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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]


Daisy Jane - Oct 07, 2010 1:50:43 pm PDT #3077 of 8624
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Lost love or unreturned or something.


megan walker - Oct 07, 2010 2:01:46 pm PDT #3078 of 8624
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

losing one's religion

I vaguely remember hearing that it's an expression that means losing your sh*t, going crazy.


kat perez - Oct 07, 2010 2:17:43 pm PDT #3079 of 8624
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I got so sick of that song when it was all over MTV with the video with the milk and Michael Stipe sitting on that uncomfortable looking stool and angels and other band members running across the screen looking meaningfully over their shoulders and I just did not get why either the song or the video where ever considered to be such great shakes, but at the very least Michael Stipe can actually sing in that college radio station way of his. Unlike Finn, who just bleats his way through most songs.

That said, I am excited for Don't Go Breaking My Heart, even with Finn, because that song cannot be not good.


-t - Oct 07, 2010 2:20:33 pm PDT #3080 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I vaguely remember hearing that it's an expression that means losing your sh*t, going crazy.

Oh! I never made the connection because I'd always heard it in future tense, as a warning. Much like "I may forget my manners". Hm.


Liese S. - Oct 07, 2010 2:59:35 pm PDT #3081 of 8624
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, the phrase itself is something more like losing your temper, losing your composure. The song itself is about going crazy over an unrequited love. None of it has anything to do with spirituality or faith, which is how it's usually interpreted, and how it was used in the show.


Morgana - Oct 07, 2010 3:35:11 pm PDT #3082 of 8624
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

None of it has anything to do with spirituality or faith, which is how it's usually interpreted, and how it was used in the show.

But it was used that way by Finn, and it makes perfect sense that he wouldn't look beyond the title. This is the guy who thought that praying was like asking a genie to grant 3 wishes, and who asked for things like the ability to touch Rachel's breasts. Even though he came storming up to Kurt angry that he hadn't been notified about Burt's condition he apparently never considered using what he thought was his personal hotline to his deity to ask for help for Burt.


Steph L. - Oct 07, 2010 3:46:07 pm PDT #3083 of 8624
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Sheldon with a cat = cutest thing EVAR.


Rayne - Oct 07, 2010 4:18:41 pm PDT #3084 of 8624
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

Was anyone else kind of appalled that Finn didn't pray to his Grilled Cheesus for Kurt's dad?

They're really trying to make some of these characters as unlikable as possible!


kat perez - Oct 07, 2010 5:38:05 pm PDT #3085 of 8624
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I feel like after he got busted by Puck in the locker room, he would have prayed to Grilled Chesus for Burt's speedy recovery. But maybe getting kicked out of the house has caused more of a strain on Burt and Finn's relationship than we've been led to believe?


brenda m - Oct 07, 2010 5:45:30 pm PDT #3086 of 8624
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

In the end, I think the show ended up landing on "It's good when other people care about you, however they express that caring in their own spiritual way" which I mostly agree with. I am an atheist, but if I was having a rough time I would accept every "I'm praying for you" and feel truly thankful for it, so I guess I liked that Kurt came around to that way of seeing it.

Eh. It would have been nice to see the others come round to a little understanding of his perspective too. I was really struck when Emma was arguing with Sue "it's the only thing anyone is doing to comfort him and you're trying to stop it." Hello? Kurt made it pretty damn clear that it wasn't a comfort to him and in fact made things harder. But Kurt's the one who gets to apologize for being caught up in himself?

I did think the Mercedes-Kurt part ended on a better note. But all in all I found it pretty aggravating.

Kurt's number was stunning, and Rachel's was pretty amazing too. I didn't love the others.