunny I don't want to like oversell how unfunny this was. It was like I did get some chuckles I got some smiles. There were some goofs in there like the fact that the moon man wings strong six episode Yeah, I think around there around there like I actually I watched it twice actually just because I had time while I was editing some other shit And the first time I I liked it more the first time Because I just let I let it wash over me and just let the memes fall where they may and was like, yeah pretty positive Then the second yeah, I'm I'm imagining watching the whole moon man Section again and like no it wouldn't be worth it. Yeah, it's not that funny like the payoff wasn't that good The idea that he was literally a smudge on the lens doesn't really make sense It makes he moves he moves in like the first thing So like it makes literally no sense, but that was that's kind of what makes it funny that it makes I don't know that makes it funnier to me. No, all right Oh, he he literally was a smudge on the lens. That's Rick Rick and Morty really does a good job of basically explaining everything and never contradicting its own logic And that definitely does contradict its own logic in a way that one could criticize I just think that like it's a wash like who cares if that like doesn't make sense in in this particular case Uh, but you know it's a fair criticism if I was the mysterious mr. Enter, which I am I would deduct massive points for that Tragic logical break Probably the most predictable joke in the entire show and maybe it's fine that it's predictable is when Rick types in like twisty ties or whatever Into his magnet and gets a bunch of them, which I thought that was really funny And then as soon as it shows morty typing in and I went he's typing in tits And then a bunch of chicks with huge tits fly into the house and I went yep I you know like I think it was less funny because I knew exactly because it was obvious Like what if it had been anything else, it would have been funnier because I didn't predict it I mean, but it was exactly what I thought it would be they're going pretty okay I noticed that specifically all those women were also redheaded So like it's clearly like a jessica thing that he was doing at that moment They're really going hard with the jessica thing like I honestly that kind of like is it's been annoying me a little bit Why is morty so into this one girl like wouldn't he just fuck anyone? What's the deal? What's the deal here? I honestly feel like it's kind of a feminine perspective here like, uh, You know like as a guy I'd fuck anyone I'd fuck anyone What how is that a feminine perspective that he is more in love with jessica? I think it's just that they're taking that direction You don't think it's it seems more feminine to be fixated on like one person and and have that kind of Because the men the men sew the field the men sew the field the women. I don't think so at all Whatever man You're like the 90 existence of sluts right now like what are you talking about? We're having the exact debate right now from eyes wide shut between Natalie Portman and Tom Cruise You should but that's exactly the debate we're having right now one of my favorite movies everybody watch it I highly doubt that that is At all involved in the intentions. I think they're trying to make jessica a more important character because she's gonna be relevant She has been getting more scenes. That's true because if you watch if you go back to season one um Jessica we we mentioned this before that she was kind of a non it like she's just a girl who Morty has a crush on every once in a while They feed you a little idea that maybe she could like him in that classic 80s movie kind of way But it's not that important and like in the episode where morty gets a sex spot. He doesn't seem to give a fuck And granted in the last episode he objectively fucked a bunch of mermaids. He sure did morty's not a virgin So like I think in season one The idea was more morty's this dorky virgin and he likes this girl because he's just into her But at this point, I think it's more that he legitimately Finds her more attractive than anyone else And why I've never heard a reason like why I think I think they want to make her a major character Well, that would explain it I guess even though that that's not really She hasn't done anything other than be hot and he's fucked countless mermaids Some people have some people just have one person there my fucking brother victor chased his The girl he's now dating he chased for six years because he literally couldn't find anyone else attractive Oh boy, we're gonna get into serious red pill territory if I go down this road Let's let's not dig too deep into that Happens to some people happens to people they they just have a single a single target sexuality You know, I can't relate like someone someone is so Imagine okay, imagine Nate. Like you've probably never met someone who who just seems Absolutely perfect. The closest thing that I've ever met is this girl in college who was just super hot That's that's the closest I could get but imagine imagine you met a girl who's so perfect Like so insanely attuned to everything you've ever thought or wanted That after meeting her you think there's no way I can ever be happy with anyone else Because she's just that perfect like like I've seen the top of the mountain How could I settle for sitting on the side of the mountain? Okay, you know what when I when I find myself in a situation like that, here's where my mind goes Okay, I know for a fact that nobody's perfect. So what's wrong with me that I think this person will complete me The what's wrong? What do I need to fix about myself that I need this like addition in my life defense mechanism Yeah, I think for that I think because it's not a good position to be in if they don't love you It leaves you vulnerable. You can't be doing that Some people like my brother get lucky and they eventually do love you back But that's a rare thing man. It's a rare thing. Yeah, it's a rare thing Um, but you know, I I get it like I get why if someone like if the only thing you find attractive is like a red head with tits this size who's this tall and like Everyone else you fuck is second best to that like you fuck some girl who might be a nine out of 10 But is that going to distract you from the 10 out of 10? You know like you're always going to be thinking about the especially if it's within grasp because jessica's kind of Within grasp. That's true. Like I'm sure in morty's mind. He thinks like she lives near me It's not like it wouldn't be weird if we got together, you know, you know, I feel I feel like it's a little bit that they want to have their cake and eat it too uh that they want morty to be woke as fuck and uh, you know, like this Increasingly sociopathic guy, you know, who's also got some morals and shit But then they also wanted to be like a naive kid with like this innocent crush I think they want to have both ways a little bit. I think that's always been the case in this show Like I think it's it kind of bothered me In season two when some episodes morty was like this hard ass and then other episodes. He's a fucking retard, right, you know and um I mean, that's always the problem when you've got a bunch of writers That's sort of the the problem of like the the archetype of what of the character that morty is based on Versus like the character progression throughout the show, you know Yeah, and I think season three has done a much better job of keeping him consistent Like I agree. He's he's felt pretty consistently woke throughout the season. I haven't really felt like He was just a naive retard Um much this time. It's just the just thing really I guess that stands out to me, you know I think that's why that's why I think she's supposed to be a major character Like I think there's going to be some kind of development in that relationship And that's why they want us to keep us it in mind and if that's not the case it will be weird Like why bring her up so much unless you're going to do something about it Um, I agree. I agree Because I don't remember her coming up that much in season two She definitely did not the most that she ever did was like the most important Jessica has been before this season was like That episode where he like made her fall in love with him and then she you know was just mind controlled to love She was fairly relevant in season one Like she's probably mentioned in more than half the episodes of season one But season two I don't remember being a big deal, but I haven't rewatched season two I've seen season one like four times. So I'm a bigger expert in that. I forget Cronenberg is season two, right? That's one. Fuck. Okay. I can't get that's like episode six. That's where they killed the family and yeah, that's the other universe Okay, well whatever All right. Well good tangent. See see that's the kind of quality you get on ricksty man That's that's the good stuff Yeah, and an episode that neither of us had anything to say about turned into one of the longest episodes of the podcast That's true. That's how that's how we do. Yeah, normally these are under 30 minutes. Oh, that's cool There you go. So there you go. Enjoy your various pills of wokeness and uh Sleepiness and specifically that like you know that shack like asleep and then woke with like the glowing eyes Yeah, that's yeah, that's the one All right, I've had to piss for 25 minutes. Okay sounds good my dude. We'll see you guys next week with a new episode. Bye. Bye