I was very glad that scene didn't continue through to Worf sneezing and Spot screaming in response, but was very sad that that moment wasn't included, like, two clips later. The perfect stinger to a great moment of humor. More than once I've randomly remembered that silliest two seconds, dropped what I was doing and gone to TH-cam to find it, and giggle for a bit. I think it's the timing; the scene cuts _just_ as the cat's yowl comes through, and it's perfect.
Its pretty funny how easily she comes to that conclusion even in the context of the episode. As a rational person and medical proffesional, Crusher should probably assume that the actual cause of the happenings is at least less likely than the possibility that she had gone mad. Later in the episode, they do a better job of clarifying that Crusher has actually considered the possibility of madness, and decided that if that were the case that she ought to try to ignore it and press on with her investigation as anything else would be "giving in to the madness". In a sense, she's looking for another explanation because if she really were insane, she couldn't do anything about it. The initial reveal in this scene is still pretty funny, Crusher basically asks the computer if she's crazy and then takes its response (no) to be unquestionable proof, despite the fact that if she was insane or under the influence of some psychic phenomna, that she'd probably still get the same answer from the computer due to her altered state of perception feeding into itself. When taken to extremes philosophic ideas are really counter to any kind of plot development, and its not surprising an episodic show doesn't fully encapsulate the philosophic concerns of "What is perception? What is sanity?" But I'm glad they tried to tackle tough subjects on occasion even when they sometimes resulted in accidental comedy
@@SineN0mine3 Considering all the crazy stuff Enterprise has run into over the years, it honestly might be a good policy to keep a quick finger on the "something's wrong with the universe" alarm buttoned. Rather than waste time doubting yourself, because if you are crazy, knowing it won't really matter anyway, will it? But it's never space madness, it's always pocket dimensions or reality-bending aliens or a Romulan trick or O'Brian's cosmic karma.
A lot of them were from the episode where she was trapped in the warp bubble, in which she pretty much WAS descending into insanity. Or so she thought.
@@digitalintent Ah right. I must have gotten it mixed up with the Devolution episode where the entire crew of Enterprise was evolving backwards and Worf turned into some kind of prehistoric Klingon monster.
@@whompronnieBecause of this comment, I found one of the audio books narrated by Frakes. You could tell he was having a great time imitating I'm his fellow cast members.
I dare you to make a star trek computer ai one that can do everything the enterprise ai could do and still sound like a mindless computer when you try to make it sound like SkyNet
That Data side-eye when Picard is laying down on the Klingon ship always cracks me up. It's like he's saying, "I will not look in your direction. Dick."
You missed some bits from the episode where Q was turned into a human. Namely, the part where he desperately tries to convince the crew he's powerless now and asks what he can do to to convince them of his mortality, to which Worf dryly replies: 'Die.' Or the bit where Guinan stabs his hand with a fork to check if he's really human.
@@brian4804 The title should be ironic though, so a compilation of violence should be more like "TNG is a show about peaceful exploration and coexistance."
Seeing Data with a beard again reminds me of the movies Riker: Smooth as an android's bottom Data: May I? *proceeds to stroke Riker's chin. Then shakes his head no and wanders off*
I love this show. I really miss the 45 minute episodic, 24 episodes per season trek. A lot of it was filler but it allowed for a lot of character exploration / growth.
Filler is underrated. I find i have less patience for going hard on the same storyline for sixteen or more episodes, it's emotionally taxing. And if the story is stupid, you can't just chuckle and move on, you have to deal with it all season.
The great thing about a mostly episodic show is that it's so easy to just jump in and rewatch a random episode without missing out on much. Plot-heavy shows can be good and all, but if you want to rewatch them you'll probably have to commit to the whole thing
0:23 I never noticed Crusher's reaction in the background before!🤣😂 Almost looks like a genuine reaction, as if that wasn't scripted and Michael Dorn improvised smashing it?
@@prion42 At the very beginning of "Future Imperfect" Troi asks Riker what he wished for and her reaction always seemed pretty real to me. Like she knew a joke was coming and was excited to hear what he came up with.
@@joshuadowdle9691 Not sure about Frakes, but actors who are funny and good at improvising will often use a different funny line on each take. Robin Williams and Ryan Reynolds are good examples of this.
