No one ever talks about the second half of the show. It just keeps getting more and more insane. By the last third, the characters are fully self-aware about being in a bad anime, and will completely break the fourth wall complaining about the script. In one episode, the translators even insert a message about how the story is so badly written that no one on the staff even understands what's going on.
They should have told him to imagine being chased by a knife wielding, killer clown from hell... that's the only thing that'll get me to run and even then I'm like "meh, today seems like a good day to die".
@@yikes7751 they're called comments and we're all allowed to make them. That's one of the freedoms I nearly died fighting for. It's unfortunate insignificant humans, such as yourself, deem it necessary to be hostile and rude to others for what seems to be no reason other than to be a nasty little troll. And I'm not your "bro". Dog knows, your mom wouldn't want to make a mistake like you twice, eh?
Before that happened they stumbled upon a mess on the floor and the cat says "whoever did this was either a bitch or a ghost" then when the ghost appears he screams that line.
Another important feature is that none of our protagonists are good people, and the narrative doesn't paint them as such. These are racist shithead kids being assholes to each other in phenomenally funny ways
I picked up this series as a box set at a con for $25 and had no idea the gold I would cherish for years to come. I had no idea the historical value of the gem I had.
Definitely share with newer anime fans and tell them this is an example of what made anime popular in the west and how its changed so much over the years.
I met the voice actor who plays the cat (Rob Mungle) and he is honestly one of the funniest people i’ve ever met. This was a perfect circumstance with a ton of super talented voice actors. Bless this show.
@@blobber51 you're partially right, if it was legitimately funny it could survive through getting canceled because people who are against that would still watch it, but I doubt any such thing could receive enough positive media coverage to look successful even if it is wildly
Yeah, but I think its partially so funny because of how much of an outlier it is, it feels so wrong seeing this style of animation, in this time dubbed this way. Thats what makes it so perfect, if there were a bunch of dubs like it I feel like it wouldn't be as special.
“Have you accepted Jesus as your lord and savior?” “I’m Jewish!” 😂 My son wanted me to watch this because he loves the clip with the kid running track so much. For some reason that one had me rolling 😂
Such beautiful transitions. A rotating pink cowboy is exactly the type of refreshing pause that I need between talking points. Thanks for catering and satisfying my specific needs
Me too. He said outside of Catholicism (since one VA recently converted) everything was on the table. I also learned he was the dad in Crayon Shin Chan. He has great comedic timing.
There was a non-troll dub? Oh god THANK you! I was 100% certain I'd seen a few episodes of an anime called "Ghost stories" on...don't recall if it was a Comcast anime thing or a DirectTv one, but the one I saw wasn't remotely as comedic. I've known this for years and felt like I've been taking crazy pills because everyone only knows about the comedy one!
Ghost Stories is the greatest dub in the world, so great that it changed the show's own genre. It's just a pity we'll probably never see another show where the cast are given that much creative freedom again. God bless Seven Fourster.
Go watch Gintama if you haven't. The dialogue in that show is crazier than Ghost Stories ever was, and the characters break the fourth wall constantly.
@@user-mu1os7me8s While I might agree,the jokes anime has is based around Japan pop culture references, which anyone outside of it isnt going to get it all the time. Thankfully there was a sub that puts context of their jokes and Gintama really tries to push buttons on people, especially actors and politicians EDIT: changed dub to sub, me dumb dumb
I highly disagree. It was disrespectful to the original work in ways that are very hard to top. Sure, it's hilarious, but that's parody, not adaptation. So I wish no other show goes through that. Official parodies though ? Hell yeah !
I get your comment but Ghost Stories' dub only worked cuz they took their liberties with it to make it a parody. These days anime have much better stories & concepts so giving a dub cast "creative freedom" would just ruin the product.
I don’t love all the jokes but i do find it funny because i understand it’s meant to make the characters seem absolutely terrible and absurd, not portray the opinions as normal or okay.
I'm absolutely shocked none of these actors have gotten cancelled for this dub considering the Twitter mob thinks context is irrelevant and that there's no statute of limitations on funny- uh I mean offensive jokes.
