TV Funhouse: Torboto - SNL
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- At Guantánamo Bay, VP Dick Cheney shows President George W. Bush the U.S. Government's new weapon: Torboto, a robot that can torture prisoners. Developed because the Geneva Convention doesn't ban robots from torturing. [Season 32, 2007]
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“One time I did a particularly dark cartoon called ‘Torboto,’ about a robot that tortures people, developed by Dick Cheney to circumvent the Geneva Convention’s barring of torture as inhuman. I was worried it was more angry than good, and that night Dave Chappelle was visiting the show. I watched him watching it with his mouth agape. Afterward he looked at me and only said, ‘You got balls.’ It confirmed two things for me-that it wasn’t funny, and that EVERYONE is afraid of Dick Cheney.” - Robert Smigel
Well, on the bright side at least SNL or NBC did not get any angry responses or even controversy from the Muslim community.
if only Dave could’ve gotten him to realize so much of his other stuff wasn’t funny either
Me(before reading credits): Oh God, this has so many dark aspects.
Ending Credits: Written in part by Louis CK.
Me(after reading credits): OK, that makes sense. I recognize his work now.
And Adam McKay
Same.
Given what we know about Louis CK, this makes this whole thing even more disturbing
Wow, that was dark.
😅
A perfect perversion of Gigantor.
You know how bad it is when even Bush winces.
Gigantor would cringe at that guy and challenge him to a one-on-one robot fight.
....And I thought the original Gigantor (Tetsujin 28-go) was ridiculous.
It is, but not on this level.
What the hell, NBC?! Damn near all of the TV Funhouse clips are blocked!?
I know wtf? Russian bot hacks?
Shit like this is why I'm going VPN.
Somebody might have considered the Amiguous Gay Duo no longer politically correct.
@@bronxbrando9659 My guess is either Hulu or Peacock.
Torboto now working for various US police departments
THANK GAWD!!!!
..."now"?
you'll be piping a different tune when the homeless show up at your house.
@@KairuHakubi They are welcome and I’ll do everything I can to help them
@@TTony-tu6dm I want to live in the sheltered bubble you're in. I deserve it more than you do.
at least shotaro kaneda (the boy who controls tetsujin 28-go/gigantor) didn't see any of it, i hope.
2 minutes of ads for a 4 minute video and RUclips is stunned and shocked that people install ad blockers.
How many of the people watching this actually *remember* Gigantor?
I know it came on when my mom was a kid.
I vaguely remember it when I was a little kid (yeah I’m old). Torboto is obviously modeled on Gigantor. I still remember the Gigantor song! “Gigannnntorrrr. Giga-A-a-an-tor. Gigantor the space age robot, he’s at, your command!”
@@canaisyoung3601 Same here.
Also nice reference to Gigantor A.K.A Tetsujin 28.
That theme song sounds so close to the real thing it’s spooky.
look how they massacred my boy Tetsujin 28
Torboto is ruthless
Wow, this aged well.
no it did not
A robot that tortures people!
Come back here with my show!!!
Surprisingly educational, I know more about the atrocities of Guantanamo Bay than I did almost 15 years ago. A pretty good window into what the 2000s were like.
One of the weirdest things they did there was "rectal feeding". They'd shove a tube up a guys ass and pump oatmeal through it.
The only mistake they made is that FOX Kids still existed in the 2000s. Pretty sure it was on its last legs in 1999, as was most over-the-air Saturday morning cartoon blocks in America. It might be different in other countries, but I know in America, Saturday morning cartoons pretty much died during the 2000s, though the 1990s was the beginning of the end, considering that most either ditched or shortened their cartoon blocks for news or live-action teen shows like "Saved by the Bell". Then there's the fact that cable channels like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney/Toon Disney were actually airing cartoons that kids actually liked while free-TV channels had to air cartoons that allegedly had educational value due to FCC regulations. Most of this might not be correct, but I know the 1990s was the last good decade for SatAM TV and there were lots of factors behind it ending. Now with streaming and Internet, you can pretty much construct your own Saturday morning cartoon block, whether for your own nostalgia or to show your kids what cartoons were like back when you were younger. But people don't want to hear that. They just want everything to magically go back to how they think things used to be.
conveniently leaving out the atrocities that got them there in the first place, of course.
@KairuHakubi So I'll take that as a No for due process....
@@zachmartin1458 the irony of you clinging to due process toward monsters while heaping unproven accusations on real humans
Man, seeing this cartoon reminds me of how I don’t miss the George W. Bush administration.
2:33 Is that Mellencamp on the TV?
Torboto > Voltron
God I love dark humor
Yup, George Sr., his father, Dubbya, all took it in the ass in a coffin for skull n' bones funuminati !