This just lends legitimacy to the intricacies and nuances of the drama when it happens because TNG isn’t above gleeful nonsense. Bless you for including Q waking beside his beloved and Beverly Crusher’s granny smut in the first minute. 🙌🏼
@@SimonBuchanNzThat's a good comparison. I believe they asked her to make something up, but was gradually allowed to ditch it. By the last season it was basically a British/American combo.
"I will feed him." ROFLMAO! Michael Dorn's tone on this line is everything! There's an art to acting so dead serious that it can't help being hilarious...
1:38 oh my gosh I remember seeing this out of context and thinking "Oh, it's funny because British child throws temper tantrum" but once I saw the episode and context, its comedy gold.
Yeah like many of these clips it makes perfect sense in context. Jean Luc is stuck in a child's body and pretending to have an awkward tantrum because he doesn't know how to loosen up and be a child.
One of the most insane episodes of TOS. Spock's Brain is scooped out by mentally challenged amazones, from a gender segregated planet, and used as computer, while his brainless body is taken along the search for his brain.
Ok, heres the thing: You EARN moments of levity in a serious show. You show nuance to the characters and break the tension. You endear the audience to the characters and know them to be serious generally while allowing them to have multiple layers. We used to call this WRITING!!!!
I mean if you made a show serious serious serious every second the show just becomes a figurative straight line, lacking any form of intensity because it all becomes the same. The newer Star Trek shows end up going gritty gritty nihilism dark dark dark with no semblance of hope or happiness, and it all just ends up becoming monotonous.
Unfortunately, it's an ingredient that ST:Discovery lacks. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of _those_ pricks who tears down the show like a self-entitled man-baby. In fact, I kinda like the series, but if their idea for levity is overexposure of an annoying character (i.e. Tilly), then I'm sorry but I'm not amused.
"Heh heh, I'm a role model." That line gets even funnier when you realize Sir Patrick Stewart is a fan of Beavis and Butt-Head. The delivery is absolutely on point, lol.
One of my favorite exchanges is missing: When Q becomes a mortal, but nobody believes him. Q: "What must I do to convince you people?!" Worf: "Die." Q: "Oh, very clever, Worf. Eat any good books, lately?"
The whole Jean Luc does bad Shakespeare bit is doubly hilarious when you realize that Patrick Stewart is a trained stage actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who taught Shakespeare to American kids in the 70’s 😂
So glad you included the bit where Picard is creeped out by Data when hes trying to sleep. I always cracked me up how Data stares him down as he turns around
Besides Picard reciting Shakespeare to save Lwaxana, I love the bit in Manhunt where Picard gets Data to crash their "date" by telling them boring anecdotes about other cultures' ceremonies. "Data, this is fascinating! Don't you agree, Mrs. Troi?"
I remember reading an interview with Brent Spiner back in the day and the article talked about how he was a trained comic actor and he was worried about it being boring to play Data. Of course then he realized playing Data allowed him to be like the ultimate "straight man". Of course you can see a little bit of the comic and a little of the straight man roles in clips like these.
It's been my favorite line in all of Star Trek, perhaps in all of media, ever since the episode first premiered way back when. "CAPTAIN! I PROTEST! I AM *_NOT_* A MERRY MAN!!!"
Data and Worf and Spot - Data’s tell him he’s a pretty cat and a good cat and Worf’s I will feed him and Data’s perhaps that will be enough , never gets old😂
That scene always makes me cringe: they found it acceptable to make that cat hang there in Michael Dorn's hands for all those seconds for a bit of comedy. And how many takes? Yes, they could have done worse-but they also could have chosen something better to do.
Reminds of of Star Wars when Han and C-3PO mentions ‘let the rookie win’ and ‘wookies rip arms out of their sockets when they are upset’ or something like that.
@@smadaf If the actor playing Spot was truly uncomfortable, he wouldn't have been nearly as well behaved. I'm sure it was nowhere near as bad as the gender modification surgery and ensuing pregnancy for the Genesis episode. 😺😺😺
“There’s nothing wrong with me. There’s something wrong with the Universe.” That’s the first thing God said when he tried to rationalize his first mistake.
