Sentences with phrase «of sitcom»

As a result, newly married men can end up assuming that as long as they don't make the mistakes of sitcom husbands, everything will be easy.

For example, simply viewing an episode of the sitcom Friends has been shown to reduce anxiety three times more effectively than sitting and resting.

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.

The next instalment of the sitcom at Project Arts Centre, The Last of the Red Wine (the prequel / sequel), dissects the mix of people and personalities involved in the original project and examines the processes of self - representation in their individual practices.

will consist of a gallery installation of the stage - set of Grossmalerman's painting studio upon which five episodes of the sitcom The GROSSMALERMAN Show!

The declaration was an immediate critical success, and Syms has continued a prolific literary career, writing essays, autobiographical fiction, and the pilot episode of a sitcom titled She Mad, the latter of which appeared in the 2015 New Museum Triennial.

«It's an continuation of an episodic project I started last year, that uses the framework of a sitcom to think about identity and the production of it,» explains Syms to The Creators Project.

Basically you've got the equivalent of one of those sitcom «memory» episodes in the game's campaign and it is about as much fun to watch.

At the height of the sitcom's popularity, the free - spirited terrier generated more fan mail than his human co-stars.

but plenty probably are (Broadway actors, maybe the masses of sitcom actors, etc, perhaps writers).

Rowell's new novel, Landline, aims to capture adult fans with the story of sitcom writer Georgie and the conflict between her relationship with her best friend, the womanizing Seth, and her husband, the long - suffering Neal.

Johnson was lucky to land Gordon - Levitt for the role; a veteran of the sitcom 3rd Rock From the Sun, he's proved a formidable dramatic actor in indies like Manic (2001) and Mysterious Skin (2004), and in Brick he holds the screen as powerfully as Jack Nicholson in Chinatown.

Host John Mulaney plays the creator of a sitcom «exclusively focused on the sexual ramifications» of a son and father switching bodies

Contrary to what the title would lead one to believe, this is not a true adaptation of the sitcom centering around Darrin and Samantha Stephens, a normal young couple settling into married life in the suburbs — except for the little fact that she's a witch.

The success of the film rests a great deal on the shoulders of Will Smith, who seems perfectly at home in the middle of the sitcom antics (the Fresh Prince did earn his acting chops on TV comedy), while allowing his supporting cast to have their moments to shine.

The setup is straight out of a sitcom pilot, the characterizations broad, the results unsurprising: reawakened joie de vivre, a stiff upper lip relaxed via contact high, and an unlikely late - in - life romance, which comes by way of Bif's grumbly, pot - smoking fix - it man and occasional dance partner, Charlie (Spall), who lives on a barge.

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.

My Blind Brother could have said a lot more about the mechanics by which people consider themselves «good;» it brings up the subject a lot, only to set it aside in favor of sitcom antics (which, to be fair, are mostly diverting in a low - key sort of way).

The producers of sitcom TWO AND A HALF MEN have shut down production on the series for the rest of the season following troubled star CHARLIE SHEEN's...

This section of the film takes on the feel of a sitcom, which makes for an excellent alteration to the pace and tone.

Pirate Radio is neither historically accurate enough (it can't even stick to its year of 1966 to provide its tunes, some of which came out a little after («Jumpin» Jack Flash» is from 1968, as is «So Long, Marianne» by Leonard Cohen, to name but two) to provide interest in a bit of pop culture history, nor is it consistent enough to sustain its good cheer without collapsing from the weight of its own cutesy manipulations in its characters for laughs, It's not so much a story as it is a collection of sitcom moments meant to induce laughter and mirth, mixing it with all of the best rock tunes of its era.

Indulgent, sweet, and staged with all the visual panache of a sitcom (albeit a sitcom shot on 35 mm by Martha Marcy May Marlene cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes), the film doesn't find the Knocked Up director stepping forward or sideways so much as rocking a new wardrobe and standing in place.

The film's first hour fits Sony's description of the film as a «wicked comedy,» offering some gleefully mean - spirited laughs as Kathryn and Sebastian not only plot Annette's ruin, but that of the innocent and naive (to put it mildly) Cecile (an effectively over-the-top Selma Blair, Zoe of the sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane), whose boyfriend rejected Kathryn.

