I generally enjoy the show -- though that's more due to the actors than anything else, but I always have the feeling that the Martin joke refers to; that I'd find it hilarious if I knew the inside details.
--Dave Sikula On Thursday, March 13, 2014 7:30:08 AM UTC-7, PGage wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Michael <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> D'accord, Doug. For someone on the inside, it seems fiendishly accurate - >> even when it veers towards bombast. The cast is terrific, and the show's >> creators -- successful though they've been -- know more about the idiocy >> and hysteria of the TV industry than most of us us snarky types. It's not a >> game-changer like an "All in the Family" or "Seinfeld." It's just very good >> at what it does. >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:40:51 AM UTC-7, Doug Fields wrote: >> >>> I imagine it's picking up a lot of style points among snarkyentertainment >>> critics (and >>> snarky TV viewers) due to the fact that it's poking fun at the >>> industry. I agree, it's not anywhere close to the top of the list of >>> all-time greats, but it's well-written and -acted, and it's fun watching >>> the over-the-top antics from the writers' perspective, much the same as I >>> enjoyed Entourage from the hedonistic actors' perspective. >>> >> > As I say, I do enjoy it, but I don't think it is quite as good (nor is > Leblanc quite as Emmy-worthy) as its more ardant fans seem to think. I > guess it is a bit like that old Steve Martin joke: > > “Ok, I don’t like to gear my material to the audience but I’d like to make >> an exception because I was told that there is a convention of plumbers in >> San Francisco this week – I understand about 30 of them came down to the >> show tonight – so before I came out I worked-up a joke especially for the >> plumbers. Those of you who aren’t plumbers probably won’t get this and >> won’t think it’s funny, but I think those of you who are plumbers will >> really enjoy this… >> > > >> “This lawn supervisor was out on a sprinkler maintenance job and he >> started working on a Findlay sprinkler head with a Langstrom 7″ gangly >> wrench. Just then, this little apprentice leaned over and said, “You can’t >> work on a Findlay sprinkler head with a Langstrom 7″ wrench.” Well this >> infuriated the supervisor, so he went and got Volume 14 of the Kinsley >> manual, and he reads to him and says, “The Langstrom 7″ wrench can be used >> with the Findlay sprocket.” Just then, the little apprentice leaned over >> and said, “It says sprocket not socket!” > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
