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If I had no clue what this show was, and someone just showed me the characters, I would definitely guess that Mr. Birchum was the antagonist. He looks angry with the more rigid design and red shirt and his expression is also quite angry. Angry people are usually antagonists.
Okay, but if Mr. Birchum was a liberal, imagine how differently the conservatives would react to that scene where he invites a bunch of kids to his house after school for "Extra credit."
Damn, they're gonna be ready to accuse and stereotype the LGBT community as a bunch of groomers as if the MAP pride shenanigans isn't enough to frame the LGBT community for years
Birchum could, in theory, be actually criminally charged with child abduction when he did this, especially considering how much he emphasized how their parents are NOT supposed to be told about it, and he was taking them to a location their parents were not aware of. Which makes me wonder HOW he got all the kids there without their parents dropping them off and knowing where they were.
Hank Hill would absolutely call out Mr. Birchum. To his face. "Having your own kids help you build your own deck is _one thing._ Having other people's children build your deck _for you_ is an entirely _different_ thing, and it's something a colossal jackass would do! Don't you see what you're doing? You're not making wood shop better, you're making home improvement _worse!"_
That last line 10/10 The point of home improvement for hard working men is you’re supposed to have fun doing it yourself or with friends, not forcing a bunch of kids to do it while you watch. I don’t know about yall but I don’t want a bunch of kids anywhere NEAR my patio
It is almost like their target audience is colossal jackasses. That being said, the way conservatives treat their children tends to be pretty deplorable, but they have built an entire ethics system that makes it 'ok' since it is simply the natural order.
@@ravenkills the daily wire is not a conservative organization real conservatives should probably attack the daily wire because Neo Con's are exactly that they are CONS
@@michaelcoward1902 it's the problem with when you're just angry, they're so obsessed with making liberals look bad that they forget to make conservatives look good
You know what's interesting to me about Hank Hill as a character? One of his most defining characteristics is his *fragility*. So many episodes are defined by the things he *can't* do, because he isn't comfortable with doing it, and then usually he comes around to realizing it was never that bad. He doesn't want to tend flowers because he thinks it's unmanly, and then he tries it and likes it. He doesn't want to dance with his dog because he thinks it's silly and then he tries it and finds it fun. He doesn't want to go down the women's hygiene aisle but he forces himself to do so for Connie's sake. For as mature as he is, he also displays a lot of insecurity, and that gives him depth. That gives him room to grow as a person. Hank *isn't* perfect or right all the time, and he isn't an example of what objectively correct opinions to have, but of how best to evaluate different situations.
Losing it at the fact that they made a show to be "offensive for liberals" meanwhile the only ones that got offended are the super conservative causes they dared to have a gay character
My dad is a boomer and pretty conservative but he's absolutely taken by Bob's burgers. Despite the transvestites, the gay pride and all the other subtle hints of woke stuff, it's because it's not jarring it's presented in a way that you'd encounter it in life also fantastic characters.
@@c1a2t3a4p5i6l7l8a9r I feel like it's similar to how more liberal people can love Hank Hill. If the characters are well rounded and likeable you'll still find them endearing even if they're at your opposite political spectrum.
@@lollybowser the reality is politics are such a small thing that's why shows that focus on them do so poorly. Hank is endearing because his character is a person. Yeah we know he voted for Regan and he's not to keen on modern ideas but he's a loving accepting father, he's kind he sticks with Bill through the worst. He's someone you want to know even if he has a different opinion on electric cars or whatever. He's really just a little uptight and who can blame him once you know his father. The fact that I can talk about a cartoon character like it's a real person is a testament to the quality. They focused on the character not the politics. That's why he's a good character. As with Bill Dale and boomhauer. Peggy Joseph Bobby Lou Anne redcorn Khan, all of them. They have flaws but you live then more because of it.
Here's the thing: Hank Hill is a conservative by 2000's standards. He is a conservative that would vote for Bush and Romney. He is a conservative that would say "Obama got some good ideas, but I just don't think they're feasible with our economy" or "Penalizing me for not having healthcare ain't American" He isn't what conservative is in 2024. I wholeheartedly believe Hank would have NEVER voted for Trump. And wiped his forehead and sighed pit of relief that Cotton was dead by that point so he couldn't have voted for him. It's a very important distinction. Hank Hill was John McCain conservative. Not whatever the hell is going on today conservative.
Hank Hill would say Nazis are bad. Not to mention, when he is presented with a person who doesn't conform to strict gender norms he learns to see them as completely valid.
I haven't watched this show (definitely been considering it though) and I was honestly turned off at first when I heard he was conservative. Like, why would I want to watch a show where the main protagonist wants to take away my rights? And I was super confused that people who are supportive of the LGBTQ community loved it. Makes sense now that I know he's not a modern conservative.
I think part of the problem with conservative humor is that it's not actually a joke. they actually mean what they say. Like, when they say "you've never seen a vegan wolf" they actually mean it in all sincerity, as if wolves and humans are the same species and totally comparable. But if you play an actual documentary about sea horses, they get mad.
It really does suck. The show aged horribly. The fact that he has a son that looks to be in his mid -twenties really makes you question which vet Mr. Birchum is because if he is a Vietnam vet he would be in his 70s. If he was a gulf war vet he wouldn't have the betrayal narrative that conservatives push about the Vietnam war.
Fun fact, when birchum breaks the table saw, it’s because he is using it very wrong. The blade is installed backwards (teeth go into wood, his isn’t) He’s putting it in the wrong side (if blade was installed correctly it would push the wood up and forward, pulling him into the blade) The blade is way too high (the bottom of the topmost tooth should be ~1/8 of an inch above the wood, he has it several inches up) He does not know how to use a table saw
@Dwwthemogger aw great, it's ville with a different name. Also, your content consists of a 25-second-long apology video and a Skibidi Toilet compilation. Saber wins by a landslide
Hank is also not written like an asshole. He gets frustrated, we've all been there. But he's never malevolent or a massive jerk, he will legitimately show good faith.
Because KOTH was written by people wanting to write good characters and tell good stories instead of pander to the "GRRR YOUNG PEOPLE BAD, FUCK THE LEFT, ME BIG STRONG CONSERVATIVE RAAAAHHH" crowd.
@astartes3280 im sorry that "normal" in your space is illiteracy. 47% of Americans have a reading level of 2nd grade or below so dont feel alone. You are sadly not alone.
@astartes3280 I mean, generally if you use a word, you are expected to know what it means. If you don't, then you should probably just spend five seconds googling it.
wait, so the man bun teacher is the BAD GUY for reporting that a grown man brought a bunch of students to his personal residence outside of class hours?.... regardless of political alliance bringing your class of children to your house is weird as fuck
Mr. Birchum is literally just a grown up Caillou. The whole show is just him whining and complaining, but he never gets any consequences. Everyone just caves in and gives him what he wants
16:42 Wait wait wait... You're telling me.. the main character of an anti-woke show... was in the *_Navy_* ... which is literally stereotyped by other branches of the military as being the "gayest" ? They did _not_ think this through lmao
Actually, they did. As in the other comments, there are a lot of "interesting coincidences" around his character. Everyone is getting all wet over their ASSUMPTION that he is being held up as the character to identify with. But it looks to me like he is just a different kind of buffoon just like manbun is.
Hank Hill is a conservative but he's a well adjusted conservative. He's very emotionally mature at the best of times, and when he does make mistakes, they're often reconciled by the end of the episode. The non-profit food market episode this video shows a clip of, Hank thought they were all a bunch of hippies but he still became a regular volunteer because he agreed with the premise of it, and ended up helping them, instead of spending every 5 minutes mocking them incorrectly like Mr Birchum would have. Hank Hill is genuinely a guy I'd enjoy the company of. Birchum I kinda just want to bitch slap.
I’ve never really watched King of the Hill but from what I’ve seen he seems like a pretty reasonable that as long as your genuine and reasonable he will get along with you
@@kreigguardsman3355 he’s had his moments where he lacked empathy and is stuck in his ways, but hardly someone I’d call outwardly hateful Great show though I’d recommend it. Probably one of the few American animated sitcoms I can actually stand
@@kreigguardsman3355Hank Hill respects you, even if he doesn't agree. And potentially will adjust his views, or at least simply shake his head and then go do whatever it is his own way.
Hank Hill is the average conservative and I wish that tv would recognize it and advertise that as the picture of conservatism instead of whatever the fuck it is now.
not to mention a teacher inviting children to his house and explicitly telling them to NOT TELL THEIR PARENTS OR TEACHERS is actually EXTREMELY SKETCHY AND CONCERNING. SO. YEAH.
I'm glad this show isn't intended for children, because the thought that they could see this and think it's okay for a teacher to ask them to come to their house and not tell anybody is horrifying.
Adam Carolla's just unlikable and thinks "because woke." He's also too unimaginative to not create characters who are basically just different mouths spouting his various complaints.
So apparently and this is what I saw online so don’t quote me but maybe look into it. Some people said the at the original version of this show and character and I mean like way back years ago was that he was meant to be a stereotype. Like an over the top representation of conservative white men (totally off the hook kinda stuff) but instead they apparently decided to play him straight (no pun intended) as a serious character. Maybe that’s why it doesn’t work.
@@idontevenknow9758 Yeah, he was originally a character Carolla used to play on a radio show where he was a satirical take on a cranky, bitter old man. The character was also then turned into a Crank Yankers character. They also created a pilot for a Bircham cartoon years before this one, and he was a much more sympathetic character like Hank Hill -- stuck in his ways, but still relatable and willing to learn. The Daily Wire version lacks any of that nuance and self-awareness previous versions of the character had.
King of the Hill's Hank Hill is a conservative but hes not a reactionary. Theres an episode where Peggy finds a store with shoes that fit her and ends up making friends with a bunch of trans women and drag queens and Hank is really just happy that his wife found somewhere she fits in a little bit better
Exactly. I feel that there needs to be a distinction between a real conservative and a reactionary wingnut. Wingnuts are not conservatives! The GOP is not worthy to be called Republicans! As a Left/progressive person, I can respect a conservative, even if we may disagree on issues. A conservative is about being a bit "old fashioned" and values being prudent, careful and respectable and are "Live and let live". A wingnut is a hateful bully who sees being a jerk as a virtue and wants to impose on everyone.
@@BioGoji-zm5ph Except actual conservative people would never be "okay" with drag queens. Especially with all the sexualized shit coming out on cable news regarding them.
If an entire class fails your class, isn't that a failure of the teacher and not of the students? Not much of an introspective lesson when the teacher blames the students.
I love how every single slacker willingly shows up at the house of a teacher that they hate. If there’s one thing slackers love and always do, it’s extra credit. Also, the kids can’t drive yet, so did their parents all agree to dropping them off a grumpy stranger’s house? Or was the bus driver ok with unpaid child labor?
@Spanishdog17 If I remember correctly in the show, Mr. Birchum told them to not tell their parents and he picked them up in a van. He didn't get anyone's permission
@shinysoda6 I'm just imagining him rolling up in a windowless van lol wasn't that an episode of the Simpsons, but the punchline was they actually watched Itchy and Scratchy?
Funny how the “woke” teacher is the villain for not wanting to drink alcohol and complain about his life and worst of all, caring about children’s safety?!? At least the “woke” teacher seems like a happy, healthy dude unlike the other characters whose main traits are pent up anger and wanting everything their way. This show is really making me like this walking liberal stereotype.
A good chunk of the serious conservative audience are evangelicals and Mormons who don't even approve of drinking alcohol! But Adam Carolla is, uh, well probably an alcoholic? (A quick search suggests even his own regular audience suspects this.) So of course he thinks that sobriety is a "woke" thing. Come to think of it, Roseanne Barr has also suggested she knows she has a drinking problem, before, when relating how John Goodman got sober and she didn't. In that light, this messaging is REALLY dark.
That's a good point. These things so often backfire. For example, I really do NOT like Trump but it's the liberal political ads that makes me want to vote conservative.
yeah it's like I was saying, they managed to make the strawman villain infinitely less hateable than the main character, which just shows how lacking in self-awareness these people are.
@@poweroffriendship2.04chan isn’t conservative. it’s chaos. there’s people of all political alignments there and most people just troll so you don’t know who’s serious and who isn’t.
20:01 I can't believe they went with "Romeo and Romeo" instead of, like, "Romeo and Julio". That was so easy to come up with. And this went through several professionals?
They arent professionals though, everyone making it were all failed attempted creatives for being so laughably terrible and uncreative, i.e. Ben Shapiro.
Imagine their reaction to Heathers musical. The song my dead gay son, in one scene a boyfriend is submissive, and there some instances where the main actresses were wlw. Which musicals are known to be lgbt.
Yeah and that's if he joined at the tail end of the conflict and was 18. This means he wouldn't be old enough to be considered a vet at the time. It also doesn't help that the way he talks about the war makes it sound like he was a pencil pusher. Most people who served in the field if I recalled were high school drop outs who were forced to go. If you had a collage degree you were most likely an officer and stayed away from the front at least in the beginning of the conflict. I'm more shocked that Birchum didn't come out depressed and angry like a lot of people who were forced to serve.
They literally could have still said that he was a vet but still had to add the Vietnam bit just to make him sound cool with no regard to the actual history is...incredible. If anything you know anything about the Vietnam War it was one of the most "woke" moments in history because Americans were HIGHLY against it the more they learned about upon hearing how inhumane it was to which hippie culture grew really popular as a result. They could have just said his dad was a vet or his great uncle but they had to make him special somehow with no regard of the timeline.
@@kappadarwin9476you forget, this show is for CONSERVATIVES this means that the show’s main protagonist needs to be a PATRIOT despite anachronisms and being an asshole
I mean, well done steak just isn’t that easy to eat, and basically has no moisture. Even medium well is pretty good, because the traces of moisture are still there.
Oof. Unfortunate that I am drunk but prefer the darker steak because would definitely take Hank over the guy who would probably call me the r slur in his class for existing while disabled and queer
I'm a gay man with left-leaning politics, but even *I* know that well done steaks are only for people with weak constitutions, or cheap cuts of meat that you buy on discount. It'd be easier to eat an old pleather shoe than an overcooked steak.
@@aaronabbey2604 The third option literally has a dead worm in his head that ate part of his brain. I have no loyalty to the Democratic party, but nobody else is willing to nominate someone who isn't a complete disaster.
