What joke, in otherwise great sitcoms, do you hate?
What joke, in otherwise great sitcoms, do you hate?
I don’t mean that the joke just isn’t funny, I want to know a joke that almost makes you want to fast-forward through the scene.
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Another exception: Archer
4 0 ReplyBuffy the vampire slayer
4 0 ReplyFilm spin-off
1 0 ReplyWhat ?
1 0 ReplyBTVS was a film first, so I'm claiming spin-off. But you are right, that show would be less without her.
2 0 ReplyGood lord the trailer is amazing.
https://m.imdb.com/video/vi21805593/?playlistId=tt0103893&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi
by which I mean, it's deliciously, ridiculously early 90s
1 0 ReplyWatching it now it almost seems like a parody.
1 0 Replywell thanks for the discovery anyway, It looks worth a watch to me
1 0 ReplyIf you are a fan of the show, yes.
1 0 ReplyI have teenage memories of it. Not sure it was really any good...
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No way !! a film ?? Is it any good ?
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Bond spin-off?
1 0 ReplyHomage maybe, but not a spinoff :-)
1 0 ReplyYeah. I'm stretching my rule as much as possible. I'm basically trying to exclude all characters that have already been audience tested. Parody is sort of included in that.
2 0 ReplyHa ha, fair enough, I admire your determination to make this rule stick!
Another counterpoint though - Quincy ME. Oh course you could argue that it's not all that good even with Jack Klugman's crime solving coroner.
Oh, another one - Father Ted!
1 0 ReplyYeah. I may have to exclude medical/investigative.
House, Sherlock, Columbo, Reacher, Lucifer
1 0 ReplyVeronica Mars, Ironside, Chuck...
Arguably Fawlty Towers too?
1 0 ReplyNah. Fatty Owls is named after the hotel.
Chuck is all about Charles Carmichael. (Streeeeeeeetch).
2 0 ReplyHa ha, fair enough. I see I've met someone as stubborn as I am ;-)
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