Rick and Morty “Pilot”
Welcome to the Pilots and Petards Podcast! the podcast with nothing much ado about aircrafts, but potentially everything ado with first episodes of a filmic series. Join us today as we cast judgement and determine if the animated dark horror sci fi adventure comedy Rick and Morty will be hoisted, or not hoisted: that is the question!
- Petard = bomb
- Hoist a pilot = bad episode
- Not hoist a pilot = good episode
Show Notes
Episode Intro and Announcements: Follow our blog so you can contribute to the pre-recording discussions. You can also subscribe to us on your local podcast app. And if you want to help us out, tell your friends about us. Send us fan mail or other thoughtful communications and we may discuss that in future announcements and or shop talk.
Background: Fitz choose Rick and Morty because it’s funny and dark. He a fan of HP lovecraft, and likes animated shows *not anime*. He especially likes the attention to detail and subversion of Genre Tropes, along with the insertion of philosophy. It’s weird and smart and he likes the characters in the show.
Summary: Rick is a always super drunk and scientist with the ability to travel through time and different dimensions. For whatever reason, he needs him grandson Morty to accompany him on his missions and travels. For weeks now Rick has been removing Morty from school to run these wacky shenanigans. Rick and Morty get caught when the principal contacts Morty’s parents, Jerry and Beth. Rick is about to be sent to a care home but at the last minute he scams his way out from the side effects of Morty keistering a couple pineapple sized pits from another world.
High Points: a lot… the absurdity, the intro and theme music, and it was FUNNY
Low Points: non Doc and Morty characters, Rick’s burping and drooling
Crabman Award: Glen by unanimous desicion.
MVPs: Rick, Morty, and Jerry and Beth.
Dangling Threads of Interest: Back to the Future and Doc and Mharti origins; Dan Harmon’s MeToo movement; what universe is this? and education 2+2=4,“school isn’t a place for smart people”
Watch or Rewatch: unanimous watch
To Hoist or Not to Hoist?: strong not hoist
Petardar:
- Back to the Future
- South Park
- Whiting Wongs
- Space Jam
Next Week: One Tree Hill
Plugs: Pilots and Petards official closing music is an instrumental Entheos remix of Alive. Intro, outro, and ad background music mixed by Jake Drew. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or join our facebook group.
Shop Talk: Facebook and Reptillian MZ
Pilots and Petards Podcast 
If the animation in South Park made Fitz cry, he must be blind watching Rick and Morty, the animation was disgustiing. Fitz found you the worst pilot ever. It was stupid, that’s all I can say. I do not want to say too much unthoughtfulness and get in trouble with your censors and editors but it really stunk.
Morty calls his grandfather Rick instead grandpa or whatever. Rick is moving to a care home, so they rent a giant moving van. Now where is Rick going to put all that stuff? Rick drools down his chin and spits when he talks.
I hoisted the show
No MVP
Crabman goes to the giant moving van
High points none
Low point. The whole pilot
Jimmy Christ out
LikeLike
Brutal bro
LikeLiked by 1 person
while we were watching the pilot of Rick and Morty, I will never forget my little girls face with tears running down from her eye, she asked me “Daddy is Grandpa going to make me shove pineapples up my ass
LikeLiked by 1 person
Only if it helps with science
LikeLike
Glad your not my grandfather
LikeLike
First of all his name is Fitz, but he did say that if you shove a pineapple up someone ass for science it’s alright. What he is saying is the answer for the for the question MAYBE
LikeLike