Pretty sure that’s not correct, but very close to the major problem of the show. He’s not supposed to be perfect, or constantly spouting things people agree with. Problem is he has so many “own the libs” moments that everyone, especially those left leaning, think he’s supposed to always be voicing the “right view.” Think there’s actually a decent concept behind it, but it’s hidden behind some terrible writing. Check out how he treats his son. Like he’s trash. But, unlike what Saberspark claimed, the son is not actually a loser. He’s got 50k subscribers, is acknowledged for what he does, and appears pretty content with himself. Heck, he’s even adopted some of the “virtues” of his dad, though in his own way. Ending of episode 1 has Birchum grudgingly show some respect.
The distinct lack of beer gut on a cartoon comedy protagonist really seals in the Gary stu quality. Even, God's second favorite son, Flanders look meek until he gets naked.
And since they have no idea what it really means since many of our Founders were their century's version of Woke Thomas Paine was the most Woke among them since he never had slaves.
What about the ones that are woke and only think about "fixing" the world to make it the way they want?. Just a curious question, cuz i feel this issue is in both sides of the dispute
@@Gonzas97 Being woke is trying to make it possible for the widest range of different people to exist. I don’t see a lot of valid good faith arguments against that.
As a teacher, seeing an episode where a teacher makes students work in their spare time for own gain, then getting praised for it.... gives me such a bad taste in my mouth.
The strangest part is that conservatives insist that Teachers should have to permission to have rainbow pins or be able to tell the class that they're married to someone of the same gender because "You're shoving your personal lives down their throats!" But it's okay to literally kidnap them? As long as it's for "hard work"???
You're part of the reason a bill to lower the score for passing in public schools is under consideration. The man gave them an extracurricular opportunity to learn a real-life skill. He cared more about his students' future than he did about new rules that only hurt them in the long run. Those are the teachers that people remember decades after they've graduated. The ones that are too afraid to act for their students' own good get forgotten after a few months. Think about that.
@@JacobL228 extra activity… which involved them giving him free labour. Also, don’t try to paint him as a good guy. He belittles and bullies his students every chance he gets.
Mr. Birchum is supposed to be middle aged, yet he is depicted as a Vietnam veteran, even though that would make him 67 at the youngest in 2024 where the series takes place.
The only times they reference the 2020s is when they reference Tiktok and Gilbert Gottfried's death. They should have had it take place in the 2000s or early 2010s.
@@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024 Yeah. Upon further consideration, 2000 is way too early, because of the references and smartphone technology in the show. You're right; 2010 seems more reasonable.
@@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024 The woke teacher couldn't exist if it was the 2000s. If it was the 90s he would've been a hippie like that Beavis & Butthead's teacher, but the two jokes Birchum has wouldn't work.
@@MkfShard IKR! Like, feels so weird trying to talk to them about issues from my side of the world (Europe) without them saying stuff like "The Liberals did it" and I'm like "Dude, context..." Like, sorry, but why is BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS now a Politics thing you can "Disagree" on?! O_O
Hank Hill is a pre-Fox News conservative: more concerned with his yard than his neighbor's, but if his neighbor's is on-fire, he'll show up with a hose. Also kinda hilarious how Birchum wants to "teach kids real skills that will get them real jobs" when those jobs were shipped overseas by Reagonomics. It's the same ol' story as the worker who gets mad at the immigrant who "stole" his job rather than the boss that fired him to maintain his bonus.
But that’s what both sides complain about. Some people think jobs are a zero sum game and get mad if we import products or have immigrants move here. I’m not upset either way and in fact encourage more free trade and immigration. More liberalism is better for all - protectionism hurts everyone statistically. I’d rather own my business than work in a bomb factory like my great grandma. Reagan and Clinton etc weren’t perfect but they were better than isolationist Trump MAGA BS and protectionist progressives.
@@mathiasrrybathe specifically stayed in several episodes of King of the Hill that the hills attend Ireland first Methodist when we go to church therefore Hank Hill is a Methodist he's just not an Evangelical Christian but they wrote him in as a Protestant Methodist dial Christian and a old school conservative that is not really into the bigotry a lot of modern conservatives are but he rather not have to deal with too much bureaucracy and red tape funny thing is Hank Hill and King of the Hill but particularly the character of Hank Hill is a quite popular one with leftists almost every socialist I know including myself loves Hank Hill. But yeah Hank is a Methodist that's a common thing in the show
Its really pathetic that a show like Veggie Tales, a literal christian show made by Christian people teaching christian lessons is less preachy and condescending than this. Its also somehow even more mean-spirited than South Park
@Mr.Snekofsnex oh yeah absolutely. I still consider it the gold standard for entertainment with a clear message that is still just quality art. And so much amazing music
@@Mr.Snekofsnex Yeah, I left the church years ago and was never religious, but VeggieTales understood how to tell a good story with the message (Bible verse) it wanted to use. It earned the respect it had. It would never survive today because of how Christianity, at least in the USA, has shifted in message and tone.
@@arseniclover basicly it means someone who thinks that; hetero sexuality should be the norm, but they are using it as a sexuality in of its self but its more of a part of a world view so in the context it makes not sense lol,
if i had a dollar for every time i saw this trope in modern conservative media, i'd be so rich. this is coming from somebody who really doesn't consume a lot of tv shows in general btw
@@mathieul4303 That is somewhat true, too much empathy CAN be a weakness. After all, you might end up trusting the wrong kind of people if you empathize too much with them. That’s why it’s always important to exercise caution when dealing with people. Likewise, having absolutely no empathy is also a weakness. It can lead to people building bad behavior, and treating/belittling others cruelly when there really is no reason to do so other than because they can, and they won’t hold themselves accountable for their own actions. That’s why these so called “modern conservatives” see empathy as a threat: because it can lead to people questioning and holding them accountable for their actions when they’re wrong, like any responsible adult would. Therefore, they attack and ridicule anyone who remotely feels any empathy. And that’s also why a lot of these comedies fall flat on their faces: the writers need to have a sense of empathy to make the jokes relatable, which they aren’t.
@@funkymunky7935 How am I not being empathetic? There’s nothing in the show to emphasize with, especially if you compare it to King of the Hill. All I got from this show is that it’s bitter and condescending. There’s like a joke or two in there that’s a little funny (like the vegan wolf joke), but that’s about it. 🤷🏼♂️
You can tell a lot about someone who complains about millennials while thinking that refers to teenagers. Millennials now are like 30-40. Half of the people complaining about millennials _are_ millennials and don't even realize it because "millennial" is boomer shorthand for "young person I can't relate to"
I've seen people (mainly boomers)try to define millennial as "someone born after the turn of the millennium" and refuse to accept any other definition (including the official one of "born between the early 80s-mid 90s")
As a gen z'er, its pretty much habit to refer to any young woke idiot as "millennial"... "stupid millennials" rolls off the tongue much easier than "stupid gen z'ers"
Oh yeah, I've seen that a lot. Usually someone posts about stupid millennials getting told off by some disaffected gen-xer, but the video they share is clearly a college kid (zoomer) getting told off by some disaffected millennial. The result is often someone telling a millennial who they apparently like and agree with that all millennials are trash.
On a similar note, I had a gripe with Boomer becoming a shortand for most adults when the Baby Boom happened over seventy years prior, but my issues with illogical slang are my own.
Hank Hill is conservative but he’s a loving father who doesn’t allow himself to become bigoted towards new information. He stands his ground but is willing to accept new information and when he is wrong. I really wish more shows could be like King of the Hill today. (And I don’t mean reboot another classic show!)
Hank Hill is also an honest, hard worker, happy to lend a hand on projects in his community, respects the old and the new, is willing to learn, and calls out outdated or harmful ideas. He never tries to silence anyone over their religious beliefs (not counting those weird LARPers and the cult, but I doubt you could really call those religious) and gets along with people of different ethnicities (albeit some of his naivete and ignorance of the world pops up, but he typically learns). He also knows enough about his family to know when they are genuinely interested in something or if it's just a fade that could lead to harmful traits later on. While he considers himself traditional, he loves and respects the hell out of his wife and knows when Peggy wants to do something, she'll do it. Let's not forget his crowing moment of awesomeness in the dolphin episode; if you know, you know. Hank Hill earns his title of King of the Hill.
@justarandomfoxinahat6201Or an episode on trans people he'd probably disagree with some of the lifestyle but if its just a trans person living their life bothering nobody he'd at least respect them and treat them like theyd want to be treated.
If Conservatives hated the Mr. Birchum and New Norm for being "woke" because a gay character got a limelight on screen and have the most queer fanbases, then that pretty much defeats the purpose of the premise that is supposed to be pandering towards the anti-woke crowd. Daily Wire failed their audience spectacularly.
i mean, the paragon archetype exists in stories, but that doesn't mean they don't struggle, and they still have to be likeable. you could make the argument that captain america is always right and the best, but you'd never call him an uninteresting character. the stories let you see him struggle for what's right and never act condescending in his morality, which from the sounds of this review, is the opposite of mr. birchem
Notice that while the students in the King of the Hill episode are doing wood shop projects at Hank's house, he is neither using them to complete his personal projects nor using the threat of a failing grade to secure their cooperation. That's because Hank actually values them and has a genuine interest in their education. Mr. Birchum, on the other hand...
Another thing to note is that Hank doesn't incentivize them with promise of extra credit. He's just glad that the kids are taking up a trade that he's taken an interest in.
It’s interesting how you’d think they’d want to make the character more like Hank, someone the conservative boomers can see themselves in. But instead he’s a miserable asshole who only cares about himself and pissing other people off because that’s the only joy he gets in life It seems they know their target audience well
@@Zorothegallade-gg7zg That's because he wasn't written with the intent of being polarizing or to "offend" people. He was written to be a common everyman and it was done extremely well! Mr. Birchum feels like a zany character you would see on a King of the Hill episode.
One thing that wasn't mentioned in the shop class comparison: Birchum had the kids repair HIS OWN DECK. Hank had his class repair the school bathroom. Now both activities are meant to show the kids the practical uses for the skills they're learning in order to engage them in the lessons more, which is a good thing. However, Birchum's version has him repairing HIS OWN DECK. He's literally using them as slave labor. In fact, one might posit that he failed his class in order to FORCE them to do the repair job. This is VERY unethical and absolutely should be a firable offence. Meanwhile, Hank's version has them repairing the bathrooms, a place they use every day. This job doesn't benefit Hank in the slightest, but does benefit the students doing the repairs and their community. It teaches personal responsibility, the value of giving back to the community, and shows the kids how their skills can be used to help others. Birchum's activity is blatantly self-serving, while Hank's activity is highly valuable and educational. Birchum is just so obviously the bad guy here it's ludicrous.
@@pennywiselivesinmybackyard2057yeah, he also specifically tells the students NOT to tell ANYONE (including parents specifically) where they are. Birchum is lucky the other teacher recorded it, otherwise people would think he's a predator
Birchum sounds like the kind of vet other vets hate. The guy who believed all the war movies, who would try to go Rambo. Who thought he was the main character. Birchum feels like he would endanger those in his unit a lot by disobeying orders.
Reminds me of a story I read once about John Wayne and when he'd perform USO shows. The troops hated him, because they had to deal with so many dumb new recruits that seemed to think they could act like John Wayne in an actual war.
@@brettwood1351 Frankly the recruiters like to roll with that because they know it gets butts in the office... Not every 17 year old takes the ASVAB and gets to be in Special Warfare doing active combat shit... most of them are going to be filing paperwork as clerical staff, working in mechanics, operating a forklift, or standing at the guard shack checking IDs. And all of them will deal with meetings, office bullshit, and bureaucracy.
The problem with a lot of conservative entertainment is that it seems to exist solely for political reasons, rather than to try and actually entertain. As a result, it ends up pretty much appealing to absolutely no one aside from twitter conservatives (who are usually too busy being angry on twitter to watch a TV show).
Which, funnily enough, is exactly what they accuse woke stuff of being. They’ll complain a show which incorporates its message into the story is ‘woke’ and doesn’t care about entertaining, but now this show’s doing just that but they don’t care because they actually agree with the message
Hold on, hold the phone, lets get something straight This teacher took his child students to his home, incentivising them to work on a project on his personal property, for extra credit, without the school board knowing... that is the premise of that plot And yet, the guy who went to the schoolboard to say "uh... was he allowed to do this?" and being told "no actually, he wasn't allowed to do this" is somehow the bad guy???
@@KiboSanti suuuus You know when Hank got in trouble, he didn’t think there was a problem. Making the students keep it secret means he acknowledges there’s a problem to be mad about in the first place.
@@kaylaa2204I actually hate this rhetoric. There is a HUGE difference between understanding other people will not like what you do and believing/knowing it’s “wrong”. Mr Burcham does not believe what he’s doing is wrong at all. What he’s doing is trying to protect himself from society who has developed the “wrong” outlook.
It's truly ironic when a show made by progressives (KOTH) was better at portraying conservatives as actual people than a show made by conservatives FOR conservatives.
@@Houlgravely Well, to be fair, we're talking about Conservatives from the 1990's and early 2000's, as written by progressives. And, of course, they're fictional conservatives. Of course they won't feel like modern conservatives of today's world.
@@BioGoji-zm5ph What are you talking about? King of the Hill portrays a lot of modern conservative attitudes very accurately. This show is just dumb. Granted for every conservative show of this quality, there are over 20 equally bad liberal shows, but this Conservative show is just dumb and incompetent. I've seen plenty of based, smart, Conservative shows and oddly enough, I can't seem to find many Liberal shows that are very good.
The funniest thing was the mom saying, "Sweetie I'm so proud of you for fighting for what you believe in!" and then the rest of the entire show has the caveat of: unless you believe in the wrong thing, then we'll relentlessly mock you for it. The irony
A friendly reminder that Hank Hill, Peter Griffin, Bob Belcher, and Homer Simpson would have beaten the crap out of Mr. Birchum. Also, Matt Walsh is not allowed within 500 ft of a school.
They would. If I remember correctly didn't south park point out the reason Dawn together didn't last is because their jokes didn't have a point to them? I feel Adam is making the same mistake he made with Dawn Together.
Hank maybe would kick his ass if he ever laid a finger or endangered Bobby in any way like coach sours did, Peter and Homer would be chill with Mr birchum because he’s a another gen x dad that likes to drink and tell shitty jokes, Bob would just avoid Mr. Birchum after their first run in because he just doesn’t see himself hanging out with Birchum.
