You Ever Notice...and What's the Deal...

[minor muppetz]

I've read a few places recently that comedy is harder to pull off than drama, because apparently a bad drama is more tolerable than a bad comedy. But if that's the case then why do so few comedies get Oscar nominations each year?

I've especially read about this at TV Tropes. The "Tom Hanks Syndrome" page says that the public takes notice when an actor best known for comedy starts doing drama, and the "Lelsie Nielsen Syndrome" page says that the opposite gets less attention, and it says that the public especially notices when comedians do drama because of comedy being harder... But then why should the public pay more attention when they do drama if it's not as hard?

 

[D'Snowth]

Ever notice whenever someone is thrown in jail, all of the sudden, they're a virtuoso at the harmonica? I mean what is it about jail that suddenly gives people a talent at the harmonica? And where do they get the harmonicas anyway? I doubt many prisoners are brought in with them, considering they're frisked and searched before they're locked up, and I'm sure they could hide SOMETHING inside one.

 

[minor muppetz]

What's the deal with the fourth of july being called the fourth of july? No other holiday is named after it's date.

 

[D'Snowth]

What about 9-11?

Which brings to mind an amusing stand-up bit Greg Proops did about it, saying out it would cause confusion for other countries, because only America dates the month before the day, everyone else dates the day before the month, so other countries will think this "9-11" we keep talking about is the nineth of November, therefore, we should call 9-11 11-9.

 

[D'Snowth]

You ever have this problem: say you decide your usual exercize routine isn't doing much for you, so you try something different for a little while, but you're not sure if the results are paying off or not... so later, when you see that the results have indeed paid off, you keep on doing it, but THEN when you keep on doing it, all of the sudden it stops working? What's up witht hat?

 

[Oscarfan]

Ever notice how the ocean is wet? I mean, I don't get it.

 

[D'Snowth]

 

[Oscarfan]

Why is he clapping? The opera was terrible and he knew it.

 

[Drtooth]

What's the deal with the fourth of july being called the fourth of july? No other holiday is named after it's date.

Why, for the same reason Autumn is called Fall. They go for the easier to say, childish one for some reason, even though "the Fourth of July" is officially known as Independence Day. Look it up in any calendar, they'll go for Independence day.

And you kinda forgot Cinco de Mayo.

Now here's a puzzler...

How the heck come in cartoons where they have a cat chasing mice, the dog is always friend to the mouse? I ask that because in reality, dogs chase mice too. Sometimes more aggressively, I might add. There are those who say that a dog is better to have around the house for mice catching than a cat.

 

[CountFan1998]

I've noticed that the animated series with the most interesting concepts/novelties always get pulled well within their first season, like Disney's Raw Toonage on CBS, which only lasted 12 episodes... Raw Toonage was basically a cartoon anthology hosted by classic or moderately well-known Disney characters like Sebastian the Crab, Ludwig von Drake or even Don Karnage. Each episode consisted of 3 shorts featuring completely new characters like Bonkers (who later got his own show, originally to be a Roger Rabbit animated series that fell through).

And then there was Quack Pack on The Disney Afternoon (and later Toon Disney) which only lasted about 39 episodes. The show centered around Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie as teens living with their uncle. Although it starred several well-known Disney ducks like Daisy and Ludwig von Drake, the show took place in a completely different Duckburg that included no references to Scrooge or his money bin, and that human characters lived in alongside ducks and dog-faced characters common to the common Duckburg universe.

And of course, even though it was live-action, who could forget JHH? It was a great concept that unified the different corners of the Henson universe into one big variety show, jam-packed with hi-tech computer graphics and effects. Of course, we all know it only lasted for 12 episodes, 9 of which were actually aired on NBC, while two more found their way onto Nickelodeon... (The final episode aired on Nickelodeon in the UK only...)