Racial Sensitivity Better Off Ted

The corporate bosses install new senors that don't see Black people....Ralph Ellison Invisible Man in real life.

[@davidhill2020]

My favorite episode in one of my favorite sitcoms. "It gets dark when you leave the room." "How can I stay mad at you when you say things like that..."

[@williammccormick2802]

This episode was so clever and hilarious. This entire show was. Such a missed opportunity.

[@rich1383yt]

William McCormick Amen - one of my favorite shows of all time

[@triccele]

It was so underrated. I genuinly laught at every episode. You don't usualy get such a strong cynic humor

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

And then in 2021, Facebook added an AI image recognition script that identified african males are primates. Yikes... Guess they did the same amount of testing as Veridian!

[@Jabba2089]

Ted: "Segregated drinking fountains?" Lem: "Thank God we don't have a company bus!"

[@rainy7106]

I love how the board was confused when he first brought up that their model would end up employing everyone in the world but, when they say they don’t have the parking they all get it.

[@userzed]

The show was great, smartly written...reminded me a bit of arrested development as the cast complemented each other

[@jacobdrj101]

The episode that predicted the Xbox Kinect situation...

[@TracyAllen]

I hate they cancelled this show. This episode was so funny and sad at the same time. Lots to learn as well as to laugh at here.

[@hus390]

Nothing sad at all. I laughed my black ass all day after watching this episode. Have fun!!

[@merrytunes8697]

I was sad and laughed because it means corporate America is very well aware of the problems

[@laurellogan614]

This show was awesome. I remember how heartbroken I was when they cancelled it back in the day

[@ramirobot]

That show was way ahead of its time, there are problems with facial recognition of black people to this day. Looking at you, google!

[@CT68]

I'd say it reflected the times it was made in. There was a problem with cameras that came with HP computers the year before this episode came out. You were supposed to be able to walk around a room, and the camera was supposed to track you and zoom in on your face. It worked with white people, but not with black people. Cameras work on light, it's just physics.

[@ViewThis.]

@@CT68 And here on KZbin it's happening to MaximBady kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJTUnoGIpdKLgKM When his white girlfriend walks into frame, the camera goes dark

[@deb1920]

@@CT68 This still happens, so it's reflective of now as well.

[@hus390]

@@deb1920 Folks!! Why do you need to interpret anything in the negative?? It's just a sit come. I'm a black man and i laughed my butt whe ln I first watched this and everytime I remember it.

[@deb1920]

@@hus390 Why did you choose me to respond to considering what I said? I'm confused.

[@BigDogCountry]

..."and we don't have the parking for that" HA!

[@DirtCheapFU]

This and the episode about the scratchy black fabric(that was driving the workers crazy) was 2 of the best episodes.

[@moswantdone8926]

This show was so great, hopefully one day they can bring it back

[@flightless8402]

Here in the south of the US we still have trouble understanding underlying racism. This ep is probably one of the best commentaries on this.

[@whitak3r]

This show was so ahead of its time. Definitely in my top 10 shows of all time. I would subscribe to a streaming service that only played this show.

[@1acroyear1]

Ahead of its time? Oh, please. They wouldn't *dare* make a show like this today. Days of yore, eh?

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

My kids accidentally found this on hulu and I've been loving it ever since. Never even heard of this show

[@Antonin1738]

I miss this show and all the characters, especially Portia's character lol

[@angelchi8637]

This looks like a great show. Well ahead of it's time for one.

[@kiran9s]

This was indeed an amazing show.

[@SquareNoggin]

Ah... Simpler times. When we could make goofy jokes about race and generally felt like a culture that got along with each other.

[@Mint403]

This mf think racism wasn't a thing 2 years after Obama became president lmao

[@cgmoran91]

I miss this show.

[@farao22]

I can't believe this show didn't run longer then 2 seasons was it ?

[@kiran9s]

Yeah, only two seasons. Such a shame.

[@MrSuckeragi]

this and the sexual harassment episode were my absolute favorites. Freezing Phil was also excellent as a pilot

[@romulusnr]

3:00 Music suspiciously similar to the theme from Brazil

[@tiggandsoot]

How was this show canceled????? This was the best

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Notice how really smart comedy is always cancelled, while brainless crap runs for decades. They don't want us to think.

[@spooplegeist]

I think it’s less some conspiracy and more that they completely botched the scheduling. There were a lot of sitcom blocks on the time, and around the time Better Off Ted came out, they were shifting the scheduling blocks constantly. I think Better Off Ted just got shifted in which block it was in (from like a Monday block to a Thursday block), but it wasn’t communicated well, so people didn’t know when to watch it. As a result it’s ratings fell, and it was given the axe, even though it was adored by both critics and audience. This happened to a lot of good shows, sadly. Ironically, the show about soulless committees and boards not understanding how humans work was cancelled because of soulless committees and boards not understanding how humans work.

[@unseeninja83]

Lol it’s the opposite of racism it’s not targeting it’s ignoring. That’s genius

[@noobFPV]

Best show ever. How was this canceled ??

[@DirtCheapFU]

Stiff competition. After that major writers strike in '06. There was surge in all popular shows, and a spam fest of Pilots. Then there time slot made it hard to keep up with. Then they pulled the ol' Futurama on them. Where a few episodes weren't aired sequence, so it became hard to follow.

[@zfoxfire]

Maybe you're not using your white guy right. ;)

[@Senorzilchnzero]

2014: funny 2020: This offends me as a white person and I want youtube to take this down or I'm suing for mental damages.

[@own4801]

How so? Could you elaborate?

[@samburden918]

Theres always one that thinks there's a problem when there isn't 🤔🙄