@@ScamboliReviews I mean like ACTUALLY cancelled like it affecting their ability to get work because companies are scared of the mob going after them for working with "problematic" actors. Monica Rial and Greg Ayres are still EASILY two of the most successful anime dubbing actors of all time. Chris Patton and Hillary Haag still get a solid flow of roles too. The only main cast member who doesn't is Christine Auten and she didn't get cancelled she just seemingly doesn't focus as much on voice acting anymore.
Yeah there’s something about that sentiment that I cannot articulate. You are accurate, but it always feels overstated when people mention that. Because there’s so many times I’ve watched some old piece of media and thought “they’d never make this now,” but I’m still enjoying it in this year of 2023. Sometimes the notion of “it couldn’t be made now” is due to some current, dumb social issues (e.g., _Aladdin_ being made right after 9/11 would’ve *never* happened, or _Mrs Doubtfire_ being made during this current wave of anti-drag). But sometimes, it *is* stuff that I legitimately wouldn’t want to be seen being made now (e.g., the songs _What Makes the Red Man Red?_ in _Peter Pan_ or _The Siamese Cat Song_ in _Lady and the Tramp_ - the latter of which I still really enjoy and find hilarious). {Another example is _Gone with the Wind_ which I understand is very problematic. I myself always scoff at the scene where Scarlett is trying to use prisoners as slave labor and Ashley objects. Scarlet says [none of the following quotes are verbatim] “what’s the difference between this and slavery?” and Ashley says “it’s not the same; we treated them right.” Totally ludicrous thing to say. I still enjoy watching the film though.} But even though I wouldn’t want something like that being made now, I am appreciative that the piece of art exists. And I wouldn’t want it to be erased. I think what’s more frustrating is- many of us already know it’s outdated and problematic. But then when companies insert warnings at the beginnings (like Disney’s “it was wrong then and it is wrong now” or even the _Buffy_ episode dealing with an indigenous ghost having a disclaimer during re-broadcasts), it just comes off as pedantic or pretentious. Like, we get it; it’s offensive now. And the explanation is usually something like “well, we want to ensure the people watching know,” but then I think- if I had kids and showed them these films, I would explain to them the problematic parts. Who is just watching these films with zero idea that the thing in question is offensive? ← rhetorical question
Problematic stuff doesn't exist. Stuff like this could be made today and would do well, but online trolls would drag it. That's about it. Those people actually have very little buying and staying power, but studios always fall on their knees to them. Once studios start ignoring them, they will stop.
@@VelvetColt something can be problematic and also funny, I feel like the context in which things are done is important. The amount of outlandishly offensive stuff just jam packed into the dub is what made it funny, it didn't take itself seriously, there was never any weight to those words because the show never gave the viewers (reasonable people at least) any reason to feel targeted or like these things were being justified. The characters were supposed to be absolutely terrible and it worked perfectly for what it was. Now I'm not saying that there aren't people who can't distinguish when humor is and isn't appropriate but there absolutely, in my mind is a time when we shouldn't put weight on certain words just because theyre being used.
"Product of its time " when talking about how people used to be able to make jokes and not worry about being shamed to oblivion for them is just an admission that we live under a horrible form of politeness tyranny today.
This is me and my wife's favorite anime. We stumbled upon it by accident and thought it was a fandub. We swore it was fake. But when we found out that it was the legit professional dub, we died. Best dub ever!
