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Dear Adult Swim: DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! [Big O 20/26 j/k]


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The Ramblin' Wreck



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:10 pm Reply with quote
Okay, who fell for that??

I hope I wasn't the only one.

Touche', AS, Touche'.
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Nagisa
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:23 pm Reply with quote
I thought it was funny. Laughing But then, I kinda share their dry, sarcastic sense of humour.
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Big K



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:25 pm Reply with quote
I almost fell for it but realized that AS can't be THAT dumb to do it again. But still, I was little ticked that they would joke about it.
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Ryuko



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:27 pm Reply with quote
LOL!! I wish I had been watching, that would be hilarious!!
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wcy2003



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:31 pm Reply with quote
My roomate and I were laughing so hard at that we missed the first 3 minutes
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Glenn Sempai



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:58 pm Reply with quote
Big K wrote:
I almost fell for it but realized that AS can't be THAT dumb to do it again. But still, I was little ticked that they would joke about it.


At times I think that they ARE THAT DUMB! Especially since they had their chat running at the same time. That's dumb and dumber! One sick notion I heard was that it was a way to gage popularity of the show. DUMB! O.K. I didn't believe it ether! The other was it was a Trick before the Treat. Come On! That's Real Dumb!

I think that they could have least say that their sorry!
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arxane



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:53 am Reply with quote
Glenn Sempai wrote:
Big K wrote:
I almost fell for it but realized that AS can't be THAT dumb to do it again. But still, I was little ticked that they would joke about it.


At times I think that they ARE THAT DUMB! Especially since they had their chat running at the same time. That's dumb and dumber! One sick notion I heard was that it was a way to gage popularity of the show. DUMB! O.K. I didn't believe it ether! The other was it was a Trick before the Treat. Come On! That's Real Dumb!

I think that they could have least say that their sorry!


They did say they were sorry. They've said they were sorry all week. So of course they're going to make the most of this little slipup in one way or another. Laughing
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Ataru



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:28 am Reply with quote
I did.

I was playing some Super Mario 3 on the Gameboy Player and stop for Big O. When I switched over, it was about a couple of seconds into Ep 20.

I sware, those people over at WS have way too much time on their hands.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 3:14 am Reply with quote
I fell for it and i thought It was great! People who didn't like it probably don't have that... eh, never mind, I don't want to inadvertantly insult anyone here.

Emerje
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LordShishio



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:15 am Reply with quote
Gaaaaaah thought what was stupid, funny, or great I missed AS last night and have no idea what anyone is talking about.
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Big K



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:17 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
I fell for it and i thought It was great! People who didn't like it probably don't have that... eh, never mind, I don't want to inadvertantly insult anyone here.
Emerje


Too late! You just did. Laughing

Anyway, the joke may have been humorous but it wasn't the smartest thing to do. What if the joke lasted a few minutes longer and some people started to switch channels because they though it was ep.20 all over again? The marketing department would not have been thrilled.
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Exinex



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:42 am Reply with quote
For anyone who missed:

Adult Swim started showing Episode 20 AGAIN. Then, after about 30 seconds of it, a message popped up claiming it was a joke, "Thou not Trusting," or something similar. Episode 26 was shown after the message.
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herbkir



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:40 am Reply with quote
It hit me as a shock at first, that they could be so dumb as to repeat their mistake of last week, thereby royally screwing up their future scheduling and igniting a fan debacle of epic proportions. But then they revealed the joke and I had a good laugh. It was a very clever "gotcha!" The final episode itself was awesome and worth the wait. But it still left way too many unanswered questions. Perhaps that's to leave room for a possible Season 3. (^_*)
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Kidotai



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 5:31 pm Reply with quote
Exinex wrote:
For anyone who missed:

Adult Swim started showing Episode 20 AGAIN. Then, after about 30 seconds of it, a message popped up claiming it was a joke, "Thou not Trusting," or something similar. Episode 26 was shown after the message.


Ah, the miracles of VHS AND DVR technology.

They said "We had to do it." Then the trusting message. And then cue ep. 26.
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RX-7



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 6:27 pm Reply with quote
What show were they showing
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