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HalForums: The Sitcom

May 3, 2016#1

jwhouk

To aggregate this from the Whine thread:

The HalForums Family sitcom!

GasBandit as the older brother,
Dei as the younger sister,
Terrik as the annoying bratty brother,
Dave as the family Patriarch
Cajungal as the mom
Emrys as Gas's ex-Mother-in-law
Guess who's crashing on the couch for a few weeks?: Uncle Cheesy!
Yoshi and Ashburner X are the wacky neighbors
Wasabi Poptart: the crazy aunt.
Bubble181 is the dog. Get lots of affection, the occasional joke, but no lines to memorize or difficult stuff to do.
PatrThom, your doorman.
Shegokigo is from the remake where they decide to turn an 80s comedy into a dark drama for some reason.
LittleKagsin as the hot girl next door.
Figment Pez: "On a very special episode of Halforums…"
Dirona – the local clergy, of course.

"And I'm Joe Houk, your announcer. Film at Eleven."

May 3, 2016#2

WasabiPoptart

Who wants Jello?!?

May 3, 2016#3

Tinwhistler

http://mysterymen.wikia.com/wiki/Invisible_Boy

Eventually he discovered that after years of being overlooked, he had developed the power of invisibility

May 3, 2016#4

strawman

Dibs on being the annoying dorky goody two shoes know it all next door neighbor.

Did I do thaaaaaat?

May 3, 2016#5

Cajungal

I thought Tin could be the next door neighbor who plays problem solver/wingman. Last minute party? He shows up with some amazing appetizer and cocktail. Romantic moment? He starts playing mood music on his whistle. Cock blocking friend at the bar? He charms the pants off them.

May 3, 2016#6

GasBandit

Tinwhistler said:
http://mysterymen.wikia.com/wiki/Invisible_Boy

Cajungal said:
I thought Tin could be the next door neighbor who plays problem solver/wingman. Last minute party? He shows up with some amazing appetizer and cocktail. Romantic moment? He starts playing mood music on his whistle. Cock blocking friend at the bar? He charms the pants off them.

I'm putting him down for "Creepy gym teacher."

May 3, 2016#7

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
I'm putting him down for "Creepy gym teacher."

May 3, 2016#8

Dave

And then I go to my kid's school to try and help them become popular.

May 3, 2016#9

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
I'm putting him down for "Creepy gym teacher."

Combine your idea and CG's..I'm like Wilson from Tool Time, but I only peek over the fence to creep on your daughter.

May 3, 2016#10

HCGLNS

I'm like Bull from Night Court and the Janitor from Scrubs who you only meet when you venture into the woods and the main characters always venture into the woods for some reason, like Nightboat.

May 3, 2016#11

WasabiPoptart

Dave said:
And then I go to my kid's school to try and help them become popular.

And since Aunty has to ruin everything- "OMG @Dei IS THIS YOUR NEW BOYFRIEND?!"

May 3, 2016#12

Cog

I want to be Fez. A very boring Fez.

May 3, 2016#13

Dei

Tinwhistler said:
Combine your idea and CG's..I'm like Wilson from Tool Time, but I only peek over the fence to creep on your daughter.

Ack, no.

May 3, 2016#14

Cheesy1

"Hey, wake me up when dinner's ready, okay?"

May 3, 2016#15

PatrThom

Dei said:
Ack, no.

Nominate Dei for Bill D. Cat.

--Patrick

May 3, 2016#16

GasBandit

Tinwhistler said:
Combine your idea and CG's..I'm like Wilson from Tool Time, but I only peek over the fence to creep on your daughter.

Dei said:
Ack, no.

I'll be happy when I have finished porting over everybody's models to MMD so I can create HFA jpgs of situations as described above at will.

May 3, 2016#17

PatrThom

Tinwhistler said:
Combine your idea and CG's..I'm like Wilson from Tool Time, but I only peek over the fence to creep on your daughter.

If he casts you as Happosai, you're not going to be tall enough to look over the fence.

--Patrick

May 3, 2016#18

WasabiPoptart

@Bubble181 The Jello mold is from the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Aunt Bethany brings it to dinner along with her cat that is in a gift wrapped box.