This is why I feel TNG best encapsulates Star Trek. On one hand you have some of the most heavy hitting socio political and philosophical commentary and discussion on TV. Then on the other hand you have some of the goofiest shit ever put to screen. And they go hand in hand so well together
Jerry Hardin as Samuel Clemens is masterful and underappreciated. He serves no absolutely necessary plot element (that I can recall) but really makes the episode.
@@AnkhAnankuoh it gets more silly. They get called back to Earth randomly because archaeologists opened a tunnel under the Presidio in San Francisco, that had been sealed for like four hundred years, and found Data’s severed head, a pistol and Samuel Clemen’s pocket watch. The story involved invisible aliens who had a snake that shot a time travel beam out of its mouth, who travel to various historical epidemics across the universe to drain people’s life essence who were already dying so they wouldn’t be missed. At one point Data palms an anvil and carries it across the room and then has to scream and pretend he hurt himself because there’s a human from the 1800’s in the room with him. I quote this episode like twice to four times a month.
2:02 I love how he doesn't realize at first, and when Troi says "Data!", he just looks down and it still takes him a second to realize what just happened
One of the thing that bugged me about Lower Decks criticism is that Star Trek was always funny. McCoy coming up with creative insults for Spock, Picard hiding from Lwaxana, Quark in general.
I think some people mistake saying it's more serious and has philosophy for meaning it was devoid of humour. I like that TNG had these lighter moments throughout all their seasons, and i think they done it very well. When it comes to newer Trek you could make a compilation like this out of 1 season and you'd be here all day, and not in a good way.
I've seen the episode I don't know how many times, and yet I've only just noticed Worf extends his pinkie when holding his tea cup. The Son of Mogh is posh as fuck!
As talented as Spiner and Frakes were, why did they and the directors consistently miss that the line "An endothermic quadraped, carnivorous by nature," is a statement and not a question? "Felus Cattus is your taxonomic nomenclature," full stop. "An endothermic quadraped, carnivorous by nature," full stop.
I might have included the famous line about the quadrupling, or more, of a female Betazoid's sex drive, with Rikers accompanying grin. Otherwise, great stuff! 🖖
I just watched that episode where Data tosses Geordi then runs after him. I was wondering how you managed to get an intake into my Netflix stream. The scene even ends with a very Spiner-esque exchange!
When I was a kid, used to watch it a few episode, a few years back I watched it on netflix while doing work on my second screen. Felt like the series is never gonna end. But then I realized 3 more episode and its the end of the series. I finished it and felt the void in me. Still holding from watching the movie, keeping it like a fine wine. lol
Okay I died laughing. The Mii Channel music makes it funnier! Good stuff. That said, I feel like this is just cherry picked silly moments from the show, and I am okay with this. Because a totally 100% serious show would be boring.
Or if you prefer without music: th-cam.com/video/PvYsMZxLj9U/w-d-xo.html
Why would I ever want this without the music
@@KevinBerstene Agreed. LOVE the music!
How about only the music? I was really digging it, what's its name?
@@Ze0do0Gas It's the old school Nintendo Wii music. th-cam.com/video/Twi92KYddW4/w-d-xo.html
@@Ze0do0Gas It's from the Mii Channel on Nintendo Wii.
“Tell him he’s a pretty cat, and a good cat.” This is the most advanced computer in the known universe btw
@@Tetracera. well it was trained on the internet, seems pretty accurate lmfao
I was very glad that scene didn't continue through to Worf sneezing and Spot screaming in response, but was very sad that that moment wasn't included, like, two clips later. The perfect stinger to a great moment of humor. More than once I've randomly remembered that silliest two seconds, dropped what I was doing and gone to TH-cam to find it, and giggle for a bit. I think it's the timing; the scene cuts _just_ as the cat's yowl comes through, and it's perfect.
The cat? BA-DUM-BUM
@@Tetracera.
Jep, most advanced AI indeed.
Who would want to learn about boring human faces if you can learn about and look at cats instead? 🥰
0:41 😭😂
"If there's nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe." Taking that line out of context made me realize how funny it is.
Of course in Star Trek that’s a perfectly plausible supposition.
