Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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]


DebetEsse - Jul 11, 2011 5:26:38 pm PDT #4229 of 8625
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I've been thinking all day, and not come up with a workable alternative to "crazy" that isn't of similar derivation ("insane", "nuts", etc). Any suggestions for an alternative word for usages in sentences like, "I realized that the plan was _______ when the diagram included hippos with hummus."


DavidS - Jul 11, 2011 5:27:31 pm PDT #4230 of 8625
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

"I realized that the plan was _______ when the diagram included hippos with hummus."

Irrational? Unhinged? Defective? Fucked Up?


§ ita § - Jul 11, 2011 5:41:22 pm PDT #4231 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think unhinged is like crazy--a word used to describe craze, without being a medical definition. If one's banned, I can't see the other being allowed. Although I think banning the one is touchier than I'm ever going to get.

I'm sure someone can make a case against irrational, but they'd be pretty...fucked up.


Laga - Jul 11, 2011 5:48:22 pm PDT #4232 of 8625
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

"I realized that the plan was _______ when the diagram included hippos with hummus."

Out of hand.


Lee - Jul 11, 2011 5:56:53 pm PDT #4233 of 8625
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I get why crazy could be bad, but like debetesse, I have trouble thinking of alternatives, especially when you are saying things like "crazy in love" or "crazy busy".

I also keep thinking of all the songs I love that feature the the word crazy prominently.


Laga - Jul 12, 2011 5:37:59 am PDT #4234 of 8625
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Also the plan with the hippos is a very silly plan.

I have been writing "craxy" thinking that makes it OK but it bugs me when Dan Savage uses "leotarded" as a cutesy alternative to "retarded" so now I'm not so sure.


Jesse - Jul 12, 2011 6:32:42 am PDT #4235 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wack-a-doo?


Laga - Jul 12, 2011 6:35:12 am PDT #4236 of 8625
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Whacky comes from british slang and probably refers to someone who has been hit on the head a lot.


billytea - Jul 12, 2011 6:52:56 am PDT #4237 of 8625
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

(It's spelt 'wacky'. Don't know the etymology.)


§ ita § - Jul 12, 2011 7:10:56 am PDT #4238 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wordnik says "Variant of whacky, probably from the phrase out of whack; see whack". However, etymology of whacky as imitative doesn't clear up "out of whack" very well.