tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post5747907489327776286..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "The Inclusionary Rule"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-49855942742466019782011-02-15T15:00:19.795-08:002011-02-15T15:00:19.795-08:00Spot on. I love Family Guy but sometimes I wonder ...Spot on. I love Family Guy but sometimes I wonder what the logic is. There was one episode where they cut to a video of Conway Twitty and played what felt like the whole song. It reminds me of ideas that come out of smoking a ton of blow (not something I do any more) and the audacity of doing something like playing an entire Conway Twitty song would be funny as all hell to the baked creators of the idea, but to the viewer it just seems like a post-modern prank that fouls up a great show.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-18394479469438626392011-02-14T10:21:11.521-08:002011-02-14T10:21:11.521-08:00You're right, Earl. Some shows get away with b...You're right, Earl. Some shows get away with being all over the map. Most don't. If they don't obey their own logic, they pull the rug out from under the characters.<br /><br />On Cheers, the writers sometimes gave Ted Danson lines which were too smart for Sam Malone. They were funny because Ted could sell the lines, but they weren't Sam.<br /><br />An example, there's a Cheers episode where Sam pretends he's been in a gay relationship with somebody for years and years. The little lie that's supposed to get him out of a jam.<br /><br />The skeptical woman asks Sam why he and his boyfriend don't hold hands or touch. Sam Malone answers that after all these years, "We're no longer physically demonstrative."<br /><br /><i>Physically demonstrative?</i> Sam Malone would never say that.<br /><br />It was funny and I laughed, but it wasn't Sam.Max Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706524941272103444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-60448927593909180882011-02-14T10:09:56.849-08:002011-02-14T10:09:56.849-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Max Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706524941272103444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-14864222520943500492011-02-14T04:49:42.052-08:002011-02-14T04:49:42.052-08:00Maybe they're all over the map because what ma...Maybe they're all over the map because what may seem funny to you may leave someone else scratching their head and going "Huh?" "Family Guy" is one of my favorite shows but I can be sitting there laughing my ass off at one scene and someone sitting next to me says "You really think that's funny?" I sometimes get the feeling that they do something simply because it's animation and they CAN do it whereas a "live action" show, the joke just may not work or they flat out can't pull it off.YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.com