Atlanta goes heavy on the callbacks, which is to be expected of any sitcom that strives to build its own alternate reality.

In his feature directorial debut, A.C.O.D., Stu Zicherman has taken the premise for the episode of a sitcom, and turned it into a film that's not only funny, but also surprisingly relatable for audience members represented by the title's acronym, «Adult Children of Divorce».

INDEPENDENCE DAY was Smith's mega break - out film after 6 years of his sitcom THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL - AIR.

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.

Co-creators and co-stars of the sitcom «Schitt's Creek» Eugene Levy is photographed for Los Angeles Times on March 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

The English Patient was such a cultural phenomenon when it was released that Seinfeld built it into an episode of the same name during its 8th season (joining Schindler's List as Best Picture winner which serviced elements of the sitcom's plot).

Co-creators and co-stars of the sitcom «Schitt's Creek» Eugene Levy and Dan Levy are photographed for Los Angeles Times on March 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Originally made for the Showtime Network in 1986, this was not so much a spoof of sitcom conventions as a sitcom that invites the audience into the fabric of the genre: the star literally taking audiences into his home as his guest.

Cougar Town is the hidden gem of the sitcom world.

There are plenty of sitcom stars that have made a living by making us laugh, year after year (thank you, Betty White).

There's the phenomenon of sitcom stars striving to be taken seriously, and there's also the trend of teen stars trying to shake their squeaky clean image.

It's the age of sitcom heroes.

They have an easy chemistry with one another that resembles that sort of lived - in friendship that usually only comes across midway through the first season of a sitcom.

A shamelessly uninspired follow - up to the 2011 hit movie, Carlos Saldanha's latest is just plain tedious — a boring, overly familiar pastiche of sitcom problems, acted out by annoying animals, and scored with music that should make it all feel invigorating, not infuriating.

Except instead of sitcom - style humor you get jokes indiscriminately lobbed at the expense of four ethically bankrupt petit bourgeois know - nothings.

In a stroke of sitcom - ish storytelling, he doesn't seem to understand why his parents would be averse to letting Beth go outside, vacillating from «She's a zombie!»

The directorial debut of sitcom actor Zach Braff, many were impressed and surprised by the serious depth and eccentric writing in the script.

Fans of the sitcom Designing Women will recognize Ralph for her over-the-top portrayal of Meschach Taylor's ex-Vegas showgirl wife Etienne Toussiant Bouvier.

Grating, unlikable, annoying and un-watchable are the kindest words I can muster for this holy abomination of a sitcom.

1/24: CBS has ordered a 13 - episode revival of sitcom Murphy Brown, last seen in 1998.

In the first season of this sitcom, Jimmy (Chris Geere), a selfish and insensitive writer, and Gretchen (Aya Cash), a cynical and self - destructive PR executive, hook up at a mutual friend's wedding.

Imagine a Tyler Perry movie with slightly better framing (just slightly), a quicker pace, a sweet disposition, and the surface sheen of a sitcom and you pretty much get JUMPING THE BROOM (not the Noah's Arc movie btw).

Where the film began on a distinctly glum note, then built toward a spirit of renewal, the pilot episode of the sitcom starts out noisy and stays that way.

Grace, on the other hand, sheds all traces of his sitcom persona and proves that he's got what it takes to become a bona fide movie star.

Fans of the sitcom Green Acres (1965 - 71) will remember Moore best as self - contradictory agricultural agent Hank Kimball a role he reprised in a 1990 reunion film.

The introduction of the character of Artie - a high - school kid who's the target of bullies and Mean Girls - only adds another layer of sitcom - level bonding, as Shrek finds himself acting as a surrogate father for the kid he is hoping to force to assume the burdens of royal office.

Bonding; Courtship; Dating; Engagement; Mating; Meet market; Romance; Singles event; Wedding The Ex-Girlfriend is the first episode of the sitcom Seinfeld» s second season, and is the show's sixth episode overall.