Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Is Bad At Math!
March 18, 2015 5:44 AM - Season 1, Episode 8 - Subscribe
Kimmy works on earning her G.E.D. while Titus starts a new job.
Those aren't erasable markers.
posted by Navelgazer at 6:29 AM on March 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Navelgazer at 6:29 AM on March 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
I think we all owe drezdn a puppy bouquet for these threads.
posted by Dr. Zira at 6:38 AM on March 18, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Dr. Zira at 6:38 AM on March 18, 2015 [6 favorites]
"I need Dong!"
"How dare you! He's not just Dong, he's also a mouth and a butt!"
posted by Catblack at 6:58 AM on March 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
"How dare you! He's not just Dong, he's also a mouth and a butt!"
posted by Catblack at 6:58 AM on March 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
I'm going to start answering my cell with "drezdn residence... drezdn speaking."
posted by drezdn at 7:07 AM on March 18, 2015
posted by drezdn at 7:07 AM on March 18, 2015
"My parents insisted that all the children learn British. I didn't speak a word of American until college, brah."
The little inexplicable gags are neato; her banana cellphone ringing last ep, and Sonia's hat in this one.
posted by porpoise at 7:28 AM on March 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
The little inexplicable gags are neato; her banana cellphone ringing last ep, and Sonia's hat in this one.
posted by porpoise at 7:28 AM on March 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
The close captioning translated the lyrics for the Vietnamese Friends theme... It was something like "So you're an adult and no one told you you shouldn't complain..."
posted by drezdn at 7:38 AM on March 18, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by drezdn at 7:38 AM on March 18, 2015 [7 favorites]
I need to go buy a hat with a brim that goes all the way around now.
posted by nubs at 7:56 AM on March 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by nubs at 7:56 AM on March 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
The close captioning translated the lyrics for the Vietnamese Friends theme...
So no one told you that adults should not complain!
You keep a monkey as a pet despite disease!
posted by sobarel at 8:05 AM on March 18, 2015 [21 favorites]
So no one told you that adults should not complain!
You keep a monkey as a pet despite disease!
posted by sobarel at 8:05 AM on March 18, 2015 [21 favorites]
So no one told you that adults should not complain!
You keep a monkey as a pet despite disease!
The worst part is that it matches the meter. I will never be able to hear that song the right way again.
posted by Etrigan at 8:18 AM on March 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
You keep a monkey as a pet despite disease!
The worst part is that it matches the meter. I will never be able to hear that song the right way again.
posted by Etrigan at 8:18 AM on March 18, 2015 [8 favorites]
The little inexplicable gags are neato
See also Jacqueline trying to "go upstairs" in Kimmy's apartment.
posted by sobarel at 8:31 AM on March 18, 2015 [13 favorites]
See also Jacqueline trying to "go upstairs" in Kimmy's apartment.
posted by sobarel at 8:31 AM on March 18, 2015 [13 favorites]
I am loving the guest appearances in this show. Amy Sedaris makes me so, so happy.
"Come on, let's get you the hell out of my house."
posted by bibliowench at 8:34 AM on March 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Come on, let's get you the hell out of my house."
posted by bibliowench at 8:34 AM on March 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Are the racial stereotypes on the verge of ruining the show for anyone else? I understand what they're trying to do, but I'm getting the same vibes from the Dong character that maxsparber explained in the thread about episode 3 with Jacqueline's Native American family. They seem to want to lean on the stereotypes for jokes but then write their way out of it by making the characters more than the stereotypes. So why bother with the stereotypes in the first place? This shit is really starting to get in the way of enjoying what otherwise has the makings of an outstanding comedy.
posted by tonycpsu at 8:42 AM on March 18, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by tonycpsu at 8:42 AM on March 18, 2015 [7 favorites]
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Has A Major Race Problem
posted by j03 at 8:43 AM on March 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by j03 at 8:43 AM on March 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
Ok, on rewatch, I think this episode contained most of my favorite gags:
"Steve Harwell is back on tour as the lead singer of Smash Mouth. He's not gonna learn English that way!"
"I'm doing this new workout where I carry furniture up and down stairs. My trainer is an Israeli guy who owns a truck... Wait a minute. It's a moving company."
""The Pick Six Institute for Lottery Advancement, a Division of the CIA"
"Your prenuptial agreement requires that you be represented by a worser lawyer than your husband. He gets my brother, David. David's so cool. And he's, like, really fast.
posted by bibliowench at 8:45 AM on March 18, 2015 [13 favorites]
"Steve Harwell is back on tour as the lead singer of Smash Mouth. He's not gonna learn English that way!"
"I'm doing this new workout where I carry furniture up and down stairs. My trainer is an Israeli guy who owns a truck... Wait a minute. It's a moving company."
""The Pick Six Institute for Lottery Advancement, a Division of the CIA"
"Your prenuptial agreement requires that you be represented by a worser lawyer than your husband. He gets my brother, David. David's so cool. And he's, like, really fast.
posted by bibliowench at 8:45 AM on March 18, 2015 [13 favorites]
I love how Kimmy came out to Jacqueline about the bunker.
