tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post5287510969729886062..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Get Over Yourself, AndyJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1098771685541884062007-02-12T13:35:00.000-05:002007-02-12T13:35:00.000-05:00Just for the record, I don't think Borowitz is a b...Just for the record, I don't think Borowitz is a bad writer (I liked <I>Fresh Prince of Bel Air</I>, which he created). I just think it's odd that he thinks he's the good guy in this story.Jaime J. Weinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-19579179115814483512007-02-11T22:27:00.000-05:002007-02-11T22:27:00.000-05:00Sorry, meant "good percentage of the episodes."Sorry, meant "good percentage of the episodes."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-21188071993967569662007-02-11T22:26:00.000-05:002007-02-11T22:26:00.000-05:00Let's not forget the Facts of Life was aimed at te...Let's not forget the Facts of Life was aimed at teenage girls, not writer-hipsters. The "Shoplifting" excerpt currently on youtube demonstrates the show was pretty good at taking a mundane plot (shoplifting is bad) and still finding twists to surprise the audience.<BR/><BR/>I do find it funny/creepy that "The Facts of Life" called their moral lessons "facts" -- and they felt the need to have one EVERY SINGLE SHOW. (Even one as mundane as "be yourself," probably the lesson for a good percentage of the audience.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-45010023830039813282007-02-11T07:38:00.000-05:002007-02-11T07:38:00.000-05:00I'm a big fan of your "sitcom" blog entries, and I...I'm a big fan of your "sitcom" blog entries, and I noticed that that Borowitz's claim that he would "write funny things for the girls to say", without, it seems, any thought as to *which* girl would be saying them, sounds a lot like what you said about the later seasons of The Simpsons, where the characters appear to "make interchangeable one-line jokes that could have come from anybody". I guess that's the sign of a bad sitcom writer - he or she thinks of the characters as mouthpieces to display the writers' wit rather than actual characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-27017315528334358042007-02-09T19:01:00.000-05:002007-02-09T19:01:00.000-05:00After reading that essay, I totally agree with you...After reading that essay, I totally agree with you - he does sound like a complete jerk, even if we all do recognize The Facts of Life wasn't a good show. At the same time though, Fresh Prince of Bel Air was immeasurably better, so maybe he does have some standing to speak against the older show...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com