@@NewesSkiller i just step on any social and find them talking randomly about gay people in comment sections of stuff that has nothing to do with lgbtq people, I find it funny 💀 also the conspiracy theorists my mom watches and tries to show me and the old people in my town bringing up the topic when nobody asked or even mentioned it
samesies, I was listening to this podcast (hear me out) where two aunties cook, crack jokes around the stove, & gossip about people I don't even know, but I lost it forever because youtube recommended the angry eyebrow family (the shapiros)
@@NewesSkiller Lmao, just recently some guy proposed to his girlfriend and felt the need to mention winning over gay people when he posted the pictures, since the proposal was in June 😂 Or there was that lady that talked about consoling her crying friend in a bathroom and had to mention that she got angry 'cause she imagined what if a trans woman just walked in there. Homophobic/transphobic people absolutely do think about gay/trans people all the time, creating imaginary scenarios and then getting upset over them 😂
The inclusion of the tomboy daughter rubs me the wrong way. Sure, the dads in the audience of this show love the idea of a daughter that has boyish hobbies, but sooner or later, they expect them to "grow up" and conform to traditional gender roles. The adults in my life told me I'd have trouble getting a job if I didn't start wearing makeup as a teenager. Of course, I didn't like makeup since I was told my whole life that girly things were frivolous and not worth the time or money. But once you get to a certain age, they want you to stop being "cool" and start performing femininity. I just don't see Mr. Birchum accepting his daughter if she gets a masculine job like carpentry, especially if she never became a wife or mother. It's an inherent contradiction in conservatism. They want a "cool" daughter who will play sports and help Dad in the garage, but once she's old enough, she'd better start cooking and wearing makeup. It hurts everyone in the family. I know I'm rambling, but maybe this comment resonates with someone else. It's hard to go your whole childhood being taught that feminine hobbies are less than, only to be told, "Time for you to start learning those stupid, worthless hobbies," once your waist-to-hip ratio dips below 1.
I feel like that's how the character was going to evolve into if she went into puberty. God I swear I can smell they would do a "you can be masculine and still be a woman" trope around a ftm/ftn trans character then still bully them around for being masculine woman and not automatically a trad wife at 18. Or even at puberty if they're going to do weird "fertile", pedo, and legal age jokes. This show sucks. I can relate to what you're saying.
I don't even get, how is it that with both character tropes, that somehow a girly-girl and a tomboy for some reason that both count as internalized misogyny?
You are totally right. The idea is that it is okay for them to be tomboys because they are too young to understand the difference. But I'm getting this will probably an anti-trans subplot later. Like the school sees that she is a tomboy and insist that she is really a trans boy or some nonsense.
@@RoninRenbecause it’s performative. These aren’t natural interests of the women and girls involved but performative actions taken for the men in their lives. You are getting caught up on the action of the women. It’s not about the interests or hobbies themselves any interest or hobby can be the result of internalized misogyny and any interest or hobby can also be free of internalized misogyny. Misogyny is often contradicting, and most women experience it AS a contradiction. The women you are replying to is literally giving you an example of how she experienced misogyny IN a contradictory manor. But instead of being like “huh, that’s weird that women constantly complain about how things are contradictory for them” you are like nope it’s impossible and thus they must not know what they are talking about. Like yo every feminist rant is about how women are sick of being expected to be all things at once even contradictory things I mean, literally before any of this there’s the madonna horror complex of men wanting women to be sexual available to them at all times and yet the virgin pure that is straight up a contradiction. Misogyny is literally a contradiction all the time that is a huge fucking problem with it. There are a lot of other ones like treating women not like people, but yeah, misogyny expects women to be cool and into masculine things, but also not and be wholly feminine and not into anything masculine yes at the exact same time how is that possible? I don’t know no one ever figured it out. But women should and if they aren’t they are trash and should expect nothing. Your confusion at how feminine and masculine things can both be internalized. Misogyny is literally the point of misogyny.
Agreed. Gardenscape itself is a decent mobile game for what it is, but you'd never even guess its content from their abhorrent ads. I genuinely don't understand it.
@@TheChangeling13 Honestly, I'd rather them be honest and just show a calm and ASMR like ad of the true gameplay. The fact that there aren't any sliding pin levels until you are REALLY far into the game shows how legally scummy this game's advertising is
@@fandroid6491 Completely agree. I didn't even know there WERE sliding pin levels in that game. I thought it was all just decorating gardens, like its sister game Homescape is about decorating houses.
They sure did. No, not really, they are somewhat smart enough to realize that they need to throw their tokens in there to seem somewhat like human beings. The disguise isn't convincing in the slightest, though. You don't wanna know what this lot says behind closed doors about "the others."
I wouldn't say ALWAYS since there are plenty of shows and movies that succeed while making fun of one side, Starship Troopers being the biggest example I can think of
Mr Birchum was a character who was originally created by Adam Carrola in the early 2000s. He was a perverted wood shop teacher who was a pig. That character would make regular appearances on Crank Yankers. Now Adam changed him into a right wing grifter.
Basically the entire right wing of America is running a grift on the MAGA morons trump has unleashed. They see easy marks because trump has shown how gullible they are and easy to manipulate.
"Would you like me to help you get acclimated with this new tool?" Why are they mocking a guy for offering proper safety instructions for an extremely dangerous piece of equipment?
@@koichidignitythief7429It’s pretty obvious just reading stuff from conservatives that they don’t know what half the buzzwords they use mean. But seeing them doing it so blatantly on something like this is pretty funny
Look at the cast. Look at how his friend group is strategically diverse. Look at how even including a gay character just to dunk on them angers the conservative audience. At how the child Bircham relates to is a daughter and not a boy. For all their smugness, conservatives have lost the culture war. Even when trying to mock the opposing viewpoint, they still bow down to the social expectations they think the opposition is imposing on them.
@@Hearts4Starz_Hybrid Could go either way. Bircham himself gives off such ridiculous "closeted conservative man" vibes that apparently the internet has taken to drawing the two of hem banging.
It's times like this I'm just grateful Smiling Friends exists. Amidst all these obnoxiously arrogant, hyper edgy "sOcIaL cOmMeNtAriEs", it's nice to just watch a show about a bunch of silly goobers.
Conservative Family Guy already exists. It's called American Dad. Like Stan is aggressively conservative, has the "trad wife" but also the "nerdy but want to be like his dad" son and "complete moral opposite political" daughter. Everyone of them is an over the top stereotype. Yet they grow. They compromise and evolve and grow in the episodes. They are both political straw men representatives and characters you care about. Honestly imo American Dad is way funnier than Family Guy imo. Not that FG doesn't have it's moments. But on the whole I care more about the Smiths. Stan shows how well meaning the Conservative movement can be, yet also how their broad generalization is their greatest flaw. Francine seems at a glance as a misogynistic representation but I'd argue she shows how a woman can be both "traditionally" feminine coded while also being a modern woman in control and not afraid to take charge. Steve is a typical wimpy nerd wanting to be "masculine" but despite that he acts and embraces a lot of "non masculine" traits and defends them often. Hailey is the counter to Stan and is a very "conservatives see the Left as this" character yet is shown as both correct and incorrect. A great example of how again, both sides have their strengths and flaws and the fact she pushes and sometimes wins vs Stan is extremely important. And Roger. His shift created the most dynamic character in "offensive" animated show history, especially compared to Brian's shift to an unlikable and smug jerk. Roger is a wild card who's flexibility of morals works to threaten the others and works to make them grow. He's the best animated character in existence imo. Long story short. Conservative cartoons that are made for an echo chamber are bad and politically stubborn people make painful media deserving of high amounts of ridicule
I mean yeah it's a pretty good show but the conservativism really starts to rear its ugly head when trans people get written into the narrative. Like seriously every trans person in that show gets trashed on and it's played for laughs
Man Mr Birchum misses reality so hard. So here is the reality, in the early 2000's the market was FLOODED with cheap tools and ya know who bought them En Masse... BOOMERS! Yeah, Boomers bought cheap Chinese Tools like crazy and now we got the issue of having 90% of tools being cheap crap. I watched this first hand as I'm I was hella big into cars and I went form a wrench being automotive safe to having a label saying "not for Automotive use" beign sold... AT AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP!!! I was like wait what? and asked the guy workingt here, he said they used to have proper tools but no one bought them. Boomers were literally "I can get one good tool for $30, or 5 crap tools for $6, but that's okay coz if it breaks I still got change for 5 replacement tools". It didn't take long, like literally 4-5 years and there were only 3 brands left with "automotive safe" tools, now we are down to 2 and one is owned by chinese company and they snap like a twig when you try to work on a car. Just FYI cars need to stay together when your driving so bolts, screws, etc need more strength to make sure they are tight and won't fall off from all the vibrations of your car, but the cheap chinese tools are so flimsy they just snap. I have personally seen a dozen tools snap from general maintance, I luckily got some real tools, but so many of my tools I have to put in the "house use only pile". Anyway point is like McDonald's it wasn't my generation that scoffed down cheap food and bought cheap tools till it's all that's left, that sh*t happened BEFORE the 90's, which is why in the 90's I grew up with fast food everywhere. In the Early 2000's was when tools got ruined by Boomers. So yeah once again it's the children/grandchildren of the boomers who get blamed for their f**k ups.
i fucking love how the very conservatives this show is pandering dont want to watch the show because it simply contains a gay character. its like, one of those stories containing a prophecy, and the main character inevitably fufills the prophecy in attempting to avoid it.
Me too. Whenever I see comments mentioned about "woke" and blame it on diversity and inclusiveness when discussing about movies, TV shows, or video games, this makes me annoyed a lot.
@@itzfoxymisfit3069 Not that I have anything against diverse casts. I love the inclusion in shows like the Mandalorian and Miami Vice. But I also don't have anything against casts that aren't diverse. I don't see what the problem is. If the story is told from a place and perspective where the likely reality is that the majority of people involved are mostly cis straight white people, then why not? It doesn't hurt me. In fact I really don't think about it much when watching stuff. I doubt most people do. And when it happens I doubt there was any malice behind it most of the time. Chances are the director just mostly knows people who fit that description or those are the people who auditioned and did well. I'm certain there's a few genuinely and intentionally racist directors out there but I'm assuming they're very far and few between. People need to leave casting directors alone. I'd rather want the cast to be chosen naturally then have a checklist of people who HAVE to be shoehorned in unrelated to the plot. If it's diverse in a way that feels natural great. If the cast isn't diverse then whatever. Probably doesn't mean anything. And I'm saying this as a minority myself.
There's something subtextually REALLY depressing about the fact they gave their conservative self-insert MC a daughter who always agrees with and respects him, right?
As a conservative, this conservative "anti-woke" media is harder for me to watch than actually "woke" stuff, although I wouldn't actually use the word woke, because it's just a meaningless buzzword for whatever conservatives don't like now. I think extreme conservatism is the antithesis of good art, because naturally as people trying to "conserve" they're going to have a difficult time coming up with something new rather than copying. The Daily Wire loves to point out unoriginality in Hollywood, and then proceed to make things as unoriginal as Hollywood could ever do. I'm a writer myself so I take great offense at The Daily Wire's attempts at art, (although I do appreciate Klavan, as some of his works are well written and although I disagree with him a lot, he has some good insights on art.)
I find that any media trying to make "the other side" upset is just dull and pointless media. if your media is made just to make a "haha look at how made they got" then it's on the same level as like putting gum on the bottom of someone's shoe
I agree, I think the thing about comedy as well it’s always evolving in some way. Same on the flip side, I don’t like and many people on my end when LGBTQ characters are shoehorned in for brownie points. Like shows like orange is the new black is just good writing and good jokes like how king of the hill and parks recreation are funny with great jokes. Anti woke media is always going to feel dated and lifeless because it was never designed from a genuine place of art or creativity.
@@idontevenknow9758I’m lgbtq and trust me we don’t like it either. Shows throw in token lgbtq characters without giving them any more depth than “they’re gay. thats what you guys want, right?”
We didn't even like those awards. Everyone who got one knew it was literally a "your team sucked so bad you could only get an award for showing up" prize. Kids got made fun of for having them because even then we knew it wasn't a real prize and my sister threw all of hers away. The only reason they gave them out was because our parents would riot in the Chuck E. Cheese if their child wasn't given an award just for existing, because their baby was better than everyone else's. The awards were literally so our entitled parents wouldn't scream at them, they weren't to make us feel better. (I mean, my parents weren't like that, but I knew A LOT of kids from my generation whose parents were like that, mostly because I was a cheerleader and my mom had to save me from being screamed at by other kid's moms all the time.)
@@Pipkiablo Yeah seriously. I think I only got one of them and it just felt like receiving a backhanded compliment. Literally the only thing I cared about was the food at the end of the game.
lol, my participation award trophies were some of the most meaningless nonsense. Like getting a video game achievement award for making it through the opening cutscene.
This is the conservative adult sit-com version of wish-fuilfillment anime. The main character never has to change, or learn anything, or even make a mistake. Just, is super cool and smart and right all the time and he gets to smack around everyone the audience hates with no real repercussions.
_"The new cartoon they don't want you to see."_ If the audience don't want to see the cartoon, then that defeats the purpose of viewership and getting a certain demographic. Advertising 101 right here.
I bet in one future episede Birchum will call his black friend the N-word And then complain that he cant say that because he is white and yadayadayada.....
So i'm a millennial. I'm also a carpenter. (I build bed frames for a living) Adam Carolla is a podcaster. watching a guy, who talks on the internet for a living, larping as a carpenter is more insulting than any of the jokes about millennials
Extra credit isn't "forc[ing them] to do your housework". I don't *agree* with that type of extra credit, but it *was* extra credit. Don't misrepresent it.
@@HellecticMojo I can see the argument for that, and I don't want to pretend I'm an expert on this, since I didn't watch the show and have no plans to, but the way Saber said it, it *sounded* optional to me. So maybe coercion? *Probably* coercion? But I still wouldn't consider it forced.
You know whats really bad about the Romeo x Romeo thing? Its not even woke, its historically accurate, all of Shakespeares plays were performed by male actors, female actress's werent allowed till well after his death, the writers can't even get their definition of "woke" correctly
Honestly, the thing I'm most annoyed by is the fact that they called it "Romeo and Romeo" and not "Romeo and Julian." I mean... just because they're both boys doesn't mean they have the exact same name.
@@nyxshadowhawk Seriously even primary school children are atleast "clever" enough to come up with stuff like "Its Adam and Eve, not Adam and STEVE" Like the bars already low enough was it really necessary to bring out the shovels?
