Cowboy Bebop - Session 22 Cowboy Funk - Group Reaction

[@brettd2308]

The cowboy -> samurai thing has nothing to do with Westworld or anything, but both are just referencing the same close historical relationship between Hollywood Westerns and Japanese Samurai movies. I'm sure you discussed this in the Westworld episodes, but many classic Westerns are just Hollywood remakes of Japanese movies with cowboys in place of samurai. This whole episode is a nod to that.

[@Zeugnimodms]

Case in point: The Magnificent Seven is a remake of Seven Samurai. (Apparently Ken Watanabe also starred in a samurai remake of Unforgiven, to illustrate even further)

[@blueroninstudios]

When dealing with millenials who dont know the history of Hollywood, remember they are only millenials who do not know as much as we do, being that they are young and apparently have no interest in movie history. And I can't believe Im typing that in the age of search engines......yeesh.

[@0okamino]

It still makes me imagine a bunch of samurai, standing there and looking confused, thinking "But... we don't herd cattle. What are they talking about?" :D

[@osterro]

Also Akira Kurosawa was inspired by John Ford westerns

[@CrazeeAdam]

So so true!! I love that about this episode too!

[@clem1257]

I like to think the "see you space samurai" was a node from Shin'ichirō Watanabe to his next show "Samurai Champloo". Even though this was years before.

[@neonghost8608]

Really hope they watch that next

[@fivemeomedia]

im sure he had ideas for it even some concept art going it could be very possible

[@avv14]

Like what 9 years later?

[@clem1257]

@@avv14 Cowboy Bebop came out in 1998, Samurai Champloo in 2005.

[@enso8762]

It's because andy dressed as a samurai. No nods.

[@WiqidBritt]

There's a lot of thematic crossover between Western/Cowboy movies and Samurai movies. i.e. Seven Samurai inspired The Magnificent Seven, Yojimbo inspired A Fist Full of Dollars.

[@marer1000]

I hated this episode when I was a kid but now that I'm older and don't take it seriously, it's fucking hilarious.

[@CrazeeAdam]

I also think it's an episode if you let it sit, has a lot to do with Samurai and Cowboy tropes and blends them well

[@Roycely]

Also, I love that someone did a reaction to this old show: it’s nice to see people discover something I enjoyed way back when. I think I can say that the quality really holds up well.

[@theanafront3746]

Plot Twist #1: Andy's real name is Shinichiro Watanabe. Plot Twist #2: Andy is an incarnation/alternate universe version of "Space 'Dandy' ". Plot Twist #3: There's an arrow in the FedEx logo. Wait what

[@theshlauf]

Spike with a cowboy hat kind of looks like Inspector Gadget.

[@Roycely]

7:50 when that dude on the left smiles and points at the camera- once I realized he was thinking what I thought he was thinking- Absolutely hilarious haha. Smoothest cut with the heaviest laugh haha- awesome edit haha

"who draws this?" Animators. Preferably those who worked with Sunrise and Shinichiro Watanabe. 12:31 I love how Spike is just on edge the second someone whistles.

[@allyourmoney]

They went so far as to copy the shape of Spike's face & body for Andy's character design. In some scenes the silhouettes of their heads are mirror images of each other.

[@DetectiveThursday]

I am surprised nobody there made the connection between Teddy Bomber and Ted Kaczynski aka the Unabomber, not only do the two look almost alike, they also had manifestos that they wanted to bring to the world with their bombs. cant believe that reference went over their heads.

[@jeysonfritz9613]

fuck off

[@ПавелШарпов-к5л]

Can't expect much from "the normies".

[@Avocado11]

Or his attack being shades of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

[@k1ngdeth]

Went over my head for like, a decade. Guy became pretty obscure pretty quickly.

[@allyourmoney]

Kaczynski was pre-internet 90's, so most people in their late 20's barely remember him. We got another 90's lunatic coming up soon....

[@renzpapunas8086]

"See yo Space Cowboy" ... sounds so cool to me ... i want to be called by that even once

[@delariean]

Interesting fact: Then this show was first aired on Adult Swim, 911 did happen. By a result this ep was delayed until a later time and CB did not have a complete true run until later....

[@Diraphe]

The English release of the movie was delayed as well due to 9/11

[@ACriticalGeek]

Samurai and Cowboy stories are very similar. Magnificent Seven was a straight up cowboy western remake of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

[@fivemeomedia]

cowboy and samurais have influenced each other at least in cinema with early westerns influencing samurai movies like Akira Kurosawa movies and he then he directly influenced post westerns or revisionist westerns like good, the bad and ugly etc. if you think about it the gunslinger and samurai are very similar characters.

