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has anyone ever carried a show as much as Gandolfini did?
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Date: April 26th, 2024 6:50 PM Author: Vibrant heaven legit can’t think of any other character in any good show that wasn’t at least 70-80% replaceable
Tony played by anyone else is a very steep drop off |
Date: April 26th, 2024 7:06 PM Author: pea-brained arrogant point ALF has got to be up there. Without him, that show would have sucked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47611983) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:07 PM Author: crusty exciting crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47611988) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:39 PM Author: Disturbing idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612052) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:41 PM Author: Vibrant heaven wow do I have egg on my face (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612055) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 6:58 AM Author: buff famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612754) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:25 PM Author: umber razzmatazz immigrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613474) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:28 PM Author: Galvanic pocket flask jap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613484) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:25 AM Author: effete yapping digit ratio (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612765) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 9:59 AM Author: kink-friendly house circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612907) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:25 PM Author: umber razzmatazz immigrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613472) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:22 PM Author: Adventurous Abusive Den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613661) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 5:40 PM Author: Bateful clown nursing home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614022) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 5:48 PM Author: motley halford Odd case that the Asian posters of XO would have a certain solicitude for ALF.
Just going to leave this here...
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Date: April 27th, 2024 8:26 PM Author: Vibrant heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614313) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 12:50 AM Author: Adventurous Abusive Den Yes, you completely nailed what's happening in this thread, the parent comment got so many blank bumps because XO really loves Alf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614771) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 5:55 PM Author: greedy office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614039) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:08 PM Author: Drab son of senegal shrine he is head and shoulders above just about anyone else for fully embodying a character, down to the smallest details, sighs, body language, the slightest glance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47611992) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:36 PM Author: Vibrant heaven his breathing alone should have won a few Emmy’s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612045) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 1:44 PM Author: Drab son of senegal shrine indeed, he could end a scene with just a breath and a look (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613326) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:04 PM Author: Costumed Alpha Locus He played the exact same guy in True Romance and no one really noticed him or said "wow that guy's amazing." It's the second-most famous scene in the movie after the Walken interrogation scene, but no one ever gave a fuck about the actor playing the mobster. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614182) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:06 PM Author: Drab son of senegal shrine yeah he definitely never got a career and era defining role out of it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614187) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:07 PM Author: Costumed Alpha Locus No one knew the Sopranos would be iconic when it started up. Everyone in the show was a nobody for that matter. Little Steven is the biggest name? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614191) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 8:27 PM Author: Vibrant heaven ?
he was a gay Nancy in True Romance |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 7:40 AM Author: Concupiscible lavender lay Are you thinking of The Mexican or whatever that movie with Julia Robert was? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614896) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:19 PM Author: violent deranged church building roommate Eh Tony could easily be played by someone like Daniel Baldwin and no one would care. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612012) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:37 PM Author: Vibrant heaven lazy flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612049) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:35 AM Author: violent deranged church building roommate (Guy who never watched the Sopranos) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612981) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:43 PM Author: Disturbing idea he suggested The Baldwin Acting Family is so 180. They've got an effortlessly masculine trashiness that's rivaled only by the cuomos.
That they can pull this off while being non-Italian is incredible. |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:48 PM Author: Vibrant heaven the Irish lack not these qualities (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612073) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:49 PM Author: harsh rehab i met stephen baldwin at a trump event.
his official height is 5'10".
maybe 5'7"? |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 1:54 PM Author: geriatric pit people who are hurt 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613364) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:14 AM Author: sticky khaki milk Danny Baldwin would take Ben Kingsley to acting school but still a stretch to say he could replace Gandolph (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612930) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:03 PM Author: crawly giraffe (christopher moltisanti) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614508) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 3:36 AM Author: violent deranged church building roommate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614853) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:04 PM Author: Costumed Alpha Locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614181) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:23 PM Author: provocative sneaky criminal queen of the night I thought the actress who played Carmella was really good, maybe that’s just her real persona though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612022) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:33 PM Author: Zombie-like electric gunner theatre Breaking bad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612035) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:40 PM Author: Vibrant heaven as good as BC was I wholeheartedly disagree. even BCS would be more accurate to say this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612053) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:44 PM Author: Zombie-like electric gunner theatre Don Raper (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612064) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:48 PM Author: Vibrant heaven very strong candidate, but even then (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612074) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 3:43 AM Author: violent deranged church building roommate TCR. The Breaking Bad supporting character actors were mostly TTT. And not in the Sopranos way, where a lot of actors kind of sucked at acting in general (like Tirico or Curatola) but were good in the role. The supporting characters in Breaking Bad were bad in their role, too. That show was a fucking tour de force by Cranston.
