M.C. Hampster's Journal: Optimus-Prime Dies of Prostate Cancer

Via The Corner:

Optimus-Prime Dies of Prostate Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pop culture fans are mourning the death of Optimus Prime today as the famous Transformer passed away last night from prostate cancer on the new Cartoon Network Show, "Robot Chicken."

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So sad

[Jaguar777]

I just saw him [vgcats.com] the other day.

RIP

[robi2106]

RIP Good buddy. Heh. So Was this an animated sketch? Something done with the permission of the copyright holders? Or something else. I can't tell from the article...

jason

Re:RIP

[M.C. Hampster]

Me neither. If anyone finds out the specifics, let us know.

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There goes

[The Bungi]

My childhood...

he didn't actually die - it was a reenactment

[subgeek]

as he stated clearly after his reenactment.

the "lesson" part of the fake PSA that aired on robot chicken went something like this, "we don't actually have any biological organs so we can't die of cancer, but you do, and you can."

it was part of a show on cartoon network's adult swim called robot chicken. it's similar to other adult swim shows in that it's only 15 minutes long. it's all stop-action animation comedy sketches. the show was created by seth green. it's pretty funny. but i like that sort of

Re:he didn't actually die - it was a reenactment

[gmhowell]

Just watched the latest episode (with "3 Fast, 3 Furious"). Great show.

Only a few Adult Swim shows are 15 minutes: ATHF, SeaLab (or whatever it's called. I don't care for it), Tom Goes to the Mayor (another I can take or leave), and Robot Chicken. More plentiful in the Adult Swim block are repeats of Futurama and Family Guy and tons of anime. But yeah, I guess all of the Adult Swim 'originals' are 15 minutes.

Re:he didn't actually die - it was a reenactment

[subgeek]

yeah, i meant the originals.