'Strange Planet' Satirizes The Absurdities Of Everyday Life
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🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Beings on Strange Planet live in a place very similar to Earth and behave very similarly to humans. They just talk about it differently.
On Strange Planet, coffee is "jitter liquid," socks are "foot tubes," alcohol is "mild poison," kissing is "mouth pushing," and raccoons are "greyscale finger bandits."
The successful webcomic is expanding to books, merchandise, and now a new show on Apple TV+, co-created by "Strange Planet" creator Nathan W. Pyle and "Rick and Morty" co-creator Dan Harmon.
We talk to Pyle about the show and his inspiration.
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| 0:00.0 | Join me on a journey to a planet much like our own. |
| 0:12.5 | Here's our orbit slightly leaning, orbiting the star. |
| 0:17.7 | We find ways to give life meaning, some might seem bizarre. |
| 0:23.0 | All we know is that we exist, and it won't be for long. |
| 0:27.1 | So it has to put some footage on, show it can't sap this purge up here. |
| 0:31.1 | We're a curiosity, an anger on a planet full of danger, and it's only getting stranger from here. |
| 0:38.6 | That's the theme song for the new Apple TV Plus animated series, Strange Planet. |
| 0:43.8 | On Strange Planet, socks? |
| 0:45.5 | Well, they're foot tubes and flight attendants. |
| 0:48.3 | Those are air comfort supervisors. |
| 0:51.0 | Here's why you've been summoned. |
| 0:52.6 | Our data indicates you handle your responsibilities quite well. |
| 0:57.9 | We have chosen to reward you with more responsibility. |
| 1:03.8 | Your scarf is changing color to denote your new status. |
| 1:07.0 | You are now the air comfort supervisor supervisor. |
| 1:11.0 | Obviously the scarf will not change in function. |
| 1:13.2 | What is the scarf's function? |
| 1:15.6 | Well, unless your neck is cold, none. |
| 1:19.9 | The TV show Strange Planet satirizes the absurdities of human behavior. |
| 1:24.2 | It's inspired by a wildly popular web comic of the same name, |
| 1:27.9 | created by Nathan W. Pyle. |
| 1:30.2 | It's also the author and illustrator of the best-selling book, Strange Planet, |
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