|
Gaunab posted:What's a sitcom with a nerdy dad and a cool son? Alf.
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 05:31
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 13, 2024 05:08 |
|
|
Outnumbered kind of gets there once the oldest son is up into his teens. Uncool dad and cool son, anyway.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 06:13
|
|
|
Gaunab posted:What's a sitcom with a nerdy dad and a cool son? not exactly a dad, but fresh prince?
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 20:06
|
|
|
Fatty Crabcakes posted:Yeah, just like I think tall people are dumb and smell like cabbage and rear end. It's funny when you think about it. All those pictures in your head of historical figures are wrong when it comes to height. Caesar was 5' 7" middling tall for his time but shorter than my daughter who is not particularly tall. Napoleon was 5' 6" average for his time but we imagine him being short. Washington was very tall for his time, but middling tall now. 300 the movie has Leonidas as a huge intimidating man but he would probably have been about 5' 7" as well. Teeny tiny people. I have a friend from South Sudan. She's about 6' 2". One of her brothers was 6' 11", another is 7' 2". Can you imagine running across people like that when you thought you were tall at 5'10"? They would seem like literal giants. I'm 6' so I have no opinion about either tall or short people. Except that one guy in college that was about 5' 4". No shame in it. It's still normal, but he hung out with basketball players so he always tried to act cool. They were walking down to the front in a lecture hall by stepping over the stadium seats, he tried to do the same and racked himself. It was hilarious watching him try to pretend that he didn't smash up his boys. Short man's syndrome. It's OK to be short, it's OK to be tall. No one cares unless you make a fuss about it.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 20:24
|
|
Tunicate posted:
Checks out.
|
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 20:28
|
|
|
The only good family sitcom was Grounded for Life.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 20:32
|
|
|
The Mods & Admins are Sex Pests, Pedos, and Sex-Pest-and-Pedo Enablers
Eh! Frank has a new favorite as of 22:51 on Mar 16, 2021 |
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 20:44
|
|
|
oldpainless posted:Would Goof Troop count? Only this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKqs1JLDbp4
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 20:45
|
|
|
mostlygray posted:It's funny when you think about it. All those pictures in your head of historical figures are wrong when it comes to height. You see the same thing when it comes to age especially when it comes to criminals or pirates. Edward Teach (Blackbeard) is usually portrayed as a crusty older man but he never made it to 40.
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 23:05
|
|
|
muscles like this! posted:You see the same thing when it comes to age especially when it comes to criminals or pirates. Edward Teach (Blackbeard) is usually portrayed as a crusty older man but he never made it to 40. hell of a lot of road miles tho
|
|
#
?
Feb 13, 2021 23:22
|
|
|
Gaunab posted:What's a sitcom with a nerdy dad and a cool son? 2 and a Half Men?
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 00:32
|
|
|
Gaunab posted:What's a sitcom with a nerdy dad and a cool son? Does King of the Hill count as a sitcom?
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 00:37
|
|
|
RareAcumen posted:Does King of the Hill count as a sitcom? Are you trying to imply that propane and propane accessories are "nerdy"?
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 00:48
|
|
|
yeah I eat rear end posted:Are you trying to imply that propane and propane accessories are "nerdy"? Or that Bobby isn't
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 00:54
|
|
|
Gaunab posted:What's a sitcom with a nerdy dad and a cool son? 3rd Rock from the Sun
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 01:19
|
|
|
muscles like this! posted:You see the same thing when it comes to age especially when it comes to criminals or pirates. Edward Teach (Blackbeard) is usually portrayed as a crusty older man but he never made it to 40. I bet if you met him he'd look closer to 70 though. My grandfather died almost 60 years ago, he was only 55. He looked almost exactly like my dad does today at 80.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 01:43
|
|
|
Also he was from Bristol where everyone is born 37 years old.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 01:51
|
|
|
yeah I eat rear end posted:Are you trying to imply that propane and propane accessories are "nerdy"? The Bloop posted:Or that Bobby isn't Well, Bobby's cooler than his dad so I thought that counted.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 02:46
|
|
|
Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:The only good family sitcom was Grounded for Life. 
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 03:03
|
|
|
RareAcumen posted:Well, Bobby's cooler than his dad so I thought that counted. if bobby's so cool how come he got gout
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 03:30
|
|
|
Eating organ meats is cool.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 03:50
|
|
|
Eh! Frank posted:though tbh I never watched "Grounded For Life". And I feel like I've posted about "Still Standing" before, I must be a Still-Standing-stan It was the best of the fat man and hot wife genre.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 03:51
|
|
|
On the fat man/hot wife" dichotomy: Has that ever been gender-swapped? I.E. you have a normal looking woman married to a really hot man? Or I suppose a I love Lucy situation with the calm and competent handsome husband being married to a wacky funny woman-child of a wife who is beneath him? (Lucile Ball is awesome both as a real woman and her character) What are some sitcoms/TV shows/movies with this trope?
