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Jeez this thread is harsh. Scrubs is fine. The characters in all sitcoms are supposed to be terrible people. Scrubs just manages to do that exceptionally well. If you accept the fact you should not aspire to be like any of these people, then it’s okay. The problem is ‘nice guys’ who identify with J.D. and type A personalities who want to be like Cox.
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I identify with Charlie from always sunny
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Apr 21, 2019 16:51
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:I identify with Charlie from always sunny Yeah I'm also mentally handicapped
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Krispy Wafer posted:Jeez this thread is harsh. Scrubs is fine. The characters in all sitcoms are supposed to be terrible people. Scrubs just manages to do that exceptionally well. I know better than to trust a goon's opinion, even if the goon agrees with me.
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ante posted:Thinking about getting into Scrubs it’s only going to get worse, just see
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People think Scrubs refers to the attire worn by hospital workers but it’s called that because all the male characters are in fact scrubs
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oldpainless posted:People think Scrubs refers to the attire worn by hospital workers but it’s called that because all the male characters are in fact scrubs 
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Apr 21, 2019 19:04
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Scrubs is actually great, watch the first seven seasons.
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I like when the Janitor is mean.
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Ambitious Spider posted:I vaguely remember an episode of scrubs where they're on call and their college buddy is in town, and they're like "we can't drink" and he's like "I'm only in for one night come drink!" So they do, and they get called in but they're wasted and get in trouble. And they yell at him, and he's like "well shouldn't have gone out drinking if you had work!" Was that Ryan Reynolds? Either way, I remember it more clearly than I should. He was like “Do you think I’d have gone out drinking if I had a big presentation the next morning? No, because I’m an adult. You guys suck.”
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Apr 21, 2019 22:30
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Sid Vicious posted:Brendan Fraser maybe? Nah he was the cool brother in law who died of cancer
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Yeah, it was Ryan Reynolds. Thanks, google.
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i'm tired of shows about terrible people. i'm far from a pollyanna but i just want a cool nice character being cool and nice. it's said that writing that sort of thing is harder, but nobody really tries? it's not like you can't have conflict or flawed characters, just make your main characters not be hideous douches we're expected to like
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Is it that you can’t think of any shows like that you enjoy? or do you just wish there were more in general?
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:i'm tired of shows about terrible people. i'm far from a pollyanna but i just want a cool nice character being cool and nice. it's said that writing that sort of thing is harder, but nobody really tries? it's not like you can't have conflict or flawed characters, just make your main characters not be hideous douches we're expected to like I mean, have you met people? Terrible is par for the course. Brooklyn 99 is a good time. Only one irredeemably horrible character.
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Apr 21, 2019 23:56
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Or you could just be an rear end in a top hat so the shows are more relatable
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Volcott posted:I mean, have you met people? Terrible is par for the course. Yeah, exactly. I don’t want to watch a show about awful people interacting with each other for the same reason I wouldn’t want to watch a show about someone brushing their teeth: I already see that poo poo every single day.
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Crazy Ex Girlfriend starts with a character doing not good or wise things but digs into her motivations and issues, and it’s very empathetic. All of it is on Netflix now, it’s four seasons and worth the ride.
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Ariong posted:Yeah, exactly. I don’t want to watch a show about awful people interacting with each other for the same reason I wouldn’t want to watch a show about someone brushing their teeth: I already see that poo poo every single day. Sounds like you need the joy of painting.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Crazy Ex Girlfriend starts with a character doing not good or wise things but digs into her motivations and issues, and it’s very empathetic. All of it is on Netflix now, it’s four seasons and worth the ride. Seconded.Its a brilliant and realistic portrayal of mental illness and for the most part characters get called out and face consequences. Even if you don’t like musicals check it out because they grow on you by virtue of being hilarious. Also RIP Nipsey Hussle who has a cameo In the first episode.
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I am having a difficult time thinking of any sitcom or comedy show character who isn't someone you would avoid in real life. Part of the comedy equation is the person has to make terrible decisions and be in continuous conflict with other characters. A really nice and generous person is boring. I guess Phoebe from Friends would qualify, but she is offset by literally everyone else on the show.
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The 2000's had character that sucked even though in general times where moving forward, the 2010's sucked a lot and we need overly happy/optimistic people being able to deal with all the poo poo going on.
