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Post by G✇JI☈A on May 22, 2019 1:45:41 GMT -5
The people that order 25 bucks worth of food at a local diner, eat two bites then leave. 90% of TV handles food like they have never eaten before. The other 10% you can tell the actors are just chowing down and having a good time. A lot of that is an acting choice. Seasoned actors will barely take a bite because you sometimes have to do a lot of takes and the food is usually cold so you don't want to have to take a bunch of bites of food you have to eat. It can also mess with continuity. Patton Oswald said he learned his lesson after he decides to take a huge bite of cake for a scene and he had to do take after take of eating this huge bite of cake and he never did that again. Another story like that during the filming of “The Wolf of Wall Street” .. a scene featuring Jonah Hill and Leo DiCaprio at a table. I can’t remember who did it to who. But during the scene one of the actors pranked the other and put some shrimp in the mouth of the other to get them to eat it. But this being a Martin Scorsese film, he liked this improvisation, but demanded multiple takes... and the actor ate so much shrimp, he end up feeling sick.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 22, 2019 1:46:15 GMT -5
They do that because in TV shows they have to move the plot along quickly and it takes time to tear wrapping paper off a gift box (and also it's noisy). It's much quicker to just have the actor lift the lid off a box to reveal what the gift is so they can move the scene along. Plus, if they have to do another take all they have to do is put the lid back on the box instead of re-wrapping the box or having another wrapped box prop there. I know, but nobody I have ever met in real life wraps a gift like that. That's a thing that happens only in movies and TV that I notice and it's a little thing that bugs me. Granted, now I know more people who buy those 'gift bags' and put presents in that with just paper covering it instead of proper wrapping. Gift boxes are the shit. You should really do that. Why would I spend time getting you a gift, then think of the proper wrapping, wrap all pretty, bows and shit and have you destroy it? Just open it up, get your gift and reuse the box the nest time. Maybe if you have kids it's different, but I really don't need Grandma spending 25 minutes wrapping socks only to have me make a giant f***ing mess of the living room at Christmas.
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Post by brentreznor on May 22, 2019 1:55:53 GMT -5
Whenever a person on TV comes home from the grocery store, they always have a baguette sticking out one of the bags. According to sitcoms, baguettes are the most popular food item in America.
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Post by arrogantmodel on May 22, 2019 2:08:15 GMT -5
Whenever a person on TV comes home from the grocery store, they always have a baguette sticking out one of the bags. According to sitcoms, baguettes are the most popular food item in America. Usually see some loose celery and paper towels too. I know there's been investigations on what the real life cost would be of some famous tv apartments (Friends, Seinfeld, etc.) but seriously, some of these people shouldn't be living there.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on May 22, 2019 4:32:08 GMT -5
Suddenly a fan
From out of no where a character reveals they are a big fan of a famous actor/musician(s)/athlete/wrestler etc etc..... coincidentally this guest starring celebrity will happen have their car breakdown right outside the show’s character’s house.
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Post by Spider2024 on May 22, 2019 6:30:16 GMT -5
Whenever a person on TV comes home from the grocery store, they always have a baguette sticking out one of the bags. According to sitcoms, baguettes are the most popular food item in America. I mean baguettes are very delicious. French bread just might be the best form of bread.
