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Tell your children!
Tell your children!


==Vital Statistics==
==Vital Statistics==
[[Image:191.jpg|300px|thumb|D-fer Madness]]
{{ReleaseDate|February 2, 2007}}


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'''Date: ''' February 2, 2007
{{AppearanceBy|Graham Stark|Stuart Stark|Margaret Graham-Bell|Paul Saunders}}, {{AppearanceByPlain|Jeremy Petter}}, {{AppearanceByPlain|Matt Wiggins}}, {{AppearanceByPlain|Bill Watt}}, {{AppearanceByPlain|Nathan Mosher}}


'''Category: ''' http://www.loadingreadyrun.com/img/vid_images/shorts.gif
{{WrittenBy|Johnny_Lunchbox}}


'''Appearing: ''' [[Graham]], Stuart Stark, Margaret Graham-Bell, [[Paul]], [[Jer]], [[Matt]], [[Bill]], and Nathan Mosher
{{ShootingBy|Matt Wiggins|Graham Stark}}


'''Writing: ''' [[Johnny_Lunchbox]]
{{BoomBy|Boom Op|James Turner|Kate Stark}}


'''Camera: ''' Matt, Graham
{{EditedBy|Graham Stark}}
 
'''Boom Op: '''  [[James]], [[Kate]]
 
'''Editing: ''' Graham


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==


Little Timmy's been hanging out with the wrong crowd. When his parents find evidence of his illicit activities, they take action immediately.  It's time for an educational film.
Little Timmy's been hanging out with the wrong crowd. When his parents find evidence of his illicit activities, they take action immediately: it's time for an educational film on the Dangers of Dungeons and Dragons. To be turned into a responsible adult, Timmy must play World of Warcraft endlessly.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* 'Black Leaf' is a reference to [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp| Dark Dungeons], an infamous witnessing track by Jack Chick.
* The video's title and overall structure is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_madness Reefer Madness].
* The bit about string cheese in the washer is an oblique reference to [[Underpantaloons]].
* 'Black Leaf' is a reference to Dark Dungeons, an infamous witnessing track by Jack Chick.
* 'LARPing' is the acronym for Live Action Role-Playing.
* Cthulhu rarely rises in D&D campaigns - more commonly in 'Call of Cthulhu' or 'Delta Green'.
** Cthulhu did appear in the TSR AD&D book "Deities & Demigods", along with the gods for many copyrighted works(Including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric| Elric] books). The second printing of the book removed all copyrighted beings.
** Nevertheless, Cthulhu is a running gag in LRR depictions of D&D, such as [[Inside D&D 4th Edition]].
* The humorous abbreviation of the activist group may be a reference to [[Vote Carefully]] and the weird political party with the unpronounceable acronym.
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Latest revision as of 18:31, 31 October 2025

The video page on Loadingreadyrun.com links to a video formerly hosted on Blip, but the video can be found here.

Tell your children!

Vital Statistics

D-fer Madness

Date: February 2, 2007

Category: Shorts

Appearing: Graham Stark, Stuart Stark, Margaret Graham-Bell, Paul Saunders, Jeremy Petter, Matt Wiggins, Bill Watt, Nathan Mosher

Writing: Johnny_Lunchbox

Camera: Matt Wiggins, Graham Stark

Boom Op: James Turner, Kate Stark

Edited by: Graham Stark

Synopsis

Little Timmy's been hanging out with the wrong crowd. When his parents find evidence of his illicit activities, they take action immediately: it's time for an educational film on the Dangers of Dungeons and Dragons. To be turned into a responsible adult, Timmy must play World of Warcraft endlessly.

Trivia

  • The video's title and overall structure is a reference to Reefer Madness.
  • The bit about string cheese in the washer is an oblique reference to Underpantaloons.
  • 'Black Leaf' is a reference to Dark Dungeons, an infamous witnessing track by Jack Chick.
  • 'LARPing' is the acronym for Live Action Role-Playing.
  • Cthulhu rarely rises in D&D campaigns - more commonly in 'Call of Cthulhu' or 'Delta Green'.
    • Cthulhu did appear in the TSR AD&D book "Deities & Demigods", along with the gods for many copyrighted works(Including the Elric books). The second printing of the book removed all copyrighted beings.
    • Nevertheless, Cthulhu is a running gag in LRR depictions of D&D, such as Inside D&D 4th Edition.
  • The humorous abbreviation of the activist group may be a reference to Vote Carefully and the weird political party with the unpronounceable acronym.
  • This video lost to The Professor's Funhouse in Round 1 of Bracket 1 of the 20th Anniversary Sketch Bracket.



Season Four     Shorts

◀ ●∙∙∙Nanaimo Road Trip 2     Overdue ∙∙∙● ▶
Watch D-fer Madness on LRR     
LRRcast: February 7 2007 LRRcast     


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