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there's territory in between a story about a flawless person who never has anything go wrong for them and seinfeld/it's always sunny "lol isnt it funny what terrible people they are??"
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Krispy Wafer posted:I am having a difficult time thinking of any sitcom or comedy show character who isn't someone you would avoid in real life. Part of the comedy equation is the person has to make terrible decisions and be in continuous conflict with other characters. A really nice and generous person is boring. I think you’re confusing “terrible” and “flawed.” Yes, a character does need to have flaws in order to be interesting. However, “is an rear end in a top hat” doesn’t have to be one of those flaws. A person can be imperfect and make bad decisions while still being kind and caring
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Volcott posted:I mean, have you met people? Terrible is par for the course. Yeah, B99 was what I was thinking of. All the characters you're meant to like as people are good, generally cool people, and all the people you're not meant to like as people are Hitchcock. Gina's a bit of a contentious subject of a character, but the show's level-headed about her, calling her out when she's being a jerk and giving her due credit when she does good, all of it to about the right level. The show around a jerk character treating them like they actually are a jerk helps things go down way easier.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I am having a difficult time thinking of any sitcom or comedy show character who isn't someone you would avoid in real life. Part of the comedy equation is the person has to make terrible decisions and be in continuous conflict with other characters. A really nice and generous person is boring.
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Cleretic posted:Yeah, B99 was what I was thinking of. All the characters you're meant to like as people are good, generally cool people, and all the people you're not meant to like as people are Hitchcock. There was an episode of Lucifer where Chelsea Peretti plays a young woman who dies and becomes a vessel for Abel (the biblical dude) to come back to life in, and at the very end she gets hit by a bus in the exact same way Gina did in B99. It took me like three episodes to realize that wasnt them doing the same joke, that was supposed to be serious and Abel was actually dead again. Also Chelsea Peretti is a loving champ and absolutely nailed the "ancient boozing womanizer man" character god drat
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Krispy Wafer posted:I am having a difficult time thinking of any sitcom or comedy show character who isn't someone you would avoid in real life. Part of the comedy equation is the person has to make terrible decisions and be in continuous conflict with other characters. A really nice and generous person is boring. Most of the ones from Cheers.
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I’d hang out with the characters from Family Ties.
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burial posted:I’d hang out with the characters from Family Ties. Same but only Boner
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Ariong posted:I think you’re confusing “terrible” and “flawed.” Yes, a character does need to have flaws in order to be interesting. However, “is an rear end in a top hat” doesn’t have to be one of those flaws. A person can be imperfect and make bad decisions while still being kind and caring I think the problem is, to have an interesting show week after week season after season you can't learn from your mistakes. TV characters are relatively two dimensional so their flaws become their personalities. They have to keep making the same mistakes for laughs. Very few comedy shows have decent character arcs where they become better people. Sure, that's not common in real life too, but you don't usually find 5 close friends to keep hanging around you while you keep making the same bad decisions over and over again. Toshimo posted:
That's a good list. Vincent Van Goatse posted:Most of the ones from Cheers. Norm was a terrible husband. Cliff irritated the poo poo out of everyone. Fraiser was a pompous rear end in a top hat. Sam was a sexual predator. Carla was a saint.
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Toshimo posted:Same but only Boner That was Growing Pains, you mad fool. 
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Sophia was completely mean-spirited and a bully Rose was a literal idiot Blanche was a sex-maniac and a homophobe
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:i'm tired of shows about terrible people. i'm far from a pollyanna but i just want a cool nice character being cool and nice. it's said that writing that sort of thing is harder, but nobody really tries? it's not like you can't have conflict or flawed characters, just make your main characters not be hideous douches we're expected to like it seems like you're looking for a quaint 80s sitcom here and, ironically, it sounds like the character you want is cliff huxtable
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Krispy Wafer posted:Norm was a terrible husband. Cliff irritated the poo poo out of everyone. Fraiser was a pompous rear end in a top hat. Sam was a sexual predator. Carla was a saint. Wait, what?
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hard counter posted:it seems like you're looking for a quaint 80s sitcom here and, ironically, it sounds like the character you want is cliff huxtable i'm really not tho
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Leavemywife posted:Wait, what? Sober guy picks up drunk women? idk
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Shut up Meg posted:Sophia was completely mean-spirited and a bully there's nothing wrong with being an idiot or a sex maniac
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