Its pretty funny how easily she comes to that conclusion even in the context of the episode. As a rational person and medical proffesional, Crusher should probably assume that the actual cause of the happenings is at least less likely than the possibility that she had gone mad.
Later in the episode, they do a better job of clarifying that Crusher has actually considered the possibility of madness, and decided that if that were the case that she ought to try to ignore it and press on with her investigation as anything else would be "giving in to the madness". In a sense, she's looking for another explanation because if she really were insane, she couldn't do anything about it. The initial reveal in this scene is still pretty funny, Crusher basically asks the computer if she's crazy and then takes its response (no) to be unquestionable proof, despite the fact that if she was insane or under the influence of some psychic phenomna, that she'd probably still get the same answer from the computer due to her altered state of perception feeding into itself.
When taken to extremes philosophic ideas are really counter to any kind of plot development, and its not surprising an episodic show doesn't fully encapsulate the philosophic concerns of "What is perception? What is sanity?" But I'm glad they tried to tackle tough subjects on occasion even when they sometimes resulted in accidental comedy
Sounds like something Principal Skinner would say.
My personal favorite was when she said "well i did fall asleep to a particularly erotic chapter in my grandmother's journal".........
@@SineN0mine3 Considering all the crazy stuff Enterprise has run into over the years, it honestly might be a good policy to keep a quick finger on the "something's wrong with the universe" alarm buttoned. Rather than waste time doubting yourself, because if you are crazy, knowing it won't really matter anyway, will it? But it's never space madness, it's always pocket dimensions or reality-bending aliens or a Romulan trick or O'Brian's cosmic karma.
'What must I do to convince you people?'
'Die.'
'Oh, very good, Worf. Eat any good books lately?'
Guinan: [stabs Q's hand with a fork] Seems human enough to me.
It's "clever" not "good"
But otherwise else, well done (not being condescending) and I love that part (and the Guinan bit too)
I like how all of Crusher's scenes appear to show someone slowly descending into insanity.
She's Wesley's mother. I'm sure that's a Lovecraftian horror in itself.
I miss Polaski.
...appear?
A lot of them were from the episode where she was trapped in the warp bubble, in which she pretty much WAS descending into insanity. Or so she thought.
@@Locutus494 To be fair, you'd question your mind as well if everyone you knew started disappearing and no one even is aware that they even existed.
To be honest, Worf breaking the lute and saying "Sorry" is one of the best moments in the entire show and you cannot convince me otherwise.
It's a gag from Animal House.
I love his line and delivery with "Good tea. Nice house." LOL
Then I raise you the scene after Picard gets Lwaxana back from the Ferengi, he walks to the Helmsman and says "Set course to Betazed....... Warp 9."
Alongside "I am not a merry man!"
And Crusher in the background. 😆
What about the one where Picard drew a smiley face in the smoke and laughed hysterically?
Isn’t that the episode where time ended up frozen and he and Data was only ones still moving?
@@TheGary108 Timescape. Troi and La Forge were also able to move.
@@digitalintent Ah right. I must have gotten it mixed up with the Devolution episode where the entire crew of Enterprise was evolving backwards and Worf turned into some kind of prehistoric Klingon monster.
@@TheGary108 I always liked the design of that creature Worf became.
@@digitalintent Oh yeah, that was cool. I’m still scratching my head at how the cat turned into an iguana tho.
Can we please just appreciate Johnathan Frakes’s impression of Patrick Stewart, it’s genuinely really good
If you like that, Frakes narrates a couple of the TNG books, and he does impressions of all the crew. It's as entertaining as it sounds
@@whompronnie that is amazing
I’m pretty sure they all do it and Sir Patrick hates it.
Let's appreciate mudkips too
@@whompronnieBecause of this comment, I found one of the audio books narrated by Frakes. You could tell he was having a great time imitating I'm his fellow cast members.
"I PROITEST, I AM NOT A MERRY MAN!"
-Worf, Son of Mogh
I dare you to make a star trek computer ai one that can do everything the enterprise ai could do and still sound like a mindless computer when you try to make it sound like SkyNet
I almost read that as the video game Elden Ring boss Mohg ... he sort of fits as a Klingon ancestor with his quest for power/to rule and bloodlust.
