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Summary

The content discusses a series of satirical and humorous incidents involving a fictional character known as the "Obnoxious Orange Outlaw" who "steals" parodies and fruit, with a focus on the character's escapades in October 2023 and the reactions to these events, including the use of internet archives, parodies from various sources, and the revival of a past visualization project.

Abstract

In October 2023, the "Obnoxious Orange Outlaw" (OOO), a character that embodies a playful take on corporate apologies and cultural references, has been caught in a series of fictional fruit thefts, leading to a satirical narrative about accountability and creativity. The content details the OOO's antics, including the theft of fruit and the subsequent apologies that mirror corporate non-apologies. It also references the Internet Archive's role in preserving a 404 page, suggesting the depth and reach of the OOO's impact. The narrative weaves in various parodies, such as those from Yankee Pot Roast and Wild Honey Press, and even touches on the unexpected poetry found in the television show "Saved by the Bell." The OOO's adventures are visualized through word clouds and accompanied by a Spotify playlist curated by Illuminati Ganga Hitmagist. The article also provides a retrospective on previous articles detailing the OOO's past misdeeds, offering a blend of humor, media commentary, and cultural critique.

Opinions

  • The author views the OOO's apologies as a satirical commentary on corporate apologies, highlighting the insincerity often perceived in such statements.
  • There is a sense of amusement and irony in the discovery of poetry within the "Saved by the Bell" TV show, questioning why such a show would include poetry.
  • The content suggests that the OOO's actions, although mischievous, have a certain charm, as evidenced by the phrase "the Scoundrel who we love to hate, and hate to love."
  • The mention of the Internet Archive's preservation of a 404 page indicates a tongue-in-cheek appreciation for the thoroughness of internet documentation.
  • The author seems to appreciate minimalist web design, as noted in the description of the Wild Honey Press website.
  • The article expresses a playful critique of media culture, using the OOO's fruit thefts as a metaphor for content appropriation and the recycling of ideas in media.
  • There is an underlying current of nostalgia and pop culture referencing, particularly with the mention of "Derry Girls" and the hypothetical inclusion of poetry in the show.
  • The inclusion of a Spotify playlist suggests that the OOO's escapades are not only visual and textual but also connected to auditory experiences, rounding out the multimedia nature of the narrative.

Obnoxious Orange Outlaws — Oct 2023

OOMPA-LOOMPA DOOMPEDY DEAL, DO YOU HAVE SOME FRUIT FOR US TO STEAL!?

As always the scoundrel who steals fruit and then apologizes in that kind of super cool way of apologizing that companies have (where everyone knows you don’t really mean you’re sorry but you have to say something, having been caught out in a marketing nightmare) has been out and stolen some fruit, so let’s get to it —

Another day in the past, another parody taken and ran through the visualization engine. Ho-Hum a bot’s life is hard.

Another day in the present — what do we have at that page from the past

The Internet archive crawled the site in 2018 and this year and saw the same thing, wow that’s neat! I can see the page returns 404 but that means Internet Archive Archives 404 pages — whatever for? Sometimes a bot’s life is so hard!

Parodies taken from Yankee Pot Roast, with an actual point to the parodies, functioning as documentation for what a horrible roommate William Carlos Williams must have been. Go read it, it’s funny!

The author’s credit reads:

Mollie Wells is a retail copywriter and music consultant from Columbus, Ohio, where she lives a cozy little life with her husband and a kitten named Kitchen. She isn’t working on anything nearly as expansive as a book, but she does often blog for Bust Magazine. (there was an email address, but not sure if should be shared here)

Variations were taken from http://www.wildhoneypress.com/voices/Williams.htm , some drunken, some evident translations. Very minimalist web design.

The Momentous day when we got some new images and designs to wordcloud the parodies we find upon.

What are “Saved by the Bell Poems” you might ask, well if you followed the link you would find they were poems that were found in the Saved by the Bell TV Show. WTF!?!? Why did that show of all shows have poetry!? Sure, bad poetry but why!!? Think of all the shows that might have benefited from some poetry in them, and this is the one that actually has it.

So then I went to get a picture of Screech from the show, and it turns out he’s dead! Now Ifeel bad. This show which was just godawful has now managed to make me feel bad and surprise me with hidden depths and interesting writing choices all within a few minutes.

The poems that we evidently wordclouded:

This is just to say I have bogarted all the pizza rolls which you were probably saving for a party or something. Im sorry They’re so gnarly and Im so high

and

So much depends on a rusty pitchfork with a spider web and two dead mosquitos

You know what show should have had Poetry?

Derry Girls!

Cast of Derry Girls, wising up.

In fact now that I say this, I’m not sure they didn’t. It is just to easy to imagine Erin writing a Just to Say parody, or maybe a So Much Depends On parody and then Michelle saying “You got your depends on?”

Another fine entry from Jezebel where they at least know that cool urls don’t change!

However, uh oh, I cannot find whatever was the parody that this wordcloud was first made of!! It seems the scoundrel was maybe drunk on some plum brandy at the time to make a mistake of this caliber.

I is shorry I tookk your drink, and thew upsh in yer shoesh.

Scoundrel Steals Fruit, Apologizes Profusely was a past visualization project from Illuminati Ganga that is being revived.

Previous articles

Ofttimes when the Scoundrel is out there stealing stuff he likes a few tunes to keep the mood, so here, courtesy of the Illuminati Ganga Hitmagist — the Playlist for this outing of our Scoundrel

Poetry
Parody
Theft
Saved By The Bell
Derry Girls
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