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:38 PM Author: bistre space ratface He played second fiddle to Frank Vincent imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612050) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:40 PM Author: Vibrant heaven *audible groan* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612054) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:42 PM Author: bistre space ratface He did 20 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612058) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:43 PM Author: harsh rehab Many Saints of Newark proved this, if there was any doubt
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:44 PM Author: Disturbing idea he suggested CR. There was really nothing wrong with the movie; it just lacked JG. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612062) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:47 PM Author: bistre space ratface Nothing wrong with the movie? NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MOVIE?! I'll tell you what's wrong with the movie. This cocksucker put race-baiting bullsh*t in there without any provocation whatsoever! |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:11 AM Author: Disturbing idea he suggested Oh yeah I forgot about the black dude's story line. Whatever; it wasn't terrible, it mostly just took away time from the other, better plotlines.
My point is that the movie *felt* like a David Chase product, similar but tonally different than the Sopranos. The big thing missing was gandolfini. |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 9:49 AM Author: smoky big-titted abode internal respiration Nah the pacing was terrible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612884) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:49 PM Author: Vibrant heaven lacked dat umphh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612076) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 8:56 PM Author: Chestnut Sex Offender No, Gene Hackman was the lead in Crimson Tide. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612224) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 10:31 PM Author: supple anal candlestick maker mads mikkelsen in hannibal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612378) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 10:55 PM Author: cerebral whorehouse partner Looking at Emmy nominations:
Jim Parsons in Big Bang Theory
Hugh Laurie in House
Tim Allen in Home Improvement
Jason Sudeikis in Ted Lasso
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:02 AM Author: Vibrant heaven lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612661) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 11:59 PM Author: Coral plaza haunted graveyard jon hamm and ian mcshane basically made their shows during the same era (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612562) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 12:11 AM Author: cerebral whorehouse partner I think the argument against that is that Jon Hamm had really great actors like Elizabeth Moss, John Slattery, Vincent Kartheiser and Robert Morse - and then a B list cast behind that was pretty good.
Deadwood had Timothy Olyphant and John Hawkes.
The OP Is slightly off though because Edie Falco is a great actress and Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperoili are good too - but a lot of the other mobsters sort of walked in off the street and have never acted again. |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 12:29 AM Author: Sable high-end business firm Gandolfini is 180 but he was surrounded by incredible and excellent character actors and had superb writing just as much as Mad Men or Deadwood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612591) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:04 AM Author: Vibrant heaven there’s no leading man that could have had JG’s physical presence and, more importantly, his menacing edge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612662) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 4:34 PM Author: harsh rehab they could have swapped out McShane for three episodes with Ciaran Hinds and no one would have caught on
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Date: April 27th, 2024 1:00 AM Author: violet wonderful volcanic crater Steve Carell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612606) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:05 AM Author: Vibrant heaven the office dropped off steeply without him but it didn’t die
Sopranos couldn’t go a week without JG |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:15 AM Author: sticky khaki milk The coma eps were almost unwatchable even with Tony in the dream sequences (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612935) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:17 AM Author: Vibrant heaven that was the first time I’d ever heard that Moby song… perfect for the clip (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612947) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 1:11 AM Author: Milky shivering parlor Bob Newhart (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612609) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 1:20 AM Author: Bonkers gay brunch Carl Winslow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612612) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 9:53 AM Author: Vibrant heaven you misspelled Urkel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612886) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 3:10 AM Author: Bonkers gay brunch you misspelled Harriet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614845) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:17 AM Author: Disturbing idea he suggested I think tony's family is too important to say this. When you compare sopranos to breaking bad, sopranos is the better show primarily because it's family scenes were never horrible and often enjoyable. The skyler/walt jr. scenes in BB were fucking excruciating. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612671) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:17 AM Author: Vibrant heaven I think Skylar was made detestable to support the underlying idea that Walter was suffering from dat quiet desperation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612762) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:01 AM Author: puce locale tank All of the supporting characters were garbage. Awfully written (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612910) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:04 AM Author: Vibrant heaven spent much time in Proleville, USA? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612919) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 7:12 PM Author: Disturbing idea he suggested Yeah maybe, but the scenes were unenjoyable to watch and whenever a family-heavy plot seemed to be heating up it always dampened my enthusiasm for the show.