It gets better. They generally used prepubescent boys to play the girls in Elizabethan/Tudor plays to not totally crack suspension of disbelief, meaning that to modern eyes the original performances would have super creepy overtones
Reality: "Liberal" older man in position of authority brings minors to his house/office unsupervised to talk about "transitioning". "Liberal": as it should be
@@Thescooped23 meanwhile in king of the hill penny: hank my drag queen and trans friends are coming over for dinner hank: ok honey tell them i said hi, DANG IT BOBBY YOUR MUSIC TASTE IS ASSSSSS
What's ironic about this show is that it's meant for the people who constantly complain about shows for being "pandering", yet this show was created to directly pander to the right who constantly complain about these things, and it ended up being an awful show anyways
I hate the word pandering. It’s a buzzword. If there’s no diversity, people get mad. If there is diversity, people will still get mad. People should make their own material if they want representation and people stop getting offended when non straight and non white people get recognized.
@@eko9554 I don’t like the word either nor like using it, though I feel like this show is an exception with how much it’s trying to win over the far right
@@henrybitencourt if it’s doesn’t only involve an alpha white male or a white woman who’s sexualized, a love interest or a damsel in distress, then they don’t even want to look at it
I feel like shows with political messaging can be clever, fun, and even funny at times, but when they are *so* on the nose like this, it just comes off as insufferable and tone deaf.
I believe that for any show that decides to have a sociopolitical message to work, it must first be devoid of strong biases that prevent it from dialoguing with other ideologies or make it blind towards self-criticism. We need to remember that politics as a whole is made by humans, and like all humans, it is prone to making mistakes. What makes these shows boring and irritating is the fact that they are basically narrative Mary Sues, as their sole purpose for existing is to ridicule other ideological points only, while at the same time selling a glorified version of their worldview.
South Park did it well. They are definitely more left leaning but they have an honest representation of small town conservatism. It takes jabs at both sides but shows the hypocrisy of each party.
@mayconlcruz Talking about another type of media here (video games), but I think (and I believe a lot of people would agree) that Disco Elysium is a very good example of a game with politics A lot of politics appearing in Disco Elysium is so that it can be a punchline and criticized, and that is true for the moralists (center-left and center-right), the fascists, the ultraliberals (libertarians) and the mazovians (communists / marxists), it even makes fun of you if you refuse to engage with the politics (via the "World's Most Laughable Centrist" achievement) The writers are very openly communists, but they still make fun of communists (in a way that mostly communists would, which makes it deviate from the "iphone venezuela 100 billion dead" tired memes) Possibly "turning into" a communist doesn't make the main character super powerful or instantly correct on every thing he says (it even gives you debuffs on two stats, in exchange for gaining xp for certain dialogue choices), and neither is that true for the NPCs
Still pretty weird how conservatives seem to be really against the whole concept of consent. Karponzi: Do I have consent to shake your hand? Birchum: No. Which Karponzi respects, instead of demanding to know why not, or trying to force him to shake his hand.
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Yeah, this days animations are getting terrible
Also when's Let's watch Eleanor's secret [2009] that french-italian animated feature film
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It's interesting to see that Anti-woke is equally as bad as Woke
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Fun fact:
The gay “antagonist” has a more welcoming design by using circles
And friendlier colors with orange and blue.
If I had no clue what this show was, and someone just showed me the characters, I would definitely guess that Mr. Birchum was the antagonist. He looks angry with the more rigid design and red shirt and his expression is also quite angry. Angry people are usually antagonists.
What does that mean
@@bigjalapeno7061 it means that the character is more friendly and welcoming
@jemmine Oh ok. I guess that's pretty funny considering he's in a show that's against him
Okay, but if Mr. Birchum was a liberal, imagine how differently the conservatives would react to that scene where he invites a bunch of kids to his house after school for "Extra credit."
Duh, they would actually be upset. If it's not for their own gain or agenda, THEN the bad thing ACTUALLY a bad thing
Damn, they're gonna be ready to accuse and stereotype the LGBT community as a bunch of groomers as if the MAP pride shenanigans isn't enough to frame the LGBT community for years
“GROOMER!”
Birchum could, in theory, be actually criminally charged with child abduction when he did this, especially considering how much he emphasized how their parents are NOT supposed to be told about it, and he was taking them to a location their parents were not aware of.
Which makes me wonder HOW he got all the kids there without their parents dropping them off and knowing where they were.
thats because if mr birchum was liberal, he would be predator. thankfully hes not liberal, so no one is in danger.
Hank Hill would absolutely call out Mr. Birchum. To his face.
"Having your own kids help you build your own deck is _one thing._ Having other people's children build your deck _for you_ is an entirely _different_ thing, and it's something a colossal jackass would do! Don't you see what you're doing? You're not making wood shop better, you're making home improvement _worse!"_
I'm imagining hank hill and engineer from tf2 beating up Mr birchum
That last line
10/10
The point of home improvement for hard working men is you’re supposed to have fun doing it yourself or with friends, not forcing a bunch of kids to do it while you watch.
I don’t know about yall but I don’t want a bunch of kids anywhere NEAR my patio
It is almost like their target audience is colossal jackasses.
That being said, the way conservatives treat their children tends to be pretty deplorable, but they have built an entire ethics system that makes it 'ok' since it is simply the natural order.
I read that in Hank’s voice. That’s definitely something he would say
"I'm gonna kick your ass" lol
notice how the social justice warrior teacher was actually willing to sit down and have a drink with them and they denied him for his politics
It says something about your personality when you can't even make yourself look like a decent person in your own propaganda.
And they're unironically calling themselves "real warriors".
"WhY cAn'T lIbErAlS aCcEpT oUr ViEwS??/?"
@@ravenkills the daily wire is not a conservative organization real conservatives should probably attack the daily wire because Neo Con's are exactly that
they are CONS
@@michaelcoward1902 it's the problem with when you're just angry, they're so obsessed with making liberals look bad that they forget to make conservatives look good
The protagonist is a burly man who is obsessed with wood, frequently references bears, and prefers the company of men over women.
The worst part is that is probably completely unintentional. They even have him holding a mug saying “I ❤️ Wood” in promo art…it’s hilarious
Because the people who make being conservative their entire personality are so deep in the closet they're in Narnia
The truck nuts thing, yeah.
He was also in the Navy
Sounds like he's in the closet to me, maybe that's why he's so grumpy all of the time.
You know what's interesting to me about Hank Hill as a character? One of his most defining characteristics is his *fragility*. So many episodes are defined by the things he *can't* do, because he isn't comfortable with doing it, and then usually he comes around to realizing it was never that bad. He doesn't want to tend flowers because he thinks it's unmanly, and then he tries it and likes it. He doesn't want to dance with his dog because he thinks it's silly and then he tries it and finds it fun. He doesn't want to go down the women's hygiene aisle but he forces himself to do so for Connie's sake. For as mature as he is, he also displays a lot of insecurity, and that gives him depth. That gives him room to grow as a person. Hank *isn't* perfect or right all the time, and he isn't an example of what objectively correct opinions to have, but of how best to evaluate different situations.
Exactly, because he's written as a *human being.*
I love you for this
Well said sir
@@Ultra04channel but why write an actual character when I could write a walking buzzword machine?
He just wants a picture of a god dang hotdog, but don't want to learn what a Jay Peg is
Losing it at the fact that they made a show to be "offensive for liberals" meanwhile the only ones that got offended are the super conservative causes they dared to have a gay character
That is really funny, holy hell 💀
My dad is a boomer and pretty conservative but he's absolutely taken by Bob's burgers. Despite the transvestites, the gay pride and all the other subtle hints of woke stuff, it's because it's not jarring it's presented in a way that you'd encounter it in life also fantastic characters.
@@c1a2t3a4p5i6l7l8a9r I feel like it's similar to how more liberal people can love Hank Hill. If the characters are well rounded and likeable you'll still find them endearing even if they're at your opposite political spectrum.
@@lollybowser the reality is politics are such a small thing that's why shows that focus on them do so poorly. Hank is endearing because his character is a person. Yeah we know he voted for Regan and he's not to keen on modern ideas but he's a loving accepting father, he's kind he sticks with Bill through the worst. He's someone you want to know even if he has a different opinion on electric cars or whatever. He's really just a little uptight and who can blame him once you know his father. The fact that I can talk about a cartoon character like it's a real person is a testament to the quality. They focused on the character not the politics. That's why he's a good character. As with Bill Dale and boomhauer. Peggy Joseph Bobby Lou Anne redcorn Khan, all of them. They have flaws but you live then more because of it.
@@c1a2t3a4p5i6l7l8a9r you couldn't have just said trans people?
Here's the thing: Hank Hill is a conservative by 2000's standards. He is a conservative that would vote for Bush and Romney. He is a conservative that would say "Obama got some good ideas, but I just don't think they're feasible with our economy" or "Penalizing me for not having healthcare ain't American"
He isn't what conservative is in 2024. I wholeheartedly believe Hank would have NEVER voted for Trump. And wiped his forehead and sighed pit of relief that Cotton was dead by that point so he couldn't have voted for him.
It's a very important distinction. Hank Hill was John McCain conservative. Not whatever the hell is going on today conservative.
Hank Hill would say Nazis are bad. Not to mention, when he is presented with a person who doesn't conform to strict gender norms he learns to see them as completely valid.
They actually confirmed that Hank would definitely not vote for Trump
I haven't watched this show (definitely been considering it though) and I was honestly turned off at first when I heard he was conservative. Like, why would I want to watch a show where the main protagonist wants to take away my rights? And I was super confused that people who are supportive of the LGBTQ community loved it. Makes sense now that I know he's not a modern conservative.
Vote for Bush!? - not with that limp handshake!
Hank would genuinely favor Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate
No network will touch it because it sucks and makes jokes about vegan animals that Futurama did a better version of 20 years ago.
@UTTPisBetterThanDannoCal yor'ue such weird
I think part of the problem with conservative humor is that it's not actually a joke. they actually mean what they say. Like, when they say "you've never seen a vegan wolf" they actually mean it in all sincerity, as if wolves and humans are the same species and totally comparable. But if you play an actual documentary about sea horses, they get mad.
It really does suck. The show aged horribly. The fact that he has a son that looks to be in his mid -twenties really makes you question which vet Mr. Birchum is because if he is a Vietnam vet he would be in his 70s. If he was a gulf war vet he wouldn't have the betrayal narrative that conservatives push about the Vietnam war.
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@@martletkay ... I wonder how they would feel about a notably hermaphroditic in design land snail?
Fun fact, when birchum breaks the table saw, it’s because he is using it very wrong.
The blade is installed backwards (teeth go into wood, his isn’t)
He’s putting it in the wrong side (if blade was installed correctly it would push the wood up and forward, pulling him into the blade)
The blade is way too high (the bottom of the topmost tooth should be ~1/8 of an inch above the wood, he has it several inches up)
He does not know how to use a table saw
Its amazing how this show cant even be bothered to try.
No wonder those kids sucked at woodwork
Sounds like the perfect choice for teaching kids woodwork!
That’s actually hilarious. 0% effort given all around on this one.
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Hank Hill is a good character because he's written like a human, so you can empathize with him.
I have no idea why he wanted a tap set and some WD-40, but he *really wanted them* despite the store getting in his way and I could relate to that.
Hank is also not written like an asshole. He gets frustrated, we've all been there.
But he's never malevolent or a massive jerk, he will legitimately show good faith.
Because KOTH was written by people wanting to write good characters and tell good stories instead of pander to the "GRRR YOUNG PEOPLE BAD, FUCK THE LEFT, ME BIG STRONG CONSERVATIVE RAAAAHHH" crowd.
@@CollinMcLean Really, that's the difference - compassion.
Also he's a good person.
"I'm a heteronormative cisgender white male" something tells me they aint even know what heteronormative means 💀
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@@astartes3280because they used the word
@@astartes3280 it's also normal to not know what a lipopolysaccharide is and people still do
@astartes3280 im sorry that "normal" in your space is illiteracy. 47% of Americans have a reading level of 2nd grade or below so dont feel alone. You are sadly not alone.
@astartes3280 I mean, generally if you use a word, you are expected to know what it means. If you don't, then you should probably just spend five seconds googling it.
wait, so the man bun teacher is the BAD GUY for reporting that a grown man brought a bunch of students to his personal residence outside of class hours?.... regardless of political alliance bringing your class of children to your house is weird as fuck
Isn't that harassment? I think he's in the right to report that guy for that. Because it's illegal.
I mean why do you think conservatives hate trans and lgbtq+ people but not actual pedophiles? The pedophiles are on their side!
I mean why do you think conservatives are usually so buddy buddy with pedoes?
Yeah, he's supposed to be bad for rightfully calling out unpaid child labor and being exploited by a teacher for his own personal gain?
Same
Mr. Birchum is literally just a grown up Caillou. The whole show is just him whining and complaining, but he never gets any consequences. Everyone just caves in and gives him what he wants
Each day, I die some more
Each day, I die some more...
Caillou at least has the excuse of being a literal 4 year old child whereas Mr Bircham is a grown ass man in like his 40s or 50s
Cómo un Rigby de un show más pero sin el encanto del personaje
That's an hilarious observation. 🤣
That's not true, Caillou at least learns something new after each episode!
Daily wire really said "Politics are ruining comedy, we need to ruin comedy with our own politics to make it even!"
@UTTPisBetterThanDannoCal What content?
Politics can work in comedy but they are difficult to do it right.
FIRST WARNING FOR ENGANING IN A LOGICAL FALLACY MY C.O.N.T.E.N.T = BETTER THAN SABERSPARK
FIRST WARNING FOR ENGANING IN A LOGICAL FALLACY MY C.O.N.T.E.N.T = BETTER THAN SABERSPARK
Oh wow I saw this comment on the original
16:42 Wait wait wait...
You're telling me.. the main character of an anti-woke show... was in the *_Navy_* ... which is literally stereotyped by other branches of the military as being the "gayest" ?
They did _not_ think this through lmao
Actually, they did. As in the other comments, there are a lot of "interesting coincidences" around his character. Everyone is getting all wet over their ASSUMPTION that he is being held up as the character to identify with. But it looks to me like he is just a different kind of buffoon just like manbun is.
Well I'm a Pansexual man in the Navy so... not sure you can call it a stereotype...
@@CollinMcLeanhi strait male in the navy it is a stereo type you don’t speak for all of us. It is a funny stereo type though
@itzmeagain291 nobody claimed to, the fact you felt a need to respond makes it look like you yourself are gay and don't want to admit it
They actually did have a gay character in the group.
"The new cartoon THEY don’t want you to see."
Clearly whoever they is are doing a great job.
