The FOFC Television Family Draft - Draft Underway - Page 5

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 01-15-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I don't quite get that. Richie was clearly the lead character in Happy Days.

Sure, Fonzie eventually ended up stealing the show, but it was Richie's show he was stealing.

+1

And yes, this is why I love drafts.

Mustang · 01-15-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I don't quite get that. Richie was clearly the lead character in Happy Days.

Lead characters don't leave the show.

Although Happy Days is probably a bad example to use since the show really was split into 2 parts where Ritchie was the 'lead' and then Fonzie....

Mustang · 01-15-2009, 10:56 AM

All I know is that I'm glad Lathum made the pick and not me.

Maple Leafs · 01-15-2009, 11:24 AM

Waiting hours between picks because people didn't send a list is awesome.

lordscarlet · 01-15-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Waiting hours between picks because people didn't send a list is awesome.

I assume someone PM'd RendeR?

Dr. Sak · 01-15-2009, 11:42 AM

I PMed him before Lathum was up telling him he was on deck and after Lathum picked to tell him he was up.

Pumpy Tudors · 01-15-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Waiting hours between picks because people didn't send a list is awesome.

UNBEELEEBABA

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:19 PM

Sorry guys, rough morning and then working. My sincereest apologies!!!

Pick coming up.

larrymcg421 · 01-15-2009, 12:27 PM

Another non-family pick. I guess I'm seeing this draft much differently than others.

lordscarlet · 01-15-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Another non-family pick. I guess I'm seeing this draft much differently than others.

+1

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:29 PM

DOH....actually, you're right....I'm an idiot.

Should I repick or just take a big fat FAIL for that one?

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:30 PM

too many things going on at once today. I'm brain fried.

Mustang · 01-15-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

Should I repick or just take a big fat FAIL for that one?

No.

Definitely 2 schools of thought on this draft. One where people are taking from sitcoms that are family based and one where people are taking from all sitcoms to make a family.

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:34 PM

Dick Solomon, 3rd Rock from the Sun 1996 : Father

John Lithgow plays the commander of an alien survey team. While not actual relatives they take on the roles of a typical american family and the hilarity ensues. Lithgow is a comic genius and plays the campy Commander dorkmobile to the hilt.

Dr. Sak · 01-15-2009, 12:34 PM

wait...which is your pick?

Lathum · 01-15-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

No.

Definitely 2 schools of thought on this draft. One where people are taking from sitcoms that are family based and one where people are taking from all sitcoms to make a family.

that was my interpretation.

As for the fielding pick, I think it could have been gotten much, much later.

Lathum · 01-15-2009, 12:36 PM

what just happened?

cartman · 01-15-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

Definitely 2 schools of thought on this draft. One where people are taking from sitcoms that are family based and one where people are taking from all sitcoms to make a family.

This is how I interpreted it.

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:37 PM

Take Dick Solomon, I'll delete the first one. it should be family/based shows in my opinion.

Sorry for all the mess today. gah.

Dr. Sak · 01-15-2009, 12:37 PM

edit out the other one then...

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:38 PM

I understand both positions but I actually think it should be family specific shows so thats the way my pick should have gone. For myself laarroquette shouldn;t have been an option. Sorry.

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:38 PM

Maple Leafs · 01-15-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

Definitely 2 schools of thought on this draft. One where people are taking from sitcoms that are family based and one where people are taking from all sitcoms to make a family.

I think it's the latter, but anyone who just picks some favorite characters are crams them into various family spots is probably going to be disappointed with the voting.

You can choose Tony Soprano as the "best friend" or the "brother" because you think he's a cool character to have around, but if people don't associate him with that role then you're going to finish towards the bottom of the pack.

hoopsguy · 01-15-2009, 12:43 PM

Wow, 3rd Rock from Sun as the #3 Dad, #9 overall? I would think that this pick would have been around many rounds later.

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 12:46 PM

Probably but I just didn't like a lot of the other dad's. Cosby was #1 and after him they all pretty much suck. SO I took Lithgow because he's freakin awesome.

lordscarlet · 01-15-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Wow, 3rd Rock from Sun as the #3 Dad, #9 overall? I would think that this pick would have been around many rounds later.

Perhaps the 12th?

MrDNA · 01-15-2009, 12:53 PM

Some great picks today. Homer and Alex P. would have been at the top of my list. George and John Lithgow are headscratchers (I would say Seinfeld was an ANTI-family comedy, IMO and 3rd Rock is 2nd or 3rd tier in television history). That's why we vote, though, isn't it

Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen. I have been jonesing for this since the literature draft.

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 01:01 PM

I PM'd Tasan.