Yeah people in the comment section trying to go like "ugh this anime would never have been made today smh snowflake generations", ignoring the fact that a lot of the offensive humor and words are easy to discern as actual humor instead of a pretense to just be bigoted. Besides everybody knows it's just a gag dub lol
I think it's less about "communicating it clearly" and more like "It's aimed at an audience that generally doesn't really care about offensive anything". I mean, to watch anime, you have to sort of be of a specific mindset that "very little in it, is offensive, even when it is being blatantly offensive". It's the difference between the audience being "the general public" and the audience being "Anime Lovers". I have my own personal sensibilities when it comes to things, and even I find very little in anime actually offensive. No matter how offensive it ACTUALLY is. But, that's because it's a space where you can indulge in such things and can put down your sensibilities for a while. You can abandon the gripes you have with the world and how people act in it... and just have fun. That's all anime is. A space to have fun. I find comedy to be the same space. You're here to laugh. If you can't unclench your butthole long enough to actually allow yourself to be made fun of, or your ideals to be made fun of... then you're just not a pleasant person to be around. There are spaces for people who can put down their grievences with the world in order to have a bit of fun and to stop taking themselves so seriously... And then there are people where no such places exist and they are called "Snowflakes" due to their attitudes of "You should cater to my sensibilities at all times, because I'm special and unique and important, and it doesn't matter that nobody else finds this problematic or offensive, it only matters that I do!". If you can't find amusement in making fun of yourself, you're wound too tightly. If you can't find amusement in making fun of the things you believe in, you're REALLY wound too tightly. There comes a point in life when you need to remember what you learned as a child: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me". If words do hurt you... you've not yet reached mental maturity as a person. Who cares what people say about you? To your face or behind your back? Do you REALLY need validation that badly? Can't you seek validation some other way? I've found the best way to seek validation isn't in making people say nice things about me, or preventing them from saying bad things about me. The best way to seek that validation is just to accomplish all the things I want to accomplish. Do all the things I want. Climb as high as I can climb. Be the very best at absolutely everything I do. People may hate me, but they can't deny my effectiveness. They respect me. Everyone should strive for that, instead of a world where people don't offend each other. Respect is EARNED, it is NOT GIVEN.
@@Beatdoof Many people would likly consider me "snowflake" because I don't believe everyone should be throwing around slurs and shit that they have no right to be saying (also I'm queer and an older teenager) but damn I always find this dub hilarious. Just like south park, there is just something funny about when it is so over the top that it just isn't real life anymore, especially because it makes fun of everyone. The gay jokes in that show are some of my favorites lmao
@@XxTaiMTxX you're so incredibly wrong about this. It has nothing to do with the audience and truly the fact that it communicates that this whole thing is a joke. Like south park, they have offensive shit all the time but it communicates well that it all a joke. I've shown ppl, who aren't fans of anime, this dub and they still enjoyed it. It's truly about how it's done, just like any other joke in comedy. Just because someone didn't like a joke bc the only joke part of it was that there was a slur, doesn't mean they're a snowflake. Ppl now still like offensive humour, you and many others just suck at it bc y'all not that funny and are making it hard to believe that you don't actually believe in what you saying. The reason ghost stories and south park work is bc it's so over the top and clear that no one believes it.
@@ok-wj6lc Is there a reason you're projecting your own personal hang-ups on me? I did nothing except state facts and then you went and constructed about a dozen strawmen to topple in your own field and want the world to believe those strawmen were things I actually said. Look man, I don't tolerate gaslighting. That's something abusive people do. You aren't going to convince me I said or believe things I didn't and don't. You aren't going to put words into my mouth or make up lies about me and then try to get me to defend them. Abusive nonsense stops at the door, buddy. Go gaslight someone else. If you want to ACTUALLY discuss the topic at hand rather than throw around insults and construct strawmen and make assertions based solely on your own personal feelings... Then I don't know what to tell you. Actually, yes I do. Stop projecting your own personal life onto everyone else and assuming everyone thinks like you. We don't. Most anime comedy is insanely offensive. This is a fact. Nobody bats an eye at it... because the people who watch anime don't care. Meanwhile, the people who do care about how offensive it is... don't watch anime. It's simple marketing. Anime is a space in which people can "unburden" themselves of having to be so uptight all the time and just let loose for a while. Same with most any other comedy out there. If you can't laugh at yourself or stereotypes... then I don't know how to help you. At that point, you're just looking to be upset. Also, South Park is "Satire". Which means, it takes reality... and makes it funny by simply making it absurd. "It's clear it's a joke". Yes and no. It's a joke, yes. But, they're using reality to tell the joke. That's why it's satire. It's the same thing "The Boondocks" does. Making fun of reality, because the reality of the situation is already so silly and stupid and absurd that the only way to cope with the insanity of it... is to make fun of it. Someone just looking to insult you isn't going to try to say it's a joke. They aren't going to try to pawn it off as a joke. People who want to make fun of you... just make fun of you. They don't dress it up at all. The closest you get is someone who was clearly being a jerk and then decides that since everyone now hates them for it, "Oh, it was just a joke, man". People intending to be funny aren't intending to insult you. If you're insulted by someone intending to be funny... That's a "you" problem, no matter how you slice it.
