The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[trappedslider]

I don't mean to freak anybody out here, but you can do whatever you want in your home D&D game.

 

[payn]

Two Zune tattoo references in one thread!

 

[Cadence]

I'm pretty sure if your ideal world involves Pizza Hut serving manure on one of its pizzas, that I just, ... can't ... gurk.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Like Chillis, I dont remember Scrubs, or much of the 90s.That was one good ad campaign tho.

All of Scrubs is on Amazon Prime. And it is a real mix of "oh, this was great" and "ooh, that did not age well." (Let's just say it's not a surprise that one of the executive producers has been accused of sexually harassing, and maybe more, actresses.)

 

[payn]

All of Scrubs is on Amazon Prime. And it is a real mix of "oh, this was great" and "ooh, that did not age well." (Let's just say it's not a surprise that one of the executive producers has been accused of sexually harassing, and maybe more, actresses.)

Yeah Scrubs was a little too network TV for me at the time. I was full blown into Curb Your Enthusiasm and Sopranos at that time. Sit-coms have long been a hard sell for me. Though, I did like News Radio (not seen in like 15 years or longer tho).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah Scrubs was a little too network TV for me at the time. I was full blown into Curb Your Enthusiasm and Sopranos at that time. Sit-coms have long been a hard sell for me. Though, I did like News Radio (not seen in like 15 years or longer tho).

There was a lot of clever sitcom writing from that period. But even Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother (whose writers spent a lot of time having fun with structure in many episodes, to the point that it'd be a great watch for an aspiring writer) are products of their time and have a lot of sexism and plenty of homophobia. And unlike with Tony Soprano, we're largely meant to think the characters are the good guys.

 

[Gradine]

I'd throw Psych onto the pile, with the exact same caveats (homophobia, sexism), which is also on Amazon Prime, and holds up pretty well all things considered.

e: Psych also promotes pineapple a great deal, if that's your jam

 

[darjr]

It doesn’t matter what you do!
Every pizza place has pineapple in it!!!

 

[payn]

There was a lot of clever sitcom writing from that period. But even Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother (whose writers spent a lot of time having fun with structure in many episodes, to the point that it'd be a great watch for an aspiring writer) are products of their time and have a lot of sexism and plenty of homophobia. And unlike with Tony Soprano, we're largely meant to think the characters are the good guys.

Thats part of the issue for me with sit-coms in general. They are only surface level. Shows like The Sopranos can actually delve into their topics fully and give them context which doesn't happen in sitcoms. YMMV

 

[Ryujin]

And yet every now and then you have a sitcom like "Married, With Children" in which the characters are presented more as counter-example. Their flaws are a feature, not a bug.