As a math moron, though, I thought her figuring out compound interest was way too soon (and perhaps overly optimistic).
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:23 AM on March 18, 2015
As a math moron, though, I thought her figuring out compound interest was way too soon (and perhaps overly optimistic).
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:23 AM on March 18, 2015
As a math moron, though, I thought her figuring out compound interest was way too soon (and perhaps overly optimistic).
I rather enjoyed the idea that she has juuust enough facility with the math to get the idea of it without actually being good at it.
posted by Etrigan at 10:34 AM on March 18, 2015
I rather enjoyed the idea that she has juuust enough facility with the math to get the idea of it without actually being good at it.
posted by Etrigan at 10:34 AM on March 18, 2015
I also thought it showed that Dong was a good tutor, but that the material they were working with was a little skewed towards Lottery concepts rather than the basic arithmetic one would use for, say, calculating correct change.
posted by Navelgazer at 11:02 AM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Navelgazer at 11:02 AM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
"I'll give you some true mathematics. The Olsen twins, they're four people. Think about it."
...
"Of course. It took two of them to play one baby on the Full House. So if we see two of them now, there must be four."
This one was for people like me, who have since been corrected (and again [Google books preview]):
"And before you say anything, yes, I know my name isn't really Frankenwolf, I'm just a creature created by Dr. Frankenwolf.Give it a break, nerds."
posted by filthy light thief at 11:17 AM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
...
"Of course. It took two of them to play one baby on the Full House. So if we see two of them now, there must be four."
This one was for people like me, who have since been corrected (and again [Google books preview]):
"And before you say anything, yes, I know my name isn't really Frankenwolf, I'm just a creature created by Dr. Frankenwolf.Give it a break, nerds."
posted by filthy light thief at 11:17 AM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
I wonder if they actually filmed at Times Scare cause of course there's a real horror novelty venue in Times Square
posted by The Whelk at 11:21 AM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 11:21 AM on March 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
My favorite lines:
"Like in bunkbeds?"
"Cool, you're a werewolf - like in the Bible!"
"Gosh wants you to leave, so does his son Jeez."
"If you could do it for me while I watch, that would be so thank you"
"Do not go in there!" "Where, outside?"
"Boyfriend is the name of my loneliness therapy dog."
"So M minus B equals 11?"
"Our racehorse was so ugly!"
"Are we in trouble cop-icer?"
"And a temporary tattoo that says: You're Grape!"
posted by sweetmarie at 8:13 PM on March 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
"Like in bunkbeds?"
"Cool, you're a werewolf - like in the Bible!"
"Gosh wants you to leave, so does his son Jeez."
"If you could do it for me while I watch, that would be so thank you"
"Do not go in there!" "Where, outside?"
"Boyfriend is the name of my loneliness therapy dog."
"So M minus B equals 11?"
"Our racehorse was so ugly!"
"Are we in trouble cop-icer?"
"And a temporary tattoo that says: You're Grape!"
posted by sweetmarie at 8:13 PM on March 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
I was a fan of Dong sliding down the glass like Rick Moranis.
posted by Pope Guilty at 11:44 PM on March 18, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 11:44 PM on March 18, 2015 [6 favorites]
Are we in trouble, Cop-icer?
posted by travertina at 6:27 AM on March 20, 2015
posted by travertina at 6:27 AM on March 20, 2015
I can't believe noone's called out "your anus really IS responding to the laser"
posted by coriolisdave at 5:03 PM on March 23, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by coriolisdave at 5:03 PM on March 23, 2015 [3 favorites]
So why bother with the stereotypes in the first place?
Because the ways that Dong transcends those stereotypes (especially in later episodes) are particularly effective at building his character.
Similarly, Kimmy can relate with the ways that Dong gets stereotyped and typecast within the show. He's also trying to live in a world that doesn't really understand him. He's arguably got more in common with Kimmy than anybody else on the show -- even the other mole women.
So, yeah. I'm not sure that I agree with the backlash against the show, especially when considering it as a whole.
posted by schmod at 10:00 AM on March 24, 2015
Because the ways that Dong transcends those stereotypes (especially in later episodes) are particularly effective at building his character.
Similarly, Kimmy can relate with the ways that Dong gets stereotyped and typecast within the show. He's also trying to live in a world that doesn't really understand him. He's arguably got more in common with Kimmy than anybody else on the show -- even the other mole women.
So, yeah. I'm not sure that I agree with the backlash against the show, especially when considering it as a whole.
posted by schmod at 10:00 AM on March 24, 2015
Really good article from Kat Chow about Dong.
posted by ChuraChura at 7:28 AM on March 26, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by ChuraChura at 7:28 AM on March 26, 2015 [3 favorites]
"All I got in the settlement was the Hamptons house and friendship custody of the Olsen octuplets."
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 3:13 PM on June 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 3:13 PM on June 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
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posted by drezdn at 5:45 AM on March 18, 2015