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Line 1: {{work}} An'''''Dream On''''' is an HBO original comedy made in the first half of [[The Nineties]] by the creators-to-be of ''[[Friends]]'', Crane and Kaufman. The series was essentially a sex farce, detailing the life of a neurotic New Yorker trying to get laid in the wake of his divorce, his expectations of life addled by a childhood spent watching old TV. The series used a variation on the [[Imagine Spot]] as its primary gimmick. Clips from old movies and TV shows were used for the Imagine Spots of its main character, Martin Tupper. Also, being on HBO, it got a lot racier than network television might imagine. Line 14: * [[Imagine Spot]] * [[Incest Is Relative]]: In the episode "Theory of Relativity", Martin [[Kissing Cousins\|and his cousin Sarah]] (played by Helen "Supergirl" Slater) find themselves attracted to each other but unable to act upon it for most of the episode. When they finally find themselves alone and unable to be interrupted, their mutual passion fizzles out when they notice how much their feet resemble each other's. * [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]: Martin Tupper went through woman after woman in a effort to replace his true love, his ex-wife, Lilith. (It should be noted that many fans of the show found Martin and Lilith's [[Last-Minute Hookup\|final season reconciliation]] to be the show's [[Jumping the Shark\|Shark Jump]] moment. * [[Magic Plastic Surgery]]: Eddie Charles, is [[The Other Darrin\|replaced by a different actor]] partway through the first series. This is explained away by having him get surgery to change his eyelids. So he gets a whole new face and several extra inches of height! However, everybody says that he doesn't look any different. Martin quips "A little younger maybe." Devillishly clever, these eyelid surgeons! * [[The Missus and the Ex]]: This happened in the episode ''Three Coins in the Dryer''. Martin imagined all kinds of craziness about them viciously fighting each other. It turned out that they were indeed rather awkward and uncomfortable with each other, but perfectly nice to each other. Martin's ex-wife only reacted with a friendly detached amusement that they had so obviously been having sex. Line 22: Followed immediately by a series of equally direct questions, with similar clips as "responses". * Played straight(er) later by Martin talking to Jeremy about a completely different and wrapping up by saying it was "as awkward as bad sex". {{quote\| '''Jeremy''': (looking stunned) Sex can be bad?!}} * [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?]]:In "The Second-Greatest Story Ever Told", Richard's life is becoming a [[Biopic]]. Martin falls in love with the woman playing Judith...and then she meets the man playing Richard... Line 29: [[Category:HBO]] [[Category:Dream On]] [[Category:TV Series]]