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chosehumanity ([personal profile] chosehumanity) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2010-05-10 07:19 am
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Birth of TV Comedy, Monday First Period

"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."

[[ wait for the ocd up! ]]
longislandiceme: (laughing)

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[personal profile] longislandiceme 2010-05-10 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Bobby Drake
longislandiceme: (grin)

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[personal profile] longislandiceme 2010-05-10 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
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.
longislandiceme: (thinking)

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[personal profile] longislandiceme 2010-05-10 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
"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.
vanillajello: (Laughing.)

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[personal profile] vanillajello 2010-05-10 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
Kate Gregson
vanillajello: (Yeah sure.)

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[personal profile] vanillajello 2010-05-10 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
"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.
vanillajello: (Smug.)

Re: Talk to the TAs

[personal profile] vanillajello 2010-05-10 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
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.
awakestheghosts: (Chloe Smiling)

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[personal profile] awakestheghosts 2010-05-10 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
Chloe Saundres
therewaslife: (↑ | fast times)

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[personal profile] therewaslife 2010-05-10 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
Nobody Owens

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[identity profile] hrodberxtas.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
Robin Goodfellow

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] hrodberxtas.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
It didn't take much convincing to get Robin to throw himself down in one of the chairs.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[identity profile] hrodberxtas.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
"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."
therewaslife: (→ | observant lean)

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[personal profile] therewaslife 2010-05-10 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
"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.
therewaslife: (→ | boy interrupted)

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[personal profile] therewaslife 2010-05-10 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
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.
bitten_notshy: ([neu] on the edge)

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[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2010-05-10 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
vanillajello: (All amused at you.)

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[personal profile] vanillajello 2010-05-10 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate had no idea Jack had been a terrier. And that was a sad, sad thing.

She did notice the other thing though. "So, 'dashing' was enough of an introduction?"
bitten_notshy: ([pos] 'cause I'm cute)

Re: Talk to the TAs

[personal profile] bitten_notshy 2010-05-10 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is there really anything else to say?" Jack wanted to know, with the hint of a grin. "Besides, I graduated. It's everyone else's turn to say their names fifty times this week."
vanillajello: (Smiling and about to talk.)

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[personal profile] vanillajello 2010-05-10 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"You graduated, and yet we still didn't get rid of you. How unfortunate," Kate replied, smirking. Not that she was in any hurry to get rid of him. He could be amusing.

She nodded vaguely in Mitchell's general direction. "Not sure what his excuse is, though. He didn't actually introduce himself either."

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[identity profile] mania-endless.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Delirium

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[identity profile] mania-endless.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Del had almost disappeared on the bean bag chair, and she was loving every moment of that.

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