Don't make me do a clip show.

Self joke on Gump Roast, or just coincidence?

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"Look you're punching the cat right now"

It was probably planned off of Gump Roast, but whether they knew that MOM would follow with a clip show is up in the air...

"Tequiller" wrote in message news:Cfgz8.103$[email]...

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:26:42 GMT, "Tequiller" wrote:

Hmm, judging from the "sorry for the clip show" song, writers don't want to do clip shows, so why do they force them to do them? Is it because clip shows are cheaper, as they use scenes already done?

AG

"Alvaro G" wrote in message news:[email]...

I think they do it when they can't think of a story line and is in a rush to meet a deadline.

Hank the Rapper wrote:

It's very simple. FOX wanted 25 new episodes per season. The writers agreed to 24 plus one clip show.

Essentially, you're right, they don't have the time to do 25 in a season but they don't do a clip show for lack of ideas.

"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...

rush to

Anyone notice the jumping the shark reference at the end of that one?

Ever been to jumpingtheshark.com?

Brad

No, no one in here noticed Homer jumping the shark and no one has ever heard of jumptheshark.com...

We love newcomers, but please, check out what's been posted 600 times already...

"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...

LOL. I love the inclusive "we" in there. Some peple have other things to do than to scan thousands of posts looking for alleged "600" posts about jumping the shark in order to determine whether it's acceptable to post an observation to appease some elistist Usenet person. Clearly, you DON'T "love newcomers" or you wouldn't have gone through the effort to make a snide post like you did.

Brad

So, what you're saying is you don't have 30 seconds to use the search features on your usenet viewer to see if the answer to your question is already here, but you *do* have at least 20 or so minutes to post the question and wait for someone to answer?

"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...

It takes you 20 minutes to write a post? Wow, I feel for you, man.

I made an off handed observation. It's hardly my fault you're a lonely little man with nothing better to do but play the role of the comic book guy on the NG.

Brad

"Alvaro G" wrote in message news:[email]...

They are only physically able to make x number of episodes per season. Fox has it written into the contract that they do one clip show per season, just as a way of squeezing one more out.

Yours truly, Some bozo

"Tequiller" wrote in message news:...

"Gump Roast" was actually intended to follow last night's episode as the second half of a one-hour block; the "clip show" line was included with that in mind. Then the schedule changed.