Bakers Dozen

[Sampiro]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)

Considering how many millions and millions and millions of active duty and former military/military brats there are, it's amazing how underrepresented they are on TV.

[Rhythmdvl]

Topic "tv shows" implies programs on television, but it also mentions "characters," which implies fiction. If it's general, I think the show Dirty Jobs is the essence of the OP. But opening it to non-fiction suggests a flood of TLC etc. shows that seem out of line with the topic. Then again, despite the 'reality' moniker, they are heavily fictionalized.

So, would adding Dirty Jobs be a dirty thing?

[anyrose]

Originally Posted by Rhythmdvl

Topic "tv shows" implies programs on television, but it also mentions "characters," which implies fiction. If it's general, I think the show Dirty Jobs is the essence of the OP. But opening it to non-fiction suggests a flood of TLC etc. shows that seem out of line with the topic. Then again, despite the 'reality' moniker, they are heavily fictionalized.

So, would adding Dirty Jobs be a dirty thing?

yes.

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)

[Leaffan]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)

[Infovore]

Originally Posted by Rhythmdvl

Topic "tv shows" implies programs on television, but it also mentions "characters," which implies fiction. If it's general, I think the show Dirty Jobs is the essence of the OP. But opening it to non-fiction suggests a flood of TLC etc. shows that seem out of line with the topic. Then again, despite the 'reality' moniker, they are heavily fictionalized.

So, would adding Dirty Jobs be a dirty thing?

Sorry about that, wasn't clear.

My topic assumed fictional shows, not reality TV.

[Blkshp]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)
7. 2 1/2 Men (Advertising Jingle Writer)

[John DiFool]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)
7. 2 1/2 Men (Advertising Jingle Writer)
8. Home Improvement (Handyman)

[NDP]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)
7. 2 1/2 Men (Advertising Jingle Writer)
8. Home Improvement (Handyman)
9. Bob (Comic-book writer)

[Ponch8]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)
7. 2 1/2 Men (Advertising Jingle Writer)
8. Home Improvement (Handyman)
9. Bob (Comic-book writer)
10. Married with Children (shoe salesman)

[anyrose]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)
7. 2 1/2 Men (Advertising Jingle Writer)
8. Home Improvement (Handyman)
9. Bob (Comic-book writer)
10. Married with Children (shoe salesman)
11. The Nanny (Broadway producer)

[Little Nemo]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)
7. 2 1/2 Men (Advertising Jingle Writer)
8. Home Improvement (Handyman)
9. Bob (Comic-book writer)
10. Married with Children (shoe salesman)
11. The Nanny (Broadway producer)
12. The Client List (prostitute)

[Infovore]

TV shows about people with unconventional jobs for TV-show characters (with the job)

1. Movin' On (truck drivers)
2. Alice (waitresses)
3. Scandal (spin doctor)
4. Major Dad (Marine officer)
5. Spin City (Deputy Mayor)
6. Sanford and Son (Junk Dealer)
7. 2 1/2 Men (Advertising Jingle Writer)
8. Home Improvement (Handyman)
9. Bob (Comic-book writer)
10. Married with Children (shoe salesman)
11. The Nanny (Broadway producer)
12. The Client List (prostitute)
13. Frasier (radio show host and psychiatrist)

This one was mine so I'll pass the next one.

[John DiFool]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King (THE seminal prog album-criminal to leave it off)





[Link is to the 2003 list as I could not find a nice, single, easily searchable web page for the 2012 list on newsstands right now, but, knowing them, not much has changed I'm sure in 9 years.]

[Little Nemo]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station

A better album than Trout Mask Replica, in my opinion.

[Rhythmdvl]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd


Awesome topic. The finding one not out of 500 is a great twist.

[Sparky812]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112

WTF?! What kind of list of greatest albums of all time includes greatest hits, movie soundtracks, and compilation albums?

[Leaffan]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation




IMHO that Rolling Stone list is a pretty darned good list. I'm very hard pressed to NOT find any of my favourites on there.

[Little Nemo]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want

The list had two Kinks albums from the sixties and a greatest hits collection from 1972 but the Kinks kept making some really good music. In my opinion, this album (from 1981) is as good as any of their early work.

[Elendil's Heir]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
7. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record

[Rhythmdvl]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
7. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
8. The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse - The Bonzo Dog Band

Originally Posted by Sparky812

WTF?! What kind of list of greatest albums of all time includes greatest hits, movie soundtracks, and compilation albums?

Agreed. A simple count found 9 "Greatest Hits" and 2 soundtracks. Bizarre to include GHs and compilations on a greatest albums list. That still leaves 489 good choices; maybe that balances things out.

[JessMagic]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Scandal (spin doctor)

Some reviewer mentioned this new show was the first TV series to use this profession.

I'll dispute that:

The Thick of It (definitely): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_thick_of_it
Yes Minister (arguably): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_minister

[Little Nemo]

Originally Posted by JessMagic

I'll dispute that:

The Thick of It (definitely): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_thick_of_it
Yes Minister (arguably): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_minister

The reviewer may have meant it's the first American series. Or they may have been making a distinction between a government spokesman and a private PR consultant.

[JohnT]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
7. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
8. The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse - The Bonzo Dog Band
9. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair

[Sampiro]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
7. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
8. The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse - The Bonzo Dog Band
9. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair[/quote]
10. Jesus Christ Superstar


The original concept album with Murray Head.

[Sparky812]

Originally Posted by Rhythmdvl

Agreed. A simple count found 9 "Greatest Hits" and 2 soundtracks. Bizarre to include GHs and compilations on a greatest albums list. That still leaves 489 good choices; maybe that balances things out.

