This page contains:
- general lists of things you should watch in order to understand RAP lab jokes
- person-specific media recommendations.
This information is very serious. Media slouches will be mercilessly nagged and bombarded with confusing references.
Page Development Note: Ari tried to make this page based on Dr. Matt's word-cloud of recommendations, so it should probably be reviewed by Dr. Matt.
General List of Media that People Need to Watch
Media You, As a Human Being, Must Consume
TED LASSO
- Airplane!
- Princess Bride
- I mean come on, if you haven't seen Princess Bride what are you doing with your life?!?
First tier pre-requisites for all RAP lab workers
- Anchorman
- Archer
- Arrested Development
- Community
- Dodgeball
- Futurama
- Letterkenny
- Napoleon Dynamite
- The Other Guys
- Parks and Recreation
- Simpsons (The Golden Years)
- Star Wars: Episodes IV-VIII; Rogue One (suggested); Prequels are negative points
- Zoolander
Second tier must-watch list
- 30 Rock
- Back to the Future
- Better Off Ted (also Better Off Dead...)
- The Big Lebowski
- Blazing Saddles
- Breaking Bad
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (similar to The League, only for terrible people)
- The League (caution: 18+, pervs only)
- Mr. Robot
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- Scrubs
- Spaceballs
- Talladega Nights
- Top Secret!
- UHF
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Wet Hot American Summer
Seventeenth tier maybe-watch-someday to catch occasional random references list
- Pootie Tang
Movies that are not needed to catch references per se, but which are still underrated classics that everyone should see
- Defending Your Life
Person-Specific Recommendations
These do not include things already on the general list
Dr. Cheng
- freakin everything I mean good grief there's just a swarm of recommendations in this pic
- A Christmas Story (are you kidding me, Cheng??)
- Jurassic Park (this one I didn't see til like last year so I can't judge)
- Office Space
- The Other Guys
- [Everything else]
- Idiocracy
- Austin Powers
Rayfay
- Dirty Work
- Groundhog Day
- War Games
- Helvetica
- Tucker + Dale
- King of Kong
- Son of Zorn
- The Game
Noah
- (Mr. Robot -- now on general list)
- The Game
Juan
- (Big Lebowski -- now on general list)
Dr. Matt
- Son of Zorn
- Sherlock
- Superstore
- Lady Dynamite
- Zardoz
- High-Rise
- Virtuosity
- Johnny Mnemonic
- Big Trouble in Little China
Jo
- Stuff that's on the general list
- Good job, you don't have any specific recs
Ari
- Young Frankenstein
A-a-ron
- Also only the general list
- Here, have a second bullet.
Maya
- Gen list
Lauren
- Gen list
Zach
- Fight Club