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Jon Kirwan wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:28:08 +1100, "David L. Jones"
> <altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just finished watching Season 1 of Big Bang Theory, and have started
>> on Season 2.
>> Is it just me or is this the most hilarious and well written TV
>> comedy ever for nerds?
>> They have one engineer in the mix, but few engineering jokes, it's
>> mostly physics or geek gags.
>> But what a great value show.
>> If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and give it a go.
>
> Hi, Dave.  I was pretty hopeful about Netflix'ing some of
> these after seeing a scene that was on Youtube, perhaps 6
> months back.  This scene is what caught my attention:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A03gbr6oY0
>
> They nailed the physicist/engineer thing nicely.  And it
> played neatly into the fun I have with my son, joking about
> the differences between the work life of theoretical and
> experimental physicists, too!  He and I found it putting that
> into a nice "box" to see.
>
> We got our first disk for the first season and I watched it
> with my wife.  We found the laugh tracks annoying, the humor
> cheap, and the appeal mostly puerile ... broadly speaking.
> Bear in mind that I've only seen perhaps the first four or
> five shows, though.
>
> There are some good moments (when I can ignore the laugh
> tracks.)  I'm _very_ glad to have watched that one scene.
> Most of it is difficult for me to wade through, though.
>
> If you know of some really good scenes to watch in the first
> season that you've already enjoyed (knowing that one which I
> considered 'nice'), I'd be interested in a pointer to the
> shows and perhaps the scenes within them.  I would like
> looking at two-minute-at-a-time high points.  I just can't
> wade through all the rest.

Sorry, I'm not scene based, I find almost every line and manerism hilarious 
in some way. The intricate story writing with it's blend of physics and nerd 
manerisms is what makes it great overall, just not the odd science or nerd 
joke scene.

> Maybe it is just because I can't stand the way they use the
> laugh tracks, though.  It reminds me of the very first show
> to really use them (which went overboard), "The Real McCoys"
> back in the mid 1950's.  That series had Walter Brennen and I
> liked him on other movies I'd watched before, but the whole
> show is simply unwatchable because of the laugh tracks.  A
> person says "Hi" and a laugh track plays.  Another says,
> "Well, I have to be going" and a laugh track plays.  It
> doesn't matter what's said... it's almost continuous.
> Destroys the show for me when it is inanely flooded with
> laugh tracks.  There's only so much I can stomach.

It's a shame you can't just relax and look past that stuff, as the material 
is just so brilliant.
I don't even notice the laugh tracks in the slightest, probably because I'm 
laughing at the exact same points.

Dave.

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