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.
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Amy - Feb 11, 2013 5:07:43 pm PST #6384 of 8624
Because books.
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.
le nubian - Feb 12, 2013 6:40:52 am PST #6391 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Braugher isn't *great* at comedy though.
Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2013 6:41:51 am PST #6392 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
As long as no one tells him it's a comedy, and he plays it completely straight, he'll be fine.
le nubian - Feb 12, 2013 6:42:24 am PST #6393 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
that's really funny. okay, I might laugh just because I'll be thinking that the whole time.