James Urbaniak ([info]urbaniak) wrote,
@ 2009-05-14 22:44:00
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Those who do not remember comedy sketches are condemned to repeat them
Acceptable TV, 2007:

The Listener, premieres June 2009:



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[info]greyaenigma
2009-05-15 06:02 am UTC (link)
The voiceover in the second made it sound like one of those wacky comedy trailer remixes, like "Shining".

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[info]jestermotley
2009-05-15 06:10 am UTC (link)
Wow. Really?

They're actually doing that as a show?

I mean the premise is okay (though maybe somewhat "well duh") but god, that voiceover and the angst. I mean, dang. Ouch.

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Its called "The Dead Zone"
(Anonymous)
2009-05-15 07:20 am UTC (link)
look it up

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[info]urbaniak
2009-05-15 07:39 am UTC (link)
The Dead Zone isn't about a crimefighter whose contact with a scruffy misfit brings about a vision of an abducted blonde girl whom he rescues to the sounds of an acoustic power ballad.

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[info]vforventure
2009-05-19 02:53 pm UTC (link)
That acoustic power ballad was Seal. And he is awesome.

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[info]gummi_baby
2009-05-19 07:37 pm UTC (link)
Nope.

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[info]mimitabu
2009-05-15 07:23 am UTC (link)
ouch.

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-15 08:14 am UTC (link)
Damn you, Urbaniak! Now I want high five based telepathy/psychometry.

Would low fives and fist bumps also trigger it?

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[info]maguspsu
2009-05-15 02:48 pm UTC (link)
I would say low fives would be the realm of the nega-high fiver.

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[info]drd2001
2009-05-15 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Would low fives and fist bumps also trigger it?
No but grinds and humps would.

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[info]notoriousnoir
2009-05-15 08:00 pm UTC (link)
Dear god I hope not! If that person winds up within fist-bump range of Obama our national security is out the window!

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[info]zenithberwyn
2009-05-15 08:24 am UTC (link)
Sadly, there are precious few people who remember Acceptable TV.

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[info]ryan_speck
2009-05-15 10:21 am UTC (link)
I kind of miss Acceptable TV. Though it was always diminishing returns with that show.

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[info]angelnomoon
2009-05-15 01:36 pm UTC (link)
Is that Alessandro Juliani in the 'credits to the High-Fiver' as a Magician?

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-15 06:18 pm UTC (link)
also i believe an x-files episode and part of Unbreakable featured a similar "power"...


Jtree


(sad/side note...i'd probably watch the "highfiver" if'n it got greenlit...)

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[info]drd2001
2009-05-15 06:25 pm UTC (link)
Great. Now we all know that if a guy really had telepathic powers and was listening in on people's thoughts, he would not be solving crimes. Instead, he'd be hanging around outside the Playboy mansion, sitting in his car with some hand lotion and Kleenex.

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-15 08:59 pm UTC (link)
There's no money in jacking off outside a permanent bikini party; THERE IS MONEY in solving murders by telepathically finding out where a 6 year old girl's parents dumped her body after Dad lost his temper and punched her down the stairs.

And with that money (and fame) you can be INSIDE the Playboy Mansion.

Also, insider trading and whathaveyou. Telepathy makes

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-15 09:00 pm UTC (link)
There's no money in jacking off outside a permanent bikini party; THERE IS MONEY in solving murders by telepathically finding out where a 6 year old girl's parents dumped her body after Dad lost his temper and punched her down the stairs.

And with that money (and fame) you can be INSIDE the Playboy Mansion.

Also, insider trading, gambling and whathaveyou. Telepathy makes making money easy.

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-16 05:17 pm UTC (link)
No, there's not, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun!


P.S. don't read my thoughts. I'm in to weird sh*t.

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[info]the_automatik
2009-05-15 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Hahah, you are hilarious.

I want to stab "The Listener." What a piece of crap.

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[info]inkboy
2009-05-15 09:59 pm UTC (link)
Another shout-out for Acceptable TV! At most, you'd have to watch the same premise repeated 3 times, unlike SNL where there's no end to milking it.

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[info]noskilz
2009-05-16 06:02 am UTC (link)
Hopefully the show is better than the trailer. How big an influence do trailers have on a show's initial performance?

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-16 06:45 am UTC (link)
All these shows about telepathic people solving crimes are the most stupidly unimaginative thing in the world. The fact of the matter is, if telepathy really existed, these people would easily be ruling the world.

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-16 05:18 pm UTC (link)
How do you know they're already not?

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(Anonymous)
2009-05-19 05:14 pm UTC (link)
I knew you were going to say that!

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