Tea was always a much better at comedy than drama.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]
Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2010 9:34:19 am PST #2124 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2010 9:34:30 am PST #2125 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, but when do you not prefer to watch Vanessa Redgrave or Omar Sharif? Talk about stacking the deck.
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2010 9:37:15 am PST #2126 of 8624
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Okay, but when do you not prefer to watch Vanessa Redgrave or Omar Sharif?
True! But in almost every scene she was in, she was outmatched by those on the screen with her, from Morgan Freeman to the guy who played her boss (I can't remember his name offhand, but he was on Mick on Hill Street Blues) to Laura what's-her-face from ER.
erikaj - Feb 26, 2010 9:49:20 am PST #2127 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
Bruce Weitz...love Bruce Weitz.Although when I see him, i'm mostly all "Look..Belker." anyways. "You bite one guy and they never let you forget it." And "House" totally ripped off "Captain Freedom" this year...bastards, at least they stole from the best, right? All Buffistas need to see at least that much Hill Street, okay? y'all have to see Mick Belker and Captain Freedom, because that's just so "Fandom geek(idealist) meets Real Life"...it just kills me.And, yet, it's funny enough to go in Comedy.
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2010 9:56:13 am PST #2128 of 8624
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember watching the pilot of Hill Street Blues when it was first broadcast, and having a major WTF?!? moment when the show ended with Bobby and Andy being shot.
erikaj - Feb 26, 2010 10:03:00 am PST #2129 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod...on the commentaries somebody said that they did it thinking they wouldn't be coming back.(one of them was supposed to die.) Also, on another one of those commentaries, I learned that some of those actors hated the actor that played Captain Freedom because he never took the suit off or allowed them to call him his name...Weitz took it in stride, though.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 26, 2010 11:02:55 am PST #2130 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
All Buffistas need to see at least that much Hill Street, okay?
Vic Hitler, the narcoleptic comic. I remember Hill Street.
Damn, has that started coming out on DVD yet? Can't imagine what a complete series set would cost for that, or when I'd get the time to watch it again.
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2010 11:18:38 am PST #2131 of 8624
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
actor that played Captain Freedom
Dennis Dugan, right? IIRC, he starred in a very briefly lived spinoff of Rockford Files.
erikaj - Feb 26, 2010 11:37:03 am PST #2132 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah...he was good there, too.Wacko(or Method) or both, apparently, though.
"Vic Hitler...you ever think of changing your name?"
"No, why?"
(Sigh) "No reason." La Rue was FX before its time, wasn't he? I think I watched up to Season 3 on DVD(and wrote this big gushy essay for The Hat, too) but my queue is so long, I haven't checked to see if more are out.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 26, 2010 4:48:06 pm PST #2133 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
(Sigh) "No reason." La Rue was FX before its time, wasn't he? I think I watched up to Season 3 on DVD(and wrote this big gushy essay for The Hat, too) but my queue is so long, I haven't checked to see if more are out.
OMG - you have no idea what's coming, do you? If you've only seen thru season 3, OMG. No, SERIOUSLY.
Or did you watch it back in the day, and the reviews were on what was available?