February 28, 20241 yr masterclass here from offerman in non-verbal communication, body language, action, and reaction. and he's probably had to build a new trophy case to accommodate it. bartlett was wonderful but ultimately, overshadowed.
February 28, 20241 yr On 2/27/2024 at 1:28 PM, Beau Vine said: Immediately came to mind when I saw thread title
February 28, 20241 yr On 2/27/2024 at 2:39 AM, NWBuck said: Couldn't have scripted it better Holy fuck, I can't believe that's the best quality clip available. I upped a better version.
February 29, 20241 yr Give me Janice whacking Richie. It was such a shocking sequence. You spend the whole episode thinking Richie is going to kill Tony, and nope. Janice takes care of it. Edited February 29, 20241 yr by billfromlaketravis
February 29, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, NorthLoop said: Which one is the crying emoji again? Edited February 29, 20241 yr by freyguy
February 29, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, 4th&Five said: The Americans was such a great show, and the final episode wrapped up the show as good as any finale I’ve ever seen.
February 29, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Dutchrudder said: For Seinfeld, this one is my favorite: The amazing thing about that is Larry wrote it on the fly the night of the taping and Jason memorized it (theater training) and delivered
February 29, 20241 yr The first scene of the first episode of The Wire might be the best part of the whole series. I was immediately hooked after seeing it. "Got to. It's America, man."
February 29, 20241 yr South Park has a few potential ones, Warcraft, Casa Bonita, LOTR video tape return, Scientology, Mormons, etc. Tons to choose from, but I think this is the top moment:
February 29, 20241 yr some of the greatest emotional impact scenes on tv. 84 Emmy nominations, 20 wins, puts it up there with the blue bloods. pun intended lol
February 29, 20241 yr 13 minutes ago, MagicSoccerSpray said: I see your debate of man's inherent nature, and raise you a Koogler:
February 29, 20241 yr Wings, Joe and Helen have it out. Brian with words of wisdom at about :40 secs, they get rolling at about 2:50, Helen with the plane at 4:20, it just keeps rolling.
February 29, 20241 yr 13 hours ago, HiggyBaby said: this mid season cliffhanger from ER blew me away at the time Well, shit, if we are going to do ER, we might as well full send an ugly cry:
February 29, 20241 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ksTY6Dvf0&ab_channel=DavideBerolani well fuck youtube for age restricting this scene. It's the FUCK scene from The Wire.
February 29, 20241 yr A couple of great confrontation scenes... EDIT: I can't find the clip where Skylar is kicking Walt out after his surgery and confronts him on all his lies..."I called your mother...Oh thank you for that....."
February 29, 20241 yr these two kinda go together and most of the josh+amy stuff is vintage sorkin. a lot of actors can't handle sorkin, many of whom were in the newsroom cast, which sucks for newsroom. mary louise parker is as good as anyone i've seen at it. if she had been cast as mandy from the jump, it would've prevented a lot of headaches. speaking of which, the clip above (from 20 hours in america, arguably the best ww episode), features tyler the campaign intern, played by john gallagher, jr, who was later cast as one of the main characters in the newsroom, and one of the better ones imo. kinda fun trivia. for a drama, this episode has 5-7 lol moments, which even for sorkin is saying something. it's just a hilarious episode. also, for some reference on how tv has changed, for better or worse. when the awards are given out, comedies and dramas traditionally are divided not by joke density, but by episode length. it's not right or wrong, just how it goes. the bear isn't a traditional comedy but will win best comedy every year it's around. should it have gone against succession, a much more straightforward drama, that i would argue might be a funnier show top to bottom? not for me to say. but every episode of season 3 ted lasso (an obvious "comedy") was longer than any west wing episode ever produced. again, just fun trivia.
February 29, 20241 yr Expanding to include television skits because Clayton Bigsby is 1st ballot Hall of Fame material.
February 29, 20241 yr 57 minutes ago, henrygandorf said: these two kinda go together and most of the josh+amy stuff is vintage sorkin. a lot of actors can't handle sorkin, many of whom were in the newsroom cast, which sucks for newsroom. mary louise parker is as good as anyone i've seen at it. if she had been cast as mandy from the jump, it would've prevented a lot of headaches. speaking of which, the clip above (from 20 hours in america, arguably the best ww episode), features tyler the campaign intern, played by john gallagher, jr, who was later cast as one of the main characters in the newsroom, and one of the better ones imo. kinda fun trivia. for a drama, this episode has 5-7 lol moments, which even for sorkin is saying something. it's just a hilarious episode. also, for some reference on how tv has changed, for better or worse. when the awards are given out, comedies and dramas traditionally are divided not by joke density, but by episode length. it's not right or wrong, just how it goes. the bear isn't a traditional comedy but will win best comedy every year it's around. should it have gone against succession, a much more straightforward drama, that i would argue might be a funnier show top to bottom? not for me to say. but every episode of season 3 ted lasso (an obvious "comedy") was longer than any west wing episode ever produced. again, just fun trivia. Man, speaking of Dusty TV moments, In Excelsis Deo is up there:
February 29, 20241 yr On 2/27/2024 at 9:29 AM, utee94 said: That's a great Wonder Years scene. And this one is my all time favorite: Definitely a favorite scene.
February 29, 20241 yr John Amos, and the role he played in Good Times, should get a lot more discussion as seriously good TV in a comedy.
March 1, 20241 yr On 2/28/2024 at 11:08 AM, henrygandorf said: masterclass here from offerman in non-verbal communication, body language, action, and reaction. and he's probably had to build a new trophy case to accommodate it. bartlett was wonderful but ultimately, overshadowed. That was one of the best hours of TV I've ever watched. Such a great episode.
March 1, 20241 yr so while we're on the subject, i watch tv before i go to bed. in fact, i keep it on while i fall asleep, it's one of the more annoying things i do, according to ex-girlfriends and current wives. anyhow, i was watching the west wing, then i was ready to roll over, so i put on the office, and then just for fun, i was trying to think if there was any actor who appeared in both. i haven't done any research to see if this actor was the only one, but i thought of one, and it took a full half hour. Spoiler amy adams. not bad.
March 1, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, henrygandorf said: so while we're on the subject, i watch tv before i go to bed. in fact, i keep it on while i fall asleep, it's one of the more annoying things i do, according to ex-girlfriends and current wives. anyhow, i was watching the west wing, then i was ready to roll over, so i put on the office, and then just for fun, i was trying to think if there was any actor who appeared in both. i haven't done any research to see if this actor was the only one, but i thought of one, and it took a full half hour. Reveal hidden contents amy adams. not bad. David Wallace from the Office played a congressman in one episode of the first season of West Wing. Bonus trivia from The Newsroom: The actress who plays Maggie’s roommate Lisa, who dates Jim, is the one in The Office that hooks up with Dwight at other Jim and Pam’s wedding.
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