Imponderables- Jump right in , there's room for everyone!!!

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ZEEK

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:53 PM

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New ponder- what's your favorite sitcom?

All time I'd probably say Seinfeld. That show really didn't have bad episodes.

Currently I'll go with The New Girl. Their delivery of lines is really well done. The main character and the character named Schmidt are really funny. The other main characters are mainly there just to set those two up for jokes IMO.

LILI

Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:28 AM

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Would you say this is an acceptable essay to be considered proficient ?

Ugh. No.

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New ponder- what's your favorite sitcom?

I'll ditto Riona, I love Big Bang. Every episode makes me laugh. How I Met Your Mother is probably the runner-up, but it's been annoying me lately. I think they've stretched it way too thin and need to stop teasing it out. (I care more about Barney and Robin at this point than Ted and the titular Mother, but the dance of both storylines is getting old.)

Facts are stubborn things.

MSA

Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:43 PM

I agree on HIMYM LiLi... it's getting old.
I do love the Big Bang ( and so does my 2 year old... who strangely thinks Sheldon is nice and funny)

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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

RIONAEIRE

Thursday, February 2, 2012 11:41 PM

Sheldon is indeed funny, but he's a total ass, you couldnt' pay me to hang out with him in real life. He's funny to watch on the show though because assery is great on TV when someone else has to put up with it. He does look kind of tall and funny though and he speaks with an interesting cadence to his words, maybe your little one notices these things and finds them humorous, the rest of us do.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Friday, February 3, 2012 4:25 PM

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Currently I'll go with The New Girl. Their delivery of lines is really well done. The main character and the character named Schmidt are really funny. The other main characters are mainly there just to set those two up for jokes IMO.

Aw that show is great. I haven't seen much of it, but what I have seen is hilarious. And the dynamic between the characters is so sweet. I guess I like when characters actually seem to care that much about each other.

I don't really like Big Bang Theory, because of the girl character (Penny, right?). For one thing, it seems as though the guys are only friends with her because she is pretty. Plus she is always trying to get them to be less nerdy, or making fun of them for being who they are. A lot of times the impression I get from that show is just like "hahah look at how weird nerds are!"

MSA

Friday, February 3, 2012 5:03 PM

I think my son finds Sheldon visually funny and he like the reactionary things he says

Last night's episode was great

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

LILI

Friday, February 3, 2012 6:24 PM

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Plus she is always trying to get them to be less nerdy, or making fun of them for being who they are. A lot of times the impression I get from that show is just like "hahah look at how weird nerds are!"

Penny is meant to appeal to the vast "non-nerd" television audience; her entire purpose is to ask what the hell they're talking about so they can explain the nerd jokes without doing an "as you know" sort of setup.
I disagree that she's always trying to get them to be less nerdy. She doesn't want to watch Doctor Who with them, but she never says anything like, "You shouldn't watch this show." And there have been episodes where it's shown that she has gained certain amounts of nerdy knowledge, and she agrees to dress up as Wonder Woman for a costume contest at the local comic shop. In the most recent episode, she even grins when he pulls out a lightsaber to function as a light source. (And, to be fair, she gets made fun of for being who she is several times, giving the geeky audience their own "hahah, look how ridiculous non-nerds are!" moments. Sheldon does it the most, but Leonard has taken a few shots himself.)
Clearly, Leonard does like her because she's pretty and not because they have a whole lot in common, but that's a dynamic based in reality for plenty of people, and it provides conflict and tension that is also based in the same reality. The relationships between geeks on the show are a bit more stable while Leonard and Penny ride a roller coaster, something I've personally seen in college; geeks do well with geeks, and have a certain amount of tension with non-geeks, even when the relationships are successful. These relationships are also pretty common because geeks make up a small percentage of the population and can't always find a geeky partner, though the internet has made it easier.
Anyway, I understand your issues with it, but it's possible that watching a few more episodes would soften those issues somewhat.

Facts are stubborn things.

MSA

Monday, February 6, 2012 4:36 PM

I love the episode in which she's arguing with Leonard and then says she should get points for making a Star Wars analogy
Also the one where they are having sex and she quotes Yoda ( Do or Do not there is no try)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Monday, February 6, 2012 5:39 PM

I watch the big bang theory from time to time now, but I still don't really like the extreme that the nerds are taken to. I mean the guy that can't even say anything around women without drinking is just ridiculous. Sheldon is clearly over the top on how literally he takes everything. It can be somewhat funny but none of the characters ring true to me really. That always takes a lot out of shows for me.

MSA

Monday, February 6, 2012 8:52 PM

Apparently Raj ( guy who can't talk without drinking ) is based on a write who used to work with Chuck Lorre.
Sheldon is pretty accurate for Asperger's. They are incredibly literal and have absolutely no sense of humor or social skills.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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