Friday OT #2 - It's My Safety
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Everybody Loves Raymond.
I've seen every episode several times and now I say the lines out loud before the actors do. My wife just rolls her eyes, shakes her head, and looks back down at her phone.
I've seen every episode several times and now I say the lines out loud before the actors do. My wife just rolls her eyes, shakes her head, and looks back down at her phone.
The Office - seen this several times through
Parks and Rec, New Girl, Always Sunny - seen a couple times through
Parks and Rec, New Girl, Always Sunny - seen a couple times through
Always Sunny and Workaholics for me. Will always be funny to me.
My other comfort "go to" is dumb, but it's Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. Just great mindless television to watch before bed.
My other comfort "go to" is dumb, but it's Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. Just great mindless television to watch before bed.
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I fall asleep to Everybody Loves Raymond every night.
EDIT: When the whole family is around for dinner we usually will have The Office on. Other favorites in our house are Friends, Parks & Rec, New Girl, HIMYM, Big Bang and South Park. I often have those on in the background while I'm working. Lately, I've been getting a kick out of watching re-runs of Match Game on IMDB. Takes me back to when it was on every day after school.
EDIT: When the whole family is around for dinner we usually will have The Office on. Other favorites in our house are Friends, Parks & Rec, New Girl, HIMYM, Big Bang and South Park. I often have those on in the background while I'm working. Lately, I've been getting a kick out of watching re-runs of Match Game on IMDB. Takes me back to when it was on every day after school.
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Food Network is an easy comfort "go to" for me too. I was watching it while I was in labor at the hospital. The nurses couldn't believe I would "torture" myself by watching food shows when I couldn't eat anything. Ha ha ha. Also, I have a list on my phone of DDD restaurants in cities I want to visit.
I love that show but I hate Ray’s wife. And I think she’s supposed to be the most normal one.
Debra's a total ***** but she's been completely sucked into the craziness
I don't actively seek out anything, but if Futurama or Archer are on Hulu, I'll gravitate towards those.
More often than not, I select some random sporting event. I've watched 15-30 minute segments of thousand upon thousands of basketball/football/hockey/soccer/baseball games in my life.
More often than not, I select some random sporting event. I've watched 15-30 minute segments of thousand upon thousands of basketball/football/hockey/soccer/baseball games in my life.
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Mine are all very similar: The Office, Seinfeld, Parks and Rec. For my wife, it's Dr. Pol and Dr. Oakley.
She read recently that this is pretty common for people with anxiety to prefer to watch the same shows over and over again. It's comforting because they know what's going to happen and don't get anxious from the plot.
I think the show did Debra dirty. In the first season or two, she's a normal wife living in a crazy situation, just trying to get by. She has a husband with a lot of antics that she rolls her eyes at, but that's about it.
However, after that, they did what a lot of sitcoms do - blow up certain parts of a character's personality for bigger laughs/ratings. If they can get good laughs when Debra gets mad at Ray in a reasonable manner, they know they can get way bigger laughs if she has a huge reaction. So they have to keep escalating until she's totally unreasonable/unlikable to play her off of the dopey, well-meaning buffoon of Ray. I've seen enough of them in hotel rooms when traveling to see the downhill roll.
Scrubs is one of my comfort shows that did the same thing. JD got laughs for being goofy and sometimes considered effeminate in the early seasons, although he was rooted in reality for the most part. After about season three or four, his character is this unlikable caricature that is only making dumb, exaggerated noises or faces. I think How I Met Your Mother did the same with Barney.
Seinfeld is also one I've seen a bunch! And I definitely have anxiety, so that makes sense.
ELR is great, but sometimes hits too close to home. My mother gave my wife one of my favorite recipes, but didn't taste as good as hers. My wife found out she didn't get the full recipe when she dug out my moms recipe cards and copied it from the source.
Where are you watching that? I tried to find it streaming a while back and couldn't.
For my shows, West Wing and Law & Order (the original series).
