Sad Episode [OC]

[u/frootbatpunk]

TV Guide Magazine calls it "a graveyard smash!"

[u/Moxie_Stardust]

Oh, the way I snorted when I got to the last panel... well done.

[u/Mopman43 → u/Moxie_Stardust]

Yeah, I was like, ‘Random crossover, but alright’, until I got to that panel.

[u/Made_Bail → u/Moxie_Stardust]

Same. Great pun.

[u/CATZEBOY_18 → u/Made_Bail]

Help I don't get it

[u/Made_Bail → u/CATZEBOY_18]

Google the show MASH and read the synopsis. :)

[u/CATZEBOY_18 → u/Made_Bail]

https://giphy.com/gifs/8IthD50XbV1wQ

[u/LovelyLuna32684 → u/CATZEBOY_18]

It's also a reference to an old song The monster mash

[u/CATZEBOY_18 → u/LovelyLuna32684]

It sounds like it is a reference to multiple things, like modern meme culture.

[u/CATZEBOY_18 → u/CATZEBOY_18]

Thank you u/PenguinKeith , your answer was more useful thN you thought.

[u/Penguinkeith → u/CATZEBOY_18]

I overthought it and came to the conclusion you were confused about the monster mash / mash joke specifically

[u/CATZEBOY_18 → u/Penguinkeith]

Nah, it was the whole thing, The Monster Mash was actually the ONLY part I knew before.

[u/ryuga98 → u/CATZEBOY_18]

I still don't get it 😬

[u/CATZEBOY_18 → u/ryuga98]

Did you google it?

It let me understand the homour, giving me a sensible chuckle, hence the GIf.

[u/lurkinarick → u/CATZEBOY_18]

Hello, I am another person that has not watched the show, that googled its synopsis and still didn't get it

[u/RuneFell → u/CATZEBOY_18]

It's both a reference to a famous and, at the time controversial, episode of the TV show called MASH, combined into the song 'Monster Mash'.

[u/gramathy → u/Moxie_Stardust]

Got me too, amazing joke

To be fair I love jokes that require increasingly-obscure knowledge to get and this is pretty decently along those lines.

[u/millerphi → u/Moxie_Stardust]

Same, yo. Same. I was all like "Awwww, ya got me!"

[u/PunkNBeans → u/Moxie_Stardust]

The way I thought you meant the last panel was the one that showed Frankenstein's monster and that was the authors subtle jab to be like (that's Frankenstein's monster, the Dr is Frankenstein!)

[u/BassKitty305017 → u/Moxie_Stardust]

I was snorting when I saw blood on Dracula’s mask

[u/OvertSpy → u/Moxie_Stardust]

Yeah, got me too, its a good one.

[u/millerphi]

Of all the scenes that could have been parodied...of all the jokes to be made....you had to pick one of the most poignant ones of the series.

I don't want to upvote it, but decorum dictates that I must.

Well done. Take a couple of commendations out of petty cash.

[u/erik_wilder → u/millerphi]

I recognized Radar's message in the first panel. This is worse then loss

[u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC]

"It wasn't a chicken... it was Rosemary's Baby!"

[u/SonicLoverDS]

There's a sea of Transylvania?

[u/frootbatpunk → u/SonicLoverDS]

[u/cupholdery → u/frootbatpunk]

I’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook and by gum it put them on the map.

[u/dumnezero → u/SonicLoverDS]

Closest thing was the Pannonian Sea, which dried out about 1 million years ago. Though most of Transylvania doesn't seem to have been submerged.

[u/Merari01 → u/dumnezero]

You mean Vienna used to be a seaside resort?

[u/decoy321 → u/SonicLoverDS]

As much as there are monsters

[u/XVUltima → u/SonicLoverDS]

They are referring to the galaxy, not the country

[u/MudDauberDigs]

I love that Dr Acula has blood on his mouth

[u/wolfchica12 → u/MudDauberDigs]

I love that you referred to him by his proper name, “Dr. Acula.” When he gets his spinoff, the title card should show his name, get the period out of there, and then smush it together so it spells “Dracula.”

