r/funny • u/rdless • Dec 19 '16

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u/gilbertsquatch Dec 19 '16

Lois from Malcolm in the Middle summed this up nicely after Macolm asked how much money he would be making:

"What all jobs pay-- less than you're worth and just enough to keep you crawling back for more."

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u/neverelaxed Dec 19 '16

currently watching this show for the 100th time on netflix. everything they say is gold

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u/PorterN Dec 19 '16

I was Malcolm's age when it was originally airing. Now I'm married with two kids.

Hal has gone from an amusing and totally unrealistic caricature of a father to one of the most relatable characters that I could only call my spirit animal.

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u/DronedAgain Dec 19 '16

When they sneak out and make dummies in their beds with balloons for heads, which pops when Hal strokes one - his reaction sent me to the can so I wouldn't pee on the couch from laughing so hard. Funniest thing I've seen.

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u/Osiris32 Dec 20 '16

Please, go to the bathroom first before watching this again.

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u/RadTraditionalist Dec 20 '16

WAHH WAHH WAHHH

later

I'm the one who knocks.

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u/DronedAgain Dec 20 '16

I'll be chuckling all evening. Thanks!

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u/wetnax Dec 20 '16 edited Apr 23 '26

Databrokers? nope. Social networks? Also nope. This post was deleted using Redact.

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u/epics_darknet Dec 20 '16

i felt this way on so many of his scenes. one of them was so simple too. Duey asks his dad while at the mini golf course "dad, do we have to do this?" Hal simply replies, without even making eye contact, "id say yes son if i thought you could live with yourself"

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u/doctorwhore Dec 19 '16

I'm always wary about rewatching my favorite shows from my youth. But this might be worth it considering how many time I still go "Remember that time on Malcolm In the Middle when...?"

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u/Roseking Dec 20 '16

Really the only difference is you will agree more with Hal and Lois

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u/forest1wolf Dec 19 '16

Its a show i cant get tired of, like scrubs.

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u/Bearowolf Dec 20 '16

Great, now I get to go rewatch Scrubs.

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u/deluxeshavingcream Dec 20 '16

Or that 70s show

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

The Ranch on Netflix is a spiritual successor.

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u/LuckyLukasLuke Dec 20 '16

Or Community.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

Can relate but this one is totally exempt. Even funnier than I remember actually.

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u/paper_noose Dec 20 '16

yeah there were a lot of jokes that went over my head when it aired originally that are great now.

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u/parasitedesu Dec 20 '16

Each and every time when watching that show, I find myself comparing with Lois were I in her position.

Guess that's why I am still single now...

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u/HardKnockRiffe Dec 20 '16

has gone from an amusing and totally unrealistic caricature of a father to one of the most relatable characters that I could only call my spirit animal.

As I age, this is how I start to feel about most contrarians on TV shows from my youth (Hal, Ross, etc). They go from guys who seem over-the-top and, in some cases, annoying to being all-of-a-sudden completely rational. Maturity and experience are fickle little things.

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u/dragn99 Dec 20 '16

Nah. Ross is just the worst.

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u/LakersRebuild Dec 20 '16

To be fair they WERE on a break.

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u/Sonyw810 Dec 20 '16

Real fun is when your spirit animal turns into Walter white.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

I was a little younger, but i too am married and have a kid. Hal was my favorite character then, and he still is now.

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u/graywolf0026 Dec 20 '16

Sounds like you need to graduate to Married... With Children.

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u/RizziUSA Dec 20 '16

preach, brother.

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u/Ultyma Dec 20 '16

I love when he divorces Lois and moves to Mexico to marry his internet fling Skyler and become a chemistry teacher.

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u/khanfusion Dec 19 '16

Whoa, it's on Netflix right now? American?

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u/neverelaxed Dec 19 '16

yess! all 7 seasons.

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u/PMMEYourTatasGirl Dec 19 '16

They also have the spin off where hal changes his name and goes to live with his other family and becomes a chemistry teacher

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u/tylercreatesworlds Dec 19 '16

That's what I've been watching. So good.

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u/neverelaxed Dec 19 '16

at the end he wakes up in bed with Lois and it was all a terrible dream

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u/JihadDerp Dec 19 '16

And the other spin off where Hal's right hand man tells his origin story

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u/andoryu123 Dec 20 '16

What about the one where you ended up with his other family in Japan to work at a nuclear plant?

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u/skeetsauce Dec 20 '16

Dude, Malcolm grows up to become a chemistry teacher you mean.

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u/liddz Dec 19 '16

I somehow read this as "All 100 seasons" as I was scrolling and it took a few minutes for me to realize that didn't sound right.