Obviously not talking about Hank here. |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:26 AM Author: effete yapping digit ratio Ed O'Neil in married with children Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap
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Date: April 27th, 2024 9:52 AM Author: Vibrant heaven I thought about Ed O’Neill, and while he was great I don’t think he had anything special that couldn’t be mostly replicated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612885) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:43 PM Author: effete yapping digit ratio As in that part could have been played by someone else? Or that he could have been replaced mid-series? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613545) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:45 PM Author: Vibrant heaven could have been played by someone else to 70-80% effectiveness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613549) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:47 PM Author: effete yapping digit ratio I think you're right. Even if someone else could have played the part of Tony Soprano, it would be a different show more so than MWC w/o EO. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613559) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:52 PM Author: Vibrant heaven a lot of actors with that build could probably handle the wide range of emotions that he displayed, but nobody else could do all that + give you the feeling that he could gouge your fucking eyes out too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613569) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:08 PM Author: crawly giraffe The actor also recalled a time when they got into an argument on set. She called him a "bully," while he told her she wasn't "bright." He explained that he went on to tell her, "'I have a button I can push, that button says, 'Get rid of Amanda Bearse.' You don't have a button that says, 'Get rid of Ed O'Neill.' Your button doesn't work.' Now, this was a mean thing to say. I never was going to push that button, but it was true!" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614517) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:10 PM Author: Vibrant heaven Lmao
alpha |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 4:07 AM Author: frum orchestra pit ceo Lmao 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614857) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:32 AM Author: puce locale tank Bill Cosby (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612773) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:43 AM Author: effete yapping digit ratio Bernie Mac (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47612781) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:33 PM Author: cerebral whorehouse partner After thinking about this, the answer is clearly Hugh Laurie in House.
That show was a hit 100% of him and no one gave the slightest shit about any other actor or character. |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:45 PM Author: Vibrant heaven never heard of her (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613556) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:01 PM Author: Zombie-like electric gunner theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614173) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:13 PM Author: Racy shitlib gas station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614196) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 12:31 AM Author: violent deranged church building roommate Wilson was 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614761) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:34 PM Author: Ruddy Water Buffalo To be fair,
Idk, that guy Friends on that show "Friends" really did a lot of work IMO |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:43 PM Author: effete yapping digit ratio Dat cancel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613547) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:45 PM Author: Vibrant heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613553) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:49 PM Author: Ruddy Water Buffalo To be fair,
LMAO
"And ye shall know me by me enemies..." |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:49 PM Author: effete yapping digit ratio Yeah we're wrong, your post actually was very funny and clever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613562) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:50 PM Author: Ruddy Water Buffalo To be fair,
I enjoyed it and you're pure shit, so yeah |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:53 PM Author: Vibrant heaven lol @ you being my “enemy”
dream on |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:53 PM Author: Ruddy Water Buffalo To be fair,
Lol you're such a gay little faggot jfc |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:55 PM Author: Vibrant heaven (guy who flatters himself by claiming that we are enemies) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613576) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:01 PM Author: Ruddy Water Buffalo To be fair,
Bro you literally make threads about me and invoke my name angrily on a regular basis, stay mad |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:12 PM Author: Vibrant heaven link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47613626) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 8:28 PM Author: Vibrant heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614316) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:01 PM Author: Vibrant heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614504) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 7:03 PM Author: Costumed Alpha Locus Michael Chiklis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614180) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 10:17 PM Author: Contagious Mauve Jew Genital Piercing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614542) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 1:18 AM Author: brindle chad Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47614793) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 7:45 AM Author: Concupiscible lavender lay True on both counts, but that’s not what carrying the show means. It still would’ve been a terrific show with an inferior Tony.
It was too much of an ensemble show for any one actor to carry. |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 7:15 PM Author: irradiated mahogany background story The other characters kind of suck compared to Tony imo. His crew are bush league Jokes, Carmella is annoying, Christopher never really does anything cool, he mainly just does junkie shit iirc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47616279) |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 7:00 PM Author: Milky shivering parlor Gave this a lot of thought and it’s easily David Duchovny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2:#47616223) |