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Probable causes for the decline of showbizzy pop culture humor in US TV animation

AnonusAnonus
in General
Include:

  • The death of the monoculture
  • Nerds getting into animation, and lacking interest in American mainstream culture
  • An attitude that Hollywood and its culture are not to be celebrated
  • Classic American animation (anything up to the early '70s) not providing inspiration to many contemporary cartoon creators

Comments

  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    "it's not that funny anymore, it got stale"?

    (idk if that's true but)
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    . . . didn't MLP:FIM kinda do this a bit, or am i misremembering
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    A tad. The song from the cider episode was transparently lifted from The Music Man.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    It wasn't the first time they did something like that either.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    off the top of my head i recall there being some fairly obvious nods to Looney Tunes, a couple gags that clearly owed something to Ren & Stimpy, a blatant reference to The Big Lebowski and a dig at the MLP G3 cartoons
  • BeeBee
    Also a noir episode (with Rarity playing two parts at once), an episode that was a parody of Topgun, a fucking DBZ fight in the season 4 finale.  The songs in general are pretty 90's Disney, too.

    Like, this isn't even getting into how crazy the comics go with references.  It went like two pages before Pony Donald Sutherland doing a Body Snatchers gag.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    is there any US TV animation besides My Little Pony?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I'm still excited about Rarity going Pullet Marlow
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