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Sadly, Fox canceled this show after its third season; it had the potential to be a classic, but is today mostly forgotten. |
Sadly, Fox canceled this show after its third season; it had the potential to be a classic, but is today mostly forgotten. |
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* [[Idiot Ball]]: [[Hank Azaria]] coined it -- he would ask the writing staff, "Who's carrying the idiot ball this week?" |
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* [[The Artifact]]: The Insiders, believe it or not, in the later seasons. Once the show had used up all the potential in the "see aspects of Herman's brain fight it out" gimmick, and moved on to slightly deeper storylines, the Insiders were pushed further and further in the background, until eventually they would barely make anything beyond a perfunctory appearance. |
* [[The Artifact]]: The Insiders, believe it or not, in the later seasons. Once the show had used up all the potential in the "see aspects of Herman's brain fight it out" gimmick, and moved on to slightly deeper storylines, the Insiders were pushed further and further in the background, until eventually they would barely make anything beyond a perfunctory appearance. |
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** Parodied in one episode, where Louise (Smith's character) tells off an old friend ([[The Brady Bunch|Maureen McCormick]]) of the boss without realizing who it is. When the boss confronts the staff about it, not knowing who spoke to Maureen but knowing that she sounded "like a cartoon character", Louise gets an [[Oh Crap]] moment—only for the boss to turn and start yelling at another woman, who protests in a [[Betty Boop]] voice. |
** Parodied in one episode, where Louise (Smith's character) tells off an old friend ([[The Brady Bunch|Maureen McCormick]]) of the boss without realizing who it is. When the boss confronts the staff about it, not knowing who spoke to Maureen but knowing that she sounded "like a cartoon character", Louise gets an [[Oh Crap]] moment—only for the boss to turn and start yelling at another woman, who protests in a [[Betty Boop]] voice. |
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** Averted by Hank Azaria, who doesn't sound like any of his ''Simpsons'' characters. |
** Averted by Hank Azaria, who doesn't sound like any of his ''Simpsons'' characters. |
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* [[Idiot Ball]]: [[Trope Namers|Trope Namer]] -- [[Hank Azaria]] coined it when referring to writing the episodes. |
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* [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]: Jay |
* [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]: Jay |
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* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: Louise's [[Mister Roberts|"Captain, it is I -- Ensign Pulver -- and I've just thrown your stinking palm tree overboard!"]] |
* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: Louise's [[Mister Roberts|"Captain, it is I -- Ensign Pulver -- and I've just thrown your stinking palm tree overboard!"]] |
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