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MisterBibs posted:I can't pin down the set-up / context for it, but there's an episode where Al refuses to sell his old car, for some reason or another. It's revealed at the end that he was stalling for time in order to get a picture of his family out of it before it's sold/destroyed/whatever. But wasn't he just because he was hiding a copy of "Bigguns" in the picture frame?
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Mister Kingdom posted:Bob Newhart's show Bob has not aged well. The premise had Bob as a comic book artist whose 1950's creation, Mad-Dog, was being ressurrected in the 90's. That lasted one season until the company he worked for was sold and the new owner fired all the comics-related staff and Bob ended up becoming a greeting card designer. The funny thing as well is that Bob pretty much a thinly vieled Jack Kerby himself with details from his life. Imagine him doing greeting cards.
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Sep 27, 2019 16:47
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Cleretic posted:Honestly, Ray Romano is pretty likeable in basically everything he's in outside of Everybody Loves Raymond. He's not a gold-star or anything, he's in plenty of stuff that's crap and he's not really saving anything he's in, but you come out of seeing him in anything else and go 'you know, Ray Romano was pretty decent in that'. Have you seen Paddleton? It’s a Netflix original and he’s great in it. He plays a kind of character that kind of needs to be played by Ray Romano.
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Sep 27, 2019 16:49
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Kay Kessler posted:The only good episode of Everybody Loves Raymond is the one where the family takes a trip to Italy. Ray acts like a huge wet blanket as usual so everyone just decides to go sightseeing without him. He then goes out on his own and starts appreciating the local culture at his own pace. There's a sincerity to it that is just so unlike the rest of the show. Those moments are few and far between, which may be for the best so it didn't get too sentimental. There is one other that comes to mind. It's an episode where they find out one of the kids will have to be left back, although they decide to have them both left back so they can stay together. The scene where Ray explains it to the kid is surprisingly moving, even though I haven't ever seen it brought up in a dumb "10 moments from Everybody Loves Raymond that gave us all the feels" list. Sensing that he doesn't quite get it, Ray hugs him wordlessly for a few seconds. It's actually really great.
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Sep 27, 2019 16:58
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Sir Lemming posted:It's an episode where they find out one of the kids will have to be left back, although they decide to have them both left back so they can stay together. Would that even be an option?
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Sep 27, 2019 17:04
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Sir Lemming posted:Those moments are few and far between, which may be for the best so it didn't get too sentimental. There is one other that comes to mind. It's an episode where they find out one of the kids will have to be left back, although they decide to have them both left back so they can stay together. The scene where Ray explains it to the kid is surprisingly moving, even though I haven't ever seen it brought up in a dumb "10 moments from Everybody Loves Raymond that gave us all the feels" list. Sensing that he doesn't quite get it, Ray hugs him wordlessly for a few seconds. It's actually really great. Left back from what? A trip to Disneyland? The next grade? Processing at Auschwitz?
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Sep 27, 2019 17:13
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Tiggum posted:Would that even be an option? I just took the bullet and watched 3 painfully unfunny minutes of the cold open of this episode including a painfully unfunny gay joke, to determine that the kids are in pre-K which is basically unregulated, so yeah, that could happen.
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Sep 27, 2019 17:14
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DrBouvenstein posted:But wasn't he just because he was hiding a copy of "Bigguns" in the picture frame? I think the family photo was actually under it, so first you get the laugh with Peg being right about his treasured Big 'Uns, then he pulls out the family photo. Then the words "For your consideration" pop up, making it a "this is really an awards show" ploy. I can't be certain, since I'm out of the country and can't check my DVDs of the show. It was nonetheless a great episode, and not just because it was the best use of David Garrison returning as Steve during the Jefferson era.
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Sep 27, 2019 18:20
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purple death ray posted:Podcast host Worked great for JJJ in the Spider-Man game
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Sep 27, 2019 18:36
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I haven't thought about Grounded for Life in almost like 20 years, I didn't think anybody else remembered it either.
