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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]


-t - Jun 22, 2012 2:05:05 pm PDT #5706 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The AV Club Walkthrough for Parks and Rec is pretty recently up: [link]

I love all that behind the scenes stuff.


Dana - Jul 01, 2012 9:35:12 am PDT #5707 of 8624
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I've been rewatching Community season 2 this weekend, and I would feel so much better if I could convince myself that the season ended with someone hitting Pierce in the face with a shovel.


le nubian - Jul 01, 2012 12:45:25 pm PDT #5708 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Word.


Tom Scola - Jul 05, 2012 8:24:30 am PDT #5709 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The unaired US pilot for the IT Crowd: [link]

These are the same people who are doing Community now.


Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2012 8:38:02 am PDT #5710 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I watched the first ten minutes or so last month after watching the original and was astounded at how strangely unfunny it was, especially given how closely they were adhering to the original, even down to the costuming and set. Or perhaps because. The whole "Use the exact script as the British series" never works.


§ ita § - Jul 11, 2012 2:01:55 pm PDT #5711 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dan Harmon, being Harmonesque: [link]

I wish him luck getting to the grumpy showrunner niche. I'm assuming he wants to be lucrative enough to be indulged in his...ways.

And part of me is convinced he means "fewer ideas", but hey--he's the professional, so I'ma let him finish. I'm sure there's an argument to be made.

The whole "Use the exact script as the British series" never works.

Other than Coupling, where has this been done?


Tom Scola - Jul 11, 2012 2:04:13 pm PDT #5712 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Other than Coupling, where has this been done?

Tom Scola "Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants" Jul 5, 2012 10:24:30 am PDT


Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2012 2:07:51 pm PDT #5713 of 8624
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Queer as Folk and Skins


Dana - Jul 11, 2012 2:32:07 pm PDT #5714 of 8624
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

They also tried Fawlty Towers, though I don't know if it was the same script.

And Red Dwarf.


§ ita § - Jul 11, 2012 2:40:47 pm PDT #5715 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, yeah, Tom--if PC is saying the IT Crowd wasn't going to succeed because that never works, how can the IT Crowd be an example of it not working?

Queer as Folk was successful in both incarnations, so it's not a good example of it not working. Although I'd had no idea that they were identical scripts. I thought they were just the same plots to start off with.

Skins was only the same for one episode, right?