Sholem Itzhak

Some of you might remember The Rockafire Explosion, who played in Showbiz Pizza Place franchises all across the country before they were slowly converted into Chuck E. Cheese’s franchises in what’s known as “Concept Unification”. Here’s something you might not know: they’re still around.

-Perhaps you’ve seen the Auqabats on The Hub Network; but you might have not yet seen their encounter with The Rockafire Explosion in this video: http://youtu.be/Pxrmlr-GVl0?t=1m35s

-Here’s the band’s tribune to Davy Jones of the Monkees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUbPVhACSAA

Now, how would you like The Rockafire Explosion to cover a song from MLP:FiM (say, Pinkie Pie’s Smile Song)? Perhaps some of you might want to drop the band’s creator Aaron Fechter a request to make it happen.

I wouldn't say it's normal; but it isn't wrong either, especially if you buy the toys as presents for your daughter, niece and/or cousin .

Sadly the massive cost wouldn't be worth it. 

Let alone any tags that hasbro would have to put on it.. Knowing them they'd probably not take kindly to it, nor would the many rabid foozeball fans out there that think that their machoness is rated entirely on the amount of alcohol consumed and football stats they can recite for their favorite team.

 

While it'd be neat to see.. I just don't see a real purpose behind it either.

Well.. except if it were possible to see the look on peoples faces when that aired... OMFG.. that could be a whole reality show.. "peoples reactions to ads during a football game" with a 2 hour special on the super bowl!

 

Kind of like Creature comforts, but more specific in topic..

I can somewhat understand your claim, but I think we should think a little more positively and focus on what's posisble. By the way, "people's reactions to ads during a football game" would be interesting ot laugh at.

Well, it’s almost that time of the year again, the time for America’s yearly sporting event, the “Super Bowl.”

Yes, it’s the “Super Bowl”; where thousands gather in front of the average TV in the average suburban living room to take part in an annual mass congregation of snack foods, soda, beer guzzling (not in every household), and watching a sport where oversized, puffed out, umm… men ram into each other like Army men at war to stop the other team from winning and to collect from corporate sponsors. It’s as if a large mass of the American public is reduced to spectators of Ancient Rome watching Gladiators make mincemeat of each other in the coliseum, or perhaps spectators of the middle ages watching Knights charge at each other in a joust to prove who’s worthy to be King in the silliest ways. Oh yes, and don’t forget about our nation’s National Anthem being sung by overrated pop culture artists (not saying there’s anything wrong with it, just feels silly), and the halftime show centered around overrated popular music instead of something unique and fresh. And when it’s finally over, people are rest assured that Football is America’s greatest past time (pfft, that ’ill be the day).

Now personally, I don’t watch the Super Bowl (and I don’t’ think I’ll ever put any effort into doing so); but I’m perfectly ok with anyone who does. I personally just think the American Public can create a better annual televised sporting event with a much better culture. Perhaps the Bronies might be able to create something much better (but that’s not what we’ll be talking about in this thread).

Still, the Super Bowl isn’t all overrated. Some of you might remember (and those who watched “Pirates of Silicon Valley” know) that it helped launch the Macintosh Computer in 1984 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I; and we saw why 1984 wasn’t anything like “1984”), which by the way I would now recommend switching too with everything wrong about Windows 8; but this brings me to today’s subject:

Some of you might not know this, but more and more people are tuning into the Super Bowl nowadays strictly for the commercials and could care less about the tackling (http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2011/02/more_people_are_watching_the_s.html). Some commercials are overrated, immature, misleading and or stupid (like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctA-1XRXhTY), others are an explosion of creativity and art and still others gather images from all around TV and our otherwise everyday lives and bring them together for an exciting experience the whole family can enjoy (like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz9J5SViDXg, or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzEZ4cXFohQ). I’ve even seen Sesame Street appear in a super bowl ad; but now how about the Ponies?

