- (Rick burps) - This guy's got some problems.
He's got some digestive problems.
- (Morty) You're gonna tell me it's an alien [bleep] or something.
- Oh, and it's a bit X-rated.
♪ (ragtime intro) ♪
- (FBE) So recently, we had the elders
try the Szechuan sauce from McDonald's.
- Oh yeah, and I wasn't that crazy about that.
- (FBE) The sauce was released thanks to the television show
called Rick and Morty. - Right, I did watch it finally.
It was really funny.
- (FBE) After that episode, the fans all really wanted
to see the elders react to the show itself.
- Oh. - (FBE) So that's what
we're gonna today. - Oh, okay.
I don't know what the show contains. It's gonna be a new adventure.
- (Jerry) Morty, just sit down and eat with us.
- (Morty) No! This isn't real life. It's just another one
of Rick's stupid promo commercials. - Typical family.
- (Jerry) Will you please explain to Morty that this isn't
a promo commercial, and that we're trying
to have a nice family... - Sounds like an updated version
of the Simpsons. - (Rick) We're inside
a promo commercial right now. - I love the character voices.
- (Jerry) What the hell is a promo commercial anyway?
- (Rick) It's a disposable advertisement. It's meaningless.
It doesn't matter. - He's such a brat.
- (Rick) It's gonna misrepresent the show.
- (Jerry) Beth, Summer, do something!
- (Rick) They're not gonna help you, Jerry,
because-- (plates shattering)
- Damn! - Ouch.
- (Catherine laughs) - (Rick) They were just aliens
trying to catch me and Morty, because guess why?
We're a couple of intergalactic criminals.
- (Jerry) No! (cries) - He's the funniest one.
- (Morty) What's the show about anyway?
- (Rick) Oh, it's just a crazy-- (burps)
- This guy's got some problems. He's got some digestive problems.
- (Rick) All kinds of wild stuff happens each week.
- Sounds like our show. All kinds of wild stuff happens.
- It's a commercial, I guess, I'm watching?
It's like a show within a show.
- It's sort of like the Simpsons.
Traditional families that aren't really so traditional.
- I don't watch cartoons much anymore, so I liked it,
which doesn't happen too often.
- (Morty) Where are you? - (Rick) On my work bench, Morty.
- (Morty) Are you invisible and you're gonna fart on me?
- Oh my goodness.
- (Rick) Flip the pickle over. - (Morty) What?
I'm gonna touch it, and you're gonna tell me
it's an alien [bleep] or something. - Oh, jeez.
- (laughs) This is funny.
- (Morty) You're gonna tell me it's an alien [bleep] or something.
- Oh, and it's a bit X-rated.
- (Rick) The payoff is huge.
I turned myself into a pickle, Morty! Boom!
- What? - (Rick) I turned myself
into a pickle, Morty! Boom! - Fascinating.
- (Rick) I turned myself into a pickle!
I'm Pickle Rick!! - (laughs)
I like when he thought it was an alien, you know.
(laughs) Alien penis.
- A lot of these shows are written for 10- to 12-year-old boys?
- (FBE) This is actually more for adults.
- (laughs) Oh, no. I don't know any adults
who would watch this.
- Good writing. It sticks around no matter what the genre is.
These guys seem to be very clever.
- (Jerry) Bad dog! Bad!
- (Rick) Morty, come on. I need your help tonight.
- Here we go. - (Jerry) Hold on a second, Rick.
You wouldn't, by any chance, have some sort of crazy science thing
you could whip up that might help make this dog a little smarter?
- (Rick) All right, Ruffles. What's his name?
- Leave the dog alone. (chuckles) - (Rick) Snuffles, shake.
Roll over. - (laughs)
- (Rick) Go to the bathroom. - This is cute.
- (Rick) Go to the bathroom. - No.
(toilet flushing) - (Summer) No way.
- (chuckles) That's funny.
- Whoa. Hey, buddy. - Uh-oh. There's Snuffles.
- (Snuffles) Snuffles fix. - Wow, this is pretty futuristic.
- (Snuffles) Humans understand Snuffles now?
- (Summer) That... is... awesome! - (laughs)
- (Snuffles) Snuffles want to be understood.
- We've created a monster.
(thunder crashing) - (Summer) Ah!
- A robotic dog.
- Uh-oh. Oh dear! He's like a Transformer.
- (Snuffles) Where are my testicles, Summer?
- Oh my god. - He's gonna be mad at you.
- (Summer) That's an intense line of questioning, Snuffles.
- (Snuffles) Do not call me that!
- (Summer screams) - (laughs)
- (Snuffles) Snuffles was my slave name.
You shall now call me Snowball, because my fur is pretty and white.
- That's funny. The dog getting back for being fixed.
- "Where are my testicles?" (chuckles) You've been neutered.
- So many unpleasant images in these things.
I wonder why people want to watch them.
- (Rick) This is a Meeseeks box. Let me show you how it works.
You press this... - (Meeseeks) I'm Mr. Meeseeks!
Look at me! - A Meeseeks.
- Aww. That's cute.
- (Rick) Mr. Meeseeks, open Jerry's stupid mayonnaise jar.
- (Meeseeks) Yes, sirree! - So this is sort of
a continuing theme of this guy being sort of mad scientist.
- (Meeseeks) Open! - (Jerry) Wow.
- (Rick) And then it stops existing.
- Uh-oh. - (Summer) Oh my god!
He exploded. - (Rick) Trust me,
they're fine with it. Knock yourselves out.
- (Meeseeks) Hey there, I'm Mr. Meeseeks!
- What's his name? Mr. Meeseeks?
