That other guy seems to have dropped his game a bit, so I think it's time for me to swoop in and steal his girlfriend.
Chris and Alan are two characters who have very little interaction. Sure, Chris is aware of Alan, and Alan knows who Chris is, and they've even been on a time travelling adventure together. It's just that they rarely interact- even in that time travelling adventure Alan mostly tagged along in the background before delivering the hilarious punchline with characteristically superb comic timing.
It has been painstakingly noted before by someone or other that despite this strange distanced orbiting of one another, the two characters have a multitude of fundamental similarities. It is with some pleasure that I am the first to provide a link to the most explicit example of this to date.
And now that Alan is going to see Chris' movie, we may be well positioned to expect more such intermingling of tandem pop-cultural observations. Could this be the beginning of a beautiful friendship? Will Chris continue to consider Alan as that weird kid, blissfully unaware of the self-deprecation contained in such a designation? Stay tuned.
To Superosity, I mean. Not this place. This place's output is so completely sporadic that you probably have time to tune out and make a few massive sandwiches before there will be anything new here.
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I thought, at first, that there might be another explanation for Alan saying almost exactly the same thing. I thought, maybe, that he had overheard Chris. I asked myself, "Where is Alan sitting?" Several possibilities present themselves. First of all, they may all be in the same row together. That would mean that Bobby is probably in the middle, separating his brother from his friends. This is customary. That would mean that Alan is actually three seats away from Chris! It is clear that Alan is saying the same thing COMPLETELY ON HIS OWN. The alternative is that Alan's Wolverine costume actually gives him super-sensitive hearing. Depending on where he got it (Boardy? Not likely) this may or may not be a reasonable explanation.
There are actually two parallelisms in this comic. The first and third panels say essentially the same thing. Chris is spelling it out for his brother Bobby, who- of course- heard it the first time. Then the second panel is repeated in the fourth panel- probably within Bobby's hearing.
Of course, I'm repeating the obvious by this point. Hmm.
Let us not forget the additional fact that both Alan and Chris have turned up to the cinema in cosplay.
One thing that didn't consider earlier, so distracted was I by the comparison of Alan and Chris, was the fact of Barton's appreciation of the joke shows that he too is has a certain synchronity with Chris' thoughts. I originally only looked at this in terms of the relative relationships of Alan/Barton and Chris/Bobby, but it now occurs to me that Chris would make a better fit for the Bob Crew than does Bobby.
Perhaps Bobby's choice of friends is more than the need to have people who will bow to his cantankerous demands- perhaps it also reflects a love for his brother that nestles deep down at the bottom of his black heart.
Is that Barton or Hedrick? By the way, I have a sneaking suspicion that Chris based one of his characters on some of the fanmail I sent him about ten years ago. I wrote several short letters using grammar several times worse than that of Yoda and Jork appeared shortly thereafter. Is wild, no? I never asked him about it because, you know, Jork is kinda a jerk and I didn't want to put Chris on the spot. Also, there's as good a chance that it's not true- that it was just a coincidence.
Yes, Bobby is evil and all, but- in some ways, Superosity Bobby is based on real-life Bobby, who is {(similar) x (completely different)}, especially in the evil department. I always thought that the fact that Superosity is pseudo-autobiographical was both hilarious and courageous because people are bound to get confused.
I think one of the biggest differences (and there are many, many) between real-life Chris and Superosity Chris is found in the enigmatic nature of Boardy.
Looks like a Chris and Alan friendship is no longer in the cards. And Alan brought a costume along and everything.
On the other hand, it's heartwarming to see Chris and Bobby bonding today.
Yeah, frame one is quite bondy. Chris and Bobby have equivalent facial expressions. Anyone know if that has ever happened before? I'm thinking it hasn't.
Pretty sure you're right. Even when they feature in the same storyline, Chris and Bobby rarely ever work towards a common goal.
We were wrong.
http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20021202.html
I have earned my SMMG cred today.
Yes, yes you did. Well done.
zgeycp, I've plagiarised a No Prize for your efforts.