*nervous laughter* "I'm a role model." One of my favorite TNG moments of all time.
Best part is when you realize Picard doesn’t like children, haha.
And the way it's shot makes it look like something out of The Office, a decade beforehand.
I'm sure you are😐
@@Doogie2K3 I was going to say this lmao
The scary part is that he _is_ a role model though.
That Data side-eye when Picard is laying down on the Klingon ship always cracks me up. It's like he's saying, "I will not look in your direction. Dick."
I don't know if it was intended as creepy but it is to me. LOL
You missed some bits from the episode where Q was turned into a human.
Namely, the part where he desperately tries to convince the crew he's powerless now and asks what he can do to to convince them of his mortality, to which Worf dryly replies: 'Die.'
Or the bit where Guinan stabs his hand with a fork to check if he's really human.
"eat any good books lately" that made me snort
Ah yes that line gets me ever time.
I think he's saving that for the next video: TNG is a very violent show.
@@brian4804 The title should be ironic though, so a compilation of violence should be more like "TNG is a show about peaceful exploration and coexistance."
Guinan: You SPOIL the joke! It could have been your timing.
Data: But my timing is digital.
[Guinan laughs.]
Guinan: That’s funny.
Data: 🤔
omg I forgot about this but yes
"Eat any good books lately?" is an insult that should live on eternally.
Seeing Data with a beard again reminds me of the movies
Riker: Smooth as an android's bottom
Data: May I? *proceeds to stroke Riker's chin. Then shakes his head no and wanders off*
Data's smirk as he reacts is what makes it gold.
He was making an exit before Riker stroked his android bottom in return.
@@HariSeldon913 Whelp, now I'm ded.
Also, your choice in user names is perfection, good Sir.
I love this show. I really miss the 45 minute episodic, 24 episodes per season trek. A lot of it was filler but it allowed for a lot of character exploration / growth.
Is it really "filler" when it's an episodic show to begin with and there's no real overarching plot?
Filler is underrated. I find i have less patience for going hard on the same storyline for sixteen or more episodes, it's emotionally taxing. And if the story is stupid, you can't just chuckle and move on, you have to deal with it all season.
@@prion42 That is one reason why I *hated* the later seasons of DS9: war, war and more war. Continuity became a plague.
@@prion42 Damn that's so true.
The great thing about a mostly episodic show is that it's so easy to just jump in and rewatch a random episode without missing out on much. Plot-heavy shows can be good and all, but if you want to rewatch them you'll probably have to commit to the whole thing
This is exactly what I love about TNG. The great mix of "philosophy" and jokes. Well... mostly great mix.
I am NOT a merry man!
We have to get to the bottom of what’s troubling Barclay. When they discover the “goddess of empathy” is one of the greatest scenes in tv history
0:23 I never noticed Crusher's reaction in the background before!🤣😂 Almost looks like a genuine reaction, as if that wasn't scripted and Michael Dorn improvised smashing it?
Maybe they didn't tell her what was going to happen. That's a common trick.
Okay that’s a good catch.
@@justamudkip3026 Get your eyes checked... 😳
@@prion42 At the very beginning of "Future Imperfect" Troi asks Riker what he wished for and her reaction always seemed pretty real to me. Like she knew a joke was coming and was excited to hear what he came up with.
@@joshuadowdle9691 Not sure about Frakes, but actors who are funny and good at improvising will often use a different funny line on each take. Robin Williams and Ryan Reynolds are good examples of this.
You know this show is Science fiction, because Joe Piscopo was considered funny.
Just went to show Data had a long way to go at that time. Otherwise he would have picked Whoopi Goldberg for comedy advice.
@@jamblpaints8453 seriously? That one? Over myriad unbearable Lwoxana and worfs son episodes?
And a short, pudgy accountant-looking dude is the greatest baseball player of all time.
@@Emperorhirohito19272 Lwoxana is always awesome!
@@Emperorhirohito19272 Worves
This just lends legitimacy to the intricacies and nuances of the drama when it happens because TNG isn’t above gleeful nonsense. Bless you for including Q waking beside his beloved and Beverly Crusher’s granny smut in the first minute. 🙌🏼
Picard and Q are true _Imzadi._
Crusher in a nutshell: "An I going crazy? No, it's the universe that's wrong!"
