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River ,'Objects In Space'


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]


DavidS - Apr 22, 2008 5:44:11 am PDT #705 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

As was the Lily & Marshall being the parents to teenaged Robin.

Jason Segal really sold the "Not now, Ted!" line.


sumi - Apr 22, 2008 5:44:59 am PDT #706 of 8624
Art Crawl!!!

Yes, he did. I loved that bit too.


tiggy - Apr 22, 2008 5:55:34 am PDT #707 of 8624
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

Jason Segal really sold the "Not now, Ted!" line.

that bit made me die. perfect comedic timing.


katefate - Apr 22, 2008 7:20:38 am PDT #708 of 8624
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove

As was the Lily & Marshall being the parents to teenaged Robin.

"...a billion years ago!" was delivered perfectly.

Jason Segal really sold the "Not now, Ted!" line.

Yep. And, oh my, NPH sold the kiss at the end.

Hopefully this will be all laser-tags and cigars, instead of ending in tears and recriminations.

Love this.


sumi - Apr 22, 2008 10:21:09 am PDT #709 of 8624
Art Crawl!!!

Have you guys heard of Gavin & Stacey? - it's a show coming to BBCA (and then being reformatted for NBC.)


Java cat - Apr 22, 2008 4:07:54 pm PDT #710 of 8624
Not javachik

Late coast: AIIIIYIII!!! Robin and BARNEY?? Loved the Robin Sparkles. I have to go look up who was the slacker ex-boyfriend. I think he might have been one of the guys from Dawson's Creek, but I've never seen an ep of it, so off to check.

Side note en route: the writer was Kourtney Kang, Born in Hawaii. [2000] Carnegie Mellon University's School Of Drama, MFA in Playwrighting.

Robin Sparkles has a MySpace page. Of course! [link]

Another side note: The producers don’t plan on stopping with Robin Sparkles, “We’d like to get to the point,” Bays said, “where people will know that if they hear in the narration, ‘but I can’t tell you that part of the story,’ then they’ll know they should go looking for it online.” - from search engine journal.

Okay, the actor is Michael Kagan and he was also in the episode Return of the Shirt, where Ted breaks up with Natalie by leaving a message on her ans. machine, and Robin says crazy stuff on air that Barney dared her to say.


tiggy - Apr 22, 2008 4:10:27 pm PDT #711 of 8624
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

the slacker ex-boyfriend is James Van Der Beek of Dawson's Creek fame.


Kate P. - Apr 22, 2008 4:13:58 pm PDT #712 of 8624
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

the actor is Michael Kagan

Which actor? The one who played slimy ex-boyfriend Simon? That was James Van Der Beek, formerly of Dawson's Creek. edit: x-posty

Heh, I hadn't seen the Robin Sparkles MySpace page yet. It's so... sparkly!


Java cat - Apr 22, 2008 4:22:48 pm PDT #713 of 8624
Not javachik

That was James Van Der Beek, formerly of Dawson's Creek.

Oh he was that guy? Sorry, he's not listed on the cast on IMDB for that ep and I couldn't remember the character's name. Kagan is listed as the character Joel Adams in that ep. (Who was he, or is IMDB completely messed up w/r/t this ep?)


Kate P. - Apr 22, 2008 4:32:20 pm PDT #714 of 8624
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Hmm, I don't remember a Joel Adams in this episode.