May 3, 2016#19

phil

I'll be the Gunther

May 3, 2016#20

Denbrought

Cog said:
I want to be Fez. A very boring Fez.

I was nicknamed Fez at the local SCA group, and it's my persona's provisional surname, so I think I've called dibs on this

I even have a fez to wear.

May 3, 2016#21

Cog

Denbrought said:
I was nicknamed Fez at the local SCA group, and it's my persona's provisional surname, so I think I've called dibs on this I even have a fez to wear.

Fez doesn't wear a fez! I'm more latino than you.

May 3, 2016#22

Denbrought

Cog said:
Fez doesn't wear a fez! I'm more latino than you.

See, I've never watched the show, so I wouldn't know that. According to the U.S. government we're both Hispanic, and I've got way more hispano in me ;P

May 3, 2016#23

Cog

Denbrought said:
See, I've never watched the show, so I wouldn't know that. According to the U.S. government we're both Hispanic, and I've got way more hispano in me ;P

The darkest skin win?

May 3, 2016#24

Denbrought

Cog said:
The darkest skin win?

Hmm, touché. Maybe we're the Fez brothers? The more the merrier.

May 3, 2016#25

ThatNickGuy

Can I be the mostly forgettable character that gets grounded or disappears halfway through the third season and never spoken of again? Or how about the character that has drama behind the scenes with other cast members and is recast?

May 3, 2016#26

Dei

You can be my token male friend who is always climbing into my bedroom window and no one cares because you're just you. See also: Clarissa Explains it All.

May 3, 2016#27

Denbrought

ThatNickGuy said:
Can I be the mostly forgettable character that gets grounded or disappears halfway through the third season and never spoken of again? Or how about the character that has drama behind the scenes with other cast members and is recast?

You could be the character that does all the interesting stuff... Off-screen.

"Where's uncle Nick?"
"Oh, he's at a book signing in London for his latest bestseller, before he goes on his biannual biplane transatlantic voyage."

May 3, 2016#28

Dave

ThatNickGuy said:
Can I be the mostly forgettable character that gets grounded or disappears halfway through the third season and never spoken of again? Or how about the character that has drama behind the scenes with other cast members and is recast?

Or like Chuck from Happy Days. There one day, gone the next.

And then nearing the end of the run when they talk about having "two wonderful kids" like Chuck never existed.

May 3, 2016#29

jwhouk

No, I like Dei's explanation.

"Oh, he's off herding armadillos in Amarillo or something..."

May 3, 2016#30

evilmike

I call dibs on being @Dave 's boss from the one episode where he tried to relocate. Dave loving the new job and location, but ended up giving it all up and moving back for his family's sake.

The downside is that I'm only in one episode. Though, I am the reason Dave owns the Denver Broncos.

I also get a flamethrower.

May 3, 2016#31

bhamv3

I'll be the fourth-wall breaking machete murderer who gradually shows up bit by bit in the opening credits, before starting my deadly rampage through the cast of the show, cutting them down one by one in increasingly gruesome ways until the cast list is reduced to a fraction of its original length.

May 3, 2016#32

GasBandit

bhamv3 said:
I'll be the fourth-wall breaking machete murderer who gradually shows up bit by bit in the opening credits, before starting my deadly rampage through the cast of the show, cutting them down one by one in increasingly gruesome ways until the cast list is reduced to a fraction of its original length.

Too many Cooks?

May 3, 2016#33

ThatNickGuy

GasBandit said:
Too many Cooks?

Goddammit, and now that song's stuck in my head again.

THANKS, OBANDIT![DOUBLEPOST=1462327981,1462327946][/DOUBLEPOST]

Dei said:
You can be my token male friend who is always climbing into my bedroom window and no one cares because you're just you. See also: Clarissa Explains it All.

May 3, 2016#34

PatrThom

ThatNickGuy said:
THANKS, OBANDIT!

Ooh, that's gotta sting.

--Patrick

May 3, 2016#35

ThatNickGuy

PatrThom said:
Ooh, that's gotta sting.

--Pateick

Intentional!

(It was nice knowing you all! I'm on a one-way trip to Bannedvillania!)

May 3, 2016#36

PatrThom

Yeah if anything I would've expected "O2Bandit."