- (Jerry) Mr. Meeseeks, I would like to take two strokes
off my golf game. - (Mr. Meeseeks) Try again
and keep your head down. - There's gonna be trouble.
Trouble. - (Meeseeks) Let me try something.
- (Meeseeks 2) I'm Mr. Meeseeks. Look at me!
- (Meeseeks 1) Hi, Mr. Meeseeks. - (chuckles)
- This is really boring.
- (Meeseeks 3) We are created... - Uh-oh.
(laughs) They're taking over.
- So the Meeseeks are taking over
like every other thing created in every movie.
- (Jerry) Innocent people are going to die because of me.
- I wouldn't watch this for two seconds.
- (Beth) Straighten your back. - I could see how kids
would like this, because they are more into this kind of thing.
Their brains are still fresh.
- Yes! - (all) Mr. Meeseeks!
- (Meeseeks) That's a lower handicap stroke!
(rapid poofing)
- Oh, once they-- he fulfilled it, so he's gone.
- It's clever. That goes back to the 2001 Space Odyssey.
That's the first time we saw where technology took over.
- If you had absolutely nothing to do,
and you were bored to death, you might watch this.
- We got some Simpsons in there now, huh?
- What? Not the Simpsons!
- (Rick) You killed the Simpsons, Morty.
- So he crashed the Simpsons show?
- (Morty) I didn't mean to! - (Rick) Oh god. Look at the baby one.
- (laughs) - (Rick) Oh my god, Morty!
Calm down. We'll take care of it. - Eww!
- (Rick) Okay, I want you to take that vial of Simpsons goo
and this picture to this address. They'll make us new Simpsons.
♪ (eerie futuristic music) ♪ - This is pretty weird.
- I wonder how the Simpsons felt about this.
- (Morty) Rick, I'm back! Wake up! - Oh my goodness.
- (Rick) Give me those.
♪ (suspenseful music) ♪
- He regenerated them.
- Oh, it's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- (Rick) Hey, Morty, little tip. (burps) Don't clean DNA vials
with your spit. - (laughs)
I'd probably watch it because it is funny.
- I like the creativity. I like the direction it goes.
Some smart ideas. - Wow, that was totally
a waste of time. I'm beyond that
as a grumpy old fart who doesn't have any interest
in this kind of [bleep].
- I know that there's creative people behind this and you know,
they're probably in a room laughing their tukkises off
thinking this is so hilarious, but I just don't get it.
- (FBE) So Rick and Morty just finished airing
its third season on Adult Swim. - Yeah.
I watch that. I watch Archer sometimes.
It just depends on my mood.
- (FBE) So this show actually started off as a direct parody
of Back to the Future with the main two characters,
Rick and Morty, emulating Doc and Marty.
- Marty, okay. I kept thinking to myself,
"Where do I know these two characters from?"
- I would not have guessed it, but I definitely see how that plays.
- (FBE) Not only was it the network's highest rated show...
- Oh my goodness. You're kidding.
- (FBE) ...but it was also the most watched comedy series
for adults ages 18 to 34. - I am shocked.
- I don't consider 18 to 34 that adult.
I remember when I was that age, I was a moron.
- (FBE) What do you think it is about this show
that makes it so popular? - Well, I don't know.
It's not clever. It's not intelligent.
- It's funny. They do a lot of weird stuff that, you know,
kind of cracks you up. - Maybe the theme.
If it's a take off on feature film things
talking about outer space. - Something different,
and it's not a cutie cartoon.
And it's just full of weird characters.
The crazy inventions that he has,
that's the fun part, 'cause you never know
what it's gonna do.
- (FBE) The fan base for Rick and Morty has always been
very vocal about the show. As we mentioned,
their fans were arguably the primary reason McDonald's
started serving one of their sauces. In your experience,
have TV show fan bases always been this active
and vocal about a show outside of just watching it?
Or is it more of a recent development? - I think this is probably
more of a recent development with adult cartoons.
There is something in 'em. They do have messages.
- Sounds more like a recent development.
It's not like anything in the past.
- No, it's always been like that. I Love Lucy, 1950s.
People were insane for that show.
- There were a lot of people very active, writing letters
to the station and this and that.
- Star Trek's my first memory of people doing--
Well, we had to write letters back then, handwritten letters
back then, and we did it. And we saved Star Trek.
- They've always had different types of fan bases
for different types of shows. There's always been
this cult following for any successful or outrageous
or new entertainment.
- (FBE) So finally, Rick and Morty has recently been in the news again
since as the release of this episode, the show has not been renewed
for its fourth season as many people anticipated it would be.
From what you've seen today, do you hope the show
will be renewed for season four?
- Well, renew it and announce it, Adult Swim!
Come on! - I would like to see it.
I think it's interesting.
I think if it isn't renewed, somebody will pick it up.
- I could care less.
I don't give a damn if it's renewed or not.
- I hope it will. It's so fun.
After a long day, you love to just sit back and laugh.
- It should. I think that it's funny and it's creative.
- Good riddance! May it rest in peace.
- It's interesting, and I think they should give it another chance.
- If they enjoy it, why not?
I would hope that would make people happy.
- It should be. I think it's clever.
It's creative. It's silly. It's got all the elements. (chuckles)
- Thanks for watching this episode of Elders React.
- Subscribe and shoutout to Squiggly Doodle and VICTORIA BOST.
- Please let us know in the comments what we should react to next.
- Now if you'd excuse me, I gotta go get schwifty.
- Hey, guys. Ethan here from FBE. Thank you so much for watching
this episode of Elders React. What do you think the elders
should react to next time? Let us know in the comments.
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