Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


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 11, 2013 3:11:35 pm PST #6381 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I hope for everyone's sake that the authorities are the ones to make first contact with the guy.

The LAPD has made it clear that they’re going to shoot him on sight, and they’ve also shown that they’re not very discriminate about whether or not they’re shooting the right guy.


brenda m - Feb 11, 2013 4:10:47 pm PST #6382 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

It's really insane. They've shot three people already. [link]


-t - Feb 11, 2013 4:56:55 pm PST #6383 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I've always felt like Sheldon was written less sympathetically than Jim Parsons manages to play him, and some of what Lee is talking about are symptoms or manifestations of that.

Incidentally, I don't think any of that needs to be whitefonted in here.


Amy - Feb 11, 2013 5:07:43 pm PST #6384 of 8624
Because books.

I caught the first episode in syndication last week, and it was startling to remember how much more socially aware Sheldon was when the series started. I feel like what happened with Phoebe on Friends happened with him -- they took a fun, quirky, but realistic character and shaved off everything but the quirks.


billytea - Feb 11, 2013 5:16:35 pm PST #6385 of 8624
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I feel like what happened with Phoebe on Friends happened with him -- they took a fun, quirky, but realistic character and shaved off everything but the quirks.

I find that's quite common in sitcoms that stay on the air for any length of time. (Married with Children is where I first noticed it.)


Amy - Feb 11, 2013 5:21:36 pm PST #6386 of 8624
Because books.

Well, Friends did the same with Ross, more or less. He was very caricatured by the time the show ended.

But Sheldon and Penny haven't really been pigeonholed that way.


Jesse - Feb 12, 2013 4:52:48 am PST #6387 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So, Andy Samberg is making a cop show with the exec producers of Parks & Rec, and now Andre Braugher is going to be on it, too. I guess I'll be watching... [link]


lisah - Feb 12, 2013 4:55:50 am PST #6388 of 8624
Punishingly Intricate

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Jesse - Feb 12, 2013 5:04:14 am PST #6389 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I mean, right?


-t - Feb 12, 2013 6:21:50 am PST #6390 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooooh.