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There was a lot of trash produced in the 80's and 90's ... but wow, might this be the worst ever?? It's like they weren't even trying.



I'm glad that Stephen Dorff's career wasn't killed off in this mess because I think he's a great actor.
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I learned a great deal from Matthew Perry's autobio, but chief amongst my new knowledge is that he did a pilot for a sci-fi comedy in which he worked as a customs agent for a space airport, with all the hilarity that comes from giving space aliens cavity searches, I assume.
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WestwayKid wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:19pm
There was a lot of trash produced in the 80's and 90's ... but wow, might this be the worst ever?? It's like they weren't even trying.



I'm glad that Stephen Dorff's career wasn't killed off in this mess because I think he's a great actor.
I'm imagining a world where someone in LA said, "This is a great idea for a show." That's horrible. The acting is atrocious.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:32pm
I take back what I said about the other show. :scared:

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Mimi wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:41pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:32pm
I take back what I said about the other show. :scared:
If you need more info: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/202 ... ed-outrage
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Kory wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:22pm
I learned a great deal from Matthew Perry's autobio, but chief amongst my new knowledge is that he did a pilot for a sci-fi comedy in which he worked as a customs agent for a space airport, with all the hilarity that comes from giving space aliens cavity searches, I assume.
I would have hoped for a show where the studio audience is invited to beat him with baseball bats.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:46pm
Mimi wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:41pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:32pm
I take back what I said about the other show. :scared:
If you need more info: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/202 ... ed-outrage
Interesting. Making Hitler into a joke is still being done, but I don't know. A movie is one thing. A whole series?

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Mimi wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:39pm
WestwayKid wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:19pm
There was a lot of trash produced in the 80's and 90's ... but wow, might this be the worst ever?? It's like they weren't even trying.



I'm glad that Stephen Dorff's career wasn't killed off in this mess because I think he's a great actor.
I'm imagining a world where someone in LA said, "This is a great idea for a show." That's horrible. The acting is atrocious.
Everything about it is just lazy.
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Mimi wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 5:09pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:46pm
Mimi wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:41pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:32pm
I take back what I said about the other show. :scared:
If you need more info: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/202 ... ed-outrage
Interesting. Making Hitler into a joke is still being done, but I don't know. A movie is one thing. A whole series?
Never heard of this before but I just watched the first few minutes of it. Pretty horrible concept that might have been better suited as a recurring SNL skit, maybe with Dan Akroyd in the title role. Still, it’s better than Silver Spoons. Never liked that little Ricky Schroder snot.
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Mimi wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 5:09pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:46pm
Mimi wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:41pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 4:32pm
I take back what I said about the other show. :scared:
If you need more info: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/202 ... ed-outrage
Interesting. Making Hitler into a joke is still being done, but I don't know. A movie is one thing. A whole series?
Part of the problem is the Archie Bunker effect. AB was clearly a bigot and an asshole, yet he was also the star of the show, which means audiences are supposed to sympathize with him in some manner. And that's what happened, with the show ironically fuelling the bigot reactionaries to the social revolution underway. By the end of the decade, his character had been softened considerably because audiences liked him so much. A sitcom centred on Hitler would require audiences to sympathize with him to some degree in order to keep coming back, week after week. Which, no.
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The Big Bang Theory
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Isn't the Dummy show just Alf ?

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Heston wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 5:27pm
The Big Bang Theory
That has a decent argument for being the sitcom with the widest gap between quality and popularity.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 5:29pm
Heston wrote:
23 Jan 2023, 5:27pm
The Big Bang Theory
That has a decent argument for being the sitcom with the widest gap between quality and popularity.
Two and a Half Men would like a word.
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