They actually improved the show in more than just comedy. I've seen both the sub and the dub, and the characters being changed around actually makes their dynamics far more interesting, and I can say I actually got invested in their relationships. It's genuinely an improvement. This anime is everything people pretend SAOA is.
Know what??? I’m anti-racist born in 1992 and I agree… I don’t like not treating everyone with equality but I also know when not to take something like this seriously. I grew up in the anime fandom world that rose around these kinds of anime. The days when yelling “butt scratcher” and glomping someone at an anime convention were accepted. I honestly miss those years. :(
I, who goes by the pronoun “His Royal Highness” (you HAVE to use my pronouns when speaking to and about me or I can sue you for assault) find your dislike of the new woke era, offensive.
As a gay dude, the F joke at the start made me crack up. I love the Ghost Stories dub, it's something that almost certainly couldn't be done in most contexts. It's got subversive comedy and is equal-opportunity offensive. It's not meant to express any actual views on anything, it's there to be absurd. It's why comedians and celebrities just can't pull this stuff off because to do things like that, you have to throw all seriousness and standing out the window to make it. And here, it turned out great. In the aspect of comedy, it could be somewhat compared to South Park, but with more of a focus on messing around rather than current events, because they're both so absurd that it doesn't express any real views or make the viewer reflect negatively on the topics that are made jokes out of.
This! Things like this can absolutely be done today. The issue is that things today that claim their doing this, normally aren't. When ghost stories says something about something being gay, it's not an actual commentary on people who are actually homosexual or any reflection of the creators opinions, it's just a really dumb joke that is meant to be dumb. Today that type of thing still can be done, the issue is the types of people claiming this one what their doing are normally actual bigots who believe everything they say. The jokes in ghost stories can be laughed at by pretty much anyone. It's really hard to actually take it personally because it's just so dumb intentionally. Shame good people today aren't willing to take these risks because of how the younger youth have been socialized to see if someone makes a bigoted joke their also probably bigoted, but I also wouldn't change it. The world is generally a better place when people can't hide behind "it's just a joke" anyway. The only part of it I think actually aged horribly is the use of the r slur, especially since it's actually used towards a character who's meant to be disabled. But i think that's a sign of real world growth that we wouldn't say that today.
The song Hajime sings to Keiichiro “YOU WANNA BE AN AIRFORCE RANGER. YOU WANNA LIVE A LIFE OF DANGER. YOU DONT WANNA GET RAPED BY STRANGER.” Gets me every time lmao.
I think what makes it funny is the point of, "We're trying to make everyone angry." It's not focusing on bringing down one group, it's bringing down everyone as a whole and trying not to leave anyone out. People look forward to their minority (token Momoko being Christian) being joked about, instead of bring brought down by someone who seems to actually think that the joke they're making is true. It could and definitely should happen again, but should be produced in the same way GS was.
The truth is Ghost Stories DIDN'T bomb, it did pretty well in Japan, it just bombed everywhere else and the studio figured it must have something to do with the folkkore being too weird for None-Japanese kids. The American producer who claimed it bombed just made that story up and has a history of changing a lot of detials of anime series he dubbed.
Nowadays the likes of Master Roshi would be banned for 'sexism' or 'rape' like when those peasants claimed Baby, It's Cold Outside was about date rape. I was born in 98 but this generation is becoming very petty.
@@EmperorOfChaos that's pretty irrelevant to what I said. Nowadays people use the vocal minority as an excuse to control what they already wanted to cancel and that has given said minority a power trip. Blame still lies with the people who make the decisions.
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When I was in 7th grade my art teacher made us watch it. This was in 2017. I live in Philippines the land where almost everyone watches anime. The teacher even let us bring food for our next watch. It's one of my best memories of high school I had. Even today me and my old classmates talk about it a lot and its fun.
I can’t Imagine what it was like for anime fans to have bought this in 2005, unironically expecting a creepy horror anime, and suddenly having all…THIS.
I always found the "Ghost Stories bombed everywhere until this dub" thing odd. I watched the LA dub (which follows the japanese original) before I knew the funny one existed and... it's actually a quite decent anime. It's like a slightly more interesting Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark? I still love this series. The ep with the Haunted Tunnel, the Haunted building and the headless gang rider are legit creepy. And the Ending song is a fucking banger.