--Patrick

May 3, 2016#37

Ravenpoe

In the character that gets written out after the first season that no one remembers.

May 3, 2016#38

Cheesy1

*Wakes up on the couch just long enough to roll over, scratch my ass, then fall back asleep.*

May 3, 2016#39

MindDetective

Ugh. I have to be the therapist, don't I? Fine.

May 4, 2016#40

evilmike

QUOTE="MindDetective, post: 1278849, member: 315"]Ugh. I have to be the therapist, don't I? Fine.[/QUOTE]
Hi, Bob.

May 4, 2016#41

DarkAudit

evilmike said:
MindDetective said:

Ugh. I have to be the therapist, don't I? Fine.

Click to expand...

Hi, Bob.

*drinks*

May 4, 2016#42

figmentPez

Is @Thread Necromancer the guy who does "Previously on Halforums..." voice-overs?

May 4, 2016#43

Ravenpoe

@Yoshimickster needs to inexplicably be a Muppet.

May 4, 2016#44

Bubble181

Ravenpoe said:
@Yoshimickster needs to inexplicably be a Muppet.

"inexplicably"?

May 4, 2016#45

Hailey Knight

I'll be a student at the school, one of the recurring bit parts, always in the background shots, but never really having a line until the one or two episodes where I get a subplot because the showrunners want to flesh out the second and third tier characters. These episodes will have a ham-fisted PSA at the end about peer pressure when it's about drugs, or pier pressure when it's about how you can't solve all your problems by putting them in a garbage bag with rocks at the bottom and throwing it off the pier.

May 4, 2016#46

Charlie Don't Surf

sitcoms are so cool. I really like the new The Odd Couple show with Thomas Lennon and Chandler from Friends.

also, I'm Ross in season 7-10 of Friends

May 4, 2016#47

Cajungal

Charlie Don't Surf said:
also, I'm Ross in season 7-10 of Friends

Shrill, irritating, and somehow both effeminate *and* homophobic?

May 4, 2016#48

Charlie Don't Surf

Cajungal said:
Shrill, irritating, and somehow both effeminate *and* homophobic?

everyone on that show is homophobic

but no, it's mostly reviled but secretly the funniest

May 4, 2016#49

Cajungal

Charlie Don't Surf said:
everyone on that show is homophobic

but no, it's mostly reviled but secretly the funniest

I thought I sensed the unagi in you.

May 4, 2016#50

Celt Z

Hmmmm... I don't if Cheesy's suggestion that we're Batnanaman and ~~Becky with the Good Hair~~ Robin with the Hot Pants are going to fit in with this universe. I guess we're going to have to star in an equally-enduring spin-off with super hero antics and possibly a Bruce Lee cameo. (More Laverne & Shirley, less Joanie Loves Chachi.)

May 4, 2016#51

Bubble181

Cajungal said:
Shrill, irritating, and somehow both effeminate *and* homophobic?

Yeah, I'(d have gone at least with Ross from season 2. At least you get to have fun with Rachel. :unibrow:

May 4, 2016#52

sixpackshaker

I'll be the old man down the hall that enters the room without knocking, sprouting a different catch phrase each season.

May 4, 2016#53

Squidleybits

Will there be cats?

May 4, 2016#54

Bubble181

Squidleybits said:
Will there be cats?

Yes, though I'm afraid @ZenMonkey may have the "nice old lady with a thousand cats" job locked down.

...Does this mean we get a cat lady cat fight?

May 4, 2016#55

Denbrought

Come to think of it, I haven't heard of her in years. Does she maintain any online presence? Her blog seems dead, and I can't find a Twitter.

May 4, 2016#56

strawman

She's still active on Twitter @ZenMonkey

May 4, 2016#57

Denbrought

stienman said:
She's still active on Twitter @ZenMonkey

Ah, I just used the link in their blog, so I thought their handle was @ExileDispatches. Good to see they're there

May 4, 2016#58

Adam

There are no bald men in sitcoms

May 4, 2016#59

sixpackshaker

Adam said:
There are no bald men in sitcoms

May 4, 2016#60

Adam

Cunningham's Law strikes again!

