lol, Jesus is auditioning for Superbowl commercials (and certainly, HIS version sounds a lot better than the whiny original! :-p )
John Moralessays
PZ, indeed. Pharynguloids already have noticed:
Posted by: SpriteSuzi Author Profile Page | March 10, 2010 5:26 PM
Brief topic detour – PZ gets a veiled(unless you’re a Pharynguloid!) reference in the latest Mr. Deity…it comes at about 2:50.
Kel, OMsays
Until the cracker incident, I always thought it was symbolic. That Catholics take part in ritualised cannibalism would be hilarious if it weren’t so disturbing.
skeptical scientistsays
His begging segments are actually getting pretty funny, so if you’re one of those people who stops at the end of the episode, you may want to watch the rest of the clip.
donbuttonsays
It gets so much funnier with repeated viewings. “He doesn’t have to be happy, he just has to be yummy.” HAAAAA.
Zenosays
Well, as they say during the mass ceremony: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.” And Catholicism does mean it seriously (although a significant number of Catholics don’t know they’re supposed to take it seriously and therefore regard it as merely symbolic).
Danusays
Absolutely! I was raised a Catholic and I can tell you that we used to look down on those Protestants who **sneer** only thought it was symbolic! **Patronising snort**
john.s.wilkinssays
It’s still just a cracker!
I love the Transsubstantiator!
dveejsays
Mr. Deity needs a lot more “CHEESES”!
Not “Jesus”!
Get it? It’s about the crackers….
…anyway, that’s what he says at the end, before the pitch…
coughlanbrianmsays
Mr. Deity needs a lot more “CHEESES”!
It’s obviously a reference to all kinds of dairy products, not just cheeses.
Andyosays
Wasn’t his name in the previous eps Jessee?
MadScientistsays
Is it just me, or is the page formatting screwed?
Colinsays
Well, Mr Deity needs a lot more Sean Douglas, I’d agree to that.
But that episode was one of their best! Wonderful.
(Now, how to get Sean Douglas naked and convince him it’s part of the story… :) )
John Moralessays
MadScientist, page looks fine to me.
Cath the Canberra Cooksays
MadS: not just you, page formatting is very screwed for me, since the MrDeity post. (Mac, firefox)
Tronzusays
wow, Jesus is a hot stud!
Cath the Canberra Cooksays
Aaaand now it’s better.
Pigdowndogsays
Dear old Rolf Harris is looking younger every day.
Monkey's Unclesays
Apropos to the Catholic Church, Andrew Brown at the guardian fails miserably to reassure parents who leave their kids in the care of Catholic priests:
(sorry if that’s not a link above, HTML is not a strongpoint).
Somnolent Aphidsays
Mr.D reminds me that the old testament was more entertaining. The new is just kind of weird-sad.
Somnolent Aphidsays
Give us some chariots of Iron Mr. D.
Michelle Rsays
@Andyo #12 “Wasn’t his name in the previous eps Jessee?”
That was a joke I think. :P
And man, Jesus is HOT. I think I’d like to eat him too!
MAJeff, OMsays
And man, Jesus is HOT. I think I’d like to eat him too!
You’ll be getting my leftovers, sister, and I’m planning on feasting.
vvilleskepsays
“Pain and suffering? I get enough of that at the office!”
Andyosays
I think the whole theme of Mr D was to make a thinly-veiled parallel to christianity (perhaps peppered with other beliefs), not a direct parody. Thus, Lucy, Mr Deity, Larry (don’t know where that name came from) and Jesse.
ButchKittiessays
Mr. Deity finally figured out that Jesse’s name is really Jesus. And it only took him three seasons to do it.
Zenosays
Larry (don’t know where that name came from)
I don’t know either. I thought it was common knowledge that God’s principal gofer is named Jeffrey.
Unfortunately, the video I posted is not a parody like this one in the Pharyngula post.
Enjoy.
Menyambalsays
I was just reading about Martin Luther meeting up with Ulrich Zwingli (or Swingli) back in the early days of Protestantism. Apparently Luther still held with transubstantianism, and did not join forces with Zwingli because Ulrich thought it was all just symbolic. I wonder what could have happened if they had got together.
I read that in one of the Cartoon History of the Modern World books, by the way. If you have not yet seen the works of Larry Gonick, you are missing out on a treat. Good drawings, great humour, interesting science and history. Seriously, check out one of his books. Please.
Peter Hsays
Tim Channel
A brilliantly selected bit of video. PZ’s is briliant entertainment/parody; yours is a scary illustration that it’s possible – nay, acceptable in some quarters (sorry ’bout that, Mr. Deity) – to be totally batshit whacko.
stvssays
For those who haven’t seen it: Jesse in “Man’s Last Stand,” the Super Bowl 2010 Dodge Charger commercial.
aratina cagesays
Until the cracker incident, I always thought it was symbolic.
