“You’re going to need to know this when you grow up and become a drifter.”
Last month, the world received the treasured gift of Judge Bryant Durham and defendant Denver Allen shouting obscenities at each other for 19 pages of transcript. There were F-bombs, homophobic slurs, and the judge demanding that Allen jack off in the courtroom. Seriously, this was a hell of an event.
This weekend at San Diego Comic Con, the panel for the Adult Swim show Rick and Morty took the transcript to a whole new level, animating it in the style of the show, replacing Judge Durham with Morty and casting Rick (who ended last season in prison himself) as Denver Allen.
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The most fun thing to remember about this clip is that Justin Roiland voices both of these characters — so he clearly had a ball ranting to himself. [UPDATE: The video below has been colorized and features some additional material]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWdP5DMdsM
Something about a dramatic interpretation by two great character voices brings this whole exchange to life.
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