OT - Favorite Comedies

[Caduceus]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
One show that I couldn't stand was Steinfield. Just couldn't get into it.

Thank goodness I am not alone in the universe. I found occasional bits amusing, but hated the characters. I know that was the point, but they were so reprehensible. I was glad they met the end that they did.

One of my favorite movies has got to be Ghostbusters. I can watch that one over and over again.

Wildcard
"You're telling me some moldy Babylonian god is going to descend on Central Park West and start tearing up the city? I've got to get my own lawyer."
"Sumerian, not Babylonian."
"Big difference."

[ March 17, 2004, 00:43: Message edited by: wildcard06 ]

[hicksz]

Originally posted by rdouglass:

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
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Second City Television!!! What a great series that was!!!! It was like Saturday Nite Live for Canadians. Well, at least they had about as many stars; John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, etc...

That was one of my Favorites of all time. I wish it was still on in my area....

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SCTV fans rejoices!!!!!!

SCTV Network/90 - Volume 1 DVD

DVD Features:
Nine 90-minute episodes from the first NBC season, including "Moral Majority," "Pledge Week," and "Bouncin' Back to You," with appearances by characters Johnny LaRue, Yellowbelly, Edith Prickley, Bob and Doug McKenzie, and Lola Heatherton

Commentaries by Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy

The SCTV reunion from the 1999 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

Four new documentaries:

"SCTV Remembers," with original cast members Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, and Andrea Martin, and executive producer Andrew Alexander

"Origins of SCTV," with vintage photos and clips from Chicago's Second City Theatre

"The Craft of SCTV," with costume, hair, and makeup designers

"Remembering John," with original cast, actor Martin Short, writers, and Bernard Sahlins the Second City Theatre cofounder and producer 1959-1985

24-page booklet

Number of discs: 5

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...561348-9075301

[narf poit chez BOOM]

oh yeah, can't remember the names, but with characters archie and edith bunker. it was hilarious and touching. examined the social issue's of the day. one thing i like about it was that no one person on it was held up to be 'what you are supposed to be'. everyone had their faults (even edith ) and everyone had their good side (even archie ). all in the family, that's it.

[ March 17, 2004, 06:02: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Xiodos]

Tiny Toons and Animaniacs were awesome. Now its all about Simpsons and The Family Guy.

As for movies I love the Kevin Smith movies.

[dogscoff]

Tiny Toons and Animaniacs were awesome. Now its all about Simpsons and The Family Guy.

Animaniacs I can't disagree with (Are you pondering what I'm pondering?) but I never rated Tiny Toons. Simpsons are excellent and Family Guy is pretty good.

As for movies I love the Kevin Smith movies.

Oh yea, how could I forget? Silent Bob is way cool.

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
oh yeah, can't remember the names, but with characters archie and edith bunker. it was hilarious and touching. examined the social issue's of the day. one thing i like about it was that no one person on it was held up to be 'what you are supposed to be'. everyone had their faults (even edith ) and everyone had their good side (even archie ). all in the family, that's it.

This is another show I just don't like, even after all these years. I can't really pin it down as to why I hate this show. Maybe at the time it came out I was in my early adolscence and just didn't get the social commentary, or maybe Archie was just too much of a bigot for my tastes. I just don't know. Even now, I can't stand to watch the re-runs.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

yes, but that was deliberate. the guy who played archie was actually a liberal and i think he wanted to stick all the arrogant stink into one box, so to speak.

[Atrocities]

Night Court
The John Loraket (sp) show
Mad Tv
Home Improvements
Benny Hill

[solops]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
This is another show I just don't like, even after all these years. I can't really pin it down as to why I hate this show. Maybe at the time it came out I was in my early adolscence and just didn't get the social commentary, or maybe Archie was just too much of a bigot for my tastes. I just don't know. Even now, I can't stand to watch the re-runs.

I thought the show was a hysterically funny social satire, but you really needed to be at least working for a living to appreciate it. You also need to understand the world at the time it was aired. Now, people are afraid of each other, fearful of expressing dissenting honest opinions. The pointed commentary of "All in the Family" would be too scary.

[ March 18, 2004, 13:57: Message edited by: solops ]

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by solops:

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
This is another show I just don't like, even after all these years. I can't really pin it down as to why I hate this show. Maybe at the time it came out I was in my early adolscence and just didn't get the social commentary, or maybe Archie was just too much of a bigot for my tastes. I just don't know. Even now, I can't stand to watch the re-runs.

I thought the show was a hysterically funny social satire, but you really needed to be at least working for a living to appreciate it. You also need to understand the world at the time it was aired. Now, people are afraid of each other, fearful of expressing dissenting honest opinions. The pointed commentary of "All in the Family" would be too scary.

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That's my point. I wasn't working at the time, and I was in my pre-adoloscent years when the show started. I didn't have a real understanding of the world at the time. And if my wife turns it to TV Land or Nick at Nite when it's on, I'll ask her to turn it or I leave the room. I just don't want to watch it.