In one episode they talk about a modeling agency in Sheboygan, which, as a resident of Sheboygan, was rather hilarious to me
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
true that the writing could be hacky sometimes but at the very least they deserve credit for not using the 70's as an easy punchline
also Red is pretty much the best sitcom dad of all-time
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
hmm i'd disagree i think the cast was pretty consistently elevating some of the weak material and had excellent chemistry. i mean it's actually probably a pretty prime example of a vv good sitcom cast.
I think it was specifically this show where I really started to notice how cast chemistry could make or break a show for me and started retroactively noticing it in previous faves
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
Mila Kunis was the sole reason i watched this show. the cast was pretty funny tho. the guy who plays Red was awesome in Robocop.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:04 (seven years ago) link
the man's name is kurtwood smith*
*i only remember this because literally no-one is called kurtwood other than this guy
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:20 (seven years ago) link
lots of weird names in that cast - Wilmer, Ashton, Topher, Mila...
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
Literally none of those names are weird.
― rb (soda), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:26 (seven years ago) link
weird as in, I don't know anyone personally with any of those names
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
earlier posters on otm, this is probably the last really good ensemble of the three-camera era. Not exactly a great show, but every cast member was a good to very good sitcom actor.
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
did any Christophers actually call themselves "Topher" before Topher Grace?
― soref, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:53 (seven years ago) link
Not exactly a great show, but every cast member was a good to very good sitcom actor.
yup, sums it up nicely
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
I knew a Topher prior to the show and everybody agreed that it was a weird name.
― how's life, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 23:37 (seven years ago) link
Like, the guy was intentionally being weird by going with that nickname.
Knew a guy named Chip, which isn't that weird, but it was short for Christopher.
Chip WalkenChip ReeveChip Gaines
― pplains, Thursday, 19 January 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
CHIP BITCOIN
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Thursday, 19 January 2017 02:53 (seven years ago) link
Bringing Christ Back Into Christopher.
― this device is capable of killing you without warning (Sanpaku), Thursday, 19 January 2017 02:56 (seven years ago) link
somehow fell into watching a few of these episodes because it's apparently the default show on IFC (?!?)
all I can say is that looking up what random cast members did post-show got weird when I was wondering why the sister, Laurie, was recast
the original actress did not fare well
on the bright side, she didn't live to be a scientologist Steve Aoki protege
― mh, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 00:51 (six years ago) link
also, calling back to the most recent posts, there was a dude at my magnet high school who went by Topher in, maybe, 1995ish? so it was a thing dudes did, but I have no idea where it originated
one of his peers was Dylan, pronounce die-lan
― mh, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
the other main thing I remember from this show was that I'd learned at some point that Wilmer Valderrama lived in Venezuela, met a coworker some years later, and nearly immediately tagged him as being from Venezuela from his accent
― mh, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
did he spit hot fi-yar?
― Who's puttin' sponge in the zings I once zung (stevie), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 09:27 (six years ago) link
the original actress for Laurie was so perfect for the part, recasting her was a dumb move. just write her out for Christ's sake
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 13:18 (six years ago) link
sheesh what was going on behind the scenes here
― frogbs, Sunday, 10 September 2023 14:59 (seven months ago) link
a lot of shady shit apparently
though my favourite thing from this recent drama was tangentially finding out that Topher Grace dealt with the discomfort of playing David Duke in BlacKkKlansman by making a 2-hour recut of The Hobbit trilogy (and apparently has made recuts of other trilogies like the Star Wars prequels)
― Roz, Sunday, 10 September 2023 16:20 (seven months ago) link
Interesting that a few people have come out to clarify that Topher wasn’t involved, not sure what they’re trying to imply about the rest of the cast
― frogbs, Sunday, 10 September 2023 17:53 (seven months ago) link
I've never knowingly seeing Topher Grace in anything, but I've been a fan ever since he went on The Daily Show to plug the movie Traffic and instead spent the entire time telling Jon Stewart the plot of the movie Wild Wild West, which he'd rented the night before.
https://www.cc.com/video/ugplhl/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-topher-grace
― Lily Dale, Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:54 (seven months ago) link