Marina Sirtis 3:00, a US citizen, born in London, doing Troi's accent, doing an Irish accent. Accenption.
Marina is a fun lass. Troi less so, at least until the movies.
On my re-watch the Troi accent was a very confusing experience, as I didn't remember it existing at all. Is it the Gal Godot accent?
@@SimonBuchanNzThat's a good comparison. I believe they asked her to make something up, but was gradually allowed to ditch it. By the last season it was basically a British/American combo.
@@SimonBuchanNz i did read she had an Israeli relation or something, and did that accent. I don't remember the exact story.
@@prion42 that makes sense. I didn't want to assume that Godot had an Israeli accent, rather than just her own weird thing!
All these years later and it still cracks me up how Picard pulls the sheet over his bare chest, as if to try and preserve his dignity.
One of favorite data moments is when he’s talking to the commander in “starship mine” and will remarks “how long can two people talk about nothing”
Over nine seasons, 180 episodes... all about nothing.
"I will feed him." ROFLMAO! Michael Dorn's tone on this line is everything! There's an art to acting so dead serious that it can't help being hilarious...
This is the best ad for TNG I've ever seen actually.
1:38 oh my gosh I remember seeing this out of context and thinking "Oh, it's funny because British child throws temper tantrum" but once I saw the episode and context, its comedy gold.
He's my number 1 dad :D
@@explodingplant2(Insert very uncomfortable hug.)
Yeah like many of these clips it makes perfect sense in context. Jean Luc is stuck in a child's body and pretending to have an awkward tantrum because he doesn't know how to loosen up and be a child.
People: Star Trek is boring and sterile
Me: Have you never seen Spock's Brain?
One of the most insane episodes of TOS. Spock's Brain is scooped out by mentally challenged amazones, from a gender segregated planet, and used as computer, while his brainless body is taken along the search for his brain.
“Brain and brain! What is brain?!”
TNG never quite managed to pull off a comedic episode, but they definitely had a sense of humor.
The Orville and Lower Decks make up for that
Say "Cellular Peptide Cake with Mint Frosting" with a straight face
0:24 Worf smashing Geordi's lute and saying sorry is a great homage to john Belushi in *Animal House*
Which is also one of my favorite scenes in the movie. I really hated those guys in college too for whatever reason.
0:25 I really Appreciate the edit here
Riker was ABSOLUTELY going to put that Picard doll in the Captain’s chair 😂
Ok, heres the thing: You EARN moments of levity in a serious show. You show nuance to the characters and break the tension. You endear the audience to the characters and know them to be serious generally while allowing them to have multiple layers.
We used to call this WRITING!!!!
"Morning, darling..."
**gasp!** "My nips!!"
Soon everyone around the enterprise was calling me Nip! What do you mean Wesley says he doesn't have it? Look under his mattress!
“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
nut in me and have my babies
Levity in right amounts is vital for any good show.
I mean if you made a show serious serious serious every second the show just becomes a figurative straight line, lacking any form of intensity because it all becomes the same. The newer Star Trek shows end up going gritty gritty nihilism dark dark dark with no semblance of hope or happiness, and it all just ends up becoming monotonous.
@@jonathansotelo4877 You ok?
Still needed more.
Unfortunately, it's an ingredient that ST:Discovery lacks.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of _those_ pricks who tears down the show like a self-entitled man-baby. In fact, I kinda like the series, but if their idea for levity is overexposure of an annoying character (i.e. Tilly), then I'm sorry but I'm not amused.
sometimes the gravity is too much
If I didn't know better, I'd swear this was just the intake material before being inserted into the actual scenes...
"Heh heh, I'm a role model."
That line gets even funnier when you realize Sir Patrick Stewart is a fan of Beavis and Butt-Head. The delivery is absolutely on point, lol.
"good tea."
"Nice house."
This is a very (not so serious) comfy Worf 🤣
"Five stars."
One of my favorite exchanges is missing: When Q becomes a mortal, but nobody believes him.
Q: "What must I do to convince you people?!"
Worf: "Die."
Q: "Oh, very clever, Worf. Eat any good books, lately?"