Me too. That was eye-opening.
—
This episode of Mr. Deity really needed a little bit of a setup about the Transubstantiator in the beginning. Or maybe it was a ploy by Mr. Deity to get us to watch it twice because it was much better the second time with some time in between first and second viewings.
Rey Foxsays
Oh jeez, that Dodge Charger commercial? The worst in a parade of sniveling man-child bollocks from that night.
Ichthyicsays
God vrs. Oprah
I prefer Tom Cruise vs Oprah:
The Tim Channelsays
This may be the neatest use of ‘the new technology’ that I have seen in the last year or so. Exceedingly subversive so I know you guys will love it! (you need a facebook account for it to work properly I think)
The whole opening of this Mr. Deity episode is a head-nod to Sean’s Charger ad to the Superbowl. Hence, the list of ‘I wills’ and the ‘charger’ comment when mentioning that they took away John the Baptist’s plate. Nice inside joke, Mr. Deity folks.
JediBearsays
2, 4, 6, 8, time to transubstantiate.
I think we could all use a lot more Jesus. He is pretty yummy.
david.ratnasabapathysays
I went over to YouTube to watch this, at this link: YouTube
I wanted to download it :-) I use the firefox add-on downloadhelper. But I got an error:
An error occurred, please try again later.
Anyone else with the same problem?
Menyambalsays
My Firefox is giving me an error message, too. I can watch some vids if I go to the channel, though. Dunno what’s wrong.
Killer Budsays
Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist.
Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as “cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon”.
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I think I get a nod in there from Lucy.
lol, Jesus is auditioning for Superbowl commercials (and certainly, HIS version sounds a lot better than the whiny original! :-p )
PZ, indeed. Pharynguloids already have noticed:
Until the cracker incident, I always thought it was symbolic. That Catholics take part in ritualised cannibalism would be hilarious if it weren’t so disturbing.
His begging segments are actually getting pretty funny, so if you’re one of those people who stops at the end of the episode, you may want to watch the rest of the clip.
It gets so much funnier with repeated viewings. “He doesn’t have to be happy, he just has to be yummy.” HAAAAA.
Well, as they say during the mass ceremony: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.” And Catholicism does mean it seriously (although a significant number of Catholics don’t know they’re supposed to take it seriously and therefore regard it as merely symbolic).
Absolutely! I was raised a Catholic and I can tell you that we used to look down on those Protestants who **sneer** only thought it was symbolic! **Patronising snort**
It’s still just a cracker!
I love the Transsubstantiator!
Mr. Deity needs a lot more “CHEESES”!
Not “Jesus”!
Get it? It’s about the crackers….
…anyway, that’s what he says at the end, before the pitch…
Mr. Deity needs a lot more “CHEESES”!
It’s obviously a reference to all kinds of dairy products, not just cheeses.
Wasn’t his name in the previous eps Jessee?
Is it just me, or is the page formatting screwed?
Well, Mr Deity needs a lot more Sean Douglas, I’d agree to that.
But that episode was one of their best! Wonderful.
(Now, how to get Sean Douglas naked and convince him it’s part of the story… :) )
MadScientist, page looks fine to me.
MadS: not just you, page formatting is very screwed for me, since the MrDeity post. (Mac, firefox)
wow, Jesus is a hot stud!
Aaaand now it’s better.
Dear old Rolf Harris is looking younger every day.
Apropos to the Catholic Church, Andrew Brown at the guardian fails miserably to reassure parents who leave their kids in the care of Catholic priests:
More rationalising by Catholic Apologists
You can’t make it up!
(sorry if that’s not a link above, HTML is not a strongpoint).
Mr.D reminds me that the old testament was more entertaining. The new is just kind of weird-sad.
Give us some chariots of Iron Mr. D.
@Andyo #12 “Wasn’t his name in the previous eps Jessee?”
That was a joke I think. :P
And man, Jesus is HOT. I think I’d like to eat him too!
And man, Jesus is HOT. I think I’d like to eat him too!
You’ll be getting my leftovers, sister, and I’m planning on feasting.
“Pain and suffering? I get enough of that at the office!”
I think the whole theme of Mr D was to make a thinly-veiled parallel to christianity (perhaps peppered with other beliefs), not a direct parody. Thus, Lucy, Mr Deity, Larry (don’t know where that name came from) and Jesse.
Mr. Deity finally figured out that Jesse’s name is really Jesus. And it only took him three seasons to do it.
I don’t know either. I thought it was common knowledge that God’s principal gofer is named Jeffrey.
