7) Something that surprised me about this article about the Cosby Show is that, for one, it premiered at the top of the ratings charts. Normally I would assume shows would debut, garner a following and then eventually make it to the top of the ratings, but The Cosby Show started out at the top. Another fact from this article that was even more astounding is that The Cosby Show was the number one rated show in every age group. It is unheard of, at least in today's television world (or at least in my head) for a single show to be the most popular among children as well as the most popular among the elderly. I guess there was some chord that Bill Cosby struck with America that he appealed to almost literally everyone in the country. The Cosby Show aired slightly before my time, so somewhat unfortunately I never got to watch it along with so much of the country. To me, The Cosby Show has only ever been the outdated, sometimes funny sitcom that airs on Nickelodeon late at night.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3409002177&v=2.1&u=mlin_m_brookhs&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w
8) For me, as long as I've been old enough to watch and understand Saturday Night Live, everything has seemed standard and down to a science. They always open the same way, without credits as they jump right into a skit. That ends with one character saying "live from New York, it's Saturday night!" as the band starts playing and the voice over goes through the cast members. The voice says the name of the host, then introduces the host, who walks out of a doorway, down a couple steps and starts the monologue. There are a few sections of skits followed by the first musical performance which is always immediately followed by Weekend Update. To me, it all seems very simply laid, but what I didn't realize is that when the show began everything they did was new. As the article says, in the beginning Lorne Michaels "wanted to produce a comedy show that would break all the rules."
http://have-you-met-ted.com/2012/season-7-episodes-23-24-the-magicians-code/
9) I enjoyed this blog post because I watch How I Met Your Mother so I knew the content the writer discussed pretty well. I agree with the writer of the blog that it was a little ridiculous of both Ted and Victoria to up and run away together when they only knew one another for a few months before she left for Germany, especially considering she had been with her fiancé for around six years. I really like the characters of the show and the relationships they have with one another, but I think that Ted doing this on a whim is just a little ridiculous.
http://standupcomedy.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/dane-cook-vicious-circle/
10) I have nothing but positive things to say about this article. I completely agree with the author that Dane Cook is unequivocally overrated as a comedian. Cook is constantly loud and all over the place. He moves a lot around the stage with his limbs flailing all around as he yells to try and get his joke across. It is completely befuddling to me how Dane Cook is as famous, successful and revered as he is. The only thing I can remember enjoying that he did is when he guest-starred on Louie with Louis C.K. Cook wasn't even funny during that scene! He and Louie had a really strange, intense heart-to-heart. As someone who gets paid to make people laugh, Cook shouldn't want to be recognized for strange, intense heart-to-hearts.
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