But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!

Wash ,'War Stories'


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]


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.


tiggy - Apr 22, 2008 4:38:24 pm PDT #715 of 8624
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

me neither, but i'm not all that surprised that something on imdb is screwy.


Java cat - Apr 22, 2008 5:37:06 pm PDT #716 of 8624
Not javachik

And here I always thought IMDB was more reliable than other sources. Live and learn.

I am sad that I have missed the new Office episodes.

Back to HIMYM:

These amused me at the time but the allusions went by me until now:

Barney: Tell me more. Tell me more. Like did he have a car?

This is a reference to the lines of a song from the musical Grease called "Summer Nights". With the song, Sandy and Danny, the lead characters in the play, describe to their friends how their brief summer love affair went.

Barney: Finish Him!!

This is an allusion to the video game "Mortal Kombat". When you KOed (knocked out) your opponent, he stood once again to receive the coup de grace while those words were showed on the screen.

eta: the pilot script [link]


sumi - Apr 24, 2008 5:09:12 am PDT #717 of 8624
Art Crawl!!!

I thought that JJ's Canadian accent was good (it reminded me a bit of Michael Hogan as Col. Tigh) but people at TWOP (or some people at TWOP) thought he sounded more Irish - what did you guys think? Because I didn't think he sounded at all Irish.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 24, 2008 5:37:29 am PDT #718 of 8624
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

It sounded vaguely Scottish to me, though he did tone it down to a more typically Canadian/Minnesotan dialect by the end.


sumi - Apr 24, 2008 5:45:57 am PDT #719 of 8624
Art Crawl!!!

But I think that there are Canadian accents that do sound vaguely Scottish.


Vortex - Apr 24, 2008 5:46:23 am PDT #720 of 8624
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

It sounded vaguely Scottish to me,

me too.


megan walker - Apr 24, 2008 7:19:24 am PDT #721 of 8624
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Me three. But, since my housemate told me Dawson is Canadian, I figured I just didn't know any better.