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Anyone remember a show called Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist? It was a cool concept where different comedians played patients and they just improvised the therapy sessions. It was a pretty cool underrated little show that holds up pretty well. I had forgotten about it.
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Apr 13, 2018 13:12
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Dr. Katz hasn't aged well because Ben is portrayed as a loser for being in his 20s unemployed living at home
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Apr 13, 2018 13:23
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Ein cooler Typ posted:Dr. Katz hasn't aged well because Ben is portrayed as a loser for being in his 20s unemployed living at home Maybe he's a loser for other reasons?
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Apr 13, 2018 13:25
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I loving loved Dr Katz. That was right when our market finally got comedy central, I was in like 9th grade. Introduced me to Emo Phillips, which I guess is a good thing? I actually remember really enjoying how Dr Katz was portrayed as a really loving and supportive father even as he gently encouraged Ben to do something with his life. You almost never see father/adult son relationships like that on TV. I haven't watched it in years so who knows how accurate that was.
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Apr 13, 2018 14:48
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BiggerBoat posted:Anyone remember a show called Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist? Ray Romano's sessions didn't age well because they're exactly Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Apr 13, 2018 15:49
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cisneros posted:Ray Romano's sessions didn't age well because they're exactly Everybody Loves Raymond. Yeah, some of them were just the comedians doing their bits but I think much of it was improvised. I thought it was cool too how they never really touched on where Ben's mother was. Divorce? Death? I don't they ever explained it.
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Apr 13, 2018 16:08
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BiggerBoat posted:Yeah, some of them were just the comedians doing their bits but I think much of it was improvised. I thought it was cool too how they never really touched on where Ben's mother was. Divorce? Death? I don't they ever explained it. Carrie Fisher plays the mom/ex-wife in a Thanksgiving episode.
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Apr 13, 2018 16:48
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purple death ray posted:I loving loved Dr Katz. That was right when our market finally got comedy central, I was in like 9th grade. Introduced me to Emo Phillips, which I guess is a good thing? Yeah, that aspect of it's great, though I think a lot that was because it was almost all improvised and they didn't really bother cutting out Jonathan Katz laughing. So you get a lot of scenes of Ben being a gently caress-up or spending his dad's money or wrecking his apartment or whatever and his dad just thinking it's hilarious. I love how low-stakes it feels. BiggerBoat posted:Yeah, some of them were just the comedians doing their bits but I think much of it was improvised. I thought all the therapy sessions were just comedians doing their acts, isn't that what those parts were for? At least early on, maybe they changed it up later.
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Apr 13, 2018 16:54
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Too be fair, a large percentage of stand up comedy in the 80s and 90s was the comedian talking about their neuroses and making fun of themselves in some sort of bizarre stage based therapy session, so it was a pretty good fit...
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Apr 14, 2018 00:31
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Choco1980 posted:Too be fair, a large percentage of stand up comedy in the 80s and 90s was the comedian talking about their neuroses and making fun of themselves in some sort of bizarre stage based therapy session, so it was a pretty good fit...
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Apr 14, 2018 01:34
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Marc Maron does that, from the two Netflix specials I've seen, and he's pretty great at it. Probably my favorite, but I'm not very knowledgeable about comedians.
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Apr 14, 2018 01:43
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something that quickly didn't age well: tom sizemore playing a child rapist in two episodes of svu from the past couple of years
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Apr 15, 2018 02:33
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FactsAreUseless posted:This is still a large part of stand-up comedy. Basically every comedian ever has had some sort of problem, typically depression. Basically all of them are in therapy and learned that people will like you if you can make them laugh.
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Apr 15, 2018 02:39
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Brother Entropy posted:something that quickly didn't age well: tom sizemore playing a child rapist in two episodes of svu from the past couple of years Was his performance that bad?
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Apr 15, 2018 02:56
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MariusLecter posted:Was his performance that bad? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-sizemore-was-removed-movie-set-allegedly-violating-11-year-old-girl-1057629
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Apr 15, 2018 03:02
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MariusLecter posted:Was his performance that bad? Nah, he was just like 50 years too old for the role
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Apr 15, 2018 03:02
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MariusLecter posted:Was his performance that bad? it was svu so yes but also what arivia said
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Apr 16, 2018 01:57
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Brother Entropy posted:something that quickly didn't age well: tom sizemore playing a child rapist in two episodes of svu from the past couple of years Remember when Tom Sizemore was a serial murder-rapist who recorded his brain waves to sell to junkies on the black market? “Arivia" posted:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-sizemore-was-removed-movie-set-allegedly-violating-11-year-old-girl-1057629 Oh. He’s an even bigger piece of poo poo than I thought.
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Apr 16, 2018 07:56
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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is a great show, but on rewatch, the already annoying characters who are basically grab bags of stereotypes of children with mental disorders are really jarring and unpleasant.
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Apr 23, 2018 05:49
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Boy howdy every other joke in Scrubs seems to be about people being gay huh.
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Apr 23, 2018 08:30
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is a great show, but on rewatch, the already annoying characters who are basically grab bags of stereotypes of children with mental disorders are really jarring and unpleasant. I went to see a movie where they played a Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends segment that was about 10 minutes long but felt like it was half an hour and all the characters (especially the blue one) were incredibly annoying. I still don't entirely see the appeal.
