Ah. That may be where the confusion is coming from - you want to see the "sketch comedy", see "why these writers were brought back".
Don't know. The skit at the end *really* worked for me, but that's partly because I took a course in college where I literally saw every Gilbert & Sullivan musical ever made and became *cough*expert*cough* on G&S briefly. So it surprised me and made me laugh in a way that I haven't laughed at a situation comedy in ages. Comedy truly is a personal thing. For me, I thought the sketch they did was funny, but this is coming from someone who found the humor in The Girl in Question a hoot, but thought Storyteller merely silly and somewhat boring. (shrug)
So, again, I'm not getting your problem with it. It reminds me a bit of my arguments with my brother - "the wall is white" "no, it's off-white", "in this light it is white", "no, it's off-white." Here: "the show isn't funny", me -"well it's not supposed to be, it is a drama, but I found it funny where it meant to be funny like in the sketch," "No it wasn't", "Yes, it was." Sigh.
Right now, regarding what show will or won't make it? Thought I had a clue, until I went over to brilliantbutcancelled.com 's death watch game. Apparently "Jericho" was in second place on Wed. Okaaay. And "Two and A Half Men"? It's doing great. Quality does not always equal sucess in TV land. And what people like? Beats me.
I'll be watching both shows. Didn't like Heroes as much as you. But did enjoy it. Am far more worried about it's success that Studio 60, for the reasons I cited in my post above. It's too damn slow and can you remember the names of any of the characters but Hiro?
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Date: 2006-09-28 09:38 pm (UTC)Don't know. The skit at the end *really* worked for me, but that's partly because I took a course in college where I literally saw every Gilbert & Sullivan musical ever made and became *cough*expert*cough* on G&S briefly. So it surprised me and made me laugh in a way that I haven't laughed at a situation comedy in ages.
Comedy truly is a personal thing. For me, I thought the sketch they did was funny, but this is coming from someone who found the humor in The Girl in Question a hoot, but thought Storyteller merely silly and somewhat boring. (shrug)
So, again, I'm not getting your problem with it. It reminds me a bit of my arguments with my brother - "the wall is white" "no, it's off-white", "in this light it is white", "no, it's off-white."
Here: "the show isn't funny", me -"well it's not supposed to be, it is a drama, but I found it funny where it meant to be funny like in the sketch," "No it wasn't", "Yes, it was." Sigh.
Right now, regarding what show will or won't make it? Thought I had a clue, until I went over to brilliantbutcancelled.com 's death watch game. Apparently "Jericho" was in second place on Wed. Okaaay.
And "Two and A Half Men"? It's doing great. Quality does not always equal sucess in TV land. And what people like? Beats me.
I'll be watching both shows. Didn't like Heroes as much as you.
But did enjoy it. Am far more worried about it's success that Studio 60, for the reasons I cited in my post above. It's too damn slow and can you remember the names of any of the characters but Hiro?