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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jan 11, 2004 17:20:03 GMT -5
They seem to take some flack. Of course they can't match up to Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, Trace and Frank were an inspired comedy team. But I like the Sci Fi crew. I didn't care for Pearl in season seven. She was shrill and Dr. F. was too often a whimpering ninny. But I think once they settled into Castle Forrester it worked pretty well. Anyone else have anything good to say abiut Pearl, Bobo and Brain Guy?
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Post by GizmonicInstitute on Jan 11, 2004 17:37:56 GMT -5
I thought they worked well together,and ou got to give them credit for doing okay when they're trying to fill Dr.F and Frank's shoes.I thought sometimes they could provide for some funny things,but occasionally their lines and jokes would fall flat.
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Post by Poe33 on Jan 11, 2004 17:39:45 GMT -5
Funny, I NEVER fast forward through anything on MST...except I will sometimes FF through Bobo/Pearl/Brainguy...
They can be funyn at times, but not with the consistent hillarity of the Mads.
IMHO.
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Post by Buddhist Kitten on Jan 11, 2004 17:50:19 GMT -5
MARY JO PEHL ROCKS!!!!
I like the Pearl ones more than the Frank and Forrester, I guess, because I have seen more of those.
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Post by TV's Cowboy on Jan 11, 2004 20:40:37 GMT -5
They were funny and trying to fill in the shoes of Frank and Dr.F is a hard task to accomplish. I think they were semi successful in doing that and really even if you hated them you had to give them points for trying.
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Post by Torgo on Jan 11, 2004 21:55:09 GMT -5
Bobo and Brain Guy rule.
I have no beef with Pearl, although she does get annoying at times.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jan 11, 2004 22:33:11 GMT -5
Bobo and Brain Guy rule. I have no beef with Pearl, although she does get annoying at times. Pearl? Beef? Is there a connection?
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Post by mightyjack on Jan 11, 2004 23:45:48 GMT -5
I've always liked everyone involved with this show with the exception of Pearl.
I can't stand people who mug for the camera, it's my least favorite thing in the comedic world. And watching her bug out her eyes and get her face in the camera and chew the scenery like it was candy, makes me cringe. I mean it's like hearing fingernails running down a chalk board for me.
She may be a wonderful lady and human being, but as a comedic actress she grates on my nerves.
Sorry, I can shower love on all of them but her.
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Post by Torgo on Jan 12, 2004 0:58:34 GMT -5
Mine would be:
1. Frank 2. Dr. Forrester 3. Bobo 4. Observer 5. Pearl 6. Larry
No offense to Josh Weinstien, but that character was just so annoying.
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Post by cornjob on Jan 12, 2004 2:38:59 GMT -5
My turn, 1 Dr Forrester 2 Frank 3 Brain Guy 4 Bobo 5 Pearl 6 Larry
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Post by NewGirl731 on Jan 12, 2004 8:32:28 GMT -5
I'm with MightyJack and Poe33 - I do fast forward through the Pearl/Bobo/Brain segments (except when it's Soultaker), and Pearl drives me insane. I think she was funny in the earlier ones when she played Dr. F's mother (cause that whole piece went out the window at the end). She was deadpan mean, and her relationship with TV's Frank was funny. She's also funny playing other parts - the woman at Auntie McFranks Tangelberry Inn with Kevin is funny, When she and Brigit are new neighbors. Here, she is pushing it, and I really really hate the closeups on her - what is that when the screen is filled with her head? Why would anyone WANT to be filmed that way?
But there are some funny segments as well. I love the Horrors of Spider Island auditions, I love the Overdrawn at the Memory Bank telethon, and the Girl in Gold Boots with Brain dancing kills me. I love Soultaker because of the Joel and Frank appearances - I didn't know how much I'd missed them till Frank pulled off that hood for the first time!!
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Post by Ator on Jan 12, 2004 9:05:04 GMT -5
Brain Guy is hilarious, IMO. Bobo is a stupid kind of funny, and Pearl is...eh, ok I guess. Dr. F and Frank were the best though.
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Jan 12, 2004 14:11:26 GMT -5
Brain Guy was the best of the three and I agree once they FINALLY settled down into the castle it went a lot better, I could stand it at least. I really don't like Bobo. When it was the Earth 500 years in the future, he played sort of a smart ape for the most part, smarter than the others anyway, but they dumbed down his character so much that it just was unfunny compared to the rest of the show, it just didn't really fit right. Like Frank, he was a whipping boy, but he wasn't really stupid, just the butt of a joke. Bobo played so stupid though. I did like his turn in the episode where Mike's on trial though. That was a great turn. Pearl had her funny moments but I never looked forward to them like I did Dr. Forrester's.
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Post by ash2 on Jan 12, 2004 15:33:17 GMT -5
I think Brain Guy is hysterical. Bobo is sometimes funny and Pearl is tolerable.
I've never really found Frank and Dr. F all that funny though, I don't get why everyones likes them so much. I'd fast forward though their stuff, but their bits were always very short so there's really no need to.
John
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Post by Torgo on Jan 12, 2004 15:50:43 GMT -5
I think Brain Guy is hysterical. Bobo is sometimes funny and Pearl is tolerable. I've never really found Frank and Dr. F all that funny though, I don't get why everyones likes them so much. I'd fast forward though their stuff, but their bits were always very short so there's really no need to. John For me, it's just that Dr. F is just so MAD. He's crazy. I like that. I also love Frank because he has no place being his assistant. He's like a stooge who just picked the wrong job.
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