CBS fatso sitcoms

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Oct 28, 2004, 1:22:37 AM10/28/04

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Why are CBS situation comedies breaking the scales?

Still Standing: Mark Addy
Listen Up: Jason Alexander
Everybody Loves Raymond: Doris Roberts
Two and a Half Men: Angus T. Jones
The King of Queens: Kevin James
Center of the Universe: John Goodman, Edward Asner, Spencer Breslin

Do programmers long for the old days when Jackie Gleason and Carroll
O'Connor led the ratings? Or did they hear that dramatic tension is
easier to create with a 'heavy'?

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WQ

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Oct 28, 2004, 1:45:00 AM10/28/04

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The Green Troll wrote:
> Why are CBS situation comedies breaking the scales?

--- Because maybe the people who watch them are breaking the scales?

TiVo

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Oct 28, 2004, 7:25:15 AM10/28/04

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Untalented lardassesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss... all of them.

Jerry Brewster

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Oct 31, 2004, 11:05:42 PM10/31/04

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I'm sure you hate black people too.

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Steve Newport

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Nov 1, 2004, 7:03:58 AM11/1/04

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Doris Roberts is brilliant. Jason Alexander deserves a better show. I
found the new Goodman show better than I'd expected. Those who knock
people of size eventually will be sat on.

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Mike Harrison

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Nov 1, 2004, 2:05:19 PM11/1/04

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al...@rev.net (The Green Troll) wrote in message news:<5f6363d3.04102...@posting.google.com>...

> Why are CBS situation comedies breaking the scales?
>
> Still Standing: Mark Addy
> Listen Up: Jason Alexander
> Everybody Loves Raymond: Doris Roberts
> Two and a Half Men: Angus T. Jones
> The King of Queens: Kevin James
> Center of the Universe: John Goodman, Edward Asner, Spencer Breslin
>

It's a real stretch to call TAAHM a "fat guy" comedy just because the
kid is a little heavy. He's still got time to grow out of that phase.

TiVo

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Nov 1, 2004, 3:33:49 PM11/1/04

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Mike Harrison wrote:

Nah, I'm friend's w/ his doctor and his doctor says Angus T. Jones will
ALWAYS be a sulky, fatass weirdo. Sorry, Angus.

RichA

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Nov 1, 2004, 4:48:23 PM11/1/04

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"People of size?" Will the B.S. political-correctness never end??

"Disgusting fat-body" - Sgt. Hartman, "Full Metal Jacket."

RichA

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Nov 1, 2004, 4:49:21 PM11/1/04

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On 1 Nov 2004 11:05:19 -0800, harri...@home.com (Mike Harrison)
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But children are not growing out of that phase. They are fatter on
average than ever.
-Rich

TiVo

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Nov 1, 2004, 5:36:12 PM11/1/04

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Fat people. :-)

The Green Troll

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Nov 2, 2004, 1:47:32 AM11/2/04

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srrne...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote in message news:<24066-418...@storefull-3158.bay.webtv.net>...
> Doris Roberts is brilliant.

Quite right. Manipulative Marie Barone is central to ELR's success.

> Jason Alexander deserves a better show.

If anyone has the clout and money to put one together, or to hold out
for better, he does. It's not as if he was desperate for a job.

> I
> found the new Goodman show better than I'd expected.

Considering that TVGuide called it "a shocking waste of top-shelf
talent", it didn't have far to go to exceed expectations.

-- Coney O'Hare <http://www.rev.net/~aloe/tv>

Steve Newport

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Nov 2, 2004, 1:43:48 AM11/2/04

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Angus T. Jones is superb on that dull show. Charlie Sheen is the worst
sitcom star since Candace Bergen or Bette Midler.

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Steve Newport

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Nov 2, 2004, 1:46:35 AM11/2/04

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From: no...@none.com (RichA)

<<<Doris Roberts is brilliant. Jason Alexander deserves a better show. I
found the new Goodman show better than I'd expected. Those who knock
people of size eventually will be sat on.>>>

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Will the B.S. political-correctness never end??

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Guess ya wouldn't know irony if it bit ya in the ass.

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Steve Newport

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Nov 2, 2004, 1:48:29 AM11/2/04

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From: tivo...@gmail.com (TiVo)
Fat people. :-)
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I encourage them to be unapologetic. Even better- militant.

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Steve Newport

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Nov 2, 2004, 8:00:53 AM11/2/04

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al...@rev.net (The Green Troll)
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE: it didn't have far to go to exceed expectations.
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True, but it's one of only two new shows I haven't given up on. What an
awful season.

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RichA

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Nov 2, 2004, 3:37:58 PM11/2/04

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On 1 Nov 2004 22:47:32 -0800, al...@rev.net (The Green Troll) wrote:

>srrne...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote in message news:<24066-418...@storefull-3158.bay.webtv.net>...
>> Doris Roberts is brilliant.
>
>Quite right. Manipulative Marie Barone is central to ELR's success.
>
>> Jason Alexander deserves a better show.
>
>If anyone has the clout and money to put one together, or to hold out
>for better, he does. It's not as if he was desperate for a job.

Prior to his abortive attempt at a show, I saw this guy in Israel.
He looked like he weighed around 350lbs.
If he wants a new show, I hope he's down to around 275.
-Rich

Steve Newport

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Nov 2, 2004, 5:38:38 PM11/2/04

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I think Jason Alexander belongs on the stage. He's a terrific singer,
dancer, and comic actor.

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The Green Troll

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Nov 28, 2004, 6:08:00 AM11/28/04

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harri...@home.com (Mike Harrison) wrote in message news:<471417c6.0411...@posting.google.com>...

Add Conchata Ferrell, now a full member of the cast.

-- Spud <http://www.rev.net/~aloe/couchpotato>