Sentences with phrase «of a sitcom based»

It's not a consistently hilarious flick, and the recurring gag about redneck «sheep shaggers» may make you feel queasy, but Madsen's always good for a laugh, and the VampAnon meetings and 12 - step title cards are funny enough to make you imagine the possibilities of a sitcom based around the organization.

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Of course there have also been massive flops, like Budweiser's ill - fated Bud.tv and the abysmal ABC sitcom based on Geico's Cavemen characters.

Unlike the traditional sitcoms based in New York and centering around the love lives of 20 - somethings, this new show explores the afterglow of settling down in your 40s... and still living in an affluent city.

We call your attention to the labors of John Vorhaus, a Los Angeles - based television sitcom writer with a specialized computer program and way too much free time, who has extracted what he calls the «secret meaning» of several sports names by turning them into anagrams.

Such fears may be based on cartoons and sitcoms and our culture's way of making fun of men, but two things became clear: The men all expected it, but it almost never happens.

Margaret Dale, anti-Tesco campaigner, based in the town that gave birth to BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.29 / 09/09 www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

Angelina Danielle's passion for acting recently landed her the principle role of Hope in the all Michigan based TV sitcom / film «Percipience» which is set to be released in 2016.

He was in small TV roles on the basis of his «build»; one of his early jobs on the weekly sitcom Topper garnered more fan mail than any other episode of that series.

Sherman - Palladino began her career as a producer and staff writer on the sitcom Roseanne in 1990, and her work would be the basis for much of the show's most critically acclaimed material, including an Emmy - nominated storyline about birth control.

Was cast as the 11 - year - old Adam in the sitcom The Goldbergs, which is based on the life of series creator, actor - comedian Adam Goldberg.

NBC's new DC Comics - based sitcom «Powerless» has officially been ordered to series this fall, and a quartet of new images shed light on the characters and superheroes that will be featured.

Deadline reports that Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, creators of How I Met Your Mother (and architects of one of TV's most infamous bait - and - switches), have just sold a new New York - based sitcom to CBS.

Starring: Paul Reubens, Jane Lynch, Bruce McGill, Matthew Lillard What you missed out on: You don't have to be a rocket scientist to guess the premise of this sitcom: it was intended to show all the shenanigans that go on inside the top - secret government base reputed to be the home of alien lifeforms.

Dad's Army is a light - hearted comedy based on the sitcom of the same name from the 60s and 70s, and features an all - star cast, including Catherine Zeta - Jones, Bill Nighy, Toby Jones, Michael Gambon, and Blake Harrison, all of whom have proven time and time again that they can easily handle comedic acting.

Parker Posey is the mother of a teenager (and The Closer's J.K. Simmons plays her blind ex-husband) in an NBC sitcom based on creator D.J. Nash's life.

In the opening moments of the new NBC sitcom — based on the British series of the same name — co-workers Alex (Hank Azaria), recently divorced, and Helen (Kathryn Hahn), whose fiancé died, are struggling with postcoital etiquette after their one - night stand, which, to hear the stars tell it, lets you know right off the bat that this is not your average love story.

The series, based on a British sitcom of the same name, traffics in a soft - spoken kind of comedy that I'm tempted to call «gentle,» but that would belie the series's finely honed edge.

Scripted comedy in games is great - Portal and Monkey Island are up there with any sitcom in terms of writing - but for me two games stand out in terms of delivering laughs on a consistent and persistent basis: - Dead Rising 2 - the ability to combine a plank of wood, a lawnmower, a chiselled jawline, a serious expression and a pretty floral dress leads to some of the greatest emergent comedy I've ever seen in a game.

Mystic Warlords of Ka'a is based on a fictional card game played by the characters in popular CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

The Adventures of Gilligan's Island (known on the title screen simply as Gilligan's Island) is a single player NES game by Bandai that is based on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island.

New York - based artist Keren Cytter's episodic video works evoke the format of sitcoms and daytime TV dramas.

Berezin creates animations, videos, and photographs that wryly recycle clips, commercials, television sitcoms, and other elements of pop culture to expose their base absurdity.

Early in 2011, however, an unlikely group of artists, comedians and writers worked together on The Last of the Red Wine, a radio sitcom based in the artworld.

Juries particularly like this feature because it matches their expectations of what they believe litigation is supposed to be based on television sitcoms.

Cast members of the sitcom including Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara and Ed O'Neill appear in a one - minute public service announcement for Everytown for Gun Safety, the New - York based nonprofit working with the Parkland students on the event.