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Sep 27, 2019 18:48
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I remember it because I keep getting Kevin Corrigan mixed up with John Leguizamo for some reason. Not in like a face blindness way, but somehow my brain associated Leguizamo's name with the show and it's been stuck that way ever since. Unfortunately had I watched the Super Mario Bros movie even once in the past decade I would have instantly been cured of my delusion.
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Sep 27, 2019 19:03
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skooma512 posted:I haven't thought about Grounded for Life in almost like 20 years, I didn't think anybody else remembered it either. It was on Laff for quite a while in the mornings, so I'd catch most of an episode before going to work a couple years ago. For some reason I had thought it was one of those sitcoms that had only lasted 2 seasons, color me surprised to find out it was 5.
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Grounded for life is great because it basically did what Rosanne was trying to do without going off the loving rails like it did
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Sep 27, 2019 19:11
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BioEnchanted posted:I like the scene where the family are stuck in traffic and a driver insults Al, starting a fistfight between them. The other drivers wife makes a wry comment that infuriates Peggy because she just insulted Al, and those two start fighting too, and by the end the whole family is fighting the entire other family to preserve their honour. iirc there's another family brawl in every bundy has a birthday that plays out a little like this where a better-off family got a park permit to hold a private party on public land and they try to give al the bum's rush al will also clobber fellas on behalf of family members - he's an ogre for sure but he's a family ogre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfC0Rr3mhZU
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hard counter posted:iirc there's another family brawl in every bundy has a birthday that plays out a little like this where a better-off family got a park permit to hold a private party on public land and they try to give al the bum's rush That's David Boreanaz, right?
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Here's something that didn't age well not long after it came out: https://youtu.be/HHojRrVEATE The reason it says "restored" is because later airings replaced the song with an instrumental. Gee, I wonder why. EDIT: LOL, from the comments: quote:Did some reading and found out this episode aired on October 27, 1990. Milli Vanilli were officially outed by their manager as fakes on November 14th. So basically there was an 18 day window in which this episode was relevant. AceOfFlames has a new favorite as of 20:40 on Sep 27, 2019 |
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Sep 27, 2019 20:17
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AceOfFlames posted:Here's something that didn't age well not long after it came out: My god Bowser, not everything has to be a kidnapping thing. Just take her to the concert. You can get a backstage pass, you seem rich enough. Talk about a busman's holiday.
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Sep 27, 2019 20:25
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Toshimo posted:That's David Boreanaz, right? sure is
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Sep 27, 2019 21:32
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FilthyImp posted:It also had the thing where the mom was pretty attractive and the teenage daughter was kind of annoyed at it, right? Yes indeed and it's one of the most awkward/glorious scenes aired on network TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNVCNbOy9M
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Sep 27, 2019 21:58
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Laterite posted:Yes indeed and it's one of the most awkward/glorious scenes aired on network TV. I've seen this scene multiple times but never heard this song, because for some reason my pirated copy of this episode is missing her vocal track. The rest of the audio is fine, there's just no singing.  I also enjoy how this show handled losing one of its child actors ("Oh, Henry's around here somewhere.")
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Sep 27, 2019 22:15
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Mokinokaro posted:That was Just Shoot Me. It has not aged well at all. one of the only things i remember about Just Shoot Me is there was one episode where boss character had a remote control door opener and closer for his office ever since i saw that years and years ago i've always wanted a remote control door. every once in a while i come up with ideas to build it, too. some day i'll achieve the dream
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Sep 27, 2019 22:27
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Wasn't that Parks and Rec?
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Y'all are thinking of Today with Matt Lauer.
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:one of the only things i remember about Just Shoot Me is there was one episode where boss character had a remote control door opener and closer for his office Uh, you might wanna- Laterite posted:Y'all are thinking of Today with Matt Lauer.
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oh oh no i want to clarify i want the remote controlled opening/closing door for lazy reasons not creepy reasons
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mojo1701a posted:I think the family photo was actually under it, so first you get the laugh with Peg being right about his treasured Big 'Uns, then he pulls out the family photo. Then the words "For your consideration" pop up, making it a "this is really an awards show" ploy. 
