Pop culture references have a funny way of sneaking into Autopian news pieces, from whatever slang Thomas pops off to the many seemingly commonplace references that David doesn’t understand. The amazing thing is that they can appear anywhere, no matter how regular the news is. Somehow, someone managed to pair The Simpsons with Carvana.
Pete wrote about how Carvana wants to sell new cars out of giant cubes. StillNotATony:
Here are your messages. “You have 30 minutes to move your car”, “you have 10 minutes to move your car”, “your car has been impounded”, “your car has been crushed into a cube”, “you have 30 minutes to move your cube”.
Here’s the reference:
Angrycat Meowmeow:
Mom said it’s my turn on the cube.
Canopysaurus:
I’d give it a try, but I don’t think my phone cord is long enough.
Jason wrote about how Slate accidentally revealed its truck’s price in its site’s code. Cheap Bastard continues to have a fitting name:
“Is It Cheap Enough?”
No!
Matt wrote a Morning Dump that contained a story about Jeremy Clarkson’s fight with cancer. Readers fondly remembered Top Gear’s old antics. Taargus Taargus:
The Reliant Robin “sketch” will always hold a place near and dear to my heart.
Hangover Grenade:
TBQ:
My favorite Clarkson bit is where he talks about driving a Porsche 928 at extra-legal speeds to go see his father who was passing away.
TheDrunkenWrench:
The most surprising bit for me is that he’s only 66. He has not aged well.
That being said, cancer sucks and I hope he can kick it’s ass like I did.
4jim:
Have been a Top Gear, Grand Tour and now Clarkson’s Farm fan for a long time. He always seemed like the biggest jerk and my least favorite of the 3. This last season of Clarkson’s farm and seeing him be emotional and show feelings and being attached to his animals is really refreshing.
Still Plays with Cars:
I’d agree but his work on Clarkson’s Farm and what he’s trying to do there for the local farming community seems genuine and good to me. He seems to genuinely care about the animals, farming community, and the local environment there.
Thomas wrote about Porsche’s new stance on fake shifts. Gubbin:
Porsche’s paddles for simulated shifts are a $1,030 option on their own … the $530 Electric Sport Sound option
Yo dawg, I put a car simulator in your car so you can pretend to drive a car while you drive a car.
Finally, we land at Jason’s Cold Start about the style of a groovy Freightliner brochure, and I’m glad not to be alone here. Njd:
I’ve never wanted a cabover Freightliner more than I do in this moment.
Elhigh:
Mood Court
The just-so combination of mall food court and Glamour Shots studios.
Have a great evening, everyone!
Top graphic image: Fox Broadcasting Company
Two in a row!
Just a website note; autopian.com is coming up as “insecure connection” rather than its’ usual redirect to theautopian.com.
it did that here for a long time already
Self care is important guys. It’s ok to go talk to someone.
I didn’t know about Clarkson’s farm show. Generally being a dick with people, but good with animals . . . I can certainly respect that.
Clarkson’s farm is definitely worth the watch. It’s a side of him that I wouldn’t have guessed, and it’s an interesting show in its own right. Really shows a lot about how tough it is to be a farmer in the UK, and I’m sure a lot of it is similar everywhere.
It’s somewhat reminiscent of MasterChef Junior, Gordon Ramsay is much more…human with the kids than with adult contestants.
I read somewhere that he’s not like that in a real kitchen, and he considers it highly unprofessional behavior. It’s all an act for TV.
Yeah, everyone I’ve talked to who has met him in person has told me that his being a jerk is just a TV character. Apparently, the version of him that’s on the kids’ show is closer to reality.
It’s won awards from farmers for showing the struggles of how to farm in the UK with all the regulations. Oh, and you get to see Clarkson do stupid stuff and get kicked in the Plums by a sheep.
But the star is actually Caleb, who spends the entire time telling Clarkson how dumb he is. Oh and Gerald, who shows up in every episode to share words of Wisdom like “Darys shart at the party, eh!” and laugh when Jermany has no idea what he is talking about.
Yup my first thought was to this simpsons episode. But most thoughts are to lines from classic Simpson episodes.
Ah the bear driving the tiny car eh?
“What advantages does this motorcar have over, say, a train? Which I could also afford.”
I had a friend who worked the Ford Booth, we were both Simpsons fans. I walked up to him and asked him that question
I will occasionally respond to people saying they need to pass along a message with “Is it about my cube?” A lot of them miss the reference, which probably says more about me than it does about normal human beings.
How about “Long Live Paint!” ?
Don’t you hate pants?!
There’s always money in the Carvana stand!
No touching!
Watch out for hop-ons. You’re gonna get hop-ons.
That’s not a Vol-vo.
No, that’s me on the copier!
(Still can’t believe that got past the censors.)
When they were still shopping the show around, HBO was a potential buyer. There’s an unedited pilot episode in the DVD set – it’s mostly the same, uncensored, but it does ratchet a couple of jokes up versus what made it to air.
I think ultimately it was for the best, being made to push so much right up to the line. Buster’s Lucille rant is legendary; the breaks in the bleeps make it. Apparently it was Tony Hale reciting the ABCs.
Every time I watch it, I’m torn between wishing it had run longer and it being crystallized in near-perfection after three seasons.
Bringing back a TV show from the dead is unfortunately similar to burying your cat in Pet Sematary. Yeah it’s alive but there’s just something off about it…
Totally. I’m sure if it had run longer contiguously, the season 4 that might have been would not have been the season 4 we got.
I think AD had a solid 5-6 seasons in it’s original incarnation, had it been given the chance.
Well, I don’t think the Home Builders Organization is gonna be supporting us.
Yeah, the HBO’s not gonna want us. What do we do now?
Well, I think it’s “Show Time.”