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Post by agent817 on May 22, 2019 8:11:26 GMT -5
The people that order 25 bucks worth of food at a local diner, eat two bites then leave. 90% of TV handles food like they have never eaten before. The other 10% you can tell the actors are just chowing down and having a good time. A lot of that is an acting choice. Seasoned actors will barely take a bite because you sometimes have to do a lot of takes and the food is usually cold so you don't want to have to take a bunch of bites of food you have to eat. It can also mess with continuity. Patton Oswald said he learned his lesson after he decides to take a huge bite of cake for a scene and he had to do take after take of eating this huge bite of cake and he never did that again. I noticed this in an episode of Mom recently. Allison Janney's character was eating a burger. There were a few takes that look like there were bite marks on it, but in the final cut, at least the final bit before cutting into another scene, she was chewing, but it looks like the burger had not been bitten at all.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 22, 2019 9:23:02 GMT -5
I've worked as a teacher and I can't tell you how bad a review from your manager would be if the bell went when you were midway through explaining something like it does in every f***ing TV lesson. Just shouting 'read chapter 4!' sure as shit ain't getting the job done.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on May 22, 2019 11:09:03 GMT -5
You brush your teeth after you eat? Uhhhh...yeah. Not immediately after, but why brush your teeth and then go dirty them again before going to work? Besides, toothpaste and orange juice is disgusting. The idea is that it's supposed to protect them while you're eating, rather than clean them afterwards.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on May 22, 2019 12:52:13 GMT -5
You brush your teeth after you eat? Uhhhh...yeah. Not immediately after, but why brush your teeth and then go dirty them again before going to work? Besides, toothpaste and orange juice is disgusting. The idea is that it's supposed to protect them while you're eating, rather than clean them afterwards.
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Post by Paul on May 22, 2019 13:06:43 GMT -5
Uhhhh...yeah. Not immediately after, but why brush your teeth and then go dirty them again before going to work? Besides, toothpaste and orange juice is disgusting. The idea is that it's supposed to protect them while you're eating, rather than clean them afterwards. Your teeth don't need to be protected from one meal. They need be cleaned after you eat, not before.
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Post by Kyle Butler on May 22, 2019 17:52:56 GMT -5
Piggybacking on taking one bite and leaving a restaurant... When someone gets a can of soda or a bottle of water out of the fridge, takes one sip and just leaves it sitting there. Usually, the character or whole group exits the location soon after. Is this really a thing? At least we know Kramer thought he could get away with drinking half a can of soda.
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Post by fw91 on May 22, 2019 19:21:04 GMT -5
Cooking hot homemade breakfasts on a weekday morning for a big family. Like how the hell does anybody have the time?
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Post by agent817 on May 22, 2019 21:08:19 GMT -5
Cooking hot homemade breakfasts on a weekday morning for a big family. Like how the hell does anybody have the time? Especially that early in the morning.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on May 22, 2019 22:14:24 GMT -5
Cooking hot homemade breakfasts on a weekday morning for a big family. Like how the hell does anybody have the time? Especially that early in the morning. Yeah how early do people get up to cook breakfast, prepare it, and have whole conversations before having to leave for work... and it’s already bright and sunny?
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Post by arrogantmodel on May 23, 2019 2:08:34 GMT -5
Especially that early in the morning. Yeah how early do people get up to cook breakfast, prepare it, and have whole conversations before having to leave for work... and it’s already bright and sunny? And it's like everybody gets their own Denny's Grand Slam. They got pancakes, sausage, eggs, bacon, etc.
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Post by Paul on May 23, 2019 2:54:46 GMT -5
A bowl of Fruity Pebbles being "part of a complete balanced breakfast" shown with 4 pieces of toast with jam, a glass of milk, a glass of orange juice, a bowl of diced strawberries and blueberries, a bran muffin, a ham steak...
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Post by arrogantmodel on May 23, 2019 3:04:41 GMT -5
It's 2019. And yet, whenever somebody is playing a video game, their thumbs are going a million miles an hour, mashing buttons, and moving the controller around. And looking intense.
Like...you can just sit back and play a game completely calm. It's not that serious.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on May 23, 2019 3:15:48 GMT -5
It's 2019. And yet, whenever somebody is playing a video game, their thumbs are going a million miles an hour, mashing buttons, and moving the controller around. And looking intense. Like...you can just sit back and play a game completely calm. It's not that serious. Not done as much these days. But as recently as a decade ago, when you couldn’t see the screen but can hear the audio .. the game always sounded like it was being played on a Atari 2600 .. probably Pac Man 2600
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Post by Cvslfc123 on May 23, 2019 3:57:20 GMT -5
Cooking hot homemade breakfasts on a weekday morning for a big family. Like how the hell does anybody have the time? And then one character will always be running late, will grab a piece of toast, take one bite, then run out.
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