I didn't even hear about this show until LS Mark reviewed it recently, so it's not wrong about that.
you could argue it's the opposite, since a bunch of media reviewer channels are covering it.
i can't believe they used "no one wanted to pick our show up" as a selling point
Thank you They
For people who hate pronouns so much, neo-cons sure do love using "they" a lot lol
Hank Hill is a conservative but he's a well adjusted conservative. He's very emotionally mature at the best of times, and when he does make mistakes, they're often reconciled by the end of the episode. The non-profit food market episode this video shows a clip of, Hank thought they were all a bunch of hippies but he still became a regular volunteer because he agreed with the premise of it, and ended up helping them, instead of spending every 5 minutes mocking them incorrectly like Mr Birchum would have. Hank Hill is genuinely a guy I'd enjoy the company of. Birchum I kinda just want to bitch slap.
I’ve never really watched King of the Hill but from what I’ve seen he seems like a pretty reasonable that as long as your genuine and reasonable he will get along with you
@@kreigguardsman3355 he’s had his moments where he lacked empathy and is stuck in his ways, but hardly someone I’d call outwardly hateful
Great show though I’d recommend it. Probably one of the few American animated sitcoms I can actually stand
@@kreigguardsman3355Hank Hill respects you, even if he doesn't agree. And potentially will adjust his views, or at least simply shake his head and then go do whatever it is his own way.
Exactly
Hank Hill is the average conservative and I wish that tv would recognize it and advertise that as the picture of conservatism instead of whatever the fuck it is now.
Guy used child labor because he failed to teach his class... how is he not the villain.
Because Far right conservatives are desperate to be opressed
not to mention a teacher inviting children to his house and explicitly telling them to NOT TELL THEIR PARENTS OR TEACHERS is actually EXTREMELY SKETCHY AND CONCERNING. SO. YEAH.
Huge lack of self awareness on their part... Unless they are into dunking on their own side as well as the "woke" side. Which I doubt.
Yeah! He invited students to his house, and explicitly told them *not* to tell anybody! Wtf!
I'm glad this show isn't intended for children, because the thought that they could see this and think it's okay for a teacher to ask them to come to their house and not tell anybody is horrifying.
did they... make him unlikeable on purpose??? cause it feels that way.
Adam Carolla's just unlikable and thinks "because woke." He's also too unimaginative to not create characters who are basically just different mouths spouting his various complaints.
So apparently and this is what I saw online so don’t quote me but maybe look into it. Some people said the at the original version of this show and character and I mean like way back years ago was that he was meant to be a stereotype. Like an over the top representation of conservative white men (totally off the hook kinda stuff) but instead they apparently decided to play him straight (no pun intended) as a serious character. Maybe that’s why it doesn’t work.
@@idontevenknow9758 Yeah, he was originally a character Carolla used to play on a radio show where he was a satirical take on a cranky, bitter old man. The character was also then turned into a Crank Yankers character. They also created a pilot for a Bircham cartoon years before this one, and he was a much more sympathetic character like Hank Hill -- stuck in his ways, but still relatable and willing to learn. The Daily Wire version lacks any of that nuance and self-awareness previous versions of the character had.
Boomers: Everyone wants free handouts
Also boomers: let's see how much free shit we can get
“I’m old! GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!”
Technically not boomers. Gen X. Who are just as bad
Boomer: But it's Free Day!
**gets flinged with peanuts**
Boomer humor in a nutshell: *cringe to new generations*
Every gen even yours wants free shit. Duuuuhhhhh
King of the Hill's Hank Hill is a conservative but hes not a reactionary. Theres an episode where Peggy finds a store with shoes that fit her and ends up making friends with a bunch of trans women and drag queens and Hank is really just happy that his wife found somewhere she fits in a little bit better
Exactly. I feel that there needs to be a distinction between a real conservative and a reactionary wingnut. Wingnuts are not conservatives! The GOP is not worthy to be called Republicans!
As a Left/progressive person, I can respect a conservative, even if we may disagree on issues. A conservative is about being a bit "old fashioned" and values being prudent, careful and respectable and are "Live and let live". A wingnut is a hateful bully who sees being a jerk as a virtue and wants to impose on everyone.
Hank Hill was written to be an actual human being, not a mouth piece. That's why King of the Hill works. The characters are written as people.
And then Peggy got offended when she found out they thought she was trans.
@@BioGoji-zm5ph Except actual conservative people would never be "okay" with drag queens. Especially with all the sexualized shit coming out on cable news regarding them.
@@greg77389 Peggy got offended when Bobby started cooking better than she did. This was to be expected.
If an entire class fails your class, isn't that a failure of the teacher and not of the students? Not much of an introspective lesson when the teacher blames the students.
Yes
I love how every single slacker willingly shows up at the house of a teacher that they hate. If there’s one thing slackers love and always do, it’s extra credit. Also, the kids can’t drive yet, so did their parents all agree to dropping them off a grumpy stranger’s house? Or was the bus driver ok with unpaid child labor?
My farts are better than Saberfart's farts.
@Spanishdog17 If I remember correctly in the show, Mr. Birchum told them to not tell their parents and he picked them up in a van. He didn't get anyone's permission
@shinysoda6 I'm just imagining him rolling up in a windowless van lol wasn't that an episode of the Simpsons, but the punchline was they actually watched Itchy and Scratchy?
Funny how the “woke” teacher is the villain for not wanting to drink alcohol and complain about his life and worst of all, caring about children’s safety?!? At least the “woke” teacher seems like a happy, healthy dude unlike the other characters whose main traits are pent up anger and wanting everything their way. This show is really making me like this walking liberal stereotype.
A good chunk of the serious conservative audience are evangelicals and Mormons who don't even approve of drinking alcohol! But Adam Carolla is, uh, well probably an alcoholic? (A quick search suggests even his own regular audience suspects this.) So of course he thinks that sobriety is a "woke" thing.
Come to think of it, Roseanne Barr has also suggested she knows she has a drinking problem, before, when relating how John Goodman got sober and she didn't. In that light, this messaging is REALLY dark.
What's the old saying? Every accusation is a confession.
That's a good point. These things so often backfire. For example, I really do NOT like Trump but it's the liberal political ads that makes me want to vote conservative.
@@Robert08010 - #doubt
yeah it's like I was saying, they managed to make the strawman villain infinitely less hateable than the main character, which just shows how lacking in self-awareness these people are.
This show is like a Tumblr fake story in an alternate universe where Tumblr is overrun with anti-woke conservatives instead of alt gay teenagers.
"..and then the liberal manbun soyboy cried, and everyone on the bus clapped"
Basically Tumblr vs. 4Chan, but the roles are reversed.
@@poweroffriendship2.04chan isn’t conservative. it’s chaos. there’s people of all political alignments there and most people just troll so you don’t know who’s serious and who isn’t.
4tran and leftypol being the largest examples (my problematic faves)
it's basically how Twitter is now, overrun with conservative Boomers who were too mean for Facebook
20:01 I can't believe they went with "Romeo and Romeo" instead of, like, "Romeo and Julio". That was so easy to come up with. And this went through several professionals?
Rejected professionals.
Adam & Steve
Madam & Eve
Ring a bell?
They arent professionals though, everyone making it were all failed attempted creatives for being so laughably terrible and uncreative, i.e. Ben Shapiro.
Imagine their reaction to Heathers musical. The song my dead gay son, in one scene a boyfriend is submissive, and there some instances where the main actresses were wlw. Which musicals are known to be lgbt.
Wtf is Romeo and Romeo
If Mr Birchum is a Vietnam veteran, doesn’t that make him nearly 70 years old?
My farts are better than Saberfart's farts.
Yeah and that's if he joined at the tail end of the conflict and was 18. This means he wouldn't be old enough to be considered a vet at the time. It also doesn't help that the way he talks about the war makes it sound like he was a pencil pusher. Most people who served in the field if I recalled were high school drop outs who were forced to go. If you had a collage degree you were most likely an officer and stayed away from the front at least in the beginning of the conflict.
I'm more shocked that Birchum didn't come out depressed and angry like a lot of people who were forced to serve.
They literally could have still said that he was a vet but still had to add the Vietnam bit just to make him sound cool with no regard to the actual history is...incredible. If anything you know anything about the Vietnam War it was one of the most "woke" moments in history because Americans were HIGHLY against it the more they learned about upon hearing how inhumane it was to which hippie culture grew really popular as a result.
They could have just said his dad was a vet or his great uncle but they had to make him special somehow with no regard of the timeline.
They easily could've made him an Iraq/Afghanistan vet and it would've actually made sense too lol
@@kappadarwin9476you forget, this show is for CONSERVATIVES this means that the show’s main protagonist needs to be a PATRIOT despite anachronisms and being an asshole
Mr. Birchum: Would kick you out of his house angrily if you don't drink Alcohol
Hank Hill: Politely asks you to leave if you like well done steak
Politely but firmly.
Or prefer a charcoal grill over propane.
I mean, well done steak just isn’t that easy to eat, and basically has no moisture. Even medium well is pretty good, because the traces of moisture are still there.
Oof. Unfortunate that I am drunk but prefer the darker steak because would definitely take Hank over the guy who would probably call me the r slur in his class for existing while disabled and queer
I'm a gay man with left-leaning politics, but even *I* know that well done steaks are only for people with weak constitutions, or cheap cuts of meat that you buy on discount. It'd be easier to eat an old pleather shoe than an overcooked steak.
did daily wire forget that the internet exists and can make birchum and carponzi kiss out of pure spite
where is my birchum x carponzi ao3 smut fanfiction needlesalad
Fr hehheheh i should do that/hj
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT-
It’s like a really bad version of Homer and Flanders
And given how unbearable modern Simpsons is already that’s saying something
@@KRobinson-ko1ne real i was thinking about that too
To best highlight the moral character of Hank Hill, he was put off by George H. Bush, a Republican President, because he had a weak handshake.
That explains why Hank Hill doesn't want to vote Trump, confirmed by the creators.
There's a good amount of people who don't like Trump but really don't like Biden, that's sort of how I imagine him
@@OldIron2188an independent or basically an palecon from the regan era
@@OldIron2188if only there was a third option. Oh wait there is. But most people will still blindly vote for "loyalty" to their party.
@@aaronabbey2604 The third option literally has a dead worm in his head that ate part of his brain. I have no loyalty to the Democratic party, but nobody else is willing to nominate someone who isn't a complete disaster.
Mr. Birchum as a character is literally a politicized Mary Sue. Always right, everyone loves him, looks as ideal as possible, ect.
Pretty sure that’s not correct, but very close to the major problem of the show. He’s not supposed to be perfect, or constantly spouting things people agree with. Problem is he has so many “own the libs” moments that everyone, especially those left leaning, think he’s supposed to always be voicing the “right view.” Think there’s actually a decent concept behind it, but it’s hidden behind some terrible writing.
Check out how he treats his son. Like he’s trash. But, unlike what Saberspark claimed, the son is not actually a loser. He’s got 50k subscribers, is acknowledged for what he does, and appears pretty content with himself. Heck, he’s even adopted some of the “virtues” of his dad, though in his own way. Ending of episode 1 has Birchum grudgingly show some respect.
@skycastrum5803 Birchum only comes to respect his son because he’s having sex with a hot girl.
The fantasy these people live in sure is something else. Ego of grandeur.
He's like a strawman of right wingers...yet is somehow supposed to be the voice of reason...
The distinct lack of beer gut on a cartoon comedy protagonist really seals in the Gary stu quality.
Even, God's second favorite son, Flanders look meek until he gets naked.
As I always say: when wokism is your main concern in life, then you don't have any real concerns in life.
And since they have no idea what it really means since many of our Founders were their century's version of Woke Thomas Paine was the most Woke among them since he never had slaves.
Yea these type of people just have nothing better to do
@@randallbesch2424I kinda believe that Paine is one of the few people that doesn't want to follow the mainstream views on slavery during the time
What about the ones that are woke and only think about "fixing" the world to make it the way they want?.
Just a curious question, cuz i feel this issue is in both sides of the dispute
@@Gonzas97
Being woke is trying to make it possible for the widest range of different people to exist.
I don’t see a lot of valid good faith arguments against that.
As a teacher, seeing an episode where a teacher makes students work in their spare time for own gain, then getting praised for it.... gives me such a bad taste in my mouth.
My farts are better than Saberfart's farts.
The strangest part is that conservatives insist that Teachers should have to permission to have rainbow pins or be able to tell the class that they're married to someone of the same gender because "You're shoving your personal lives down their throats!" But it's okay to literally kidnap them? As long as it's for "hard work"???
You're part of the reason a bill to lower the score for passing in public schools is under consideration. The man gave them an extracurricular opportunity to learn a real-life skill. He cared more about his students' future than he did about new rules that only hurt them in the long run. Those are the teachers that people remember decades after they've graduated. The ones that are too afraid to act for their students' own good get forgotten after a few months. Think about that.
@@JacobL228 He kidnapped them tho
@@JacobL228 extra activity… which involved them giving him free labour. Also, don’t try to paint him as a good guy. He belittles and bullies his students every chance he gets.
Mr. Birchum is supposed to be middle aged, yet he is depicted as a Vietnam veteran, even though that would make him 67 at the youngest in 2024 where the series takes place.
show could be set in 2000 or sumn
The only times they reference the 2020s is when they reference Tiktok and Gilbert Gottfried's death. They should have had it take place in the 2000s or early 2010s.
@@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024 Yeah. Upon further consideration, 2000 is way too early, because of the references and smartphone technology in the show. You're right; 2010 seems more reasonable.
@@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024 The woke teacher couldn't exist if it was the 2000s. If it was the 90s he would've been a hippie like that Beavis & Butthead's teacher, but the two jokes Birchum has wouldn't work.
I dunno. He is presented to have a full grown adult son.
Daily Wire: “We are not going to shove politics down your throat.
Also Daily Wire: “OPEN WIDE!!”
Yes Daddy 😩🍆
Nah, see, it's only politics if it's 'people they don't like, existing at all'.
@@MkfShard IKR! Like, feels so weird trying to talk to them about issues from my side of the world (Europe) without them saying stuff like "The Liberals did it" and I'm like "Dude, context..." Like, sorry, but why is BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS now a Politics thing you can "Disagree" on?! O_O
@@mastersouth531because America is 50 years behind everyone else, but pretends like we’re ahead
@@milktenders6219More like 50 years… sideways. Cuz nothing thats going on here makes any sense in the present or the past.
