Are you trying to say MEDIOCRE? Or is medicore some new word I don't know. That, too, is possible.
Kirby On Mar 9, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Adrian Cowdry wrote: > Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was > tosh. > > I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had > an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some > might be classed as Comedy Drama. > > Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) > Scrubs > Friends > Frasier > Cheers > All in the Family > Roseanne had some very good high peaks. > The Office > And of course MASH > > There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot > of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. > > There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near > the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only > one series but it was funny. > > I also think Cougar Town has potential. > > I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's > good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, > Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of > American Comedy. > > I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, > probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name > as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so > funny that your ribs ache. > > It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but > hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put > the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! > > This never happened to the other fella. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: peter contarino <[email protected]> > To: 'Adrian Cowdry' <[email protected]> > CC: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 > Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN > > I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this > guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up > around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the > media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really > mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real > scumbag and is marginally talented at best. > > I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom > standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that > dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more > interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent > comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low > that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. > > I feel better now… > > -peter > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian > Cowdry > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN > > Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. > > He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously > he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an > exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV > series that was mediacore at best. > > There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have > been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around > Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. > > How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was > stilted, the comedy was transparent. It was not up to the standards of US > sitcom writing. > > It would be nice if now the networks cast around and get down to something a > lot better and classier. Sheen has killed his career, if he ever works in > Hollywood again it will be a cold day in hell I suspect. I think the man was > stupid to kill the Golden Goose but I do not think his brand of sitcom will > be missed. I am sure that the writing team that backs Two and a Half Men will > come up with a formula as good - hopefully better - and not be saddled with > an over indulged actor to lead the troops. > > > > This never happened to the other fella. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 21:55 > Subject: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN > http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/charlie-sheen-fired-from-two-and-a-half-men/?emc=na > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kirby McDaniel > > > > > > > MovieArt Original Film Posters > > > > > > > P.O. 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