The Worst Comedy On TV (Explained to Deaf People)
I was in the bar the other morning and noticed that the closed captions for comedy shows either don't match the original script or leave out important details to a joke. For example, {{muttering}} is an inadequate way to describe the late Estelle Getty clearing her throat to secretly call the dead Rue McLanahan a slut. I watch this closed captioning crap and I realize that deaf people must think we're idiots. That's why I volunteer my time as a closed captioning transcriptionist. The first job I ever had was on the hit CBS sitcom Shit My Dad Says:
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This is what I feel like when I see things like The Suite Life of Zack and Cody or Wizards of Waverly Place.
ReplyOr pretty much anything geared towards adolescents anymore.
As soon as I saw Shatner's picture and that this article was written by Seanbaby, I HAD to read it.
ReplySimply epic. All of it. This was the best thing I had read all day.
Reply"Shatner is reading these lines like they're on a ransom note that didn't get to him until his kidnapped children were already killed."
ReplyI will never, ever tire of the way you describe things.
Seanbaby has his finger on the pulse of American anger.
ReplyI thought Reeba was the worst comedy. On a dare, I watched an episode on youtube without the laugh track.
Replyits based on a twitter thing, although the tweets are actually funny, the shows writers should die in agony
ReplyI have thankfully never even HEARD of this show, so I trust it's got to be THAT f**kING GOD-FORSAKEN. [Nathan Explosion voice:] That's Awesuum!!
Reply"[female] OH GOD, CUT CUUUUTT!!!!! AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEE!! SORRY ABOUT THIS, DEAF PEOPLE." That's a grinner.
pastor bob..faaaart.. that alone almost killed me. genius sir.
ReplyYoure article is very funny and so is the premis but the example you used to pruve that the dialog is horible is not acurate. I know this because I've seen every episode of s**t my Dad Says and none of the episodes has said diolog in them wich leads me to beleave that you never saw even an episode. All I'm saying is you can have all the opions on all the tings you want but you shuld know what you are talking about first.
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesYou, my friend, are an idiot.
I'm really, really hoping that you're actually joking. No, PRAYING.
Wow. He's right, Seanbaby. (If that is even YOUR NAME, SIR.) You know, a little self control, and not too little, um, "Preparation," and, urm, I dunno, a-little-thing-I-like-to-call "Research" might be the answer for an "author" like yourself. Good day to you sir: KUDOS to you, Mr. KarlKnopf- I flap my foreskin in salute to your grasp of parody.
There are better ways to commit suicide then watching all the s**t my dad says episodes
LinkedIn invasion! Down to the misspelling of everyday words.
Holy s**t. I never realized that this was an actual show. I thought he just took clips from an obscure William Shatner show and Photoshopped the title card.
ReplyThis didn't really make me laugh. I actually like s**t My Dad Says just a little... well only because they have a cupboard door that sounds like Chewbacca when they open it :3 That is about it, cuz I love Chewie XD
ReplyTake a step back and literally f**k your own face.
He went full retard.
This show is so awful...I read the book and it was funny as hell, but then I saw the show..it was just sad. No self respecting comedy writer should ever allow their book be made into a sitcom. Worst idea ever.
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesNo way. I'd rather it never be read than in be turned into a sitcom. *shudder*
Or Twitter feed, for that matter!
oh god i thought this was just some random american sitcom id never heard of but i read that book how did they make a show out of a twitter feed?
I totally agree with Seanbaby, I've checked out the closed captioning on TV sometimes and some of it really sucks, being either too slow, misspelled, making ridiculous mistakes, or a combination of the above. I have to admit, it makes the superior attitude of certain deaf people just a little more understandable.
Replyi used to be a relay operator for the deaf, hard of hearing and the speech impaired and deaf people are goddamn retarded, actually, i don't care what anyone says. but it's probably because they don't understand tv shows, mostly.
It's been three hours since I clicked on the link to this article. The laughter will not stop. I'm alone in the dorm. By the time my roommate gets back, it will be too late. I've tried to get to the phone to dial 911, but the need to continuously slap my knees makes it impossible to walk.
ReplyThe pain in my chest...I can barely breathe. The spasms in my diaphragm have dislodged something, I'm sure of it. My heart, or perhaps my lungs? No matter. I leave that for the coroner to find out.
The blackness is closing in. It won't be long now...strengtuh faddidng...gettinijg hard t typr...with my last breath i curse you...seanbabyyyyyyyy
Too much man.
Cool. Story. Bro.
Honestly, the Twitter account was funny, but it was still hit and miss. Once the show came out, it was like the show being so awful made the Twitter account lose any humour it had.
ReplyFor an actually funny sitcom, watch Community.
Community is really the only think I find worth watching on TV anymore...
I recently watched a set of sitcoms on Wednesday night. Dont ask me their names. I didnt bother to remember them. They were some of the worst pieces of trash ive seen since the 5th season of sliders. If you're out of ideas, stop making shows, g*******t.
ReplyI agree, an episode of Sliders even traumatized me once.
Sliders got s**tty because they decided to try and appeal to a younger audience by replacing the older actors/characters with younger prettier actors/characters. What retard would think sliders could possibly work without Jerry O'Connell or John Reese Davies?
sitcoms are generally pretty crap. Especially live-action tv ones. Though Red dwarf is proof that a sitcom can be funny and awesome.
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesRiiiiight.
Daviticus was probably thinking of Series VII-VIII or something. But I think I-VI were great, with VII wobbling but still being watchable, and VIII was s**t, with TV sitcom cliches and random prison s**t added.
Well, I'm not sure...all I know is, I've never really liked that show. But then, I'm awfully hard to please when it comes to sitcoms!
I think we can all agree, at least, that any sitcom set in a living room are crap.
urm i did like the first 2 series quite a lot then after that i didnt mind it but i wasnt as fussed
I've seen maybe ten minutes of this show collectively. It's literally every American "family" sitcom you've ever seen in the last forty years, with Shatner as the centerpiece. While it's not the worst comedy ever, for worst currently on TV, it definitely has a shot at the title. The only saving grace is Shatner's signature delivery of every line, and even that wears thin rather fast.
ReplyHmmm. The worst comedy on TV versus the best comedy on the Internet. This sounds like a self-imposed challenge.
Reply...As well as a mismatch.