Hank Hill is a pre-Fox News conservative: more concerned with his yard than his neighbor's, but if his neighbor's is on-fire, he'll show up with a hose.
Also kinda hilarious how Birchum wants to "teach kids real skills that will get them real jobs" when those jobs were shipped overseas by Reagonomics. It's the same ol' story as the worker who gets mad at the immigrant who "stole" his job rather than the boss that fired him to maintain his bonus.
And he's not an evangelical, he's a Protestant/Episcopalian
@@goldensloth7evangelicals are protestants
@@kwarra-an True but protestantism has like 10,000 denominations under its umbrella if not more. It's hardly descriptive.
But that’s what both sides complain about. Some people think jobs are a zero sum game and get mad if we import products or have immigrants move here. I’m not upset either way and in fact encourage more free trade and immigration. More liberalism is better for all - protectionism hurts everyone statistically.
I’d rather own my business than work in a bomb factory like my great grandma. Reagan and Clinton etc weren’t perfect but they were better than isolationist Trump MAGA BS and protectionist progressives.
@@mathiasrrybathe specifically stayed in several episodes of King of the Hill that the hills attend Ireland first Methodist when we go to church therefore Hank Hill is a Methodist he's just not an Evangelical Christian but they wrote him in as a Protestant Methodist dial Christian and a old school conservative that is not really into the bigotry a lot of modern conservatives are but he rather not have to deal with too much bureaucracy and red tape funny thing is Hank Hill and King of the Hill but particularly the character of Hank Hill is a quite popular one with leftists almost every socialist I know including myself loves Hank Hill.
But yeah Hank is a Methodist that's a common thing in the show
Its really pathetic that a show like Veggie Tales, a literal christian show made by Christian people teaching christian lessons is less preachy and condescending than this. Its also somehow even more mean-spirited than South Park
The funny thing is that VeggieTales just unironically rocks. I'm not religious or anything, the show really is just good.
Same can be said with _The Prince of Egypt_ and this is created by the same studio behind _Shrek,_ of all things.
@Mr.Snekofsnex oh yeah absolutely. I still consider it the gold standard for entertainment with a clear message that is still just quality art. And so much amazing music
@@johnschaeffer7008 It also has one the best characters in fiction!
✨️Larry✨️
@@Mr.Snekofsnex Yeah, I left the church years ago and was never religious, but VeggieTales understood how to tell a good story with the message (Bible verse) it wanted to use. It earned the respect it had.
It would never survive today because of how Christianity, at least in the USA, has shifted in message and tone.
Hank hill wouldn’t be able to exist in one of these episodes for ten minutes without kicking someone’s ass for being an obnoxious bully
Hank would so angry with what's going on with the liberal system. He might agree with this dude
@@nataliemoraes2033 nah
@@nataliemoraes2033you got that ratio HARD buddy🤣🤣
Hank would side with those guys first and then learn some kind of lesson and end up siding with neither
@@nataliemoraes2033someone didn't watch king of the hill and it shows
“I’m heteronormative” what.. what do they think that means
SKHSKSSHSSHSJ 😭
nobody tell em
they don't think.
What does that mean tho 😭🙏
@@arseniclover basicly it means someone who thinks that; hetero sexuality should be the norm, but they are using it as a sexuality in of its self but its more of a part of a world view so in the context it makes not sense lol,
They were so edgy and brave that they had to include a black character whose only role in the show is to agree with the white protagonist
if i had a dollar for every time i saw this trope in modern conservative media, i'd be so rich. this is coming from somebody who really doesn't consume a lot of tv shows in general btw
Yeah it seem like he's some token at this point
And also to get belligerently drunk once an episode.. so a token and a stereotype. Cool!!
27:49 And that’s the root of the problem: the writers and audience of Mr. Birchum see empathy as a form of weakness.
Fuck me that's terrifying
Because it is. Too much empathy is weakness. Too much of anything is a weakness anyway
@@mathieul4303 That is somewhat true, too much empathy CAN be a weakness. After all, you might end up trusting the wrong kind of people if you empathize too much with them. That’s why it’s always important to exercise caution when dealing with people.
Likewise, having absolutely no empathy is also a weakness. It can lead to people building bad behavior, and treating/belittling others cruelly when there really is no reason to do so other than because they can, and they won’t hold themselves accountable for their own actions.
That’s why these so called “modern conservatives” see empathy as a threat: because it can lead to people questioning and holding them accountable for their actions when they’re wrong, like any responsible adult would. Therefore, they attack and ridicule anyone who remotely feels any empathy. And that’s also why a lot of these comedies fall flat on their faces: the writers need to have a sense of empathy to make the jokes relatable, which they aren’t.
Ah, ironic that here you are not being empathetic
@@funkymunky7935 How am I not being empathetic? There’s nothing in the show to emphasize with, especially if you compare it to King of the Hill. All I got from this show is that it’s bitter and condescending. There’s like a joke or two in there that’s a little funny (like the vegan wolf joke), but that’s about it. 🤷🏼♂️
You can tell a lot about someone who complains about millennials while thinking that refers to teenagers.
Millennials now are like 30-40. Half of the people complaining about millennials _are_ millennials and don't even realize it because "millennial" is boomer shorthand for "young person I can't relate to"
Mr Birchum is probably only a couple years out from being a Millennial himself, like in the younger half of Gen X.
I've seen people (mainly boomers)try to define millennial as "someone born after the turn of the millennium" and refuse to accept any other definition (including the official one of "born between the early 80s-mid 90s")
As a gen z'er, its pretty much habit to refer to any young woke idiot as "millennial"... "stupid millennials" rolls off the tongue much easier than "stupid gen z'ers"
Oh yeah, I've seen that a lot. Usually someone posts about stupid millennials getting told off by some disaffected gen-xer, but the video they share is clearly a college kid (zoomer) getting told off by some disaffected millennial. The result is often someone telling a millennial who they apparently like and agree with that all millennials are trash.
On a similar note, I had a gripe with Boomer becoming a shortand for most adults when the Baby Boom happened over seventy years prior, but my issues with illogical slang are my own.
Hank Hill is conservative but he’s a loving father who doesn’t allow himself to become bigoted towards new information. He stands his ground but is willing to accept new information and when he is wrong. I really wish more shows could be like King of the Hill today. (And I don’t mean reboot another classic show!)
I don't think we will see shows like King of the Hill anytime soon. :(
Hank Hill is also an honest, hard worker, happy to lend a hand on projects in his community, respects the old and the new, is willing to learn, and calls out outdated or harmful ideas. He never tries to silence anyone over their religious beliefs (not counting those weird LARPers and the cult, but I doubt you could really call those religious) and gets along with people of different ethnicities (albeit some of his naivete and ignorance of the world pops up, but he typically learns). He also knows enough about his family to know when they are genuinely interested in something or if it's just a fade that could lead to harmful traits later on. While he considers himself traditional, he loves and respects the hell out of his wife and knows when Peggy wants to do something, she'll do it. Let's not forget his crowing moment of awesomeness in the dolphin episode; if you know, you know. Hank Hill earns his title of King of the Hill.
@justarandomfoxinahat6201Or an episode on trans people he'd probably disagree with some of the lifestyle but if its just a trans person living their life bothering nobody he'd at least respect them and treat them like theyd want to be treated.
@caroline7828 I don’t remember an episode about a trans person, but there was one about drag queens that I really recommend.
@@auqustfire It's hypothetical
The rich irony of conservatives hating the show just because there is a gay character, is the funniest thing there will ever be relating to this show.
Right? Like they offended someone
And it was their target audience
If Conservatives hated the Mr. Birchum and New Norm for being "woke" because a gay character got a limelight on screen and have the most queer fanbases, then that pretty much defeats the purpose of the premise that is supposed to be pandering towards the anti-woke crowd. Daily Wire failed their audience spectacularly.
No one wants a main character who's always right and the best. That alone is just horrible writing
i mean, the paragon archetype exists in stories, but that doesn't mean they don't struggle, and they still have to be likeable. you could make the argument that captain america is always right and the best, but you'd never call him an uninteresting character. the stories let you see him struggle for what's right and never act condescending in his morality, which from the sounds of this review, is the opposite of mr. birchem
Especially if the right and best character is a total jerk as well.
GARY STU
The alternative.. jokes from super wokeys, are extremely unfunny... They always try not to offend everybody... Sometimes too hard 🤦♂️
so like the bible
This show tried to fight "woke culture" but instead it's became cringe culture
This is perfectly stated.
These damn bots dude...
They are fighting "woke culture" by making "sleep culture" that really is far superior for all the old people that believe in it.
I mean, i am pretty sure a lot of people who call stuff "cringe" are anti-woke. At least outside of Brazil.
Yep it seems like it
It’s honestly pretty crazy to see the bar for adult animation go lower and lower.
No surprises that it's sponsored by AIPAC/Mossad
@UTTPisBetterThanDannoCalare you touched?
This is why I watch anime
It's practically a tripping hazard in hell
@@Zingystardust01I mean Invincible and Hazbin Hotel are pretty good
The amount of yaoi coming from this show is really funny
The fact that homophobes were calling it woke cuz there's a gay character and chose to boycott is magical stupidity😆😆😆😆😆😆
At least it proves that conservatives are not homophobic
homophobia was never a left vs right issue
(nobody hates the gays as much as communists)
Conservatives really don't have a clue how to function happily
@@Dr.Mlieko I'll correct you here, the Third Reich attacked gays and trans people, and the Nazis' views were right-wing, so you're not entirely right
@UTTPisBetterThanDannoCalwho even are you
My farts are better than Saberfart's farts.
It's like Brickleberry mated with Velma and got a discount King of the Hill disguise from a yard sale.
This sums up the show so well.
My farts are better than Saberfart's farts.
I’d say it’s like Brickleberry had an incestuous encounter with its clones (Paradise PD and the space show), saw Velma, then stole the KOTH disguise
SHUT UP KID
SHUT UP KID
Notice that while the students in the King of the Hill episode are doing wood shop projects at Hank's house, he is neither using them to complete his personal projects nor using the threat of a failing grade to secure their cooperation. That's because Hank actually values them and has a genuine interest in their education. Mr. Birchum, on the other hand...
Another thing to note is that Hank doesn't incentivize them with promise of extra credit.
He's just glad that the kids are taking up a trade that he's taken an interest in.
It’s interesting how you’d think they’d want to make the character more like Hank, someone the conservative boomers can see themselves in.
But instead he’s a miserable asshole who only cares about himself and pissing other people off because that’s the only joy he gets in life
It seems they know their target audience well
Conservatives like hank are called democrats now@seanmcloughlin5983
Hank is an absolute bread bun of a man, I swear. He's the best everyman character in a show ever.
@@Zorothegallade-gg7zg That's because he wasn't written with the intent of being polarizing or to "offend" people. He was written to be a common everyman and it was done extremely well! Mr. Birchum feels like a zany character you would see on a King of the Hill episode.
One thing that wasn't mentioned in the shop class comparison:
Birchum had the kids repair HIS OWN DECK. Hank had his class repair the school bathroom.
Now both activities are meant to show the kids the practical uses for the skills they're learning in order to engage them in the lessons more, which is a good thing. However, Birchum's version has him repairing HIS OWN DECK. He's literally using them as slave labor. In fact, one might posit that he failed his class in order to FORCE them to do the repair job. This is VERY unethical and absolutely should be a firable offence.
Meanwhile, Hank's version has them repairing the bathrooms, a place they use every day. This job doesn't benefit Hank in the slightest, but does benefit the students doing the repairs and their community. It teaches personal responsibility, the value of giving back to the community, and shows the kids how their skills can be used to help others.
Birchum's activity is blatantly self-serving, while Hank's activity is highly valuable and educational. Birchum is just so obviously the bad guy here it's ludicrous.
So the slave labor accusation was not that far off
@@pennywiselivesinmybackyard2057yeah, he also specifically tells the students NOT to tell ANYONE (including parents specifically) where they are. Birchum is lucky the other teacher recorded it, otherwise people would think he's a predator
It's Ironic that the "anti-woke" & "anti-cancel culture" show actually cancelled one of their VA's before the show aired.
Context?
@@Korra228 Candice Owen was a voice in that show and she got cancelled by Ben Shapiro
@@spacecat6022 LMAO the only black person they had and they kicked her out. No more plausible deniability!
@@Korra228 Clearly Candice was a DEI hire. Can't have that at the Daily Wire.
@@Korra228 HAHAHAHA "Lies, conservatives aren't racist! We have lots of token black people! Just look at- oh, nevermind..." hahahahaha
Birchum sounds like the kind of vet other vets hate. The guy who believed all the war movies, who would try to go Rambo. Who thought he was the main character. Birchum feels like he would endanger those in his unit a lot by disobeying orders.
Reminds me of a story I read once about John Wayne and when he'd perform USO shows. The troops hated him, because they had to deal with so many dumb new recruits that seemed to think they could act like John Wayne in an actual war.
@@brettwood1351 Frankly the recruiters like to roll with that because they know it gets butts in the office...
Not every 17 year old takes the ASVAB and gets to be in Special Warfare doing active combat shit... most of them are going to be filing paperwork as clerical staff, working in mechanics, operating a forklift, or standing at the guard shack checking IDs. And all of them will deal with meetings, office bullshit, and bureaucracy.
@@CollinMcLean Yeah I know enough people that actually were in the military to have learned that.
Like that South Park episode where Jimbo claimed to have won Vietnam all by him self when in reality Mr Garrison knew it was super gay.
The problem with a lot of conservative entertainment is that it seems to exist solely for political reasons, rather than to try and actually entertain. As a result, it ends up pretty much appealing to absolutely no one aside from twitter conservatives (who are usually too busy being angry on twitter to watch a TV show).
they're pretty much exclusively made for pandering to them
They are created out of spite.
@@skybitelike Spiderman Lotus?
Which, funnily enough, is exactly what they accuse woke stuff of being. They’ll complain a show which incorporates its message into the story is ‘woke’ and doesn’t care about entertaining, but now this show’s doing just that but they don’t care because they actually agree with the message
Twitter is a disease upon society honestly.
Why do these people keep saying "go woke, go broke" as it content with far right perception is more successful?
Because it can be, keyword "can"
@@mahfoudseraf5995any examples?
@mrfunnyperson100 here's an example: why not?
@@mahfoudseraf5995 so not one example of a hyper conservative successful franchise?
I didn’t say there couldn’t be, I said there aren’t.
Conservatives cannot make art, any kind of art period. They can't write, make movies, tv shows, make good music, they don't know comedy etc
21:58 lol, why's he yelling at a school child about Millennials? Millennials are, like, in their 30s and 40s by now.
