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I deserve my own show!

posted 9 years ago by LouAntonyMorris
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And don't you dare deny it you slanderers!
I have more potential than George Jefferson one of the if not the greatest TV character to ever to grace your television sets!

A character so stupendous, so versatile, so unpredictable I've started writing fan fiction!
Stay out of my way! ...PLEASE

Seriously the writing for the character is great but the actor they hired really makes the character believable. I swear I've met this guy at least a couple dozen times in my life and wondered where he hides his UFO or secret tunnel leading to inner earth where he's king.

I can think of so many hilarious scenarios involving Lou reeking havoc on the Goodmans that they may as well just give the character his own show and bring him back twice per season assuming the show survives.
I went from thinking FND was decent to watching each episode probably 20 times by now. There are so many subtle cracks slipped in here and there that are easy to miss but the real flaw behind the show is not taking it to an even deeper level of wacky.
Obviously the time constraint makes it a huge challenge and it's yet another show I wish was filling a 1 hour timeslot.

For my tastes British comedy is just destroying American sitcoms.
Our best comedies are polished turds compared to what has been coming out of the U.K. the last 3 or 4 years. Man Down, Uncle, Cuckoo, Big School, Bad Education and beyond but we have what?
The Big Bang Theory what a pile of CRAP.
Nothing tops pushing an 82 year old man down a flight of stairs into somersaults who then leaps up ready to throw knuckle sandwiches!

America is in a rut please help!

[–] brooksshows 9 years ago

I agree.. I loved Mr. Morris! Always wanted to see Mr. Morris and Horrible Grandma together.. that would have been hilarious.

[–] rdavies23 9 years ago

It would be great if Mr M and Horrible Grandma could appear in an episode together!

[–] LouAntonyMorris 9 years ago

Wow I never even considered that.
I salute you sir!
Mr. Morris and Horrible Grandma forced into a monitored care home with ankle bracelets by the superior court!

One day it is revealed Mr. Morris is in fact....Mr. RUTHERFORD!
His so called "wife" was in fact his mother, Eleanor Rutherford, who he had lived with his entire life up until her death.
This is why we hate Rutherfords.

[–] krupocin-1 8 years ago

I love British comedy but if you're comparing these shows to Big Bang Theory then you're comparing apples to oranges Mr. Morris haha. In all seriousness though, Big Bang Theory is a massive network sitcom on the nation's largest network which essentially caters to the 55-60+ crowd. CBS by far has the oldest viewers of any network.

While they're a little different in tone, I would say it's much more in the vain of comedies like Sunny in Philly, Man Seeking Woman, You're The Worst, and the rest of the FX/FXX lineup or some of the situational shows on Comedy Central. It's hard to compare the setup of British vs American TV because the way the channels are set up is fundamentally different but All4/E4 is much more like CC or FX than it is CBS. I watch equal parts British and American comedies but if really all you know from American comedy is Big Bang Theory than you're really missing out. PS- I loved the 1st season with Samberg but Cuckoo with Taylor Lautner is average and formulaic at best, not comedy gold lol.

[–] Sluggr-3 8 years ago

Silicon Valley is way way better than Big Bang.

Does Episodes count as an American or a Brit series?

Maron, which just ended, might rank up there with brit sitcoms by staying away from mainstream topics and finding its own humor. It managed to deliver what I think is the funniest line in a comedy show this year, "I was hoping I wouldn't enjoy this."

My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2