The whole Jean Luc does bad Shakespeare bit is doubly hilarious when you realize that Patrick Stewart is a trained stage actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who taught Shakespeare to American kids in the 70’s 😂
3:34 -3:37 Worf thinking "Man human poetry sucks, no one is dying! I'm beginning to suspect this Shakespeare guy never even killed someone before!"
So glad you included the bit where Picard is creeped out by Data when hes trying to sleep. I always cracked me up how Data stares him down as he turns around
"Tell him he is a pretty cat and a good cat."
"I will tell him he is a cat."
Riker: We're a rescue party
Obi-Wan: Good job.
“Wait a minute, how did this happen? We’re smarter than this!”
Riker and Obi Wan would be friends and you cannot convince me otherwise.
"There's nothing wrong with me...maybe there's something wrong with the universe". Principal Skinner, but far in the future.
0:30 Troi's reaction in the background, "Oh here we go, any excuse for a bit of Shakespeare" 😂
Besides Picard reciting Shakespeare to save Lwaxana, I love the bit in Manhunt where Picard gets Data to crash their "date" by telling them boring anecdotes about other cultures' ceremonies. "Data, this is fascinating! Don't you agree, Mrs. Troi?"
i'm so glad people still make content like this for star trek
Humour is as much a part of the human experience as intellect, faith, love etc
The only show i've watched that can make me have a serious mental breakdown, but also hope in humanity and our future at the same time
I love these funny moments, they're made all the more special by the normally serious and philosophical nature of the show :)
I remember reading an interview with Brent Spiner back in the day and the article talked about how he was a trained comic actor and he was worried about it being boring to play Data. Of course then he realized playing Data allowed him to be like the ultimate "straight man". Of course you can see a little bit of the comic and a little of the straight man roles in clips like these.
It's been my favorite line in all of Star Trek, perhaps in all of media, ever since the episode first premiered way back when. "CAPTAIN! I PROTEST! I AM *_NOT_* A MERRY MAN!!!"
"Nice legs.... For a human." - Worf
Everyone needs to have a bit of ham and cheese every now and then 😁
Originally read it as "ham and chaos"
Data and Worf and Spot - Data’s tell him he’s a pretty cat and a good cat and Worf’s I will feed him and Data’s perhaps that will be enough , never gets old😂
OP is a temerian
That scene always makes me cringe: they found it acceptable to make that cat hang there in Michael Dorn's hands for all those seconds for a bit of comedy. And how many takes? Yes, they could have done worse-but they also could have chosen something better to do.
@@smadaf yes, it’s wrong on many levels😂😂
Reminds of of Star Wars when Han and C-3PO mentions ‘let the rookie win’ and ‘wookies rip arms out of their sockets when they are upset’ or something like that.
@@smadaf If the actor playing Spot was truly uncomfortable, he wouldn't have been nearly as well behaved. I'm sure it was nowhere near as bad as the gender modification surgery and ensuing pregnancy for the Genesis episode. 😺😺😺
2:06 Oh look at that, I've been impaled.
“There’s nothing wrong with me. There’s something wrong with the Universe.”
That’s the first thing God said when he tried to rationalize his first mistake.
Hum the captain Picard day is so out of context that is amazing
It was Picard's first outreach to be more in touch with the kids on the ship. It was definitely out of usual ship function context.
@@samsonguy10k a agree with that
This is why I feel TNG best encapsulates Star Trek. On one hand you have some of the most heavy hitting socio political and philosophical commentary and discussion on TV. Then on the other hand you have some of the goofiest shit ever put to screen. And they go hand in hand so well together
Jerry Hardin as Samuel Clemens is masterful and underappreciated. He serves no absolutely necessary plot element (that I can recall) but really makes the episode.
You’re telling me even if I knew the context it wouldn’t be any less silly?
I wonder if this is the inspiration for Janeway's holodeck friend, Leo DaVinci 🤔
@@AnkhAnankuoh it gets more silly. They get called back to Earth randomly because archaeologists opened a tunnel under the Presidio in San Francisco, that had been sealed for like four hundred years, and found Data’s severed head, a pistol and Samuel Clemen’s pocket watch.
