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Mr. Show - Blow Up the Moon

Name: Mr. Show - Blow Up the Moon
Description: A Mr. Show sketch, 'Blow Up the Moon', in which characters cheerfully argue for blowing up the moon.

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Cited on HN 4 times, 2018–2025, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Used purely as a joke reference in threads about the moon, Project A119 and big dumb ideas.

A Mr. Show sketch, 'Blow Up the Moon', in which characters cheerfully argue for blowing up the moon.

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Stand-up & sketch comedy Comedy Arts, Comedy, Music & Film

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@cobbzilla Dec 2018 Makes a joke

on HN thread Project A119

Fascinating. I never knew the Mr. Show segment “Let’s Blow Up the Moon”[1] had any basis in fact. [1] [this video]

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@reddog Nov 2021 Makes a joke

on HN thread Dam the Bering Strait, use nuclear-powered propellers to melt poles (2020)

Sure this makes complete sense and everyone I know is all for it, but shouldn't we be concentrating on blowing up the moon first? [this video]

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@wormius Apr 2024 Makes a joke

on HN thread Carl Sagan, nuking the moon, and not nuking the moon

"Tonight we can, will and must blow up the moon." "Earth First: We're earthlings, we should blow up earth things. No to blowing up the moon!" [this video]

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@tombert Mar 2025 Makes a joke

on HN thread Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander touches down on the moon

Hell yeah! It would be very cool if we are able to properly colonize the moon in my lifetime. Even if we don't have humans living there like in Futurama (as cool as that would be), it would be unbelievably cool if we have constant back-and-forth trips to the moon. Or we could just blow it up, which might be fun in its own right: [this video]

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