I just watched the first episode of Daria, called “Esteemsters.” At the end, they went to a UFO convention and I swear I saw Joe Jack! Even though Mike Judge didn’t have anything to do with Daria, I still think it’s a part of the same universe. Awesome. It’s near the very end when they go to the convention. Here’s a screen grab of the character:

I’d find a picture of the real Joe Jack, but after looking fr nearly 5 minutes, I gave up. The resemblance is not perfect, but think about how close Hank Hill was to the guy he was more or less modeled on from B&B. Maybe an older Joe Jack, but still pretty close. The real question? What’s Joe Jack doing in Lawndale? Actually, now that I’m thinking about it, it makes perfect sense. The Hank Hill you’d often see in B&B was an older looking Hank Hill with a different name, but same voice, so it must be him. And now the Joe Jack is older too. that must mean that Daria and B&B take place in a future where Hank Hill is in his mid 60’s. That means Daria probably doesn’t graduate high school until like 2010 or so. Very peculiar. What a complicated little universe they live in… Check it out somehow. You can’t get Daria on DVD, probably because of all the music licensing it would require, but perhaps there are other ways. I’m not sure though.

Also, I was reading a bit on Wikipedia, and there’s apparently an episode of Seinfeld that Toby Huss, the voice of Joe Jack, appears in. Among other things in the episode, George plans to date his cousin/have them catch him making out with her. Sound familiar? The theme of the last pots has pretty much been plagiarismo. Nothing’s new anymore.