Lol
And the youngest are around 25~
They would be either gen z or gen alpha lmao
he's been working on that same material for 10+ years so, I guess that explains it?
Probably the same reason he's claiming to be a Vietnam vet despite not being of retirement age: because the writers live twenty years in the past.
@@kayeka4123 lol, good point
Hold on, hold the phone, lets get something straight
This teacher took his child students to his home, incentivising them to work on a project on his personal property, for extra credit, without the school board knowing... that is the premise of that plot
And yet, the guy who went to the schoolboard to say "uh... was he allowed to do this?" and being told "no actually, he wasn't allowed to do this" is somehow the bad guy???
He also made the students keep it a secret from their parents.....
@@KiboSanti suuuus
You know when Hank got in trouble, he didn’t think there was a problem. Making the students keep it secret means he acknowledges there’s a problem to be mad about in the first place.
Well he's literally Vowsh so he's automatically the bad guy, am I right?
@@kaylaa2204I actually hate this rhetoric. There is a HUGE difference between understanding other people will not like what you do and believing/knowing it’s “wrong”. Mr Burcham does not believe what he’s doing is wrong at all. What he’s doing is trying to protect himself from society who has developed the “wrong” outlook.
You must be new conservative logic. Laws for thee, not for me has been their mantra since Nixon.
It's truly ironic when a show made by progressives (KOTH) was better at portraying conservatives as actual people than a show made by conservatives FOR conservatives.
Those writers were actually interested in crafting an actual character, not just a mouthpiece for conservative talking points.
KOTH does a terrible job at depicting how actual conservative people live and work and react to stuff around them.
@@Houlgravely Well, to be fair, we're talking about Conservatives from the 1990's and early 2000's, as written by progressives. And, of course, they're fictional conservatives.
Of course they won't feel like modern conservatives of today's world.
@@BioGoji-zm5ph What are you talking about? King of the Hill portrays a lot of modern conservative attitudes very accurately.
This show is just dumb. Granted for every conservative show of this quality, there are over 20 equally bad liberal shows, but this Conservative show is just dumb and incompetent. I've seen plenty of based, smart, Conservative shows and oddly enough, I can't seem to find many Liberal shows that are very good.
@@9751matt lmao. You only think they’re based and smart because they agree with your preconceived notions
I was skipping through the ad and heard him say “protection. And finally, I have adhd!”
Lmao 🤣
Lol
Same 😭
Hipsters haven’t looked like that in 11 years if that’s what they were trying to go for with the LiBeRaL teacher
What do you expect from ppl stuck 15+yrs in the past?
I'm surprised his hair isn't dyed blue.
@@Nakia11798 Saw an edgy "Comedy" Skit that had an Emo Character as a school shooter. i had to double check that it really was uploaded this year.
Holy shit it's vaush
@@lavetissene339i was just thinking that lmao. They didnt go all the way and do his voice though
The funniest thing was the mom saying, "Sweetie I'm so proud of you for fighting for what you believe in!" and then the rest of the entire show has the caveat of: unless you believe in the wrong thing, then we'll relentlessly mock you for it. The irony
No, that's hypocrisy.
A friendly reminder that Hank Hill, Peter Griffin, Bob Belcher, and Homer Simpson would have beaten the crap out of Mr. Birchum.
Also, Matt Walsh is not allowed within 500 ft of a school.
They would. If I remember correctly didn't south park point out the reason Dawn together didn't last is because their jokes didn't have a point to them? I feel Adam is making the same mistake he made with Dawn Together.
Why Is He Not Allowed Within 500 Ft Of A School?
@@collinkeyser6827 it's a joke but matt walsh has said that women are at their most fertile at a teenage age or something like that
@@bobbydazzler2960 He sure did, he said girls were most fertile at 16.
Hank maybe would kick his ass if he ever laid a finger or endangered Bobby in any way like coach sours did, Peter and Homer would be chill with Mr birchum because he’s a another gen x dad that likes to drink and tell shitty jokes, Bob would just avoid Mr. Birchum after their first run in because he just doesn’t see himself hanging out with Birchum.
I find it incredible how conservatives think about gay people more than actual gay people, low-key funny ngl
Weird, what kind of conservatives do you hang with?
@@NewesSkiller i just step on any social and find them talking randomly about gay people in comment sections of stuff that has nothing to do with lgbtq people, I find it funny 💀 also the conspiracy theorists my mom watches and tries to show me and the old people in my town bringing up the topic when nobody asked or even mentioned it
samesies, I was listening to this podcast (hear me out) where two aunties cook, crack jokes around the stove, & gossip about people I don't even know, but I lost it forever because youtube recommended the angry eyebrow family (the shapiros)
They obsess over our existence it's weird.
@@NewesSkiller Lmao, just recently some guy proposed to his girlfriend and felt the need to mention winning over gay people when he posted the pictures, since the proposal was in June 😂
Or there was that lady that talked about consoling her crying friend in a bathroom and had to mention that she got angry 'cause she imagined what if a trans woman just walked in there.
Homophobic/transphobic people absolutely do think about gay/trans people all the time, creating imaginary scenarios and then getting upset over them 😂
Fun fact, some of the same people that worked on King of the Hill are the same people that worked on Bob's Burgers.
It's why both shows are so good.
The character designer also used to work on Sanjay and Craig, which explains why the art style looks similar.
That makes so much sense, it had a similar "rhythm" to it.
I love the writing on bobs burgers but not the animation
@@The_g_string_lover it's more proof that not everything has to have cutting edge animation to tell a great story
@@poweroffriendship2.0 Oh god, the Nicktoon where the MC gives birth to... a fart.
Hank Hill: "You're not making Conservatism better. You're just making comedy worse."
The inclusion of the tomboy daughter rubs me the wrong way. Sure, the dads in the audience of this show love the idea of a daughter that has boyish hobbies, but sooner or later, they expect them to "grow up" and conform to traditional gender roles.
The adults in my life told me I'd have trouble getting a job if I didn't start wearing makeup as a teenager. Of course, I didn't like makeup since I was told my whole life that girly things were frivolous and not worth the time or money. But once you get to a certain age, they want you to stop being "cool" and start performing femininity.
I just don't see Mr. Birchum accepting his daughter if she gets a masculine job like carpentry, especially if she never became a wife or mother. It's an inherent contradiction in conservatism. They want a "cool" daughter who will play sports and help Dad in the garage, but once she's old enough, she'd better start cooking and wearing makeup. It hurts everyone in the family.
I know I'm rambling, but maybe this comment resonates with someone else. It's hard to go your whole childhood being taught that feminine hobbies are less than, only to be told, "Time for you to start learning those stupid, worthless hobbies," once your waist-to-hip ratio dips below 1.
I feel like that's how the character was going to evolve into if she went into puberty. God I swear I can smell they would do a "you can be masculine and still be a woman" trope around a ftm/ftn trans character then still bully them around for being masculine woman and not automatically a trad wife at 18. Or even at puberty if they're going to do weird "fertile", pedo, and legal age jokes. This show sucks. I can relate to what you're saying.
I don't even get, how is it that with both character tropes, that somehow a girly-girl and a tomboy for some reason that both count as internalized misogyny?
You are totally right. The idea is that it is okay for them to be tomboys because they are too young to understand the difference. But I'm getting this will probably an anti-trans subplot later. Like the school sees that she is a tomboy and insist that she is really a trans boy or some nonsense.
It's just a retarded cartoon no one is watching, who cares?
@@RoninRenbecause it’s performative. These aren’t natural interests of the women and girls involved but performative actions taken for the men in their lives.
You are getting caught up on the action of the women. It’s not about the interests or hobbies themselves any interest or hobby can be the result of internalized misogyny and any interest or hobby can also be free of internalized misogyny.
Misogyny is often contradicting, and most women experience it AS a contradiction. The women you are replying to is literally giving you an example of how she experienced misogyny IN a contradictory manor. But instead of being like “huh, that’s weird that women constantly complain about how things are contradictory for them” you are like nope it’s impossible and thus they must not know what they are talking about.
Like yo every feminist rant is about how women are sick of being expected to be all things at once even contradictory things I mean, literally before any of this there’s the madonna horror complex of men wanting women to be sexual available to them at all times and yet the virgin pure that is straight up a contradiction.
Misogyny is literally a contradiction all the time that is a huge fucking problem with it. There are a lot of other ones like treating women not like people, but yeah, misogyny expects women to be cool and into masculine things, but also not and be wholly feminine and not into anything masculine yes at the exact same time how is that possible? I don’t know no one ever figured it out. But women should and if they aren’t they are trash and should expect nothing.
Your confusion at how feminine and masculine things can both be internalized. Misogyny is literally the point of misogyny.
This cartoon look like those shitty gardenscape ads
Agreed. Gardenscape itself is a decent mobile game for what it is, but you'd never even guess its content from their abhorrent ads. I genuinely don't understand it.
@@TheChangeling13 Honestly, I'd rather them be honest and just show a calm and ASMR like ad of the true gameplay. The fact that there aren't any sliding pin levels until you are REALLY far into the game shows how legally scummy this game's advertising is
@@fandroid6491 Completely agree. I didn't even know there WERE sliding pin levels in that game. I thought it was all just decorating gardens, like its sister game Homescape is about decorating houses.
Wait. Why is the friend group so diverse? Did the writers catch the woke mind virus?
They sure did. No, not really, they are somewhat smart enough to realize that they need to throw their tokens in there to seem somewhat like human beings. The disguise isn't convincing in the slightest, though. You don't wanna know what this lot says behind closed doors about "the others."
Even Hank Hill only had White best friends.
I bet that some artists already draw main character and that woke teacher kissing each other.
im doing it currently don't worry
They’ve done much more than that. Much, much more.
on it, boss
There's already a community of them
I'm about to do it
A rule of thumb. If a show is made just to 100% of the time make fun of either the Left or Right, it's gonna suuuuuuuuck
God, remember that the President Show from when Trump got elected? That was horrible.
Finally someone who sees the problem for what it is. I come across so many people who are completely bias to either the left or right. 100% agreed.
I wouldn't say ALWAYS since there are plenty of shows and movies that succeed while making fun of one side, Starship Troopers being the biggest example I can think of
Velma
@@lssjgaming1599agreed
Mr Birchum was a character who was originally created by Adam Carrola in the early 2000s. He was a perverted wood shop teacher who was a pig. That character would make regular appearances on Crank Yankers. Now Adam changed him into a right wing grifter.
That makes Adam a hypocrite using millennials as a cheap excuse for his mistakes.
Basically the entire right wing of America is running a grift on the MAGA morons trump has unleashed. They see easy marks because trump has shown how gullible they are and easy to manipulate.
"Would you like me to help you get acclimated with this new tool?"
Why are they mocking a guy for offering proper safety instructions for an extremely dangerous piece of equipment?
not to mention birchum using the tool wrong as well
Fellas, is it gay to not want permanently disabling work accidents?
@@Dice-Z Welp, to the people behind this show it is! It's WOKE to want to be safe 😡😡😡😡😡 Safety should not be first!!!!!!
unfortunately its too woke to keep all your fingers intact and on your hands
@@Dice-Z can't spell "oh shit im gay" without "osha"
0:42 "heteronormative" that word does not mean what the writers think it means 😂
Yeah I noticed that💀
Because to them it’s just a buzzword
So, what does heteronormative actually mean?
@@TheBerryVids420 the belief that heterosexuality is the only normal or sensible sexuality
@@koichidignitythief7429It’s pretty obvious just reading stuff from conservatives that they don’t know what half the buzzwords they use mean. But seeing them doing it so blatantly on something like this is pretty funny
Look at the cast. Look at how his friend group is strategically diverse. Look at how even including a gay character just to dunk on them angers the conservative audience. At how the child Bircham relates to is a daughter and not a boy. For all their smugness, conservatives have lost the culture war. Even when trying to mock the opposing viewpoint, they still bow down to the social expectations they think the opposition is imposing on them.
denial is the only cope they have left
I saw a clip of the gay guy dancing romanticly with mr burchum, I have no idea if its real or fan made but still its hilarious!!!
@@Hearts4Starz_Hybrid Could go either way. Bircham himself gives off such ridiculous "closeted conservative man" vibes that apparently the internet has taken to drawing the two of hem banging.
Ha! Nice.
Show me on the doll where the scary cartoon show touched you. It's ok, honey, you're in a safe space - the healing beings now.
It's times like this I'm just grateful Smiling Friends exists. Amidst all these obnoxiously arrogant, hyper edgy "sOcIaL cOmMeNtAriEs", it's nice to just watch a show about a bunch of silly goobers.
Lmao same except I fill that goober craving void with early seasons of SpongeBob
This edgy “show” offended me for being the most UNFUNNIEST shit that manage to waste my fucking time, I want my time back, damn it.
off topic but Breakdown pfp, instant W
It's one of those shows that likely won't even be pirated.
Is that breakdown in your pfp?
They would find Les Kassos episode 74 as comedy gold.
This is the most genuine rage I've seen in a comment in a while.
Conservative Family Guy already exists. It's called American Dad.
Like Stan is aggressively conservative, has the "trad wife" but also the "nerdy but want to be like his dad" son and "complete moral opposite political" daughter. Everyone of them is an over the top stereotype.
Yet they grow. They compromise and evolve and grow in the episodes. They are both political straw men representatives and characters you care about.
Honestly imo American Dad is way funnier than Family Guy imo. Not that FG doesn't have it's moments. But on the whole I care more about the Smiths.
Stan shows how well meaning the Conservative movement can be, yet also how their broad generalization is their greatest flaw.
Francine seems at a glance as a misogynistic representation but I'd argue she shows how a woman can be both "traditionally" feminine coded while also being a modern woman in control and not afraid to take charge.
Steve is a typical wimpy nerd wanting to be "masculine" but despite that he acts and embraces a lot of "non masculine" traits and defends them often.
Hailey is the counter to Stan and is a very "conservatives see the Left as this" character yet is shown as both correct and incorrect. A great example of how again, both sides have their strengths and flaws and the fact she pushes and sometimes wins vs Stan is extremely important.
And Roger. His shift created the most dynamic character in "offensive" animated show history, especially compared to Brian's shift to an unlikable and smug jerk.
Roger is a wild card who's flexibility of morals works to threaten the others and works to make them grow. He's the best animated character in existence imo.