I think everyone (even those like me who don’t go near the Super Bowl) would agree that the Ponies should have a spot in the Super Bowl commercials. If no one has started, I would suggest someone start a KickStarter campaign to fund the production and broadcast of a commercial featuring “The most interesting Ponies in the world”. Or perhaps we could simply fund a showing of my favorite Pony commercial (which could also be appropriate to show at the Super Bowl, being a parody of a series of beer commercials), the one the ends “Stay Pony My Friends” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oOeT6J5XIo).

Who knows, if it happens, I’ll watch part of the Super Bowl specifically to watch the MLP commercial.

Perhaps you’d all like to get started and share some ideas on what a commercial featuring the Ponies would look like.

@@Sholem Itzhak, 

Turns out there's already a joke thread, so I've merged yours with that one. Thanks for understanding! 

Say, what's wrong with more than one? We were having lots of fun.

So a horse walks Into a bar, and the bartender says "hey buddy, why the long face"?

 

You can shoot me now.

Shoot you, with what? Water or whipped cream? (rim shot)

Ok, how about some "Knock Knock Jokes", like this:

"Knock Knock."

"Who'se there?"

"Orange"

"Orange who?"

"Orange 'ya glad we're having lots of fun telling these jokes?"

My class was really trippy today, I fell around 4 times.

 

I just can't stomach these body jokes.

 

These plane jokes didn't really take off.

 

Stephen, spelled with a P. I got Pheven.

That plane joke was pretty good; but watch it with that "Stephen" joke, you could insult anyone who'se name is "Stephen".

Anyone remember this joke? It's a joke Twilight would like:

"Why are books delicious things?" -> "Because they're food for thought." (Get it?) :lol:

You might remember a few more jokes such as this:

"Why did the moron drive the bus off the cliff?" -> "Because he wanted to test the air brakes."

But that "moron joke" doesn't really speak "Pony".


Anybody know any other jokes (including "Knock Knock Jokes", but not cruel or pessimistic jokes) that the Ponies would like (or just sound "Pony")?

I think the Star Trek fandom has a leg up on us, with the space shuttle Enterprise.

 

If we name a lunar rover Princess Luna, then maybe we can edge them out.

 

Good thinking.

We need a smaller minimum of characters to type.

I would think Celestia would be there, after all, she does love sending people TO THE MOON!

Only if she has to.

I'm only typing more because of the 20 character minimum.

Has anybody (or 'any-pony') seen this article (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/01/luna-heading-to-space.html) on Equestria Daily?

Everybody give a cheer (and 'every-pony' give a neigh), Luna is headed to the International Space Station.

Where else would you like to see Ponies go? A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame perhaps, maybe a Pony topiary garden in the center of a Roundabout or in Central Park of NYC, or perhaps naming a strip of Route 66 after one of the Ponies (or at least decorating it to "Pony" it up).

Be certain to give Congraduations for this outstanding achievement in "Pony-dom".

"Stay 'Pony' My Friends."

I'm not pretty sure but I think it's worth a shot.

 

Hasbro might not be too sure about this idea but still, It can't really hurt to gain approval and take a shot.

That's the spirit; now that's thinking like a Brony should.

Right, but the difference here is that nickelodeon is part of a separate company altogether. Copyright and all that. If any sort of ride was going to be built there it would have to be under the permission of Hasbro and Nickelodeon, which is unlikely to happen. Bronies couldn't just go build a MLP themepark, it'd get sued in an instant, and Hasbro doesen't seem likely to want anything to do with it. I mean, sure Bronies make other things, like as you said, OC's, but an OC isn't in anyway canon. The whole point is it's well, original. Unless by that you meant the entire thing would be purely oc based in which case no thanks, I've had enough black and red alicorn for now.

I wasn't implying any of that at all (particularly Bronies just jumping in to doing things without proper permission and planning first). Also, I said what used to be Nickelodeon Studios, not what is Nickelodeon Studios. Did the Blueman Group need to go though Nickelodeon (in addition to Universal Studios) to get rights to use Soundstage 18 (and parts of the center building)? I don't know; but most likely, all whom they needed to go though was Universal Studios.

