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This page has:
A) the general lists of things you should watch in order to understand RAP lab jokes
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person-specific media recommendations.
This page contains:
 * 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.  Take this information very seriously. Media slouches will be mercilessly nagged and bombarded with confusing references.
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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. ----
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<br> '''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.

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Scroll farther down if you want the person-specific section.
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 * Airplane!
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 * Star Wars: Episodes IV-VII; Rogue One (suggested); Prequels are negative points  * Star Wars: Episodes IV-VIII; Rogue One (suggested); Prequels are negative points
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 * Better Off Ted  * Better Off Ted (also Better Off Dead...)
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 * Wet Hot American Summer
 * Spaceballs
 * 30 Rock
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<br> === 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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 * freakin everything I mean good grief there's just a cloud of recommendations in this pic how the fk am I supposed to tell what's what  * freakin everything I mean good grief there's just a swarm of recommendations in this pic
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 * Josh
 * BSc (???)
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 * Noah
=== Noah ===
 * (Mr. Robot -- now on general list)
 * The Game
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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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=== Ari ===
 * Young Frankenstein
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=== Ari ===
 * Young Frankenstein
=== Lauren ===
 * Gen list
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 * Fight Club

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This page contains:

  • general lists of things you should watch in order to understand RAP lab jokes
  • person-specific media recommendations.

Take this information very seriously. 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

  • Princess Bride
  • I mean come on, if you haven't seen Princess Bride what are you doing with your life
  • Airplane!

First tier pre-requisites for all RAP lab workers

  • Archer
  • The Other Guys
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Community
  • Arrested Development
  • Futurama
  • Star Wars: Episodes IV-VIII; Rogue One (suggested); Prequels are negative points
  • Zoolander
  • Dodgeball
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Anchorman
  • Simpsons (The Golden Years)

Second tier must-watch list

  • Scrubs
  • Back to the Future
  • The League (caution: 18+, pervs only)
  • Breaking Bad
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
  • Better Off Ted (also Better Off Dead...)
  • Mr. Robot
  • Top Secret
  • UHF
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Talladega Nights
  • Wet Hot American Summer
  • Spaceballs
  • 30 Rock

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)