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Apr 23, 2018 08:39
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Boy howdy every other joke in Scrubs seems to be about people being gay huh. Or Dr Cox calling JD a girl's name, or calling Elliot "Barbie", or Kelso and Todd sexually harassing people. None of those characters are meant to be wholly admirable, but (with the possible exception of Todd) they are meant to be basically good, likeable people.
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Apr 23, 2018 09:28
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Kelso and Cox are definitely not meant to be admirable, or even likable. Todd is special.
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Apr 23, 2018 09:35
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Cox is explicitly a belligerent rear end in a top hat who is torpedoing his professional and personal lives by being so, who's main character arc is learning how to be less of an rear end in a top hat and let people in, reconciling with his ex-wife on reaching an emotional compromise with her (by the end they do both respect each other, but express it using sarcasm due to neither one wanting to show weakness - when it comes to Jack they are pretty encouraging after some growing pains) and even playing the game enough to become Chief of Medicine at Sacred Heart. He gets better. JD's a twat though.
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Apr 23, 2018 09:48
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Scrubs is still a good show, but some of the humor is not ageing well due to the times moving forward. At least it was never actively homophobic insofar I know. And yes JD is the worst, he always was but he gets worse every rewatch.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:15
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Zedd posted:Scrubs is still a good show, but some of the humor is not ageing well due to the times moving forward. At least it was never actively homophobic insofar I know. All of the jokes are small enough that they could be easily overlooked if they were every now and then. There's just so drat many of them that its a death by a thousand cuts type thing. BIG FLUFFY DOG has a new favorite as of 11:26 on Apr 23, 2018 |
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Apr 23, 2018 11:24
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Conan O'Brien still does dumb gay jokes today and I don't understand why.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:35
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JD is exactly the kind of character who's funny and likeable at first but when you start actually thinking about what he says and does it becomes clear how annoying and childish he is and would be to deal with in real life. I can identify with the Janitor.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:35
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Boy howdy every other joke in Scrubs seems to be about people being gay huh. And all the other jokes seem to consist of: "All women are irrational beings that men can never hope to understand." - One of the women on the show.
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Apr 23, 2018 11:58
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Kay Kessler posted:And all the other jokes seem to consist of: Was that Elliot? Kinda her thing seems to be that while outwardly functional and charming she's super broken inside.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:22
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Cox even says it in the first season, no one should be like him because HE can barely stand himself. JD was fine up until around Season 4 where they dropped the intelligence, seriousness, and humaness of the character and just made it lol JD so girly and dumb. When Season 8 came around they finally got him back on track (mostly). Oddly, the weirder think that didn't age well with JD is that all of a sudden he becomes awkwardly racist in the later seasons.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:31
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Wheat Loaf posted:I went to see a movie where they played a Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends segment that was about 10 minutes long but felt like it was half an hour and all the characters (especially the blue one) were incredibly annoying. I still don't entirely see the appeal. I remember liking the big Lemmy monster dude, but I haven't seen it in forever
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Apr 23, 2018 12:42
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Foster's Home had some really good episodes and writing at times (being from the Powerpuff Girls people probably helped) and some pretty funny and creative ideas, but the flaws really stand out in retrospect. The Good Wilt Hunting multi-parter is pretty great.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:45
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Foster's Home had some really good episodes and writing at times (being from the Powerpuff Girls people probably helped) and some pretty funny and creative ideas, but the flaws really stand out in retrospect. It also benefitted from existing before we had these weird cults that revolve around TV shows for children. I'm positive that if it came out now there would be some weird rear end following.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:52
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Mooseontheloose posted:Cox even says it in the first season, no one should be like him because HE can barely stand himself. Welcome to the mid-00s where the success of the Office and South Park make everyone think this is a form of comedy needed in. Every. Single. Show.
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Apr 23, 2018 12:59
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Iron Crowned posted:It also benefitted from existing before we had these weird cults that revolve around TV shows for children. I'm positive that if it came out now there would be some weird rear end following. Nah, Lauren Faust had to straight up apologize to a cartoon forum board over the episode where her character where she's constantly clowned on by a guest friend pretending to be canadian, bc people were that horny and protective of said character.
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Apr 23, 2018 13:11
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The poo poo Lauren Faust has endured through her career of making better than average kids TV makes me wonder if she's related to the other Faust
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Apr 23, 2018 13:22
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purple death ray posted:The poo poo Lauren Faust has endured through her career of making better than average kids TV makes me wonder if she's related to the other Faust You mean Ricky Faust? The guy that works over at the Jiffy Lube on Pine? Yeah, that dude has to put up with a lot of stuff too.
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Apr 23, 2018 13:23
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Iron Crowned posted:It also benefitted from existing before we had these weird cults that revolve around TV shows for children. I'm positive that if it came out now there would be some weird rear end following. Nerds have always ruined thinga meant for kids. Tiny Toons ended because early internet furries were stalking Tress Macneil and like, leaving explicit messages about Babs Bunny on her answering machine.
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Apr 23, 2018 13:46
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Wasn't Fosters one of the first animated TV series that used something like Flash animation instead of hand drawn or 3D?
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Apr 23, 2018 13:58
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