Who here loves Walkie Talkies? I know I do. Although I haven't played with those familiar Walkie Talkies in years, I would love to use them again (and it always makes me happy to think of those wonderful times I had playing with them).

I still remember my first set of 2 Walkie Talkies (Sesame Street themed): http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_Talking_Pals

Anyway, I have a real treat for you all; here's something I should have thought to search for sooner, MLP Walkie Talkies (Pinkie Pie style): http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=24069086

Um, nickelodeon doesn't have anything to do with MLP though.

However, the Brony movement has already done a lot with the Ponies that doesn't have to do with MLP; take many of those OCs for example.

I believe the old Nick Studios building was converted to a Blue Man Group building back in '06

I'm not sure if it still houses them today, but I do like the idea of a pony themed place.

Only Soundstage 18 and one of the rooms in the main building was converted into the Blue Man Group's venure. The rest of the former studio is used for all sorts of things, and a lot of Nickeodeon is still in there : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7_CychOtto

I've been thinking of Universal Studios lately, and something hit me when I read about a Transformers attraction they had: What would it be like if we brought the Ponies to Universal Studios (Hollywood, Orlando, or both)?

Imagine hosting a Brony convention somewhere in the park. What do you think of a Brony convention held outside or inside of what used to be NICKELODEON STUDIOS in Orlando?

Or perhaps, imagine an attraction/ride that’s themed around MLP:FiM. Imagine what it would be like if what’s left of NICKELODEON STUDIOS was somehow made into a Pony themed attraction (it has kind of an ironic feel doesn’t it).

Feel free to share your thoughts.

Hello everybody and "every-pony". I haven't posted anything in a while; so I thought I'd share this with all of you:

Does anybody like Studio Ghibli's movies? How many of you have seen "Kiki's Delivery Service"?

Well, for quite a while, Applejack frequently reminds me of one of the characters of "Kiki's Delivery Service", Ursula: http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130706045240/scratchpad/images/7/7d/Ursula_from_Kiki's_Delivery_Service.jpg

From my observations, Applejack and Ursula from "Kiki's Delivery Service" are similar in certain ways; the sound of their voices is one thing.

What do you think?

There are boy scouts and girl scouts in the real world, cub scouts from The Berenstein Bears, the My Little Pony universe should try Filly Scouts, with our beloved Cutie Mark Crusaders in tow. Not only should they sell cookies like girl scouts would do in the real world, but also do some of the things that would usually be done by boy scouts, such as first aid, pitch tents, handling nature like a boss, and being very brave. What do you guys think? Is this a good idea for the show?

An excellent idea indeed ; but perhaps we should try the Foal Scouts (the word before "Scouts" is usually one syllable anyway) and feature both Fillies and Colts. Or perhaps we could have an episode where we start off with the Filly Scouts and the Colt Scouts and have them unite into the Foal Scouts by the end of the episode. We Bronies and General Viewers should get the show's crew on board with this idea.

"Stay 'Pony' My Friends."

I have a problem with this idea that being sexually-minded is "immature" or "unclean". I'm what people would call an ethical slut and I approach sexuality with a fun, open-minded yet respectful attitude. Sure, I'll frequently make dirty jokes, but it's never done seriously. I don't interpret those screencaps from the show as anything more than "innocent" (I really hate that word in the context of sexuality. It implies that sex is "guilty").

Believe me I'm just as likely to roll my eyes and scoff at horny teenager going heuaheuheu at the mention of anything sexual, and I don't take kindly to being lumped in the same category as them.

My point is, maturity and perviness aren't mutually exclusive. I've seen incredibly mature and well-adjusted discussions on fetish-oriented forums, and I've seen lots and lots of emotionally immature prudes who go apeshit at the first sign of anything kinky.

 

From the outset, most people who read my posts might maistake me for a goofy, immature pervert, but I read a lot of serious information about sexology as well and have a lot of resect for the subject. I probably have a better understanding of sex than most "mature" people, even with my lack of practical experience.

