Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!

'Shindig'


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]


le nubian - Apr 28, 2011 1:48:40 am PDT #3942 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I am certain that there is quality in B&B episodes. That is just not my sense of humor.

Office Space, on the other hand...


§ ita § - Apr 28, 2011 4:27:36 am PDT #3943 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

People know B&B was actually good, right?

Maybe some people just didn't like B&B. I certainly didn't enjoy any of it I watched, and I gave it the same shakes I'd have given any series at the time. Which was quite a lot.


Fred Pete - Apr 28, 2011 5:51:31 am PDT #3944 of 8625
Ann, that's a ferret.

B&B -- not my thing. But all sorts of love for Daria. "We can start slow! With a few Scrunchies!"

I totally get that I'm inconsistent and a hypocrite, but the contrived singing is what completely puts me off Glee.

It's one of the things that bothers me about the show. It can't decide whether it's a "let's put on a show!" musical where all of the numbers are clearly on a stage or a "break into song" musical where the characters use music to say what words can't express by themselves.

A couple of observations about this week's Glee, which I saw last night.

Has anyone ever looked so uncomfortable as Karofsky (Big Gay Larry) holding Santana's hand? I for one can't wait to see how his story plays out.

Finn isn't buying Santana/Karofsky one bit.

I found a parallel to Buffy's OMWF. There was a theory that OMWF was about people singing to release the secrets that they couldn't say in everyday life, and Willow didn't sing because she had no intention of letting her secrets out. (Okay, okay, I know it was really because Allyson Hannigan wasn't willing to or couldn't sing, but it's a nice theory within the context of the show.) And in Glee, the two characters that only observed and didn't participate in "Born This Way" were Santana and Karofsky, the characters that are still keeping secrets of which they're ashamed.

Some interesting interplay of differences to accept vs. differences to correct. Think Miss Pillsbury's "Ginger" vs. her "OCD."

Loved loved loved Brittany's and Puck's differing uses of "I'm with stupid."

Did anyone else think "Lucy Caboosey" was less ugly and more awkward pubescent? Not that it would have been any easier for Lucy/Quinn to realize that.


quester - Apr 28, 2011 6:52:29 am PDT #3945 of 8625
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I pretty much hate anything that involves Quinn, but it was kind of realistic. There was a girl in my public high school who went through a similar transformation. Of course she didn't hide it, nor did she forget who her friends were and she was always nice to everyone.

Chris Colfer makes up for a lot of the suckiness.

I have been told that I "am" Daria on more than one occasion. Except I don't have a Jane to snark to.

Glad I have you guys.


Scrappy - Apr 28, 2011 9:01:25 am PDT #3946 of 8625
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I look on Glee the way I look at 30s musicals--tedious and heavy-handed dialogue punctuated with the occasional great line, unbelievable and sometimes plain stupid stories punctuated with dancing and singing. I ignore the crap for the sake of moments like Kurt singing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to his dad.


Lee - Apr 28, 2011 9:06:44 am PDT #3947 of 8625
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

What scrappy said.

Plus Trouty Mouth.


Jesse - Apr 28, 2011 10:44:53 am PDT #3948 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And Britana?


Steph L. - Apr 28, 2011 3:56:49 pm PDT #3949 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Big Bang Theory: I remain steadfast in my belief that Mayim Bialik is the best damn thing to happen to this show in a LONG time.

t edit Also: THE MONKEY WAS WEARING PANTS!!!


sj - Apr 28, 2011 3:58:54 pm PDT #3950 of 8625
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Big Bang Theory: I remain steadfast in my belief that Mayim Bialik is the best damn thing to happen to this show in a LONG time.

Seconded! She needs an Emmy!


Steph L. - Apr 28, 2011 4:04:42 pm PDT #3951 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Part of me wants the show to take a stand and definitively make Sheldon asexual, because TV needs more asexual characters. But on the other hand, he would be a sterotype that Aces don't necessarily want (NT geek). But on the other OTHER hand, he's awesome, and would therefore be a good representation of asexuality (but then, that's my opinion, since I'm also an NT geek, and not the best person to decide who's a good representative of asexuality).

But on the other other OTHER hand (I have many hands; I am a Stephalopod), now I TOTALLY want Sheldon and Amy to get smoochy for reals.