[@fergalstackstreams]

My friend and I could never figure out where the whistling kept coming from in this episode since Andy's lips weren't moving. We finally determined that it must be his horse that's whistling.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

Faye has no shame and I love it.

[@LaTericeallover]

On Oct 3rd We Don't Forget

[@CaesiusX]

With the exception of his hair, I believe _Cowboy Andy_ was deliberately drawn exactly like _Spike._

[@suncore598]

The look on Marketa's face when Chris joked about this being the last episode. LOL.

[@andrewburris3821]

I will feel like an ass if everyone gets it, but the whole "Teddy bomber" character is a reference to Ted Kasczyki the Unabomber. The name of course but also his questionable intellectual speeches...

[@katemoon1594]

Given the time this came out, I think it's safe to say the adult audience at the time would have seen that. But younger audiences now dont have the same frame of reference.

[@yankeesplyr23]

Saying "seriously, the world changed after 9/11" as if it is some kind of revelatory statement that has never been thought of before is so preposterous.

[@youlookridiculous2516]

I always get the feeling that the normies feel like they are better or more intelligent than their fans.

[@mormacil]

You four should try Space Dandy.

[@uncensored008]

That would be the perfect series to react to

[@bwill123]

Nah samurai champloo then dandy

[@enso8762]

@@bwill123 Nah, just Champloo.

[@mormacil]

@@bwill123Dandy has the same universe, same director and is a good kind of wacky. The loose nature of the episodes also leads itself well for only one reaction a week etc.

[@sunnyweather2655]

Samurai champloo as silly as it is, is still to high brow for stupid ppl like the normies. Im sure they would like Dandy more, there is more booty.

[@douglas2938]

Interesting. On my first watch I had no idea *Wyatt Earp* was a nod to something. Now, since I watch *Wynnona Earp,* it's yet another funny detail to pick up.

[@francoliles189]

that is still one of the most ridiculous, and yet my favorite episode of this series.

[@TheShockVox]

So here’s a little meta thing behind the scenes thing is that makes this episode retroactively funny to me decades later. So the voice actor for Andy was married to the voice director/voice of Julia at the time. They got a divorce at some point many years later. But nowadays she’s married to the voice actor of Spike. So whenever I watch this episode, my mind can’t help but wonder how these two feel about each other and that situation. In reality, shit’s probably (and hopefully) cordial, but with how funny the rivalry is in this episode 😅….

[@stolasgoetia93]

I know those 9/11 feels. I had some family friends who ALMOST died on 9/11. They were going to be on one of the flights that hit the towers but at the last minute they canceled their plans and drove instead.

[@Otokichi786]

There is a very short hop-ski-jump from "Cowboy Andy" to "Zapp Brannigan"!;) As for "Teddy Bomber," he's got the "Bond villain speech" ready...for all occasions.

[@CitroChannel]

Good stuff! This episode is pretty funny and definitely a fun reprieve from some of the more dramatic episodes. The rest of the episodes are all really great, though. Still waiting for 24, 25 and 26, but Session 23 is great too!

[@88Robdaman]

I met with the American director of the show and she explains that Andy was played by her ex and spike voice actor is her husband now, so it was a funny making for the dub for this episode. Lol

[@katemoon1594]

Awkward.. lol :)

[@JamesMeechan-os6sl]

Wyatt earp is a real cowboy and a character in western film called tombstone

[@ek3241]

I love your content fam

[@NatsukeShift]

10:43 Troll 2 Reference! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[@CrazeeAdam]

These last episodes before the final episode all have something pretty significant to do with the main characters imo.

[@keven2074]

I'm pretty sure they didn't air this episode after 9/11 along with like two others. One of which included the child who didn't age.

[@ram_0450]

And thus samurai champloo is born 😂

[@lissurko5267]

I love how closely the two can be compared and that can frustrate some people when they first watch it, like me. Andy really is just a “worse” version of Spike because a lot of things that make them hate each other are the exact things they have in common. I understand the dislike though because after my revelation about the genius behind this episode, there are too many other good episodes that outshine the fun of this.

[@Heldemon]

Assuming Nahid meant resources of our solar system/galaxy because we will never in a trillion years use up all the resources in the universe.