From what you've said, it seems like you thought I was implying that all thoughts of and the exploration of sex are wrong; but I wasn't saying that at all. In fact, I do agree that being open about one's reproductive systems and functions (including "exercise") is not only natural, but important to one's physical and mental health (although I will admit that it did take me years to realize this with the help of a therapist), I believe many doctors say this too. Personally I just like being delicate about it as sex is a sensitive subject like the subject of 'going to bathroom' (and I do think that it is natural for people to be sensitive to the subject of sex and that people should be open about in a soft and delicate matter).

Anyway, what I was implying is that it's immature to take innocent/clean images (like the face Rainbow Dash makes, which could interpreted in multiple ways) and "dirty them up" before everyone else who would be uncomfortable thinking such possibilities (it's very hard to describe, and that's the best I can do). Take for example a comedy E-mail my father once got and shared with me (that I didn't like); the E-mail basically claimed that the width between the 2 rails on a train track were inspired by the width of a horse's rear end as horses were used to pull cars on tracks and they wanted a horse to fit in-between the rails, and the E-mail put extra emphasis on the horse's "a[fifty five]" as inspiration for the width between the 2 rails on a train track in an obvious attempt to induce what I'll call "dirty laughter" (a laughter I believe in unhealthy, unlike other "happy" forms of laughter). The claim itself (whether it's true or not; although I believe it makes a lot of sense and that it is true, and I do find it interesting that train tracks were made to fit horses inbetween them) isn't what's immature; what is immature is placing the extra emphasis on the factors that can be magnified into something one would usually find sensitive and inducing "dirty laughter" from it.

I'll also say this: I have Aspergers syndrome, and it's very hard for me to describe my feelings; so this is the best I can do, for now (sometimes, I'll learn new words and phrases that match my thoughts and feelings I can't find the words for on my own).

While I did enjoy 'Music 1' ("Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" from the The Nutcracker), you can't beat this

 

Hmm... I see what you mean. But how about this ("Music 02") :

Just wondering if there are any Bronies (or general fans in MLP:FiM) who are interested in becoming a Congressperson (whether wanting to be a representative in the House of Representatives or a State Senator in the Senate). Perhaps there might also be some Bronies (or general fans in MLP:FiM) who want to serve a spell in their State’s Legislative Body, their County’s Legislative Body, their City Council, etc.

I’d say go for it ; different Representatives, Senators, etc. who have served over the years have from many different and unique backgrounds. Take Davy Crockett for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAhAarI1Zig

I'd have to say "Music 1" from Tetris:

"Stay 'Pony' My Friends".

There were people who interpreted that as... her being a lesbian? O_O Well, I shouldn't be surprised. It's the internet, after all. 

 

Anyways, I didn't take part in the experiment. Mostly because I had no idea what reason it was being done for (I thought you were just some random troll, to be honest ), and honestly, I lost all interest in the topic once I found out it wasn't something controversial. But I can still post my two cents here.

 

Honestly, I don't think that "hot horse" can be compared to the face Rainbow Dash made and that this experiment doesn't make much sense. The word "hot" is generally used in slang to imply that something is attractive, especially on the internet. It has many different meanings. And most people here don't have an Equestrian background, so they wouldn't know the original meaning. (I certainly wouldn't.)

 

Then there's this: what context WOULD the word "hot" make sense with the word "horse"? The temperature kind? But then, why would you be talking about a horse's temperature on an MLP forum? That seems like a rather boring topic. And thus, the thought process goes to the attractive context of the word, due to most peoples' knowledge of cloppers in the fandom. 

 

That was my mindset when I first saw it, and I'm sure a lot of others' as well. It doesn't make you some pervert who is constantly trying to see something suggestive in something else. Now, if you had tried a different set of words, one that were less... obvious, then the experiment might be considered valid to me. But with all of this evidence, I just can't see it as proving anything other than people know what yet another meaning of the word "hot" is. That's like making a topic called "Gay Horse" and expecting people to think it means "happy, jolly" as in its older context when most people would think of homosexuality because that's how it's used these days, then labeling them as immature for doing so.

