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Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'

Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants

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This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]

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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

!!!

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.

§ ita § - Feb 12, 2013 8:44:27 am PST #6394 of 8624

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He was fine in that old guy show, wasn't he?

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