COMEDY SHOW
My two favourite comedy shows...Ally McBeal and Friends.
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart)is a comedy-drama which highlights the life of a young professional woman's career and her private life.
Ally McBeal is a young female lawyer in Boston who recently joined the law firm of Richard Fish, a former law school buddy. Upon joining the firm, Ally is surprised to learn that her childhood sweetheart, Billy Thomas, also works there. Ally and Billy have a long history together, an on again- off again relationship since about age 7. Ally even joined law school to be close to Billy, but the relationship floundered when she made law review and he didn't.
Ally is a peppy, honest, straightforward kind of woman who has a hard time believing what a mess her life is already. Throughout the show, some of Ally's thoughts are projected out loud, and in "visions", such as the popular dancing baby. Ally and Billy still have deep feelings for each other, although neither of them would act on them. It creates strong tension between them at times, which is a recurring theme throughout this series.
Billy is an honest, gentle, caring man. He finds himself still connected to Ally although he has now moved on and married a lawyer named Georgia(Courtney Thorne-Smith -formerly of Melrose Place) Ally has a hard time believing that Billy has moved on, and finds herself trying to hate Georgia, but just can’t. Ally and Georgia become friends, in spite of everything.
Other characters include Richard Fish, the owner of the firm who is out for the big bucks, no matter what the cost. He is flip, funny, and sometimes totally oblivious to others' feelings. His favorite saying is "bygones" which enters into most conversations. He likes older women, and is currently involved with a judge named "Whipper" played by Dyan Cannon.
John Cage(nicknamed the Biscuit) is an eccentric lawyer with quite a few quirks, such as "taking a moment" during law proceedings, or humming to get through a difficult moment. He is Ally's boss, and a partner in the firm. He is funny without even trying.
Renee is Ally's roommate and works for the District Attorney's office. She is funny, smart, and really understands Ally. In contrast to Ally, she is doesn't have a lot of the hang-ups, and is not afraid to go for what she wants.
Elaine is Ally's secretary and quite a busybody. She is always walking into rooms at precisely the wrong time, and always offers her opinion on things. She is quite a "wordsmith" as she likes to be called, and tells Ally often that she is "snappish".
Most episodes have a scene in a local bar, where Vonda Shepherd is singing some of her great material. She also sings the opening song "Searching my Soul".
This funny, well-written show explores Ally's life and career and the struggles she goes through in everyday life. All of the characters in the show play an integral part in her life, and help try to guide her.
It is so funny we laugh hysterically, yet other parts can make you cry.
Friends
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer star in this hit comedy about six close-knit young friends living in New York City.
Beginning its eighth season as the leadoff series on NBC’s enormously popular “Must See TV” Thursday night lineup, “Friends” continues to
gain critical acclaim and ratings success. The series reigns as the No. 1 comedy and top-rated 8 p.m. series on television.
Since its debut season (1994-95), “Friends” has received 33 Emmy Award nominations, including four for Outstanding Comedy Series. The cast won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1996 for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series and has been nominated three times (1996, 1997, 1998) for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy. “Friends” won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite New Comedy Series in its first season, and has since won twice more as Favorite Comedy Series.
The series focuses on the friendship of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other’s apartments and share sofa space at Greenwich Village’s “Central Perk” coffeehouse. Monica (Cox Arquette) is a chef with an obsession for neatness and order in her life. She is also married to Chandler (Perry), a dry wit who is never at a loss for words. Across the hall is Chandler’s longtime roommate Joey (LeBlanc), an actor currently on “Days of Our Lives” playing a man with a woman’s brain.
Sharing his apartment is Rachel (Aniston), Monica’s best friend from high school and former roomie. Rachel works for a fashion designer and is still trying to get by without help from her well-to-do father. Across the alley from Monica and Chandler is Monica’s hapless brother Ross (Schwimmer), a teacher who has been divorced three times, including once from Rachel following a reckless weekend in Las Vegas. Rounding out the circle of friends is Monica’s ex-roommate, Phoebe Buffay (Kudrow), an offbeat, eternally optimistic folk singer and massage therapist, who gave birth to triplets as a surrogate mother for her half-brother and his wife.
Other Comedies
I also like other comedy shows...mostly from the US.Frasier,Will and Grace,Ellen,Titus,That 70`s Show,Third Rock From The Sun are all favourites too.
Of course there are the classic English shows,Morecambe and Wise,Only Fools and Horses and the old 70`s shows.
Yeah,i like to have a laugh,and go into Fantasy....as Buffy would say,`Bite
Me!` :+)
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