Place your bets before the opening bell:
God vrs. Oprah
http://thetimchannel.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/god-vrs-oprah-winfrey/
Unfortunately, the video I posted is not a parody like this one in the Pharyngula post.
Enjoy.
I was just reading about Martin Luther meeting up with Ulrich Zwingli (or Swingli) back in the early days of Protestantism. Apparently Luther still held with transubstantianism, and did not join forces with Zwingli because Ulrich thought it was all just symbolic. I wonder what could have happened if they had got together.
I read that in one of the Cartoon History of the Modern World books, by the way. If you have not yet seen the works of Larry Gonick, you are missing out on a treat. Good drawings, great humour, interesting science and history. Seriously, check out one of his books. Please.
Tim Channel
A brilliantly selected bit of video. PZ’s is briliant entertainment/parody; yours is a scary illustration that it’s possible – nay, acceptable in some quarters (sorry ’bout that, Mr. Deity) – to be totally batshit whacko.
For those who haven’t seen it: Jesse in “Man’s Last Stand,” the Super Bowl 2010 Dodge Charger commercial.
Me too. That was eye-opening.
—
This episode of Mr. Deity really needed a little bit of a setup about the Transubstantiator in the beginning. Or maybe it was a ploy by Mr. Deity to get us to watch it twice because it was much better the second time with some time in between first and second viewings.
Oh jeez, that Dodge Charger commercial? The worst in a parade of sniveling man-child bollocks from that night.
God vrs. Oprah
I prefer Tom Cruise vs Oprah:
This may be the neatest use of ‘the new technology’ that I have seen in the last year or so. Exceedingly subversive so I know you guys will love it! (you need a facebook account for it to work properly I think)
http://beck.cnnbcvideo.com/?p=a69b1ed950936529b4500402abd43260&rc=bnf
Enjoy.
Heh… The Devil is playing “Jesus’ advocate” :p
–
Mr Deity needs
>?
The whole opening of this Mr. Deity episode is a head-nod to Sean’s Charger ad to the Superbowl. Hence, the list of ‘I wills’ and the ‘charger’ comment when mentioning that they took away John the Baptist’s plate. Nice inside joke, Mr. Deity folks.
2, 4, 6, 8, time to transubstantiate.
I think we could all use a lot more Jesus. He is pretty yummy.
I went over to YouTube to watch this, at this link:
YouTube
I wanted to download it :-) I use the firefox add-on downloadhelper. But I got an error:
Anyone else with the same problem?
My Firefox is giving me an error message, too. I can watch some vids if I go to the channel, though. Dunno what’s wrong.
Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist.
Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as “cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7056689.ece
Wow, do you think lawyers are going to jump on the “The devil made me do it” defense for these gown wearing pedafiles?
There’s a small utility called Tube Hunter Ultra which makes downloading streaming video a snap.
OT: SMBC takes on the teleological argument for God:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1817
Re: Everyone thinks Jesse (Jesus) is hot.
Yeah….yeah he is. I’d put him in my mouth any day.
Was that a little too much? I can never tell when I go over the top. :P
KJ
Nice.
off topic: guess who the Vatican is blaming for the recent sexual scandals.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7056689.ece
and, in poland the Catholic Church flexes its plasphemy muscle.
http://jonathanturley.org/2010/03/11/singer-faces-two-years-in-prison-for-tearing-up-bible-and-insulting-catholic-church/
The Times link led me to this.
http://timesonline.typepad.com/blockbuster_buzz/2010/03/legion-the-buzz-review.html
I had to comment. A review based on how OUTLANDISH the story is in comparison to the true story in the bible.
Gabriel has 6 wings and a flaming sword! The fools!
As Linda Ronstadt sang:
We need a nationwide revival
To put the love of God in our souls
We need a whole lot more of Jesus
And a lot less rock and roll
re: non-playing YouTube video, this worked for me:
Go to Edit > Preferences > Privacy
And click the link “remove individual cookies”.
This will present you with a list of cookies. Delete the youtube cookie. youtube video then starts working!
I’m running firefox 3.5.8 on Ubuntu 9.10. Windows users I think can get the preferences panel by going
Tools > Options
Thanks to those who explained and linked the Dodge Charger ad; I wouldn;t have gotten that (very funny) opening otherwise.
And thanks to Tim Channel @#36 for that amazing bit of ego-boosting tech. (n.b. I blew off the Facebook login request and it worked fine anyway.)
I can’t help picturing Captain Picard at the transubstantiator: “Savior. Jesus Christ. Hot!”
I meant to start his order with “Cracker” but Savior works too…
hznfrst, this could be a play on words game…
“Savior…Jesus Christ! (fans mouth) hot!”, after somebody switched to jalapeno wine instead of the usual muscatel. heh heh heh
As to the charger reference-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charger_(table_setting)
I love triple entendres.
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