RESPONSE: I'm sure Orson was just referring to cartoons on this particular show. --COMPFUNK2
Orson claims that in cartoons, you don't fall until you realize you're not on the ground. But sometimes in cartoons they'll explain how they're going to fall and then notice it, or something like that. You don't really have to fall down when you realize you're about to in cartoons!
(showing a spit take, Roy is drinking a glass of water) Sheldon: Roy, the barn's full of hockey pucks and your goldfish ran away! (Roy spits)
Orson: What happens if you run off a cliff in real life? Wade: You fall down and, go "boom".
Cartoons Are Terrific Orson: Cartoons are terrific. I'm sure you will agree. You can be anyone or anyplace that you wanna be. Anything can happen. With danger we can flirt. Drop pianos on a friend?! Don't fret, he won't get hurt! You can go anywhere in the Universe to the farthest galaxy. Come back down, put your feet on the ground, or on the bottom of the sea. Up, down, over, around, twisted, stretched, and flattened. Fast, slo-o-ow, STOP!, and go! Thin down and then fat. Cartoons are terrific, no matter where you roam. But I think that I should tell you... We're trained professionals, so don't try this at home!
Wade: (looks at the "U.S. Acres Quickie" logo) Orson, what's a quickie? Orson: It's a short joke. Booker: (entering) I don't like jokes about being short! Orson: Well, it's not a joke about being short, Booker; it's a joke that is short. Roy: (entering with Bo) But couldn't you do a short joke about someone being short? Bo: You could even do a long joke about someone being short. Roy: Then that'd be a long short joke! Orson: Enough already! A quickie is a joke that's only 45 seconds, and it's-- Sheldon: (entering) Time's up! Wade: (as the camera fades out) Shucks! I never found out what a quickie was.
Most of the jokes in this episode are shown in Wile E. Coyote cartoons.
This is the only time you hear of the spit take, the extreme delayed reaction take, the running off the cliff joke or the painting on the mountian joke. The Double take and Full take jokes are used several times later.
We learn in this episode that the animals love Garfield & Friends, the show that goes with this.
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Aired 5/19/91
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