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Frasier comes to mind as one where the titular character and his brother are wealthy of their own accord, as well as having more detail on the radio host job, though iirc even at the time non-political talk radio was dying out. (Though maybe not everywhere) I used to watch Frasier every week, and in hindsight I'm glad that there wasn't an overtly political element especially since Kelsey Grammar is kind of awful. Like I'm sure you could find subtext that supports his views somewhere but it didn't hit you over the head with it thankfully.
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Samuringa posted:Worked great for JJJ in the Spider-Man game He was a highlight for sure. I kinda like the MCU take as a more Alex Jones style broadcaster too.
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Mokinokaro posted:He was a highlight for sure. I kinda like the MCU take as a more Alex Jones style broadcaster too. Also holy poo poo I have been absently trying to remember the name of that sitcom for years, it was my absolute favorite. And I've learned John Leguizamo was not in fact Uncle Eddie. Thanks goons!
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Oh my god I’m not the only one
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I can't think of a particular example from any one TV show, but any episode dealing kids having to deal with young kids dealing with their first crush and they get made fun for it because kids are mean. I don't interact with many children these days but i would assume it would be the opposite, where you would be made fun of by NOT being in a relationship as early as possible because that's what all the people on tv/youtube are doing so you gotta do it too.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I used to watch Frasier every week, and in hindsight I'm glad that there wasn't an overtly political element especially since Kelsey Grammar is kind of awful. Like I'm sure you could find subtext that supports his views somewhere but it didn't hit you over the head with it thankfully. Grammer seems like a severely messed-up person generally - I remember reading somewhere or other that one of his marriages fell apart because his wife basically thought she was marrying Frasier and yeah, he is not Frasier.
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The Shame Boy posted:I can't think of a particular example from any one TV show, but any episode dealing kids having to deal with young kids dealing with their first crush and they get made fun for it because kids are mean. Knowing kids, it can be and likely often is both within a span of minutes.
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Pookah posted:Grammer seems like a severely messed-up person generally - I remember reading somewhere or other that one of his marriages fell apart because his wife basically thought she was marrying Frasier and yeah, he is not Frasier. He had a severely hosed-up life. Almost every person hes been emotionally close to died suddenly and tragically. In particular his father was murdered and then seven years later his sister was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered. It pretty directly led to his extreme right-wing views and terrible substance abuse problems. Supposedly during Frasier at his worst periods he would sit in his chair between takes in a catatonic drug/alcohol stupor and then the second the cameras started rolling he would snap to life, give an amazing performance filled with energy and erudition and the second the director yelled cut he would go back to his drug coma.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:He had a severely hosed-up life. Almost every person hes been emotionally close to died suddenly and tragically. In particular his father was murdered and then seven years later his sister was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered. It pretty directly led to his extreme right-wing views and terrible substance abuse problems. Supposedly during Frasier at his worst periods he would sit in his chair between takes in a catatonic drug/alcohol stupor and then the second the cameras started rolling he would snap to life, give an amazing performance filled with energy and erudition and the second the director yelled cut he would go back to his drug coma. Oh my
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AceOfFlames posted:Here's something that didn't age well not long after it came out: Because everyone went full kneejerk over Milli Vanilli. But as Dave Marsh put it: revoking the Grammy was stupid because MV didn't get it for the dancing, they got it for the music. Regardless of whether Rob and Fab were doing the singing, someone was and it's their work that earned the acclaim.
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Then shouldn’t they get the award and not the guys who didn’t do the music? That take just seems contrarian for contrarians sake
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You guys ever see the clip of Grammer falling off the stage? I’m old and don’t know how to embed but it’s funny.
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Glad to know I didn't imagine it, although I'm still worried that my memory for TV episodes is pretty accurate. Tall Tale Teller posted:You guys ever see the clip of Grammer falling off the stage? Oh, good lord. https://youtu.be/Eu-BqOsvj00
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I mostly know about the Milli Vanilli thing from a Cracked article of all things (back when they were half decent) and it seems it blew up mostly because it was just loving hilarious, and had the perfect reaction with one of them just continuing like nothing happened (and hey, maybe they could have gotten away with it) while the other ran for the hills.
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