Let's play a round of "Alas, Poor... Who?"
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twincityhackerThey killed my Black Donnellys! This is the second show that has died in this time slot this year, the other being Studio Sixty on the Sunset Strip.
Now it's an improv show. Now, I like improv. But to axe two good shows? *sighs* At least with the internet I can at least finish out the season on NBC.com for free.
And apparently:
When you see a Shakespeare quote you must respond with one of your own in your LJ.
Hamlet: "The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold."
Horatio: "It is an eager and nipping air."
Hamlet: "What hour now?"
Horatio: "I think it lacks of twelve."
Hamlet, Scene Unknown, Act I.
Because "Much About [Censored]" by Connie Willis is awesome. It's a short story how a student's best friend convinces their English teacher to do Shakespeare. So between school and football practice she and her best friend help the teacher censor out all of the plays and lines that have injunctions to them. Somehow, Hamlet makes though the play list and those four lines are the only lines in the entire play that aren't censored out. ( Seriously, "Who's there?" is bad'n'wrong because there were statistically less murder and crime before English had contractions. Then there's "This scene implies that the curtains are dangerous because Polnious gets stabbed behind them, when it's people kill people, and not curtains." )
Plus, MST3K did Hamlet.
Now it's an improv show. Now, I like improv. But to axe two good shows? *sighs* At least with the internet I can at least finish out the season on NBC.com for free.
And apparently:
When you see a Shakespeare quote you must respond with one of your own in your LJ.
Hamlet: "The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold."
Horatio: "It is an eager and nipping air."
Hamlet: "What hour now?"
Horatio: "I think it lacks of twelve."
Hamlet, Scene Unknown, Act I.
Because "Much About [Censored]" by Connie Willis is awesome. It's a short story how a student's best friend convinces their English teacher to do Shakespeare. So between school and football practice she and her best friend help the teacher censor out all of the plays and lines that have injunctions to them. Somehow, Hamlet makes though the play list and those four lines are the only lines in the entire play that aren't censored out. ( Seriously, "Who's there?" is bad'n'wrong because there were statistically less murder and crime before English had contractions. Then there's "This scene implies that the curtains are dangerous because Polnious gets stabbed behind them, when it's people kill people, and not curtains." )
Plus, MST3K did Hamlet.
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Date: 2007-04-10 03:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-10 02:42 pm (UTC)I sort of... only kinda dug Studio 60. And the Black Donnelly's did nothing for me.
But I really like this "thank god your here" show. My lil sister was like "I'm not sure this show will be that good" and I just pointed out A: she likes Who's line B: how is that show really any different from this one?
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Date: 2007-04-10 05:00 pm (UTC)I think the only difference between "Thank God You're Here" and "Whose Line Is It Anyway" is that it doesn't have Colin Mockeie, Ryan Somethingorother, and Greg Proops. And "Thank God You're Here" has sets while the other is all improv and lots of diffrent game.
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Date: 2007-04-10 05:01 pm (UTC)