IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 02 2006 08:00 PM
So, my wife and I have been watching this new sitcom called "Help Me Help You" with Ted Danson (ex-Sam in Cheers) as a pretty unstable psychiatrist (is there any other kind on TV?). In one recent episode Danson's character Bill restarts his old garage band so they can play in his ex-wife's garage and he can be close to her. Anyway, they're all middle-aged guys and they're pretty bad musicians. But there were two exchanges I thought you'd appreciate. I posted one in the thread on matching outfits, and here's the other one:
(the setting: Bill is trying to encourage his bandmates after a practice. Al, the drummer, is of course, chubby.)
Bill: You guys are such talented, nuanced musicians. Al, some of your drumming has got this dark, edgy, mysterious vibe to it that's just hypnotic.
Al: I do listen to a lot of surf music.
Happy weekend!
Ivan
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bots
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Shwa City
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Posted on Nov 02 2006 09:53 PM
too funny!!
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MikeG
Joined: Mar 29, 2006
Posts: 309
Springfield, Oregon
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Posted on Nov 03 2006 12:21 AM
I saw that. It's the same guy who plays "Craig" the store manager on the show Malcolm in the middle. Got a kick out of the reference, I wonder who the writer is?
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Nov 03 2006 07:46 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB0dcjBVx5I
Anyone out there ever have a band leader like this?
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WR
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3832
netherlands
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Posted on Nov 03 2006 08:13 AM
DannySnyder
Anyone out there ever have a band leader like this?
I am a bandleader like that!  always asking the guys to do a little dance and then say they look ridiculous. 
that show looks hilarious, I hope they sell it to a Euro station.
WR
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MikeG
Joined: Mar 29, 2006
Posts: 309
Springfield, Oregon
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Posted on Nov 03 2006 11:29 AM
LMAO at "Flock of egos" as a band name.
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krupanut
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 492
Austin Texas
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Posted on Nov 03 2006 12:23 PM
Thats geinus.
Kinda puts it all in perspective, huh.
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Sonichris
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 1892
Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Nov 03 2006 12:24 PM
The guitar player is David St. Hubbins from Spinal Tap! How can you say they're not good musicians? He wrote the classic - "Sex Farm Woman" for crying out loud!
That clip was funny - I think all good bands need a clarinet solo.
Chris
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25540
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Nov 03 2006 10:54 PM
I liked the Pink Freud better.
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CaptainSpringfield
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 4387
Under the Sun
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Posted on Nov 04 2006 12:26 AM
MikeG
Got a kick out of the reference, I wonder who the writer is?
Assuming the episode is actually called "Pink Freud," http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918272/
Other credits include News Radio  Futurama  and Arrested Development 
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 04 2006 05:18 AM
Sonichris
The guitar player is David St. Hubbins from Spinal Tap! How can you say they're not good musicians? He wrote the classic - "Sex Farm Woman" for crying out loud!
Chris, I say they're not good musicians cause the CHARACTERS in the show are not supposed to be good musicians! They're middle-aged psychiatrists that haven't played much in many years. And when they show them playing they sound like crap. I know Michael McKean is a good guitarist in real life, but not in this show....
CaptainSpringfield
MikeG
Got a kick out of the reference, I wonder who the writer is?
Assuming the episode is actually called "Pink Freud," http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918272/
Other credits include News Radio Futurama and Arrested Development
You could do a lot worse.
Ahhh, now it all makes a bit more sense.... That's quite a resume!!
Ivan
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JGibson
Joined: Jun 23, 2006
Posts: 17
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Posted on Nov 04 2006 12:59 PM
Here's another short clip...it seems to be "behind the scenes".
That little jig he does is hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCG6Xr6kUL0&mode=related&search=
Josh
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Sonichris
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 1892
Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Nov 04 2006 04:31 PM
Ivan - I knew what you meant - I was just poking fun at Michael McKean and the fact that no matter what he does, he'll always be David St. Hubbins to me. No small feat after starring as Lenny (as in Lenny and Squiggy) on "Laverne and Shirley" - That's off topic - sorry....
some of that clip struck kind of too close to home for me - the writer surely has played in more that a few bands in his/her life.
Chris
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