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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Re: Talk to Mitchell

[bitten_notshy]

"We thought you might have something better to do than eavesdrop," Jack piped up.

It helped cover for how foolish he felt, too.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"I did," Mitchell said, lowering his papers and raising his eyebrows in that direction. "But then two people started chattering like those women on the View." ... He got bored some mornings in Fandom.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[vanillajello]

Kate frowned. "Hey. No need to get insulting." Beat. "Even if knowing you watch the View is consolation enough, really."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[bitten_notshy]

Jack nodded in agreement. "We were just wondering what you wanted to be called, since you didn't introduce yourself during class."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"You don't show The Real Hustle," Mitchell said, defensively. It was totally a defense! "But they've got rosters, don't they?" Giving his full name just led to foolishness like people calling him John or something.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, but it's polite to introduce yourself."

Yes. Kate Gregson telling other people to be polite. Hypocrisy happened sometimes.

"You should think about the poor newbies. 'Sides, I was expecting you to say say you don't like getting called professor. Bod's gonna think I was making that stuff up."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[bitten_notshy]

"What's going on with Bod, anyhow?" Jack asked Kate, momentarily diverted from picking on Mitchell. "He was raised in a graveyard?"

Asked the boy who'd been adopted by a vampire.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"Sounds like he knows a few ghosts," Mitchell pitched in. "Nothing wrong with that." Hush.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[vanillajello]

Kate gave Mitchell a look and a faint smirk, then shrugged. "Yeah, he was raised in a graveyard by some ghosts."

And some guy called Silas, but she wasn't going to mention that.

"Not really even the weirdest story anyone around here has."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[bitten_notshy]

"It's odd, but not even the weirdest in this classroom," Jack had to agree.

He was assuming someone who called herself Delirium had not had the most conventional upbringing, and that was leaving himself out of the picture.

He turned back to Mitchell, "So, did you want to be called professor for a change?"

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell snorted. "Yeah, I try that, and they all start laughing," he commented. "I'm too young... looking to be a proper professor."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[vanillajello]

"Honestly, I think it's more the way you act than the way you look," Kate had to say.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell's eyebrows raised again and he said, mockingly, "Kate Gregson, are you telling me to act my age?"

...Usually when he did, things were, or were about to get, very bad.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[vanillajello]

"No, I prefer it when you act mine," Kate retorted. "Which is pretty much most of the time. Just saying, you don't act like a professor, and that's why they'd laugh."