May 4, 2016#61

fade

May 4, 2016#62

Adam

May 4, 2016#63

Celt Z

Adam said:

I went on a 3-hour tour this weekend. We didn't bring any luggage because the only island we'd have washed up on would have been Staten Island, and we'd be better off dead.

May 4, 2016#64

DarkAudit

So where does this tie in to the Tommy Westphall Universe?

May 4, 2016#65

GasBandit

So who wants to be "Older Brother's love interest?"

May 4, 2016#66

HCGLNS

GasBandit said:
So who wants to be "Older Brother's love interest?"

Some one from your birthday thread.

May 4, 2016#67

GasBandit

HCGLNS said:
Some one from your birthday thread.

Eh, let's check local before we go outsourcing.

May 4, 2016#68

Dei

Personally I think you should just pine for the girl next door with hilarious awkwardness. This is a sitcom after all.

May 4, 2016#69

GasBandit

Also, nobody's volunteering to be the other kids at school yet.

May 4, 2016#70

Dei

Plenty of people have.

May 4, 2016#71

GasBandit

Dei said:
Plenty of people have.

They did? I just reread the thread and saw plenty of neighbors and relatives, but no classmates.

May 4, 2016#72

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
They did? I just reread the thread and saw plenty of neighbors and relatives, but no classmates.

Fine. I guess I need a secret identity anyway. "School chum" it is!

May 4, 2016#73

HCGLNS

I volunteer to play two roles; crazy janitor in the woods like Willy and Timmy!

Timmy Timmay Timmay!

May 4, 2016#74

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
Fine. I guess I need a secret identity anyway. "School chum" it is!

Mine, Dei's, or Terrik's? (High school, middle school, or elementary school?)

May 4, 2016#75

Dei

GasBandit said:
They did? I just reread the thread and saw plenty of neighbors and relatives, but no classmates.

At the very least, Esc did.

Celt Z said:
Fine. I guess I need a secret identity anyway. "School chum" it is!

You clearly need to be my school BFF, who is always by my side every second of school and always barges in to the house after school whether or not you are invited in.

May 4, 2016#76

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Mine, Dei's, or Terrik's? (High school, middle school, or elementary school?)

I'm going to go with Dei. There's potential there for hijinks.

May 4, 2016#77

GasBandit

Dei said:
At the very least, Esc did.

Well, we need some that aren't extras with no lines

You clearly need to be my school BFF, who is always by my side every second of school and always barges in to the house after school whether or not you are invited in.

Sort of a "Harriet" from Small Wonder? Even the hair is right!

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Celt Z said:
I'm going to go with Dei. There's potential there for hijinks.

See above

May 4, 2016#78

Dave

I came to make the Thread Necro joke but Pez beat me to it. Great minds and all that.

May 4, 2016#79

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Well, we need some that aren't extras with no lines

Sort of a "Harriet" from Small Wonder? Even the hair is right!

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See above

I think she's got more freckles on her face than I do on my entire self, but there you go. I suppose it's better this than Kimmy Gibbler.

May 4, 2016#80

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I think she's got more freckles on her face than I do on my entire self, but there you go. I suppose it's better this than Kimmy Gibbler.

I actually almost said Kimmy Gibbler

May 4, 2016#81

Dei

GasBandit said:
Mine, Dei's, or Terrik's? (High school, middle school, or elementary school?)

Really? I figured us both in high school and Terrik in middle school. Otherwise the age gap is huge.

May 4, 2016#82

GasBandit

Dei said:
Really? I figured us both in high school and Terrik in middle school. Otherwise the age gap is huge.

Eh, I was thinking grades 10, 7 and 4 (3 years apart for each), but maybe I'm off calibration because I'm 8 years older than my brother. But I'm not... like.. the lord of deciding or whatever, so... eehuhehh (shrug/grunt).

May 4, 2016#83

Celt Z

I would've thought grades 11/12, 9/10 and 6/7 from the original description.

May 4, 2016#84

Dei

I feel like putting us all in different schools reduces the chances for hijinks. I was thinking more Junior, Freshman, 6th or 7th grade.

(And this is why Celt Z is my sitcom BFF)

May 4, 2016#85

GasBandit

I have no strong opinion. Other than I want Zack Morris hair.

May 4, 2016#86