Long story short. Conservative cartoons that are made for an echo chamber are bad and politically stubborn people make painful media deserving of high amounts of ridicule
American Dad also likes to poke fun at itself, as well as Roger existing, which is a sign that it's not trying to be propaganda.
I remember when his son became a communist and the dad got offended
abso-fucking-lutely, op. absolutely agree. 👏👏👏
I mean yeah it's a pretty good show but the conservativism really starts to rear its ugly head when trans people get written into the narrative. Like seriously every trans person in that show gets trashed on and it's played for laughs
@@Cera_01
As it should be
Man Mr Birchum misses reality so hard.
So here is the reality, in the early 2000's the market was FLOODED with cheap tools and ya know who bought them En Masse... BOOMERS!
Yeah, Boomers bought cheap Chinese Tools like crazy and now we got the issue of having 90% of tools being cheap crap. I watched this first hand as I'm I was hella big into cars and I went form a wrench being automotive safe to having a label saying "not for Automotive use" beign sold... AT AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP!!!
I was like wait what? and asked the guy workingt here, he said they used to have proper tools but no one bought them. Boomers were literally "I can get one good tool for $30, or 5 crap tools for $6, but that's okay coz if it breaks I still got change for 5 replacement tools".
It didn't take long, like literally 4-5 years and there were only 3 brands left with "automotive safe" tools, now we are down to 2 and one is owned by chinese company and they snap like a twig when you try to work on a car.
Just FYI cars need to stay together when your driving so bolts, screws, etc need more strength to make sure they are tight and won't fall off from all the vibrations of your car, but the cheap chinese tools are so flimsy they just snap. I have personally seen a dozen tools snap from general maintance, I luckily got some real tools, but so many of my tools I have to put in the "house use only pile".
Anyway point is like McDonald's it wasn't my generation that scoffed down cheap food and bought cheap tools till it's all that's left, that sh*t happened BEFORE the 90's, which is why in the 90's I grew up with fast food everywhere. In the Early 2000's was when tools got ruined by Boomers.
So yeah once again it's the children/grandchildren of the boomers who get blamed for their f**k ups.
Real, like fucking always
my dude, you make me miss craftsman...I WISH I could open up a manufacturing plant to make just basic wrenches that last.
@@drfarrinits never to late to start
@@drfarrin fr, I wish I could do more to help the sad state we are in
Even more ironic is the boomers preaching about responsibility yet they refuse to take any responsibility for how things are today.
i fucking love how the very conservatives this show is pandering dont want to watch the show because it simply contains a gay character. its like, one of those stories containing a prophecy, and the main character inevitably fufills the prophecy in attempting to avoid it.
oh like in macbeth
That's pretty funny. In an attempt to mock the gay they made homophobes hate them
Tzeentch strikes again!
Oedipus Complex lmao
Meanwhile the Alphabet Mafia claimed Mr. Birchum as "queer media"
One day, Hank Hill is going to be considered liberal or left leaning centrist just because he was a 3 dimensional conservative.
what the fuck is a 3 dimensional conservative
@@somedestinyfanyaknow3703a type of person that hasn’t existed for a long time
Not all conservatives are bad, as a leftist myself though. They're genuinely nice, they support me at times. Despite the opposites we have, really.
@@MrBackman85 Thanks man, I appreciate the kind response. Hope you keep the people that support you close!
@@NewesSkiller Yeah, they're pretty chill, so no problem.
The moment I see “anti woke” or “woke” my eyes roll to the back of my head
I cringe every single time
Me too. Whenever I see comments mentioned about "woke" and blame it on diversity and inclusiveness when discussing about movies, TV shows, or video games, this makes me annoyed a lot.
@@poweroffriendship2.0 god forbid we have a cast that doesn't only consist of cis straight white people
@@itzfoxymisfit3069 Not that I have anything against diverse casts. I love the inclusion in shows like the Mandalorian and Miami Vice. But I also don't have anything against casts that aren't diverse. I don't see what the problem is. If the story is told from a place and perspective where the likely reality is that the majority of people involved are mostly cis straight white people, then why not? It doesn't hurt me. In fact I really don't think about it much when watching stuff.
I doubt most people do. And when it happens I doubt there was any malice behind it most of the time. Chances are the director just mostly knows people who fit that description or those are the people who auditioned and did well. I'm certain there's a few genuinely and intentionally racist directors out there but I'm assuming they're very far and few between. People need to leave casting directors alone. I'd rather want the cast to be chosen naturally then have a checklist of people who HAVE to be shoehorned in unrelated to the plot. If it's diverse in a way that feels natural great. If the cast isn't diverse then whatever. Probably doesn't mean anything. And I'm saying this as a minority myself.
Anti woke is what human needs lol.
There's something subtextually REALLY depressing about the fact they gave their conservative self-insert MC a daughter who always agrees with and respects him, right?
lol I think you're right about that one
Oh my God, that is depressing
Yknow what’s funnier? This is the SECOND TIME they did it. They also did that in Lady Ballers
What's funnier is that she's his step-daughter, which by conservative standards makes Birchum a cuck.
Wonder if that it’s the complete opposite in the real world.
As a conservative, this conservative "anti-woke" media is harder for me to watch than actually "woke" stuff, although I wouldn't actually use the word woke, because it's just a meaningless buzzword for whatever conservatives don't like now. I think extreme conservatism is the antithesis of good art, because naturally as people trying to "conserve" they're going to have a difficult time coming up with something new rather than copying. The Daily Wire loves to point out unoriginality in Hollywood, and then proceed to make things as unoriginal as Hollywood could ever do. I'm a writer myself so I take great offense at The Daily Wire's attempts at art, (although I do appreciate Klavan, as some of his works are well written and although I disagree with him a lot, he has some good insights on art.)
They tried so hard not to be cringe that they looped around to being cringe
I find that any media trying to make "the other side" upset is just dull and pointless media. if your media is made just to make a "haha look at how made they got" then it's on the same level as like putting gum on the bottom of someone's shoe
fox news really ruins many american lifes
I agree, I think the thing about comedy as well it’s always evolving in some way. Same on the flip side, I don’t like and many people on my end when LGBTQ characters are shoehorned in for brownie points. Like shows like orange is the new black is just good writing and good jokes like how king of the hill and parks recreation are funny with great jokes. Anti woke media is always going to feel dated and lifeless because it was never designed from a genuine place of art or creativity.
@@idontevenknow9758I’m lgbtq and trust me we don’t like it either. Shows throw in token lgbtq characters without giving them any more depth than “they’re gay. thats what you guys want, right?”
As a millineal I was declared the participation award generation, but WHO was handing out those awards?
exactly
We didn't even like those awards. Everyone who got one knew it was literally a "your team sucked so bad you could only get an award for showing up" prize. Kids got made fun of for having them because even then we knew it wasn't a real prize and my sister threw all of hers away. The only reason they gave them out was because our parents would riot in the Chuck E. Cheese if their child wasn't given an award just for existing, because their baby was better than everyone else's. The awards were literally so our entitled parents wouldn't scream at them, they weren't to make us feel better. (I mean, my parents weren't like that, but I knew A LOT of kids from my generation whose parents were like that, mostly because I was a cheerleader and my mom had to save me from being screamed at by other kid's moms all the time.)
@@Pipkiablo Yeah seriously. I think I only got one of them and it just felt like receiving a backhanded compliment.
Literally the only thing I cared about was the food at the end of the game.
lol, my participation award trophies were some of the most meaningless nonsense. Like getting a video game achievement award for making it through the opening cutscene.
This is the conservative adult sit-com version of wish-fuilfillment anime. The main character never has to change, or learn anything, or even make a mistake. Just, is super cool and smart and right all the time and he gets to smack around everyone the audience hates with no real repercussions.
Birchum was modeled after the teachers that the creator DISLIKED.
“The new cartoon they don’t want you to see!!!” *proceeds to hide show behind subscription paywall*
So “they” are the daily wire themselves. Ironic.
they?? PRONOUNS?????
_"The new cartoon they don't want you to see."_
If the audience don't want to see the cartoon, then that defeats the purpose of viewership and getting a certain demographic. Advertising 101 right here.
they is me. i don't want me to see it.
Careful, you used pronouns. The folks over at daily wire are going to get bloody mad /s
If politics encompass your entire personality, you shouldn't be allowed to write or produce anything more professional than a Facebook post.
LOL
I like how the character has a black friend too like "look, he has a black friend, he can't be hateful :)"
plus an Asian and (I think) Hispanic friend too, just to make sure his friend group was diverse enough to show he's not racist
@missmadness564 and not only is he Hispanic but GAAAY
Another black who was supposed to be Candace Owen’s self-insert got written out and removed for pissing off the wrong person.
I bet in one future episede Birchum will call his black friend the N-word
And then complain that he cant say that because he is white and yadayadayada.....
Congratulations, they defeated the woke concept of diversity quotas in terms of their cast by(looks at clipboard) meeting a diversity quota.
So i'm a millennial. I'm also a carpenter. (I build bed frames for a living)
Adam Carolla is a podcaster.
watching a guy, who talks on the internet for a living, larping as a carpenter is more insulting than any of the jokes about millennials
The woke guy made a good point, you can't force students to do your housework
The libertarian fetish with child labor is truly sickening.
@@HellecticMojo good tip, never ask a libertarian their opinion on childeren, like ever, just dont
Extra credit isn't "forc[ing them] to do your housework". I don't *agree* with that type of extra credit, but it *was* extra credit. Don't misrepresent it.
@@timothymarzelli3874 didn't they all fail? Failing everyone then assigning extra credit seems more like coercion.
@@HellecticMojo I can see the argument for that, and I don't want to pretend I'm an expert on this, since I didn't watch the show and have no plans to, but the way Saber said it, it *sounded* optional to me. So maybe coercion? *Probably* coercion? But I still wouldn't consider it forced.
from some images and clips I saw of that show I even thought that the protagonist was gay
and honestly, as far as I care, yeah he is
Yes the closeted creator made the main character gay....for some reason, I'm not sure why
Haha, what a plot twist, the main character hides his gayness!
You know whats really bad about the Romeo x Romeo thing? Its not even woke, its historically accurate, all of Shakespeares plays were performed by male actors, female actress's werent allowed till well after his death, the writers can't even get their definition of "woke" correctly
Honestly, the thing I'm most annoyed by is the fact that they called it "Romeo and Romeo" and not "Romeo and Julian." I mean... just because they're both boys doesn't mean they have the exact same name.
@@nyxshadowhawk
Seriously even primary school children are atleast "clever" enough to come up with stuff like
"Its Adam and Eve, not Adam and STEVE"
Like the bars already low enough was it really necessary to bring out the shovels?
None of them use it correctly tbh. Often it means "Something I don't like."
It gets better. They generally used prepubescent boys to play the girls in Elizabethan/Tudor plays to not totally crack suspension of disbelief, meaning that to modern eyes the original performances would have super creepy overtones
@@nyxshadowhawkthank you! I’m an amateur writer and even I wouldn’t have done that
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The show: Older man in position of authority brings minors to his house unsupervised
Conservatives: as it should be
Conservatives are the people that want to make it legal for adults to marry kids.
Reality: "Liberal" older man in position of authority brings minors to his house/office unsupervised to talk about "transitioning".
"Liberal": as it should be
And they claim the LGBTQ are the predators.
But HEAVEN forbid that children learn about gay people!
@@Thescooped23 meanwhile in king of the hill
penny: hank my drag queen and trans friends are coming over for dinner
hank: ok honey tell them i said hi, DANG IT BOBBY YOUR MUSIC TASTE IS ASSSSSS
"Why do you have to hate what you don't understand?"
-Bobby Hill
What's ironic about this show is that it's meant for the people who constantly complain about shows for being "pandering", yet this show was created to directly pander to the right who constantly complain about these things, and it ended up being an awful show anyways
Even more ironic that even the Far right conservatives that daily wire pander too hate the show because the show has gay characters in It
I hate the word pandering. It’s a buzzword. If there’s no diversity, people get mad. If there is diversity, people will still get mad. People should make their own material if they want representation and people stop getting offended when non straight and non white people get recognized.
@@eko9554 I don’t like the word either nor like using it, though I feel like this show is an exception with how much it’s trying to win over the far right
@@henrybitencourt if it’s doesn’t only involve an alpha white male or a white woman who’s sexualized, a love interest or a damsel in distress, then they don’t even want to look at it
@@henrybitencourt also it's even more funny how i think chowder came out as gay, no idea if he's on dw
I feel like shows with political messaging can be clever, fun, and even funny at times, but when they are *so* on the nose like this, it just comes off as insufferable and tone deaf.
I believe that for any show that decides to have a sociopolitical message to work, it must first be devoid of strong biases that prevent it from dialoguing with other ideologies or make it blind towards self-criticism. We need to remember that politics as a whole is made by humans, and like all humans, it is prone to making mistakes.
What makes these shows boring and irritating is the fact that they are basically narrative Mary Sues, as their sole purpose for existing is to ridicule other ideological points only, while at the same time selling a glorified version of their worldview.
My farts are better than Saberfart's farts.
South Park did it well. They are definitely more left leaning but they have an honest representation of small town conservatism. It takes jabs at both sides but shows the hypocrisy of each party.
*cough* South Park since season 16 *cough*
@mayconlcruz Talking about another type of media here (video games), but I think (and I believe a lot of people would agree) that Disco Elysium is a very good example of a game with politics
A lot of politics appearing in Disco Elysium is so that it can be a punchline and criticized, and that is true for the moralists (center-left and center-right), the fascists, the ultraliberals (libertarians) and the mazovians (communists / marxists), it even makes fun of you if you refuse to engage with the politics (via the "World's Most Laughable Centrist" achievement)
The writers are very openly communists, but they still make fun of communists (in a way that mostly communists would, which makes it deviate from the "iphone venezuela 100 billion dead" tired memes)
Possibly "turning into" a communist doesn't make the main character super powerful or instantly correct on every thing he says (it even gives you debuffs on two stats, in exchange for gaining xp for certain dialogue choices), and neither is that true for the NPCs
Still pretty weird how conservatives seem to be really against the whole concept of consent.
Karponzi: Do I have consent to shake your hand?
Birchum: No.
Which Karponzi respects, instead of demanding to know why not, or trying to force him to shake his hand.
@@notasaint6770the way the very concept of asking someone before touching them is confusing to you speaks volumes
@@notasaint6770 A scene from the show this video is talking about.
Terrible example though.
@@Dice-ZNo
Whatever myths you've created in your mind about "conservatives" are irrelevant.
Cartoons aren't real life my bro lol