I’m sick of the tough guy with the gentle heart. Or the tough talking broad with the heart of gold (usually a waitress in a Dinner)
Because in some places it IS still progressive.
“Gecko” adverts that start out as a “different” ad/tv show/radio broadcast/etc.
“Honey, we need to talk”
“yes dear”
“i’ve been seeing the pool-boy behind your back and am carrying his baby, also i want a divorce”
“but dear, can’t we work this out? i love you with all my heart”
“no, i’m sorry, it’s over between us…but i do have some good news”
“what is it?”
"i saved a buncha money by switching to ‘Gecko’ "
i hate, hate, hate these stupid adverts
I still like the caveman ads though:
“Honestly, we had no idea you guys were still around.”
“Maybe next time you oughtta so a little research?”
Sassy old ladies. Why do hollywood people think it is so rib-ticklin’ hee-haw funny when elderly women talk about sex?
Some guy is talking about his love life problems, and we all think he’s talking about his girlfriend, then we discover it’s his boyfriend. It’s funny, because he’s gay!
[Grandpa Simpson]“Dear Advertisers, I am disgusted with the way old people are depicted on television. We are not all vibrant, fun-loving sex maniacs. Many of us are bitter, resentful individuals who remember the good old days when entertainment was bland and inoffensive.”[/Grandpa Simpson]
I think this would fall under the same scenario, but it was so funny, so unexpected (at the time especially) that I can actually watch it over and over.
The first episode of The Cosby Show after Cliff and Theo play the money game:
The audience all goes “Awww…”, and you’re clearly primed to expect a Brady Bunch or Family Ties-like “father coming to understand the kid’s point of view” moment…instead
If this scenario is done right (any of these scenarios, actually) there is no reason why someone shouldn’t do it. Just because “it’s been done to death” doesn’t mean that “it’s been done RIGHT”…
Have you not heard of Sue Johanson? Ain’t nothing funny about ol’ Sue.
Well, no I never have heard of her. But I think we might be thinking at cross-purposes. I don’t object to the idea of mature women speaking about sex. It’s the whole idea that there is something intrinsically funny about an elderly person expressing an opinion about sex.
The little old grandma character tells the 20-something heroine of the film that the heart-throb love interest has “a nice butt.” Cue shocked, bemused look of 20-something heroine. The audience (supposedly) erupts in laughter at the adorable old lady making with the frank talk.
Why is it funny when a 70+ person expresses an opinion regarding sex? As if any one at that age is a prim, virginal, chaste biddy who’s been utterly sheltered all her life?
kingpenvin writes:
> the tough talking broad with the heart of gold (usually a waitress in a Dinner)
Don’t you just hate it when you’re having waitress for dinner and you bite down on the heart of gold and you have to spit it out?
Stuffy white guys talking “street.”
Herbert Kornfeld is the only one who’s actually funny, and even he’s starting to get stale
[Homer]
Hee hee… It works on so many levels!
[/Homer]
The one where somebody has a drawn out conversation with somebody on the phone (usually a mistress, blackmailer …) when the oblivious spouse asks who it is the person replies “wrong number” which the spouse blithely accepts. Who wouldn’t be suspiscious if someone took more than 30 seconds to respond to a wrong number?
I personally never want to see another parody of “It’s a Wonderful Life” (I wish I’d never been born!) or “The Wizard of Oz” (it was all a dream! But you were there, and you, and you…) ever again.
EVER.
“I’m a psychotic!”
“No, you mean you’re psychic”
Yes, we get it. psychotic and psychic sound similar, and mean completely different things.
For my part, I’d like to see the whole heroic-antihero genre of characters get a bullet to the back of the head. That includes House, M.D. See this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333199
Oh, and just once I’d like to see a character say “This couldn’t possibly get any worse” without something bad happening immediately afterwards.
Character goes to his/her boss with moral misgivings about this project/coverup/course of action; boss replies, “You know, I’ve been having the same doubts, and you’ve made it clear for me!” Subordinate is dead one scene later.
. . . We’d lose half the belly-laughs in Schindler’s List!