Birth of TV Comedy, Monday First Period

[chosehumanity]

"Hey, good morning," Mitchell said to the students as they piled in. "We've got a small group this time, but I like that. After all, television comedy isn't for the faint of heart." He grinned a little. "In the next few classes, I'll be putting you all through a vigorous sitting of all sorts of comedies. The good and the bad. Don't let Television Without Pity close up your hearts to the power of the sitcom."

There was a little amused irony in his voice, yes. "But this is introduction week. First, let me introduce your teaching assistants for this period. The talented Kate Gregson, and the dashing Jack Priest." A little more of that irony, but he meant it fondly.

"To start things off, I get the pleasure of catching you during your very first round of introductions of the session, so... name, favorite style of humor, and tell me a joke."

He pointed. "We'll start with you, then."

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[chosehumanity]

Laughing!

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby Drake

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[vanillajello]

Kate Gregson

Listen to the Lecture

[chosehumanity]

Enjoy the bean-bag chairs. What? There's not many of you; Mitchell's going to abuse the space he can get.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[longislandiceme]

Oh yes, Bobby was going to flop right down in one of those beanbag chairs. Introduction day meant he didn't even have to pretend to take notes, excellent.

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[hrodberxtas.livejournal.com]

It didn't take much convincing to get Robin to throw himself down in one of the chairs.

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[therewaslife]

Bod hadn't really ever seen beanbags before but that didn't mean he wasn't going to try. It took him a bit to get comfortable and, once he did, he decided he liked these particular chairs.

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[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

Del had almost disappeared on the bean bag chair, and she was loving every moment of that.

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[iknowstuff.livejournal.com]

Layla kicked back and snuggled into her chair. It was reason enough to take the class alone.

Introduce Yourselves!

[chosehumanity]

Name, favorite style of humor, joke! Feel free to ping off each other if the urge strikes.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[longislandiceme]

"Hey," Bobby gave a little wave. "I'm Bobby Drake, and I'm a fan of, well. Banter, I guess? And pranks. I'm pretty good at those. And, um, a joke? Okay, sure:

A man runs to the doctor and says, 'Doctor, you've got to help me. My wife thinks she's a chicken!'

The doctor asks, 'How long has she had this condition?'

'Two years,' says the man.

'Then why did it take you so long to come and see me?' asked the shrink.

The man shrugs his shoulders and replies, 'We needed the eggs.'"

Yeah, it wasn't the best joke ever, but he really was more about playing jokes than telling them, honestly.

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[chosehumanity]

At least Mitchell snorted a little? "Ah, chicken jokes," he said, dryly. "The source of all humor."

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[vanillajello]

"I'm Kate Gregson, and ignore Mitchell's tone, because I really am talented." She sent a smirk his way. "And I guess my favorite type of humor is... witty oneliners, maybe? And like, snarky humor."

As about half the people in this class knew from personal experience.

"And I... don't really do jokes. I'm more of a sarcastic commentator."

Ditto.

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[chosehumanity]

"I think the better answer is," Mitchell said, ever so seriously, "That you're the joke."

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[hrodberxtas.livejournal.com]

"Robin Goodfellow. I guess my favourite jokes are pranks and pratfalls, but I appreciate most forms of humour, especially wordplay.". He tapped his chin thoughtfully for a moment.

"How bad is the economy? It's so bad, the Mafia are laying off judges. It's so bad that CEOs are downsizing... To miniature golf.". He grinned, "Ya ya, I'll be here all week, try the veal."

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[chosehumanity]

"That's headed more in the thigh-slapping area," Mitchell said. Paused. Thought it over, and added, "...Don't tell me you're into puns."

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[therewaslife]

"I'm Nobody Owens," he said, "though I go by Bod to avoid confusion. It's my real name and my parents didn't hate me."

That had become one of the more common ways of introducing himself since arriving here. Better to explain up front, he'd decided.

"And...I don't know if I have a favorite style. I haven't really been exposed to comedy save for in the last year. Before that, there was nothing to really base a judgment off of. Though, I did know some authors who thought they were particularly amusing. I mostly thought they were boring but we were from different times. They were very old and I was very young. And I haven't gotten around to learning any jokes."

Bod shook his head at his lack of real introduction and made a note to, at least, learn one joke soon.

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[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

"I'm, um Delirium." Siiiiiiiilence. What was she supposed to say no-- Ah! right. "Not really sure about a, um, style; some things are, well, funny. Kinda. Sometimes?" And now....right, the joke.

"The Teacher asked George: how can you prove the earth is round? And George replied: I can't. Besides, I never said it was."

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[iknowstuff.livejournal.com]

"My name is Layla Miller-"

And because she can't say it without saying her name:

"-I know stuff. My favorite type of humor is slapstick and... um. Joke. Right. Why did the Silver Surfer have to leave his job as a herald? He was Ga-lactose-intolerant."

...

"It's funnier in context."

Talk to the TAs

[chosehumanity]

When Mitchell's Minions ping in.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[vanillajello]

Kate was lounging happily in a beanbag chair. It was a fun class, she knew most of the people already, and she got to pretend she had some authority.

Life was good.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[bitten_notshy]

Mitchell technically hadn't told Jack to introduce himself, and he decided to take advantage of that by lounging as regally as one could manage in a beanbag chair and not saying a word.

It was more fun to watch everyone else, anyhow. He was still sizing most of the students up, and doing very important things like trying to look like he could not possibly have spent most of the last week as a terrier.

Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

Who is already pinged in.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[vanillajello]

So, Mitchell's Minions monkeys TAs had just snapped their fingers, and were now... Well. Waiting for Mitchell to look their way, pretty much.

And Kate wasn't even smirking.

OOC

[chosehumanity]

Sigh, account renewal day.