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This page has both general lists of things you should watch in order to understand RAP lab jokes as well as person-specific media recommendations. This page contains:
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general lists of things you should watch in order to understand RAP lab jokes
* person-specific media recommendations.
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Take this information very seriously. Media slouches will be mercilessly nagged and bombarded with confusing references. This information is '''''very serious'''''. Media slouches will be mercilessly nagged and bombarded with confusing references.
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Scroll farther down if you want the person-specific section.
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 * '''''TED LASSO'''''
 * Airplane!
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 * I mean come on, if you haven't seen Princess Bride what are you doing with your life
 * All the other stuff you know you're supposed to watch; don't act like you don't know.
  * I mean come on, if you haven't seen Princess Bride what are you doing with your life?!?
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 * Anchorman
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 * Arrested Development
 * Community
 * Dodgeball
 * Futurama
 * Letterkenny
 * Napoleon Dynamite
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 * Community
* Arrested Development
* Futurama
 * Star Wars: Episodes IV-VII; Rogue One (suggested); Prequels are negative points
 * Simpsons (The Golden Years)
 * Star Wars: Episodes IV-VIII; Rogue One (suggested); Prequels are negative points
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 * Dodgeball
 * Napoleon Dynamite
 * Anchorman
 * Simpsons (The Golden Years)
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 * 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
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 * Back to the Future
 * The League (caution: 18+, pervs only)
 * Breaking Bad
 * The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
 * Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
 * Better Off Ted
 * Mr. Robot
 * Top Secret
 * Spaceballs
 * Talladega Nights
 * Top Secret!
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 * The Big Lebowski
 * Talladega Nights
 * 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
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 * Josh
 * BSc (???)
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 * Noah (is this a person or a rec for Rafay?)  * The Game

=== Noah ===
 * (Mr. Robot -- now on general list)
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 * High-Rise
 * Virtuosity
 * Johnny Mnemonic
 * (Big Lebowski -- now on general list)
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 * Zardoz  * Zardoz
 * High-Rise
 * Virtuosity
 * Johnny Mnemonic
 * Big Trouble in Little China
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=== Lauren ===
 * Gen list

=== Zach ===
 * Fight Club
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==== Page Last Updated 2017/06/13 by Ari ====

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


rapwiki: MediaPeopleNeedToWatch (last edited 2021-01-12 22:31:53 by HannahRoss)