[@avataraang4312]

doesnt the girl say it to spike in the first episode? See you, Space Cowboy

[@maddogpony]

she says Adios Cowboy

[@HappyPotat]

There's always been a sort of kinship/rivalry between Cowboys and Samurai. Many westerns are based on samurai stories, like the Magnificent seven and the Seven Samurai movies. So it should come as no surprise that the dude who came up with this series also came up with a Samurai series later.

[@LMMotoss]

Normies, just FYI! This series doesn't actually take place this long in the future (it takes place in the 2070s). The series doesn't mention it much but it seems with Earth ruined in the Gate Incident, humanity was barely able to hang on in the small colonies they already created. Of course I would be surprised if we have the level of space colonization shown in Bebop by 2070!

[@yaraduardo1287]

I like how andy got bored of being a bounty hunter so he wanted to change to being a samurai which is way he was looking to any excuse to stop being a bounty hunter but in a cool way instead of just dropping it.

[@radicaladz]

That moment when you realise that Cowboy Andy is also Timmy Turner's dad.

[@spikeinmadness5005]

The arrogant ignorance is getting sad. A retro-active homage is not a thing. The reference to Wyatt Earp is a homage to the actual man, who was known as the greatest lawman is history. Musashi is a reference to Musashi Miyamoto, the man who literally wrote the book on Samurai called "The Book of Five Rings". Trust me, you missed a lot. "the vast crevice of space." ...Swing an'a miss!

[@jeysonfritz9613]

EVERY EPISODE IS PERFECTE AND HAS A DEEP MEANING THAT YOU CANT UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU AR

[@LrnecBuma]

Imagine this KZbin is that bunch of normal friends who you always wanted to get into your favorite show but they don't know everything. Even I have learned stuff about Beepbop I didn't know before or forgot because my memory can't hold onto everything accurately.

[@theanafront3746]

@Spike in Madness Yeah...try not to cut yourself on that *edge* , buddy...

[@sunnyweather2655]

Eew Trash like Chris Pole is ruining youtube.

[@LrnecBuma]

@@sunnyweather2655 thank you appreciate it. Will do it again and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

[@kalysto]

5:22 Those towers are based on the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, not the World Trade Center. Also, it's been almost 20 years; honestly, most people around your ages can barely remember the incident, in comparison to the indiscriminate carnage that followed

[@ryo-vp4jt]

君の瞳に映った僕に乾杯🥂

[@pjamese3]

In anime, yet see a chubby adult female. Guys can be chubby and children are always flat-chested. However, an 18yro female will be considered under-developed if only has C-cups. No only are large-chested women an anime trope, but there's such a thing as anime boob physics. Look it up. Maybe it'll get you to react to High School of the Dead. (Chris will lose his mind.)

[@maduraelknockout]

they never ended it!???

[@i_so_late]

Nahid: "seriously, things changed after 9/11" no shit dude

[@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly]

Andy reminds me of the anime version of Zapp Brannagan from futurama

[@saldssjhbs]

9/11 is a cowboy bebop reference

[@ebonyangel951]

It's the ultimate comedy episode before all hell breaks loose in the last two episodes.

[@Insomniac_Hart]

Wait....... THAT'S..... NO WAY..... BRANNIGAN?!?! Futurama's Brannigan?!?!

[@TriXJester]

You all should react to Soul Eater once Cowboy Bebop ends

[@PhantomZero8800]

yo patrons does micki ever come back for these

[@rubenlopez2764]

No he went to Florida.

[@LudvikM]

I love to see how people's minds make connections, which is why Marketa wins this one in my opinion.

[@Seissmo]

Cowboy bebop!

[@stuotaku]

I think you made the right decision to watch the movie after, and you will see why once you do

[@LadyVenomWay]

Nice one you guys!

[@Crimsonzs]

What happened to the other guy watching with you guys? Lost interest?

[@LrnecBuma]

Surje is the leader and spends most his days post editing he would of watched it whilst splicing the 10 minute overlay for the video. He often discusses thing he notices having the footage of their reactions and the show being synched up that they missed.

[@Dannydarko27]

Lol the edits 😂

[@pedroccinoo]

You guys should finish this, lol

[@furydeath]

they did just not in the playlist for some reason

[@mizanulalam6041]

I see a big resemblance of Andy in space dandy maybe space dandy was inspired from Andy

[@xxskullxx1000]

Are you guys going to do reactions to Samurai Champloo and Space Dandy?

