"Gopher it!" "Was that really necessary?"

In the spirit of the holiday, and in memory of at least the seventh-or-eighth greatest Canadian hero(es), Wiarton Willie, I saw Numb Chucks for the first time this morning. I predict six more weeks of  production. Seriously, though, various creatures getting hit in the face is funny, but you have to have further depths to build the slapstick on. Why should I have any significant reaction if a character I don't care about gets hurt? Also, the show builds a good argument that most of those pain signals aren't actually reaching the leads' brains, anyway.
Contrast, for example, The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Wand". It's a completely different level of humour when you empathize with the character sustaining the damage, and can fully appreciate the extent of their suffering...and now I kind of feel bad. So here's the epic paean to positivity "The WAND" by the Flaming Lips, and a sweet thematically-appropriate pinball machine.

Image from ipdb.org

Now that's yammering-gophers-getting-reefed-in-the-face-based entertainment!