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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: irradiated church 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: aquamarine learning disabled meetinghouse macaca 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: Adulterous stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2#47611988) |
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:41 PM Author: irradiated church 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: silver native (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: Impertinent Garrison Pervert (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: Blathering incel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521824&forum_id=2#47613484) |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:25 PM Author: Impertinent Garrison Pervert (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: Pink flickering theater stage trust fund (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: aromatic theater mental disorder (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: Hairraiser chrome whorehouse 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: irradiated church (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: Pink flickering theater stage trust fund 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: Sexy laughsome partner school cafeteria (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: thriller space 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: irradiated church 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: thriller space 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: Gold sanctuary 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: thriller space 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: Gold sanctuary 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: irradiated church ?
he was a gay Nancy in True Romance |
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Date: April 28th, 2024 7:40 AM Author: fiercely-loyal free-loading affirmative action double fault 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: Glassy Boyish Location 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: irradiated church 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: Glassy Boyish Location (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: olive bat-shit-crazy community account casino 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: irradiated church 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: Offensive hall fat ankles 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: motley massive famous landscape painting rehab 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: charcoal 180 base 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: arrogant poppy striped hyena (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: Glassy Boyish Location (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: Gold sanctuary (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: dull bawdyhouse 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: Bat shit crazy medicated generalized bond 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: irradiated church 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: Bat shit crazy medicated generalized bond 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: irradiated church 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: Glassy Boyish Location 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: Hyperactive stimulating cruise ship 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: irradiated church *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: Hyperactive stimulating cruise ship 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: Offensive hall fat ankles Many Saints of Newark proved this, if there was any doubt
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Date: April 26th, 2024 7:44 PM Author: olive bat-shit-crazy community account casino 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: Hyperactive stimulating cruise ship 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: olive bat-shit-crazy community account casino 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: Amber floppy address 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: irradiated church 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: supple misunderstood volcanic crater rigpig 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: Autistic coldplay fan 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: mauve slimy hairy legs 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: irradiated church 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: Heady puppy quadroon 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: mauve slimy hairy legs 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: flesh indirect expression station 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: irradiated church 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: Offensive hall fat ankles 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: lime roast beef psychic 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: irradiated church 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: charcoal 180 base 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: irradiated church 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 9:53 AM Author: irradiated church 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: Excitant temple gunner 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: olive bat-shit-crazy community account casino 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: irradiated church 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: Marvelous deep hospital 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: irradiated church 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: olive bat-shit-crazy community account casino 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: beady-eyed very tactful mad cow disease dilemma Ed O'Neil in married with children Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap
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Date: April 27th, 2024 9:52 AM Author: irradiated church 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: beady-eyed very tactful mad cow disease dilemma 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: irradiated church 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: beady-eyed very tactful mad cow disease dilemma 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: irradiated church 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: arrogant poppy striped hyena 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: irradiated church Lmao
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Date: April 28th, 2024 4:07 AM Author: misanthropic menage candlestick maker 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: Marvelous deep hospital 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: beady-eyed very tactful mad cow disease dilemma 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: mauve slimy hairy legs 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: irradiated church 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 2:34 PM Author: jet resort multi-billionaire 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 2:45 PM Author: irradiated church (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: jet resort multi-billionaire To be fair,
LMAO
"And ye shall know me by me enemies..." |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:49 PM Author: beady-eyed very tactful mad cow disease dilemma 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: jet resort multi-billionaire 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: irradiated church lol @ you being my “enemy”
dream on |
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Date: April 27th, 2024 2:53 PM Author: jet resort multi-billionaire To be fair,
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Date: April 27th, 2024 3:01 PM Author: jet resort multi-billionaire 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 28th, 2024 7:45 AM Author: fiercely-loyal free-loading affirmative action double fault 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: Big kitchen 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: Erotic startling piazza 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) |