Apperently (and take this with a grain of salt, i read this in a YT comment), the show "bombing" is a bit of a misnomer. The show, in Japan anyway, actually did fine. Not gangbusters, but decent. According to them, the main reason why FUNi got free reign with the show is simply because it's a bit of a tough sell, marketing wise. Kinda makes sense if true. You can't easily give it to kids because despite essentially being a kids show, it deals with some mature themes (for us) and references to folklore that they won't get, you can't market it to teens and adults because it's too childish. So whaddya do? Well, the same thing ya did with Shin-Chan: shitpost and hope the irony pushes copies. EDIT* Annnnd I should've watched the whole video before this comment. Eh, I'm not deleting it, I can live with my shame.
@@BIGBLUBLUR Yeah, it was not Funimatiom that dubbed it, but ADV at the time but funi screwed them over when they became Sentai and released it, themselves?
Same here! I watched it on a channel called Animax that dubbed it pretty faithful to the original. I didnt know there was a "funny" version at all. I remember the haunted piano scaring me but is quite funny now that i look back.
I also watched the LA ver!! I wasn't really that interested, the only reason I bothered to watch was because I didn't want to miss the ending song, truly an underrated banger
Ghost stories is the gift that kept on giving until it just couldn't. If this show had by some miracle managed 2 seasons, could you imagine the chaos that would have come out of it?
I might be the only one but the ending to Ghost Stories makes me cry. I always feel so sad to say goodbye to such a unique and special anime, and knowing it's all over always gets to me...
That's how I feel with a good manga: even if it's purpose was to make you laugh, at the end of it I just wind up sad that it ended. I feel that way especially for stories with ambiguous endings.
It's one of the handful of cases where the English dub is infinitely superior to the Japanese dub. These were the good ol' days where humor wasn't so limited.
Why did you change your picture man it's been bothering me you could have a mustache now can't tell anymore... Most prolific commenter on RU-vid and you change the picture to no longer match the name 😭
For years I’ve always said cowboy bebop, Baccano, black lagoon, panty and stocking, space dandy, golden boy and a plethora of other old school shows were among the best dubs but once I saw ghost stories, oh fucking boy was this the best thing I’ve ever watched holy hell is this funny as fuck
I remember renting this series back when Netflix rented out DvDs (I'm old) and I didn't realize until I started watching that it wasn't a serious dub. I loved it and remember making a bunch of my other friends watch it with me. The jokes have definitely not aged well, but it does still hold a special place for me. Also that jab at my boy Greg Ayres, oof. I personally love his voice. He and his brother (Rest in peace, Chris) have always been some of the most wonderful and friendly people I've met in the anime convention scene.
"The jokes have definitely not aged well." Even though everyone loves said jokes, yet we feel we have to act ashamed because...? If anything, the jokes have aged like fine wine precisely because people act like it's something forbidden even as they admit it is hilarious, thus having even more impact then back then when we didn't have to lie ourselves with doublethink.
@@libertinarey Please don't read in between the lines too much on what I've said, a joke not aging well doesn't just mean "offensive bad." There are a lot of jokes in the series that were a product of its time, like the celebrity jokes, the jokes that were obviously more aimed at the anime/dubbing community from back then, etcetc. Even then some of the more "offensive jokes" didn't age poorly just because they would be considered offensive today, but because some of them are kind of cringe now. Especially towards the last few episodes of the dub, it kind of drags a bit, at least in my opinion. Which don't get me wrong, a lot of them are still funny but my meaning wasn't so much in reference to just offensive jokes. Also keep in mind humor is subjective and this might be my boomer ass talking lol. I still love this show and the VAs. Edit: I've actually been meaning to show this anime to my BF but have been reluctant since I'm not sure how he'll react lol. It will be a test I think to see if the jokes land for him haha.
I grew up in asia and immigrated to US with my family. Just last week, i was arguing with my friend that ghost story was actually rly popular in asia, which i swore cuz i grew up with it. Glad to find ur video to prove my memory right lmao.
I love that in some parts of the dub they didn’t even care to make the lines go with the lip-sync so they just stop in the middle of a sentence and then proceed to continue the line as if nothing happened and it will be the funniest shit ever
Imagine a RU-vidr so entertaining that you actually stick around to watch the sponser with full engagement (excellent editing by the way, ShadyMF™ did good, whatever his rate is he deserves a raise)
I don’t leave too many comments on yt, and I’ve been watching yt since I was a fetus, but god damnit Scamboli your channel is a masterpiece. I watch all of your video’s on loop while I wait for you to drop a new one. Keep it up, can’t wait to see you hit 1 mil subs!