This is the most horrifying thing I ever watched 😱
The original is way better ruclips.net/video/iF9mkgrQ2sw/видео.html
Oh you sweet summer child
Too bad this Torboto doesn’t exists!!! Hopefully we can get one now with AI. We need Robocops/ED-209’s more than ever…….
I have never laughed so hard!!! A robot that tortues and one of its tactics is to make the prisoner look like his enemy because they hate that! Classic!!!!
this is disgusting, yokoyama would be sad
NBC cancelled TV Funhouse despite its great popularity when the show-within-a-show criticized NBC's then-parent corporation, GE, for its weapons manufacturing profits. Of course, SNL now has no problem getting clicks and views from TV Funhouse, but it'll never be revived.
Such a loss
I friggin love dark humor!
Why was Tim Hardaway calling?
Huh, somehow I missed this one back in the day.
More people need to see this!
Yes! Just discovered through that Mike Sacks book...glad I came XD
Yes, so they can see how hard it sucks.
@@peterplotts3 Is your brain developed enough to understand satire? Maybe not.
I like that they made them watch John Cougar Mellencamp...I had a beautiful girlfriend whose favorite musical artist was John Cougar..she loved his music...I couldn't be with her and respect myself after I found out, so I had to break up with her.
We've had a few presidents since then and that place is still in operation.
Yeah. One complained and did nothing to reverse his predecessor, and the other 2 just simply don't know or don't care.
I wonder what RUclips was like in 2007. I'm sure much of this flew over the audience heads at the time.
This was uploaded in 2013.
@@qty1315 yes but look at the date it aired. Obviously this was when cheney and, probably, rumsfeld were still there. Mckay was probably still at snl.
@@Nikkyeshiva83 It wasn't on RUclips, though, so I don't know why "I wonder how RUclips reacted to this," was relevant.
That's a bit like saying "Man, I wonder how RUclips reacted to that South Park episode in 2007. I bet they had never seen anything like it before!"
@@qty1315 you might have had a mini stroke, dude. It's not your fault. This election debacle has had a deleterious effect on everyone. Read that first line again. Nowhere does it say "I wonder how RUclips reacted to blah blah blah". It says "I wonder what RUclips was like in 2007", e.g. what was the content, how was it marketed, was it like real player, did it suck since high speed internet wasn't all over north America yet, etc.
And, obviously, not the "RUclips" audience. I was referring to the quiet studio audience. Did you even watch the video or do you just comb the comments section, looking for a place to jack off?
@@Nikkyeshiva83 ...Are you high, or just a very pretentious/dumb teenager?
why does it look like gigantor
Couldn’t Torboto’s controller be punished for operating a torture device
That would be like blaming the officer who fired a cruise missile for the damage the warhead caused.
@@marccolten9801 how about firing whoever issued the order, then?
Gigantor RIP off
Dear god...
the sweet relief of "freedom"
Works for me!
🤣
I'd forgotten a fair bit of this. Ugh.
I love the Mel Gibson call :P
I could have sworn he was going to make an offer for movie rights...😂
I really hope you're being sarcastic.
i love how this is the only comment posted in this video
Maybe it's a reply to a deleted comment
Take that, left-wing America!
WHO the hell greenlit this ... #LorenMichaels ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The robot was Elon Musk all along
Lol Fox News Kids
Aww, they didn't actually show TORBOTO flush the religious texts in the toilet. Damn, but it was still great!
Possibly to avoid controversy, as at the time, the Muslim community was in an uproar when the real news about Koran flushing was reported (as well as NBC BS&P not allowing it).
Why doesn't SNL call out the democrats and mock them much??? HHHHHMMMM???
This is okay but do one for the Holocaust and see if they allow that to be shown as long as this has been around. Hypocritical!
Mel Gibson?
SML --Now I know why funny anymore...HATE.
Is this what Russian cartoons are like?
This is satire of the Bush administratiin who literally did these things (minus the robot.)
What in God that I just watch. Don't me wrong I love parodies that are good. Tetsujin 28 is the great granddaddy of all giant robot before Mazinger Z. But seriously what in unholy of jinmem is this .
Jayson Rogoz A parody of Gigantor that basically pokes fun at the Abu Gharib prisoner abuse scandal.
Yek
I thought this was about Unit 731. Y’know, since Gigantor is a Japanese series? so I thought this would make fun of the war crimes committed by Imperial Japan.
yes more dark humor is needed in these times of insane, unrealistic political correctness. torboto needs a full time series!
That is a total RIPOFF of Gigantor, Tetsujin 28-go... the manga, cartoons and the 1960's live action ones are the best out of all but torboto.... the worst rip-off of all☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
It's a parody.
Yeah you seem to have parody and rip off mixed up friend
Prototype
Weak.
this is one of the best satires i've ever seen
In two words "not funny". Like everything that followed SNL's death spiral into the leftwing sewer.
You mean like...since it started?