Now that I've defended my territory, am I the only one confused by the latest storyline? I thought Mr. Richman killed his Chris-loving side with drugs a few years ago. That was why Chris was fired in the first place.
Lester is deceptively interesting - he might not hold Chris' intelligence or sanity in high esteem, but unlike the rest of the Cool-Ass Crew he seems to have a certain respect for the big guy.
The mind of Mr. Richman is an imminently unpredictable place. I don't think the drug incident will necessarily hold much meaning. Who knows what drugs he's taken in the meantime? And I think that Lester wants to remind Mr. Richman how relatively competent he was, compared to opposite-spectrum "employees" like Chris.
You know, you're right. Lester never treated Chris with the contempt heaped on him by other members of the Cool Ass crew. I think it may be related to how excited Lester was when he thought he was going to be involved in a Star Trek fanfilm. http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20050610.html I can only assume that Lester actually showed up (unlike Brock, who came around more slowly), became an anonymous part of the crew, along with 499 others, and- unseen to us- had a genuinely glorious time. Of course, this http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20050624.html suggests that maybe no one got aboard. Boardy is saying "Uhhhh" which suggests perhaps he is going to take care of the crew selection on his own. After all, he designed the ship to have a crew, which means it probably needs people to push its buttons and clean its zero-g toilets. And also, to fill those toilets. IF this is the case, then Lester probably didn't even realize Chris was behind it at first, and was too ashamed to mention his begrudging worship when he did find out (the way Brock was obliged to do here: http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20050629.html. I think that may be part of it. Regarding Mr. Richman, think also of all the times he sent his son to spend with Chris. Not that it was for Moneybag's enjoyment, even ostensibly. Moneybags himself always seemed to accept that he was being taught lessons about life, and how to survive in the face of insanity, and how money doesn't change the fact that being a kid in an arbitrary, adult-controlled world is teh sux.
re: Lester, I think you might be veering a little close to fanon there, dsf. You can see some actual Chris/Lester interaction in the yourhoneyvideos.net story. Consider Chris's hiring. Unlike the unstable Mr. Richman, Lester was actively dubious about Chris's flaws, but allowed himself to be talked around with cogent argumentation: http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20070122.html
He acknowledges that Chris, though unpredictable, is capable of good ideas, and places him in a position to best harness that creativity, echoing the last time he hired Chris: http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20041204.html
Although Chris's Super Bowl spot had much better results than Twin Puppies. But when Chris wanted to announce his resignation, you can see that Lester was actively dismayed at losing his Idea Man: http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20070315.html
Also, I found an even earlier instance of equivalent expressions on Chris and Bobby: http://superosity.keenspot.com/w/20000612.html
More of Lester respecting Chris: http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20000821.html
*Bows* to your superior knowledge of Chris-Lester relationology. Once again, well done! It seems that Lester is easily the most friendly Cool-Assian of them all. If I remember correctly, he was also the most friendly at the very beginning as well. He was the one that gave Chris his tour. I wish him the very best and feel very quilty for not being a bigger fan of honey videos. I mean, I like honey, and I like videos, but I never could quiet get those two loves into the same room so they could make out and talk extensively about getting married, having babies, how many, what their names would be, and how "pre-nups are for cowards, snookums" and "yes I totally agree, sweetkins." Etc.
Yes, bow.
FACT: This is the first time we've ever seen Lester's shoulders.
Okay, Lester seems to have a pretty good understanding of how things work around Chris. I'm not sure how he didn't see today's punchline coming.
I guess he was so excited to have his job back that he forgot. Still, though, considering that Chris tends to disappear from work for months at a time I'd say he still has it pretty good.
Found an even earlier Chris and Bobby equivalent facial expression panel: http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20000122.html
And another, less early instance: http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20010618.html
http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20070823.html
http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20070824.html
I think these are the last two.
http://superosity.keenspot.com/d/20030318.html
I missed this one.
All of these links may go on the wiki at some point.
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