 

Now, finding some perverted intention in Rainbow Dash's face isn't much of a stretch either, to be honest. It just looks that way, like a sort of "wink wink, nudge nudge" suggestiveness. And I kind of have the feeling part of the reason the animators put it in was specifically so the older fans could laugh. That's fine, and that makes sense. Much like one of the commonly used meanings of the word "hot," that face is what we recognize as a certain type of mischievousness due to the nature of human body language. 

 

It does, however, become a stretch when you think that Rainbow Dash is a lesbian. At that point though, I think it's less of people being immature and more of just seeing what they want to see. This fandom holds MANY shippers, and a wide variety of people think Rainbow Dash is a lesbian anyway. They just implanted their previous thoughts into it, that's all. It just means they like to overanalyze. A lot of people do that here on a variety of different topics. 

 

Then, to a final point: Is it immature to see suggestive/sexual things in normal things? That depends on your opinion. Mine? No. It's just considered commonly as immature in our society due to the vast stigma sex still has behind it, and because it's mostly a younger generation who do it.

 

Why is it a younger generation though? It's because as time has gone on, people have become more and more open about sex. The younger generations don't care as much as the older ones, and just make jokes and such out of it. This to me isn't a bad thing. I think making people more open to merely speaking of a perfectly natural act is a good thing. It just means we're all less high strung about something that we, in my opinion, shouldn't be high strung about at all.

 

Basically, my opinion summed up: Let people interpret things however they wish. Just because it's suggestive/sexual, doesn't make it any lesser than anything else, doesn't make it any less happy, healthy, or innocent. If I wanna see a phallic symbol in a pencil, let me. It doesn't hurt anyone in the slightest, and it brings more laughter and humor into the world if me and my "immature" buddies wanna giggle about it. The only time I think it's wrong is if you keep shoving it in the face of someone who doesn't want hear/see it. Then you should keep it to yourself in their presence. 

Ok... In the first place, I was not implying that the phrase "hot horse" and the face Rainbow Dash makes are themselves similar (these are 2 completely different things); what I was implying was similar were people's "initial thoughts" on the phrase "hot horse" and people's "initial thoughts" on the face Rainbow Dash makes.

I guess you could say the purpose of my experiment was to get people to take a close look at themselves. I knew that not a lot of people were familiar with the phrase "Hot Horse" (I myself only learned it recently, quite on accident in fact) and many would tend to interpret "hot" in the sense meaning arousing, sexy and/or attractive (that was part of the whole idea); the idea was to surprise the participants with the equestrian meaning of the phrase "Hot Horse". With that surprise, people would become more subconsciously aware that "hot" (particularly when used in the title of an online forum topic) doesn't necessarily just mean arousing, sexy and/or attractive, and furthermore would also become more subconsciously aware that an unusual elements such as the face Rainbow Dash makes are not necessarily innuendos that imply something "suggestive" or sensitive.

I guess what I’m trying to encourage of everybody (and “every-pony”) is to look for (and share) the best in things first.

By the way, not trying to be too nosy or anything like that, but how specifically do you find it unsurprising that people are interpreting Rainbow Dash as homosexual because the discussions take place on the Internet? Is it because you see that the Internet is used by many different people with many different backgrounds and the Internet can be used in all sorts of ways? Or, is it because you see that people tend to use the internet by following the trends of “Internet Culture” (which understandably should include questioning something as homosexual)? I do certainly hope it’s the former (as opposed to the latter). I’m not saying people shouldn’t use the Internet to discuss whether someone is homosexual or not (that is one of many ways people can use the Internet); but I just want to make sure you understand that there’s way more to the Internet and using it than what traditional “Internet Culture” makes it out to be (it’s because the Internet is made of so many different kinds of interconnected devices and so many different people with different backgrounds and personalities that there are many ways we might never think of that it can be used).

Sorry for the delay; but here's that follow up I mentioned that reveals the reason why I did this experiment: http://mlpforums.com/topic/82364-follow-up-to-my-recent-experiment-titled-%E2%80%9Chot-horse%E2%80%9D/