TV Shows based around a 'Teaser Relationship'
01-22-03, 09:24 PM
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Every NBC sitcom since Tartikoff died?
Guess it depends on what you mean by "based around"
Frasier was very Daphne/Niles early on. Friends was Ross/Rachel for years. Cheers was Sam/Diane for 5 years, then Sam/Rebecca for 5 more.
SportsNight was Casey/Dana for a good year plus.
Need a better definition I guess. A lot of ensemble shows evolve into teaser relationships. A lot of shows start off as teasers and finally give in because they can't write a decent plot anymore. So is the defintion of a "teaser" a show where they never get together? Or just a show where they milk it for a few years for cheap ratings?
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Guess it depends on what you mean by "based around"
Frasier was very Daphne/Niles early on. Friends was Ross/Rachel for years. Cheers was Sam/Diane for 5 years, then Sam/Rebecca for 5 more.
SportsNight was Casey/Dana for a good year plus.
Need a better definition I guess. A lot of ensemble shows evolve into teaser relationships. A lot of shows start off as teasers and finally give in because they can't write a decent plot anymore. So is the defintion of a "teaser" a show where they never get together? Or just a show where they milk it for a few years for cheap ratings?
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01-22-03, 09:39 PM
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The only one that comes to mind is Felicity. Ok, they looked like very nice gentlemen, so pick one and move on. It took 5 years for that to finally occur, and someone had to die in a dream for that to happen.
Then again, it took about a decade or so for "The Nanny" to get married to that guy. That was basically season after season of bad jokes, nasal voices, and lots of flirting.
Oh, and Luke/Lorelai on Gilmore Girls, Nina/Andy & Amy/Emphram on Everwood.
Then again, it took about a decade or so for "The Nanny" to get married to that guy. That was basically season after season of bad jokes, nasal voices, and lots of flirting.
Oh, and Luke/Lorelai on Gilmore Girls, Nina/Andy & Amy/Emphram on Everwood.
01-22-03, 09:57 PM
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the original... Moonlighting 
And maybe The Facts of Life... well, I always wanted to see Blair and Jo hit it off.
And maybe The Facts of Life... well, I always wanted to see Blair and Jo hit it off.
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01-23-03, 01:13 AM
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Three's Company - Jack was gay, but he never hooked up with his "best friend" Larry. At least that what I think the show was about, but I may have misheard a conversation in one episode and gotten the wrong idea.
Oh, and we can't forget about The Brady Bunch...
Oh, and we can't forget about The Brady Bunch...
01-23-03, 01:43 AM
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Originally posted by das Monkey
Greg and Carol, right?
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• Quoth Tscott •<HR SIZE=1>Oh, and we can't forget about The Brady Bunch... <HR SIZE=1>
Greg and Carol, right?
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01-23-03, 11:01 AM
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Originally posted by das Monkey
Greg and Carol, right?
das
• Quoth Tscott •<HR SIZE=1>Oh, and we can't forget about The Brady Bunch... <HR SIZE=1>
Greg and Carol, right?
das
01-23-03, 12:30 PM
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Wow, there are a lot. In fact, I can think of very few sitcoms that aren't based either around a teaser relationship or married couple (when obviously a teaser relationship is out of the question). I mean seriously, name any successful sitcom that hasn't had one. The only one I can think of is Seinfeld, which did the opposite by having Jerry and Elaine hook up and break up in the very beginning.
A better question would be: how many failed after the teaser relationship was consumated?
A better question would be: how many failed after the teaser relationship was consumated?
01-23-03, 01:18 PM
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Originally posted by fujishig
I mean seriously, name any successful sitcom that hasn't had one.
I mean seriously, name any successful sitcom that hasn't had one.
(not really a success and arguably a comedy, but........)
01-23-03, 11:15 PM
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Did anyone see Good Morning Miami tonite? I had it on in the background and was sort of listening to it. That guy made a pros and cons list about the chick he pseudo-likes; didn't they do that in Friends already? And his con was "She's not Dylan"? WTF?
01-23-03, 11:40 PM
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Originally posted by huzefa
Did anyone see Good Morning Miami tonite? I had it on in the background and was sort of listening to it. That guy made a pros and cons list about the chick he pseudo-likes; didn't they do that in Friends already? And his con was "She's not Dylan"? WTF?
Did anyone see Good Morning Miami tonite? I had it on in the background and was sort of listening to it. That guy made a pros and cons list about the chick he pseudo-likes; didn't they do that in Friends already? And his con was "She's not Dylan"? WTF?
01-24-03, 01:48 PM
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Originally posted by Tscott
Three's Company - Jack was gay, but he never hooked up with his "best friend" Larry. At least that what I think the show was about, but I may have misheard a conversation in one episode and gotten the wrong idea.
Three's Company - Jack was gay, but he never hooked up with his "best friend" Larry. At least that what I think the show was about, but I may have misheard a conversation in one episode and gotten the wrong idea.
Jack Tripper only pretended to be gay so that the landlord would let him live with the 2 girls. He was never actually gay.
If you want some REAL gay irony, look at Fraiser. Niles is in LOVE with Daphnie and "Bulldog" is a womanizer...in real life, they are both gay.
01-24-03, 01:56 PM
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Originally posted by DarthMarklar
I guess everyone's too young to respond to this so my "old" self has gotta step in.
I guess everyone's too young to respond to this so my "old" self has gotta step in.
This is obvious by him saying
I may have misheard a conversation in one episode and gotten the wrong idea
