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The Failure of Mr. Birchum

José

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Adam Carolla's Mr. Birchum character has been around for thirty years. While many of his jokes have stayed the same, the character itself is being presented very differently in his animated series. This video takes a look at the history of Mr. Birchum to contextualize him in the present.

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20 Comments

@JoseBird Creator 2 years ago (edited) Pinned

A lot of people are pointing out I mistakenly called Payday a chocolate bar when there's no chocolate in it. That's because I've never eaten one of those in my life and I'm not sure they sell them in Canada. Apologies for the mistake!

Also, a few people have also pointed out the original Mr. Birchum animation produced in 2011 is not an animatic. To clarify, that was the term Adam Carolla used when describing it. If that's not technically right, I apologize for the oversight, but I assumed he knew more about the production than I did.

@longlivebeans 2 years ago

If I wanted to get lectured by a cartoonish old man for 30 minutes, I’d call my father.

@JesusChristMarie 2 years ago

They refer to Karponzi as “heteronormative” but don’t realize that that adjective literally doesn’t apply to this straw man character. Birchum is heteronormative, Karponzi is the opposite, the writers just pulled out a random buzzword they don’t understand.

@justaghostinthesea 2 years ago

Ron Swanson walked so that Mr. Birchum could run, trip, break his neck, and be scolded by Hank Hill

@PillarofGarbage 2 years ago

they should make the teachers kiss

@MrsBobMom 2 years ago (edited)

So Daily Wire, a media organization obsessed with American made everything, outsources its animation to Spain?

@-N0V4- 2 years ago (edited)

I wouldnt consider it a failure, my AO3 Birchum/Karponzi fic has over 300 views. Judging by the comments people love it

@CaptPeon 2 years ago

Considering that Adam Corrola got divorced in 2021... i think he's writing his own fan-fiction...

@AnonJuggerbot 2 years ago

"Its too late wokies, I've drawn myself as the chad, and you as the soyjack"

@Metonymy1979 2 years ago (edited)

But Hank was never mad at the world. He loved life, propane, freshly mowed grass and his family he just didn't understand some things that were different. But, once he understood, he was accepting. That's why King of the Hill was amazing.

@erwinsbingus 2 years ago

"You so busy arguing you forget you're American" is the most ironic moral coming from a network of debate pundits that attempted to cancel a Nursery Rhymes content creator because she said she respects LGBT people

@89UO990 2 years ago (edited)

The stupidest thing is that the veteran guy is a Vietnam war veteran when based off age he should be like, a gulf war vet. The idiots that made this are still living in the year 2000.

Also is so funny that even conservatives think this show sucks.

@GrizzHam99 2 years ago

It’s funny how this show pissed conservatives off with gay rep and gay people got into it because of a gay joke in one episode

@jonw7214 2 years ago

The gay fanfiction following is probably the most hilarious thing that could happen to this show

@hartthorn 2 years ago

The part I love most of all of this is that Mr. Birchum is the BEST POSSIBLE EXAMPLE of a Mary Sue that has existed in mass media multiple decades. He hits EVERY check box so hard you could do an entire media class on it.

@xenosphobatic 2 years ago

Hank from King of the Hill stands alone in that, despite the world having passed him by, Hank doesn't try to revert it or to change the world. Rather, he adapts himself as best he can to the new world he finds himself in. He also loves his son and tries to demonstrate it the best he knows how, which is especially challenging with his upbringing.

@EnigmaticGentleman 2 years ago

I just find it funny that the scene of Birchum dancing with Karponzi was by FAR the most well animated scene in the show, like the animators knew what was up.

@Germania9 2 years ago

"Ha, this new animated series will definitely offend them Wokes!"
Wokes make gay fan art of said series
"Um, whaa....?!"

@albineigengrau3212 2 years ago

So basically they called him Mister Birchum because Professor Oak was already taken.

@YodaOnABender 2 years ago

The reason king of the hill works where Birchum doesn’t is because King of The Hill isn’t about Hank fixing the world by “owning the libs”. It’s about a man learning to adapt to a changing world and realising that the way he was raised isn’t completely correct. Meanwhile, Birchum is nothing but a self insert fanfic based on the creator’s shower arguments