Another reason to hate "The Big Bang Theory"

[Tdarcos]

I happened to pop in on another episode of The Big Bang Theory and mostly when I've seen it it's either unfunny, dreary or tedious. (Actually, the nerdy guy on the show would probably have said "and/or tedious".)

They were doing one part in the show that actually had some funny dialog, and the thing is I now kind of get why some people are bothered by my comments here.

Anyway, at one point the guy brings out some retro video games as a suggestion for playing, and the one he tries to push is none other than "Zork I", and the other guy says something to the effect that it was terrible and it sucks meatballs.

Bastards.

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I would like Paul's opinion of the TV show "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia".

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Paul, please watch this and tell us what you think.

http://www.snogglenews.com/shows/sunny/s07e07

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I would like Paul's opinion of the TV show "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia".

"I have enough brain damage, I try very hard to avoid acquiring any more."

[Tdarcos]

Paul, please watch this [IASIP] and tell us what you think.

The title lies, just like Albert Hammond's song It Never Rains In Southern California.

Now, maybe it's just their friends during that part of the day, but how can they run a bar that isn't doing business continuously all day long? Even if your profit margin is 100% on drinks - and I'm not sure it's that much - you probably have to do a minimum of 1500 drinks a day, maybe a couple thousand, to cover overhead and maybe make some profit, which means you had better be doing a good volume. And bars have to close part of the day to keep people from drinking all the time, presumably you have to close - either actually close or at least stop selling anything alcoholic - from 2 or 3 in the morning until probably 10 or 11. That means the time you have to sell booze is 11 until 2. That's 15 hours, and the numbers indicate you had better be pushing an average of upwards of 200 drinks an hour. That's 3 a minute, all day long.

Figure that even if you're the owner you still need to pay yourself a salary (you have your own expenses) and possibly take a profit on the money you sunk into the place, you've got rent on the bar, salaries of other employees, taxes, insurance, etc. Your nut is probably about $4,000 a day. If your profit on a bottle of beer is $2 - that is, you're selling a bottle that costs $2 at the grocery store for $4 - you'd have to do on the order of 2000 bottles a day. Or if your drinks bring in $3 more than cost, you still need about 13-1400 a day of those. Or some mix of the two. If your place of business isn't regularly busy you soon will be out of business.

Or whatever it is, I just looked it up on the Internet, I saw one place having a price list for beer in stores, Budweiser and Coors sell for $4.99 for a 12-ounce six pack, so it's less than $1 a bottle. So even if you're getting $3 a bottle at your bar (I saw one note that said bottled beers are around $2.50 to $3.50 in a bar, so that's about right), you'd still need to do multiple thousands every night.

Now, as for this episode.

When I saw the opening I thought the short guy was Danny DeVito and I wondered how they can afford him, he's not exactly a low-level actor. Then I found out I was right. And for the amount he did in that segment of the show I thought he was wasted as far as what he could do.

The game was stupid, and didn't really make much sense. Plus, even if the guy could actually be stoic and stand having his hand nailed with a steel dart, he needed to immediately go to the hospital either to get his hand stitched or to get a tetanus shot. I also suspect a real injury to the hand of that type would have bled a lot more than a drop or two on the palm.

And it kind of surprised me by the dialog, I had forgotten it was a cable show rather than broadcast, when the guy says "suck my dick."

Next time I should consider this a game, and ask for my $3 (for 1/2 hour of analysis) ahead of time. Then if the show is any good I'll waive the fee.

My review of this show?
"Well, that's another 25 precious, irreplaceable minutes of my life that I'll never get back."