[u/ShiningRayde → u/wolfchica12]

I really, really wanred John C. McGinley's Stan Against Evil to pilot with his facing off with Zach Braff as 'Dr Acula', a vampire who had infested Damned Hearts Hospital with Donald Falson as Turk as his henchman. Not zombie-Turk, just Turk, look work is really tight right now he needed the gig.

[u/wolfchica12 → u/ShiningRayde]

I would absolutely watch the hell out of that. Pun intended.

[u/Nevermind2010]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZoBn8lxRuCX9m

[u/Rook115]

Holy hell that's a deep cut. M * A * S * H is practically ancient in TV history. Add on the fact that the first CO was only around for what, the first season?

I love it, but I wonder how many people will actually get the joke.

Edit: apparently the stars made the letters in MASH freak out.

[u/Mopman43 → u/Rook115]

First 3 seasons- “Abyssinia, Henry” was the final episode of Season 3.

I hope people get the joke, MASH still holds up great. Top-tier banter and wisecracks.

[u/Rook115 → u/Mopman43]

Oh it is great, but I only know it because my dad always has it on, so details aren't exactly my strong point. Pretty much every episode I've watched was pretty solid.

[u/episcoqueer37 → u/Rook115]

I listen to a podcast hosted by a mid-30's couple and they make MASH references maybe more often than The Simpsons. It seems an oddly timeless show.

[u/ian9921 → u/Rook115]

It still gets rerun on the oldies channels. My dad & I used to watch it together all the time before we fully switched to streaming. Iirc it was on right after classic Battlestar Galactica

[u/Merari01 → u/Rook115]

What do you mean, ancient?

I watched this show all the time. Back in the.. "80s..

[u/SmaugTheMagnificent-]

PUT A MASK ON!

[u/Crab__Juice]

Is there any chance I could purchase a print of this comic? It's high art, and I wish to immortalize it in my office.

[u/episcoqueer37 → u/Crab__Juice]

Same.

[u/frootbatpunk → u/episcoqueer37]

Shoot me a dm! I can get one to you too

[u/frootbatpunk → u/Crab__Juice]

dm me I'll hook you up

[u/wallyslambanger]

Lol the blood on the mask around Dracula’s mouth.

[u/roshanritter]

Excellent MASH up

[u/frootbatpunk → u/roshanritter]

Damn, that would've been a way better title

[u/roshanritter → u/frootbatpunk]

Nah yours is more seasonal

[u/dumnezero]

https://giphy.com/gifs/C8CCK8jr1w1Y4

[u/SarcasticBench]

What are you talking about? Frankenstein is right there in panel 3

*runs away from people who read Mary Shelley

[u/D_Dubb_]

Oh this is amazing

[u/Rafterman2]

Take my updoot, OP, you magnificent bastard

[u/Cam833on]

This isn't a war, it's a murder

(click)

Dis isn't a war, it's a moidah

[u/Intelligent-Area6635]

Mein Gott!

[u/triotone]

I was expecting a Grey's Anatomy reference. Good god is that show still ongoing.

[u/MrValdemar]

Dammit...

[u/beakes41]

Abyssinia, Frankie

[u/Wiregeek]

Oh goddamnit.

Well played, you magnificent bastard.

[u/Aethelrede]

You magnificent bastard.  Fantastic pun.

[u/SuperCarbideBros]

Oh my, a MASH reference in 2026?!

[u/Dry-Mission-5542]

It got caught in the Transylvania Twist-er

[u/willywimbledon]

Hell yeah

[u/DiceMadeOfCheese]

sad instrumental version of The Monster Mash plays

[u/Overly_Long_Reviews]

That was good. You gave me a really good laugh. Very creative.

[u/Rylth]

oh god dammit

[u/thebradyearwood]

Dammit, I love this so much

[u/Mr_Revan22]

I’ve seen better