Birth of Television Comedy, Monday, First Period

[chosehumanity]

"Not all comedy on TV is fiction," Mitchell began. For some godforsaken reason, he'd thought it was a good idea to take them out onto the dorm lawn for class today. He had his reasons. "Actually, the medium allows a lot of reflection on what's going on right then and there in the world, because as far as visual media goes, the internet is the only thing faster than the telly."

In some senses, anyway.

"They can respond to anything that happens in the news almost instantly. Like sports." Grin. "So we're going for something a bit recent now. Apres Match, since it's football season." Beat. "Proper football. I want you lot to watch the next few clips, and then... take a jersey--" He pointed at the stack of red-and-blue jerseys by his side, "--the ball, and play some football. If you can't work out the rules, just... pay attention to the program."

Another slight pause. "But play nice. I don't want this turning into the Battle of Nuremberg."

Comments

Sign In

[chosehumanity]

Sportsmanlike!

Re: Sign In

[therewaslife]

Nobody Owens

Re: Sign In

[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

Delirium

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby Drake

Listen to the Lecture

[chosehumanity]

Or grab a jersey and bemoan your fate.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[therewaslife]

Bod picked out a jersey while he listened to the lecture. He draped it over one shoulder while he listened and hoped that he wouldn't get sunburned.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

Jerseys and football.

This was going to end badly.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[longislandiceme]

Bobby had grabbed a jersey and was just nervously fiddling with it as he listened to the lecture.

Watch the Laptop

[chosehumanity]

Which he's dragged out onto the lawn, yes, with a smattering of Apres Match clips.

Reeling In The Years 1998 World Cup
International Rules
Beckham & Erikson spoof
Ronaldo, Best Player In The World?

Play Football!

[chosehumanity]

Or wear jerseys and kick balls back and forth. Whatever, Mitchell just wants to see you running about.

Re: Play Football!

[therewaslife]

Having slid the jersey on earlier, Bod grabbed a ball and started kicking it around, just to get used to things. He'd seen the sport on television, of course, but hadn't ever played for himself.

Re: Play Football!

[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

Del wanted a whistle.

"Can I be referee? Referees have all the fun and can throw red cards at people." She was apparently asking anyone around, as the teacher was somewhere else.

Re: Play Football!

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe had pulled on a jersey and was kicking the ball around. This was more to her taste than some other sports so she was smiling.

Talk to the TAs

[chosehumanity]

See if they're much for sports.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[bitten_notshy]

Jack wasn't normally athletic by any stretch of the imagination, but he made an exception for football -- he was fast and smart, and that made up for a certain lack of brawn.

He yanked on a jersey and decided to play with the students today.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[vanillajello]

"I think this is only barely relevant to this class," Kate remarked, tugging on the hem of her jersey. "But then again, I've also played laser tag in a writing class. I probably should know this is how it goes by now."

Re: Talk to the TAs

[bitten_notshy]

"I'd say not relevant at all," Jack answered. "I don't care, though. I like football."

Re: Talk to the TAs

[vanillajello]

Not much for sports, no. But Kate had had an okay enough weekend to not get her mood dampened by pulling on a jersey. Who knew? Playing might even be kind of fun.

Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

Who's wearing his sunglasses and staying out of the sun, but otherwise looking cheery.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[bitten_notshy]

"Can Kate and I be goalies assuming she tags in?" Jack inquired. The weekend had been only slightly unsettling, and now he had a more important topic on his mind.

... whether Kate wanted to be a goalie or not was a question not much on his mind.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"If you can talk her into it," Mitchell said, graciously, and sounding a little amused for all that. It was a piece of slight overcompensation for the strangeness of the weekend, yes, but he was choosing to do so with some aplomb this time. "I didn't think you'd be eager to get a ball kicked at your head, mate."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[bitten_notshy]

By Jack's (extremely) relative standards, the weekend hadn't been that odd, though he had his questions about Tully. But he was inclined to count anything where no one died (or became deader than they had been before the weekend) as a success.

He smiled. "Having things hurled at me doesn't normally rank, but I'm not bad at blocking," he explained. "And I have a very hard head. I'll talk to her."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[vanillajello]

"Since when?"

... Kate, it's generally considered common courtesy to let people know what you're talking about before demanding answers.

But maybe she just figured he'd have been eavesdropping. Or that she'd been raising her voice prior to storming to him.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

And lucky her, Mitchell had... just been engrossed in egging on the students in their game, too. "...What?"

OOC

[chosehumanity]

2-nil for us in the first group stage match! \o/ \o/ \o/ HOL-LAND.