Check It Out! with Dr Steve Brule

[SaintCervixCancer]

In his first appearance in Awesome Show when he talked about eating fruit, he seemed to have a bit more going on in his head aside from Jan and rocket ships.  Sure, he mistook a banana for a squash, but that's a common mistake.  At least then he knew when an apple was mealy.  Even when he had that chart of his BMs, he could organize something like that and present it fairly well.

Dr. Brule became way more panicky after thinking Wayne was dead, so maybe that began his wine-drinking problem and led to him not really knowing where the camera was anymore.

I think we first saw the current Dr. Brule in the Griddleman infomercial.  He was so Brule-tal that he didn't even recognize bananas as not a spatula.

I love our Dr. Brule nowadays, so it's weird to see how he used to actually pronounce words without extra r's.  FOR YOUR CRUNTINITY!

[itsacoaster]

I was thinking about the very same thing. Dr. Brule has certainly regressed since his early days on Married News.

Check out this vintage Brule Rule. He looks positively coherent and aware of his surroundings.



Compare that to this window into Dr. Brule's thoughts. By this time, he can't even think in complete sentences anymore.



I think you're right, the anniversary prank may have broken him. I imagine he went to his own doctor and said, "Doctor to doctor, can you boost my dose of Xanax?" And that's how we got today's Brule.

[scrapyard]

i hope they dont take it 2far

he's almost past the point

aaaalllmost

[Uppercrust]

My personal theory is this: Steve can only keep it together for short periods of time. 

 Early on, Steve had short appearances.  They usually only took up 30 seconds. 

It's in the LONGER bits that we see hints and traces of Steve's insanity, that something might be different i.e. 10 years in Journalism/Report on Cool Cars, Report in Wine Country, Living on your Lonesome, the Fashion report with the Mood Indication Machine, Panini segment featuing Cathy Mitchell.

And now, with Check It Out, which is basically one big character study, Steve is the prime focus.  We're seeing more of him, and that includes the ugly and tender sides.  

[misterz]

Hahaha. Poor Steve. He's pretty far-out. His intro-rap for the 'Space' episode was f'in crazy. I love it.

[Uppercrust]

Dude.

Space opened up with a quote from Moonman Kneel Aurmstrong.

[GreatestMeatus]

I'm just glad that he still knows how to count and recognize two 6's.

[Slom0ph0be]

I always loved his introspective meditative thinking moments of Season Cinco, I think that's where he truly lost his ability to process knowledge normally, those were dark.

[SaintCervixCancer]

He also really changed the format. Experimentation yields medical results for doctors.

[SODMGBASEDBOYZ]

although it's technically not a regression in the T&E universe seeing as how check it out is set in the 80s

[misterz]

oops. I was once lucid too.  I think I meant the "Money" episode. I'll have to watch them all over again.

 edit* . . . yep. I just checked, it was the "Money" episode. He was quoting lines from his favorite scene from

"Cold Hard Cash".

[Slom0ph0be]

is it really?

[SODMGBASEDBOYZ]

yeah. I forget where but it's mentioned somewhere that the show is sourced from old rare tapes from 20 years back (hence the production quality).

[itsacoaster]

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SODMGBASEDBOYZ wrote:

yeah. I forget where but it's mentioned somewhere that the show is sourced from old rare tapes from 20 years back (hence the production quality).

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Really? Post a link if you can find it. I just figured it was just public access-style.

[GreatestMeatus]

Actually, I've seen something fitting that description, but I'm not sure if it's reals-deals or fakes-cakes.

[PrenisYaDingus]

who knows if its actually set in the 80's, or is just an homage to it, all part of the production value(or lack thereof )


FOR YOUR HEALTH YA DANGUS

[Explosivo_420]

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misterz wrote:

oops. I was once lucid too.  I think I meant the "Money" episode. I'll have to watch them all over again.

 edit* . . . yep. I just checked, it was the "Money" episode. He was quoting lines from his favorite scene from

"Cold Hard Cash".

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omg that scene was the funniest thing I've EVER seen. EVER.

so funny.

[itsacroaster]

I just wanted to say that in that scene where Steve sings "Farmer in the Dell" while his mom plays the piano, the timestamp says 1989.  So you'd think the show is set in the 2000s, yet put together using a VCR.

[SaintCervixCancer]

Perhaps it is set in the past, but again, let's not go by timestamps, Dingus. Those things can be set completely wrong.

[HonorableJudgeWhitey]

SEEMS REASONABLE

[HonorableJudgeWhitey]

well then its just poor production value, which adds to the humor.

for your loli health

[itsacroaster]

IT PROBABLY GOT Y2K

FOR YOUR HEALTH

[POMF]

She's okay now; her stomach is just very full.

[POMF]

Good thing I've got Michaelsoft.

[badblair77]

is check it out not on any more?are their dvds?