I actually got to meet the voice actor for Momoko. At the time, I didn’t know Monica voiced Momoko because I never really paid attention to her banner. I was volunteering at Fan Expo 2023 and ended up with her autograph after my shift.
It's interesting how much has changed since the mid 00s, back then this would be considered a dark comedy, I don't think anyone even used the term problematic.
The western anime community back then was very very edgy, very "the normies wouldn't understand" kind of people lol. I definitely didn't hear problematic being taken seriously until around 2016, before then you'd just get laughed at for saying something was too much.
@@satapon4129 Yeah now we just get Big-Tiddy Dragon shapeshifter lady who chooses to have a size M cup but talks about the partriarchy forcing her to wear certain clothes. Even as she is a dragon than can just crush every human man around her. Jokes are supposed to be clever or just flabbergasting, that shit is just annoying and nonsensical.
@@mervunit Problematic doesn't mean that though? Also, there's nothing wrong with being able to acknowledge problematic moments. It's for the sake of comedy of course so it shouldn't be taken seriously. A dub that was actually problematic was Ouran, because it wasn't for the sake of comedy. But yeah people definitely call things problematic when it's clearly for comedic effect and then ignore actually problematic things.
@@theend3541 Yeah that was an awful "joke" and the original subbed joke was funnier :/ And even weirder that it came from a character in a relationship with a kid lol, trying to make her character talk about "the patriarchy" is very odd considering. It honestly would've been better of they tried to be "progressive" with talking about the relationship between Tohru and Kobayashi, that would've actually fit the source material. Or better yet if they kept to the source material in general.
There's a tricky line you gotta walk with shock humor: it should be clear that you don't actually believe whatever horrible thing is being said, but if you make that too apparent any humor is lost
That's why the equal-opportunity offense approach is the best bet. If for ex., you mock every religious belief you can think of, including atheism, viewers will know they're not actually getting hate.
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The voice actors were told the show bombed and they could do whatever they want because it wouldn't matter. The show didn't bomb, but rather it had its timeslot changed to later in Japanese television schedule, this is where the confusion stems from.
honestly Ghost Stories is a dub of ups and downs but the highs are so high lmao personal favorite lines have to be: "Drop the crispy cremes serpico we need your help here!" "Myhouselookslikemyfatherandmybrotherafternineasstarts-" "Yeah! Bligdigidigliglitdigdicdicdigity!" and "I can read" "Not well, but I can read" "And those letters, are *backwards*"
Hard to believe that a ghost hunting show that comes up with reasons not to use the magic book to defeat the ghost of each episode was as popular as Dragon Ball and Pokemon.
I remember I rented this series as a kid from the library, and my parents were so confused because we all were expecting a kids show lmao. I have fond memories of this anime :)
We had a similar pheonomenon get traction on post-Soviet Internet. A guy with a username Goblin whole intentionally mistranslate whole movies or series in a funny way. It's either that his translations became over the top or that he got too much into politics, but this is now less popular than back in early-to-mid 00s. This type of translation is still called Goblin translation in much of Eastern Block.
My favourite part of that track episode is when the ghost is telling the story of how his friend got hit by a car, one of the voice actors just yells out *BAM* out of nowhere and it's hilarious
Cromartie High School is probably one of my favorite anime, and it's because the dub was so good. The changes they made in the show added its own humor and I fucking love it, I've rewatched it so many times. It's the only show I recommend watching dubbed. Ste7en is a gift
I actually love Cromartie High School, but have never seen the dub! I find the sub version to be hilarious as it is, but now I'm kind of interested to see what the dub is like.
The dollar store came from a time where "The Dollar Tree" wasn't the only Dollar Store. A Dollar used to buy you a lot more, even in the 80s. It didn't used to be a business model that required the procurement ability of a national chain.
Something kinda similar happened in Mexico with Koni-chan. The guys behind the dub changed the whole script, made everything up and even added other anime and weird references wherever they could. It is comedy gold and I wish more people could enjoy it.
