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All-time favorite comedy: Cheers. Currently running favorite comedy: Becker. GREAT zingers in both, week after week.
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I personally wish Ted Danson would burn a fiery death. I think he's about as funny as a cardboard box. But thats just me
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Streets filled with blood from distant lies.Comment
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Boston Public isn't a comedy or a drama. It's fantasy, a schoolboy's fantasy of what female teachers should look like .
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If I had to pick ONE show as my favorite - I guess it would be Alias
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How could I forget Invader Zim?!Originally posted by Wraith
Airing in the US right now, it would have to be Invader Zim. Forget Simpons, this is a cartoon with real bite. It's done by Jhonen (of "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" fame), so how could it be otherwise?
I love his sidekick. He cracks me up. 
You're a man- you can be replaced.Comment
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another Kelly show that is a comedy disguised as a drama through the use of the absurd
So then what IS a good drama? I really haven't seen one if BP and The Practice aren't it. I thought the use of the absurd was what made a good drama
... I mean better than that tripe like Star Trek, or what have you.
I admit many drama shows use a lot of comedy, such as Boston Public, First Monday, The Practice, etc... doesn't make them any less dramas.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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ER was a good drama until it went on for far too long.
DEK's shows are simply too absurd. And where did you get the idea that the use of absurd made for good dramas?
I also think Seventh Heaven is a hilarious show. I've only seen two episodes, but one was over how utterly horrible it was for the 12 year old kid to flip someone off. Religious discussions and all! The other one I can't even remember, but their lives revolve around petty issues and it's the end of the world of their kids do anything remotely un-Christian."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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Homicide.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
another Kelly show that is a comedy disguised as a drama through the use of the absurd
So then what IS a good drama? I really haven't seen one if BP and The Practice aren't it. I thought the use of the absurd was what made a good drama... I mean better than that tripe like Star Trek, or what have you.
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The Caffinated Law & Order.
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Blah... that is what they are. Sleep fests.
Well, Law & Order can be decent at times.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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I think DEK's shows are better catagorized as DARK humor.
How can any show (the practice) that continually has John Laroquette on it playing a comic homicidal gay egomaniac be considered a drama. BAH.
RAHIt's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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How can any show (the practice) that continually has John Laroquette on it playing a comic homicidal gay egomaniac be considered a drama.
Dramas can't have comedic elements in them? Then the West Wing is shot down isn't it?
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Imran... based on your postings its quite clear that you generally find anything serious in tone boring.
Like LOTR.
Like Homicide.
Like Law & Order.
Professional Critics seem to disagree with your opinions... but thats to be expected, I guess.Comment
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Who said I found LOTR boring??
I said I found the first book, FOTR, boring, because it definetly was.
And yes, a lot of people think very serious dramas are boring, which is why they get canceled so quickly.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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Dramas can't have comedic elements in them? Then the West Wing is shot down isn't it? [/QUOTE]
Ok, Imran, I'll concede that they can. But then you must concede that comedies can have dramatic elements. (MASH)
The West Wing is a bad example. A liberal Democrat with integrity in the White House. I personally find that very comedic.
It's a fine line. The more the absurd is used (and most of the Practice's cases are quite absurd) the more I lean towards classifying it as a comedy. Just like Ally McBeal. But I guess everyone has to make their own personal judgement on how they classify it.
RAHIt's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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But then you must concede that comedies can have dramatic elements.
Oh, of course! I never insinuated anything other.... Mash is a great show.
A liberal Democrat with integrity in the White House. I personally find that very comedic.
It's a fine line. The more the absurd is used (and most of the Practice's cases are quite absurd) the more I lean towards classifying it as a comedy. Just like Ally McBeal. But I guess everyone has to make their own personal judgement on how they classify it.
Hmmm... perhaps... though I call Ally a drama/comedy, more drama than comedy, but the comedy is a big portion.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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