The story involved invisible aliens who had a snake that shot a time travel beam out of its mouth, who travel to various historical epidemics across the universe to drain people’s life essence who were already dying so they wouldn’t be missed. At one point Data palms an anvil and carries it across the room and then has to scream and pretend he hurt himself because there’s a human from the 1800’s in the room with him.
I quote this episode like twice to four times a month.
3:33 the birth of a meme
Mr Data "I will not look in your direction", also Mr Data O_O
0:45
I don't know why, in French, Worf only says "I would give him water". It's a bit worrying.
"If there's nothing wrong with me... maybe there's something wrong with the universe."
Words to live by.
Am I so out of touch?
...no. It's the Universe that is wrong.
Women ☕️
That slow turn at 1:39. Killing me!
I knew "You're not Nana, Nana's dead!" Was coming
"Vamoose, ya little varmint"
2:02 I love how he doesn't realize at first, and when Troi says "Data!", he just looks down and it still takes him a second to realize what just happened
3:52 THE LOOK ON HIS FACE he's like "oops didn't mean to do that"
One of the thing that bugged me about Lower Decks criticism is that Star Trek was always funny. McCoy coming up with creative insults for Spock, Picard hiding from Lwaxana, Quark in general.
I think some people mistake saying it's more serious and has philosophy for meaning it was devoid of humour. I like that TNG had these lighter moments throughout all their seasons, and i think they done it very well. When it comes to newer Trek you could make a compilation like this out of 1 season and you'd be here all day, and not in a good way.
I've seen the episode I don't know how many times, and yet I've only just noticed Worf extends his pinkie when holding his tea cup. The Son of Mogh is posh as fuck!
I am *not* a merry man 😖
Klingons do not frolic
"I'm a role model"
"I'm sure you are"
Worf with his pinky out I still one of the funniest things in all of existence.
As talented as Spiner and Frakes were, why did they and the directors consistently miss that the line "An endothermic quadraped, carnivorous by nature," is a statement and not a question? "Felus Cattus is your taxonomic nomenclature," full stop. "An endothermic quadraped, carnivorous by nature," full stop.
And the poem misuses the word "obviate!"
Man they're havin' so much fun with it and it's magical.
00:08 IN SPACE
2:00 I almost cried from laughter holy smokes. It's the way he looks down that gets me.
I might have included the famous line about the quadrupling, or more, of a female Betazoid's sex drive, with Rikers accompanying grin. Otherwise, great stuff! 🖖
I just watched that episode where Data tosses Geordi then runs after him. I was wondering how you managed to get an intake into my Netflix stream. The scene even ends with a very Spiner-esque exchange!
What episode is it?
@@Emilamlom I believe it's S1E6 "Lonely among us" - the one where the energy being beams Picard into space.
I could hear the 3 stooges go "Woop Woop Woop" at his expression/reaction
I might need to use this: "I protest, I am not a Merry Man!"
Worf looking awkward, cause what Picard is doing IS part of Klingon courtship XD
Whoever came up with Worf's "Animal House" move deserved a raise.
Not one clip from "The Naked Now"? That's borderline criminal of you.
If you prick me, do I not...leak?
I love how effective the Mii Channel music is in compilations like these. 😂
When I was a kid, used to watch it a few episode, a few years back I watched it on netflix while doing work on my second screen. Felt like the series is never gonna end. But then I realized 3 more episode and its the end of the series. I finished it and felt the void in me. Still holding from watching the movie, keeping it like a fine wine. lol
This is probably one of the best trailers for TNG ever made.
I lost it when Data said vamoose, ya little varmint.
My favorite TNG compilation thus far. Love the music. Great work!
Okay I died laughing. The Mii Channel music makes it funnier! Good stuff.
That said, I feel like this is just cherry picked silly moments from the show, and I am okay with this. Because a totally 100% serious show would be boring.
Its funny that Data is in most of the clips
Riker's Picard is pretty accurate
This should be used at ALL TNG conventions.
I knew the context for all of these, and I'm not the least bit embarrassed about that.
3:58 Data utters a contraction.
You should include the chicken flying out the Irish cargo.
“Im a very… sensitive man myself.”
That sounds so much like something my girlfriend would say in any given conversation
Hol’ up. 🤨