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 04:04
|
|
|
Dharma and Greg? Greg was supposed to be the sensible, conservative lawyer to Dharma's hippy, new age free spirit yoga instructor.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 04:16
|
|
|
BrigadierSensible posted:On the fat man/hot wife" dichotomy: That dude in Boardwalk Empire, tall handsome Sicilian dude whose wife is made up and acted the exact opposite. Although, he gets off on the insults, so maybe not a good example.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 04:28
|
|
|
Speaking of sitcom stereotypes, AMC is working on a show called "Kevin Can F___ Himself" where the show will switch between multicam and single camera sitcom styles as it follows what happens to a traditional sitcom wife "off screen" from the normal sitcom shenanigans.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 04:35
|
|
|
BrigadierSensible posted:On the fat man/hot wife" dichotomy: American housewife? But they keep stressing that Katy Mixon's character was hotter and more popular and had a career before she had kids. Maybe it's not a good example after all.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 04:42
|
|
|
yeah I eat rear end posted:if bobby's so cool how come he got gout By living life to the fullest. Discussion in Wandavision kinda brings up that the fat slob husband/hot housewife thing actually was biggest in the 90s. Married With Children comes to mind, though I think Al is supposed to have been a hot hunky football player long gone to seed. I suppose it was still the backlash against the whole 'father knows best' thing without really changing much else about the formula. Gumball comes to mind as taking it to the point where the fat slob husband is explicitly lazy and unemployed while the wife is the one who actually does stuff, though the show plays with that as showing that him actually getting a job and being competent at it breaks the universe.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 05:49
|
|
|
BrigadierSensible posted:On the fat man/hot wife" dichotomy: I think that would come off as pretty offensive, since the fat man/hot wife depends heavily on the husband being a complete loser buffoon (which is where the comedy comes from) and the wife being a supernaturally intelligent and conventionally attractive authority figure with real power over the husband. I think "dumb, fat wife consistently fucks up everything she tries while a handsome muscleman mocks her as she tries to apologize" wouldn't exactly fly in any era.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 06:00
|
|
|
BrigadierSensible posted:On the fat man/hot wife" dichotomy: Incredible himbo Jefferson D'Arcy and his wife Marcy D'Arcy.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 06:03
|
|
|
yeah I eat rear end posted:I know the point of Demolition Man is that they're all naive and don't understand criminals anymore, but like...locking restraints with a simple verbal password? You couldn't have at least made it require a key too? You have retina scanners so it's not like you're totally trusting the honor system here. Maybe use one of the three seashells as a key, I don't know. The best part is that in 30 years, apparently everybody except one wizened old man has forgotten what crime is. You know, like how nobody remembers what the 90s was like today.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 06:55
|
|
|
Morpheus posted:The best part is that in 30 years, apparently everybody except one wizened old man has forgotten what crime is. Yeah it is incredibly goofy how most of the cast is old enough to remember the world before.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 07:14
|
|
|
Wasn't it more like 70 years? They mention his wife dying of old age and his daughter now being in an old people's home. EDIT: Nope, 36 years. Megillah Gorilla has a new favorite as of 07:53 on Feb 14, 2021 |
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 07:51
|
|
|
He was sentenced to 70 years, not sure how long he was actually in there for. Also isn't one of the plot points that he was conscious the entire time in the freeze? Dude should have been completely insane.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 08:00
|
|
|
Well, at least I didn't pull the number totally out of my arse. Maybe the training they pushed into his brain kept him sane? Otherwise, yeah, he should been insane beyond imaging when he defrosted. Megillah Gorilla has a new favorite as of 11:00 on Feb 14, 2021 |
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 08:15
|
|
|
The new Tomb Raider film is pretty forgettable, but one thing stands out. Lara is essentially cosplaying being poor. At any time she can sign some papers and get loads of money but we're still supposed to feel sympathy for her as she has to sell some amulet she got from her mother.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 10:58
|
|
|
"Common People" is never a good look.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 16:38
|
|
|
Alhazred posted:The new Tomb Raider film is pretty forgettable, but one thing stands out. Lara is essentially cosplaying being poor. At any time she can sign some papers and get loads of money but we're still supposed to feel sympathy for her as she has to sell some amulet she got from her mother. Its SUPER dumb. The movie justifies it by saying that "If she signs the papers it means she accepts that her father is dead", but... No? He's already been declared legally dead, if she signs the papers the only thing that would change would be that she would have access to a bunch of money she could use to, oh I dont know, FINANCE THE SEARCH FOR HER FATHER SHES DESPERATE TO DO. And it didnt go anywhere either! I initially assumed "oh, something she learned or a friend she made while being a bike courier in london will be important later on", but NOPE, never comes up again once she leaves London to search for her father (a task which, I cannot emphasize enough, would have been made much easier and more effective with access to millions of pounds).
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 17:28
|
|
|
Then it turns out that she had probably achieved more by just not going to the island.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 18:19
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 13, 2024 05:08 |
|
|
Alhazred posted:Then it turns out that she had probably achieved more by just not going to the island. Yeah, but I hold that to be "In the tradition of indiana jones" tbh, so that doesnt bother me.
|
|
#
?
Feb 14, 2021 19:33
|
|