Sitcoms

Herman Melville writes for Friends.

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So, you know when you’re watching a fairly uninspired sitcom, or a middle of the road comedy film, there’s that scene where two straight guys end up having to share a bed for the night and, invariably, when they wake up the next day, one guy has his arm around the other and they are all cuddled up and then they both freak out and jump up and act masculine? Or one wakes up and the other is so completely out of it, he doesn’t, and the one who is awake has to try to get himself out of the situation somehow?

You know how you watch that scene and say: “Oh, yeah. This again.”

That scene? You know that scene, right?

Did you know Melville invented it?

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February 2nd, 2009 / 5:39 pm