[@Roycely]

Also, random but- you guys should check out this music video someone made way back in the day to video clips of Cowboy Bebop. It’s on youtube now: Weezer Only in Dreams Cowboy Bebop. It does an amazing job- I think you guys would love it. Great song, great editing. Keep up the Bebop videos, much appreciated !

[@Wonton-the-Sea-Snail]

if you want to watch, theres a cowboy bebop movie that takes place after this episode and before the next episode

[@Arv4789]

I just noticed the Hollywood Undead shirt ...nice

[@russellmuffinxp364]

This is a good episode

[@android_4420]

Owen Wilson did an ACTUAL COWBOY movie, with Jackie fricken Chan, and you say Andy reminds you of his character from... Zoolander? lolz. How can you forget the masterpiece of film that is Shanghai Noon?

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

I must've missed this episode because I don't remember anything about it.

[@GoliathWarfare]

React to the Boondocks!!

[@marienatcha3071]

are spike and andy totally identical or not

[@scottkliff1660]

Would there be any chance JoJo's Bizarre Adventure could be in the consideration for the future? It's a contemporary series, but of a long running influential manga series. Plus it has birthed many many many many memes, including one of the more popular ones.

[@dannybob42]

Into Bebop, where Spike meets his annoying match Thickest as in stupid? PierrOT, and yes, mainly TAS There are two kinds of people with this intro, and luckily they're divided through the middle of the couch Yeaaaaaaaah this opening scene did not age well, or age at all seeing as it was aired and consequently pulled during the time of 9/11 You always gotta cover your bases Spike Wyatt Earp was a legendary lawman in the Old West, deputy marshal of Tombstone and one of the fighters in the OK Corral alongside Doc Holliday You say Jesus Christ but I don't hear any complaints Andy is Bruce Wayne gone wrong let's not kid ourselves, billionaire playboy completely inept at everything, he's also the parallel to Spike, even having a similar facial shape and hairstyle Teddy more wanted to be paid attention, to let his motives be known Who needs super saiyan when you have the angry fist of destruction Teddy Bomber is based off of the Unabomber, who had similar motives Ah but does Andy learn? Does he hell, from Cowboy to Samurai, like Bebop to Champloo Andy is not on Spike's level, he's just so incompetent that its frustrates Spike to his wit's end, if anything Andy is Spike's Foil Zoolander's enemy turned friend is called Hansel, and he's so hot right now It's a homage to Spaghetti Westerns mainly Musashi is a legendary samurai, Miyamoto Musashi who was undefeated in 61 duels, the most of any swordsman. Jessie from Pokémon is named after him in her Japanese name, her partner James is named after Sasaki Kojiro, Musashi's rival who he eventually killed There are flat chested 'anime people' but you gotta remember that Faye is walking sex appeal. There are plenty of 'chubby anime folks' too, even in Bebop, Whitney Haggis Masamoto was a chubby dude in his later years remember Chubby Women? Yeah there's chubby women in anime too, Anko and Cho-cho from Boruto spring to mind There's a real simple answer Sam, besides it's not like Bebop is solely reliant on Faye's breasts for viewership

[@MegaKikibomb]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

[@StrangeCoincidence]

what the hell is a "retro-active homage"? that's not real

[@LambofSuffering]

Wolfs Rain Reaction Plz

[@liomas6849]

lol these comments getting sad over the reaction is always hilarious.

[@Eventzz0]

Bruh is the girl on the right high or something

[@savagemonkey9016]

Watch accel world if you want some chubby folks in anime

[@methodology8]

Watch big O or yuyu hakusho

[@judeelrik8153]

The movie is the nex season 22.5

[@tsogobauggi8721]

This is the session of Cowboy bebop that I like the least. But it still has few good moments. :)

[@DkR2]

From now to the end, the tone of the show changes.

[@shaunyb0i]

Chris is all about PLOT

[@ぴーぴぴぃぴぴぴぃ]

This episode is worst, but I cant hate Andy and Teddy😆

[@JoeKerr019]

Remember to do the movie before the season finale

[@OroborusFMA]

It's one of the weakest episodes.

[@bwill123]

Not for me. Thought it was hilarious.

[@tsogobauggi8721]

It is the weakest episode.

[@allyourmoney]

Still better than Boogie Woogie fortune cookie.

[@nickfernandez6387]

Not at all.

[@mizanulalam6041]

I finished cowboy bebeop yesterday and loved this episode