TV Show Draft - Gen Comm Thread

[Lucky17]

We should all be ashamed of ourselves that only one 'Seinfeld' character got taken, right? That's kind of pathetic

No shame here.

Same. One could say the same thing about 'Friends'. Also no shame to that.

Chandler Bing was a name we'd discussed. But I wasn't sure how to write him in. Not action-y enough.

[RebusRankin]

Rachel Green = Love Interest. What, I'm the only one with that fantasy? I think not.

[StartOrien]

We should all be ashamed of ourselves that only one 'Seinfeld' character got taken, right? That's kind of pathetic

No shame here.

Same. One could say the same thing about 'Friends'. Also no shame to that.

Admittedly I'm not super familiar w/ friends (I've probably v watched fifteen or so episodes, and most of the time not payment ng all that much attention), but their comedy seems a little different, seems like it'd be a little tougher to just throw them on the middle of a cast.

[fairweatherfan]

We should all be ashamed of ourselves that only one 'Seinfeld' character got taken, right? That's kind of pathetic

No shame here.

Same. One could say the same thing about 'Friends'. Also no shame to that.

Only one Simpsons character too I think - Sideshow Bob.

[indeedproceed]

Farnsworth Hospital gets my vote for most sincerely creative idea I've seen so far. Loads of potential there, it's like a tragic version of Kingdom Hearts.

I would've liked to see Dr Blake Downs from Childrens Hospital maybe as the Funny Man. But a lot...A LOT of comedy here will be dry, Blake Downs may have been a bit too irrelevant.

[freshinthehouse]

I gotta continue to ask, what was the reasoning behind the 1985 cutoff?

[freshinthehouse]

Same. One could say the same thing about 'Friends'. Also no shame to that.

While Friends had its moments, it's not on the same planet as Seinfeld, comedy-wise.  That's just my humble opinion, of course.

[indeedproceed]

I gotta continue to ask, what was the reasoning behind the 1985 cutoff?

Oh I thought I addressed this, sorry.

It was just a 'modern era' cutoff. Basically it was a little selfish I guess. The game sounded less fun if I had to hear about how darn funny Lucille Ball was or something. Old enough to be nostalgic, young enough to be relevant. Kind of like Jason Williams.

[freshinthehouse]

I gotta continue to ask, what was the reasoning behind the 1985 cutoff?

Oh I thought I addressed this, sorry.

It was just a 'modern era' cutoff. Basically it was a little selfish I guess. The game sounded less fun if I had to hear about how darn funny Lucille Ball was or something. Old enough to be nostalgic, young enough to be relevant. Kind of like Jason Williams.

I gotcha.  You probably did mention it, but I didn't see it.  It makes sense.  But if I would've been putting a show together I would've been heartbroken not to have Festus from Gunsmoke as a sidekick option.

[indeedproceed]

I gotta continue to ask, what was the reasoning behind the 1985 cutoff?

Oh I thought I addressed this, sorry.

It was just a 'modern era' cutoff. Basically it was a little selfish I guess. The game sounded less fun if I had to hear about how darn funny Lucille Ball was or something. Old enough to be nostalgic, young enough to be relevant. Kind of like Jason Williams.

I gotcha.  You probably did mention it, but I didn't see it.  It makes sense.  But if I would've been putting a show together I would've been heartbroken not to have Festus from Gunsmoke as a sidekick option.

This seemed to work out pretty well. And the possibilities are pretty wide. Maybe next year no cap, but you have to make a Western or something.

[pearljammer10]

Same. One could say the same thing about 'Friends'. Also no shame to that.

While Friends had its moments, it's not on the same planet as Seinfeld, comedy-wise.  That's just my humble opinion, of course.

Oh i completely agree. I wasn't a huge Seinfeld guy just because it was a few years before my time but catch the reruns here and there. Friends I was never a fan of despite all of my friends thoroughly enjoying it in their younger years.

[D.o.s.]

We should all be ashamed of ourselves that only one 'Seinfeld' character got taken, right? That's kind of pathetic

It's a masterful sitcom, in that the situations define the comedy. The characters save Kramer aren't very good devoid of that, though -- and Kramer only translates since his whole purpose is to be more or less on another planet than the other characters.

I disagree. George in particular would work in a whole lot of different scenarios. Heck, they pretty much made a George show.

Right, but Nerotic Jewish Dude has been done better in other TV shows since.

(This is the part where I point out that I'm not a Seinfeld fan by any stretch of the phrase)

[StartOrien]

We should all be ashamed of ourselves that only one 'Seinfeld' character got taken, right? That's kind of pathetic

It's a masterful sitcom, in that the situations define the comedy. The characters save Kramer aren't very good devoid of that, though -- and Kramer only translates since his whole purpose is to be more or less on another planet than the other characters.

I disagree. George in particular would work in a whole lot of different scenarios. Heck, they pretty much made a George show.

Right, but Nerotic Jewish Dude has been done better in other TV shows since.

(This is the part where I point out that I'm not a Seinfeld fan by any stretch of the phrase)

Ya, I think that's selling him short. George is one of the all time best TV characters. He might not have the most depth, but there's much more to him than being a neurotic-jewish guy.

[D.o.s.]

... but not really.
 

[fairweatherfan]

Some of you may have heard of this already, but it seems fitting in the thread: a Colombian TV station is airing a telenovela version of Breaking Bad called Metastasis.  It seems like it's mostly shot-for-shot though the quality isn't as good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5_-IJaWpJo