By my count there are 10 Greatest hits albums, 2 Soundtracks, 7 Anthologies, 5 Compilations, and 8 live albums included. Although IMHO some live albums are great.... so where the hell is Peter Frampton's Comes Alive?


Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
7. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
8. The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse - The Bonzo Dog Band
9. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair[/quote]
10. Jesus Christ Superstar
11. Peter Frampton - Comes Alive

The list is slightly ridiculous. For example, Otis Redding is one of the greats but they've included:

74. Otis Blue, Otis Redding
161. The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
251. The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, Otis Redding
474. Live in Europe, Otis Redding

OK, arguably all great albums but then they include this crappy compliation?

147. Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology, Otis Redding

[janis_and_c0]

Because Rolling Stone is idiots.

[Little Nemo]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Pink Floyd - Animals
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
7. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
8. The Bonzo Dog Band - The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse
9. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
10. Jesus Christ Superstar
11. Peter Frampton - Comes Alive
12. "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Because rock and roll shouldn't be taken too seriously

[anyrose]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

The reviewer may have meant it's the first American series. Or they may have been making a distinction between a government spokesman and a private PR consultant.

If that's the case, they're (he is) still wrong; Samantha Jones on Sex and the City owned and ran a private PR firm.

[Sparky812]

Best albums which didn't make the cut for Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time:

1. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
2. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
3. Pink Floyd - Animals
4. Rush - 2112
5. Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Overnight Sensation
6. The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
7. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
8. The Bonzo Dog Band - The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse
9. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
10. Jesus Christ Superstar
11. Peter Frampton - Comes Alive
12. "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic
13. Boston - Boston

IMHO maybe the most glaring omission.

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1.) Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.

[Blkshp]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.

[Annie-Xmas]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.

[Elendil's Heir]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.

[Rhythmdvl]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."

[Blkshp]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy

[Elendil's Heir]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy.
7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed.

[Sampiro]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy.
7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed.
8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you're on To Catch a Predator...'

[Little Nemo]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy.
7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed.
8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you're on To Catch a Predator...'
9. Have a disease named after me

[Elendil's Heir]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy.
7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed.
8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you're on To Catch a Predator...'
9. Have a disease named after me.
10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had.

[Infovore]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy.
7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed.
8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you're on To Catch a Predator...'
9. Have a disease named after me.
10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had.
11. Accidentally knock the ball out of the hand of the player trying to catch it, costing the team a shot at the World Series.

[Sparky812]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy.
7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed.
8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you're on To Catch a Predator...'
9. Have a disease named after me.
10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had.
11. Accidentally knock the ball out of the hand of the player trying to catch it, costing the team a shot at the World Series.
12. Laughing and posing for pics with a foul ball while the 3 year old next to you cries his eyes out.

[Sternvogel]

13 ways you don't want to make yourself famous.

1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award.
2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida.
3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality.
4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent.
5. Being described as "always such a quiet man."
6. Drop the BCS Trophy.
7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed.
8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you're on To Catch a Predator...'
9. Have a disease named after me.
10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had.
11. Accidentally knock the ball out of the hand of the player trying to catch it, costing the team a shot at the World Series.
12. Laughing and posing for pics with a foul ball while the 3 year old next to you cries his eyes out. ("Video Not Found" when I clicked the link)
13. Being caught making a racial slur when you don't realize there's a live microphone in the vicinity.

New category: Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit

[Infovore]

New category: Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera Beethoven's Last Night.

[Sampiro]

New category: Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera Beethoven's Last Night.
3. Community theater production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Incidentally, it got rave reviews in local papers but was textbook "community theater" problems (i.e. a couple of good [not great] performances, a couple of noticeably awful ones, most of the rest mediocre- even by ComTheatre standards it wasn't particularly good or bad). I've noticed this at the last few amateur things I've been to even though the same writers are a lot more critical of the local professional theater. I guess with print being in such danger the local papers re probably afraid to offend anybody actually in the community.

[Elendil's Heir]

Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera "Beethoven's Last Night"
3. Community theater production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
4. Mike Birbiglia's standup/storytelling act, "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"

Just amazing. Quite a talented guy.

[Ponch8]

Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera "Beethoven's Last Night"
3. Community theater production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
4. Mike Birbiglia's standup/storytelling act, "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
5. Community theater production of Comedy of Errors

[Little Nemo]

Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera "Beethoven's Last Night"
3. Community theater production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
4. Mike Birbiglia's standup/storytelling act, "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
5. Community theater production of Comedy of Errors
6. Community theater production of MASH

A friend played Henry Blake.

[Sparky812]

Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera "Beethoven's Last Night"
3. Community theater production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
4. Mike Birbiglia's standup/storytelling act, "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
5. Community theater production of Comedy of Errors
6. Community theater production of MASH
7. Community Theatre production Italian-American Reconciliation

[JohnT]

Theatrical productions you've recently attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera "Beethoven's Last Night"
3. Community theater production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
4. Mike Birbiglia's standup/storytelling act, "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
5. Community theater production of Comedy of Errors
6. Community theater production of MASH
7. Community Theatre production Italian-American Reconciliation
8. Broadway: The Lion King

[Little Nemo]

Maybe we should abandon the time frame and open up the category to "Theatrical productions you've attended".

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Maybe we should abandon the time frame and open up the category to "Theatrical productions you've attended".

Suits me.

Theatrical productions you've attended

1. Purdue students' production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's performance of the rock opera "Beethoven's Last Night"
3. Community theater production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
4. Mike Birbiglia's standup/storytelling act, "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
5. Community theater production of Comedy of Errors
6. Community theater production of MASH
7. Community Theatre production Italian-American Reconciliation
8. Broadway: The Lion King
9. London, Fall '85: Original cast of Les Miserables