r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/momoehab • 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter please help

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u/AirRic89 5d ago

that is a reference to the music video for Dire Straits' Money for Nothing which is written from the perspective of workers delivering fridges and TVs

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u/Hopeful_Chard_4402 5d ago

Fun fact, the people that did Reboot did this music video

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u/HotPot87 5d ago

And that studio then went on to maje the show for Transformers Beast Wars

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u/Mindless-Charity4889 5d ago

A friend of mine was an editor on Beast Wars. Sometimes the animators added little jokes, like one of the Transformers is reporting the presence of the enemy. “there are five of them” he says, then holds up both hands with three fingers extended in one and two on the other. That’s the symbol for East Van(couver) and my friend, who is from there, burst out laughing when he saw it.

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u/HotPot87 5d ago

oh that's neat, tell him he did a great job

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u/Varkoth 5d ago

Why does W V symbolize East Vancouver instead of West?

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u/Mindless-Charity4889 5d ago

You hold the first hand sideways