PRODUCTION/CULTURAL REFERENCES
-Doing a Christmas episode every season seems like overkill, but the New Year's episode now seems like it's meant to be an institution. Last season, this episode alongside "Super Bowl Cum-Day" got the most views (more than 200 each) so it made perfect sense to write a sequel. Then again, I was most likely going to do that anyway.
-At this point, just know that Testicular Sound Express is a close group of friends who love each other, and look out for each other. I mean, they'll be out of line or do crazy things every now and again, but deep down, they're like family. That's what this episode validated.
-The marijuana scene is one of the very few times where I think a joke is really funny to ME. I mean, I always put jokes in that I think are funny, but this really made me laugh looking back at it. I should definitely have Jaylynn and KG smoke more blow in the future.
-Maybe it's just me, but I realized that 2013 was a lot less uneventful than 2012. I don't know how much you guys got out of the year, but it seems like 2012 had more headlines. Then again, you're competing with the U.S. presidential election AND the Summer Olympics so what can you do?
-You might have noticed that Bitch Clock didn't talk down to Sparky or be an inconsiderate douchebag. After what happened in "Sparky's Big Hit," I realized that I can use that episode to my advantage. Bitch Clock overstepped his boundaries in that episode, got a serious ass-kicking, and learned a valuable lesson. He's richer for the experience. His character needed to change. I see Bitch Clock as a cynic for the most part, but he shows Sparky a lot more respect and even gives him advice.
-Wade's line "Are you just going to sit there like a halfwit, mouth agape?" is a reference to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "As Seen on TV."
-That really does seem like a pretty good Family Guy scene to me.
-Always nice for the SpongeBob writers to make fun of themselves. TAKE THE CRITICS DOWN A PEG! :)
-The internal bleeding story was actually taken from my Asian friend Michael, who told me the exact same story. It was really funny when he told me.
-The Fiesta Trio jokes also had inspiration behind it. During the Dora the Explorer episode "Berry Hunt," Dora and Boots went picking blueberries. A large bear started chasing after them because he wanted their blueberries, and the Fiesta Trio, confused at what was happening, started playing their fanfare when the bear ran past them. They never finished playing and he almost killed them. It was so funny, I thought, "Why don't we reference that ourselves?"
-In this book I was reading (I think it was called The Scrappers but I can't be sure), there was a man named Jack who owned a salvage yard in the city. The baseball team later to be named the Scrappers needed a sponsor so Gloria suggested Jack, her father. I decided to use that as a reference.
-Jaylynn and KG were referencing the Drake & Josh episode "Theater Thug" when they were high.
-The pilot episode of The Secret World of Alex Mack was parodied in KG's dream sequence.
-The episode of Arthur that RK referenced was "Buster's Carpool Catastrophe."
-Public Enemy was famous for their 98 Oldsmobile, so much so that members of the group were referred to as the 98 Posse. Lead rapper Chuck D wrote about his love for it in "You're Gonna Get Yours," off their 1987 debut album Yo! Bum Rush the Show.
-Wade acknowledging Dick Clark saying seven twice was based off of what happened to me in 2011. Dick was actually slower on the count than he should've been, and I acknowledged it. My mom told me to be quiet and keep counting.