Lathum · 01-15-2009, 01:02 PM

I'm done defending my Costanza pick, I'll just say under my interpretation of the rules it is a top 3 pick.

Dr. Sak · 01-15-2009, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I'm done defending my Costanza pick, I'll just say under my interpretation of the rules it is a top 3 pick.

The jerk store called and they're running out of you...

Lathum · 01-15-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

The jerk store called and they're running out of you...

the ocean called...

chesapeake · 01-15-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I'm done defending my Costanza pick, I'll just say under my interpretation of the rules it is a top 3 pick.

Mine, too, FWIW.

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 01:19 PM

Well there is something to be said for the "family of who's there". I mean at some people's workplace they consider everyone family. Single people consider many people family that aren't.

So I understand the interpretation entirely.

Raiders Army · 01-15-2009, 01:27 PM

THE VOTERS WILL DECIDE THE WINNAH!

Lathum · 01-15-2009, 01:56 PM

I love it when the picks come flying in

Logan · 01-15-2009, 02:19 PM

I think by the end of the draft we'll see how many real true "family" picks were possible, and we'll vote appropriately.

RendeR · 01-15-2009, 02:38 PM

I'm actually tihnking people will be hard pressed to find 12 of some of these categories that are actually "family" based sitcoms. This thing is not as simple as it may seem =)

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 01-15-2009, 02:43 PM

Even if that were true, which I don't think it is, it doesn't excuse drafting from 3rd Rock from the Sun in the first round.

MikeVic · 01-15-2009, 02:44 PM

I have an awesome pick for dad, at least in my mind this guy has to be top 3.

lordscarlet · 01-15-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

I'm actually tihnking people will be hard pressed to find 12 of some of these categories that are actually "family" based sitcoms. This thing is not as simple as it may seem =)

Isn't that the point?

It's like the people at my work that want an 8 person (rather than 14) fantasy league so that they can have a stacked team. These drafts are fun because they can be so hard. Adding in all the restrictions that eliminate people (such as a show being gone if you pick a character) is all part of strategizing and picking the best team based on the rules.

Dr. Sak · 01-15-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

I have an awesome pick for dad, at least in my mind this guy has to be top 3.

Mr Hanky isn't a dad!

MikeVic · 01-15-2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

Mr Hanky isn't a dad!

Mustang · 01-15-2009, 02:52 PM

I went to lunch and came back fully expecting to not make my pick.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 01-15-2009, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

Mr Hanky isn't a dad!

larrymcg421 · 01-15-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RendeR

I'm actually tihnking people will be hard pressed to find 12 of some of these categories that are actually "family" based sitcoms. This thing is not as simple as it may seem =)

If so, then I expect some bonus points if I accomplish that.

Maple Leafs · 01-15-2009, 02:58 PM

So should we start enforcing a time limit tomorrow?

lordscarlet · 01-15-2009, 02:59 PM

I think the Minnesota Vikings rule has been invoked before.

Lathum · 01-15-2009, 03:00 PM

why?

it's only been 2 1/2 hours since the last pick

cartman · 01-15-2009, 03:02 PM

This is the exact wording from the esteemed Dr.'s first post:

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Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

The rules are pretty simple, draft the best sitcom family, and see if the FOFC Community thinks that you have the best family. All judged by them.

Anyone saying that the character has to be from a "family sitcom" is reading too much into the wording.

Maple Leafs · 01-15-2009, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

why?

it's only been 2 1/2 hours since the last pick

We've done one pick in six hours.

If people can't bother to pick and/or send a list in round one, what will they do in round nine?

01-15-2009, 10:56 AM	#203
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	All I know is that I'm glad Lathum made the pick and not me. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

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Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Waiting hours between picks because people didn't send a list is awesome. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

01-15-2009, 12:19 PM	#208
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Sorry guys, rough morning and then working. My sincereest apologies!!! Pick coming up. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 12:27 PM	#209
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01-15-2009, 12:29 PM	#211
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	DOH....actually, you're right....I'm an idiot. Should I repick or just take a big fat FAIL for that one? __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 11:42 AM	#206
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	I PMed him before Lathum was up telling him he was on deck and after Lathum picked to tell him he was up.

01-15-2009, 12:30 PM	#212
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	too many things going on at once today. I'm brain fried. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 12:34 PM	#214
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Dick Solomon, 3rd Rock from the Sun 1996 : Father John Lithgow plays the commander of an alien survey team. While not actual relatives they take on the roles of a typical american family and the hilarity ensues. Lithgow is a comic genius and plays the campy Commander dorkmobile to the hilt. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 12:34 PM	#215
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	wait...which is your pick?

01-15-2009, 12:36 PM	#217
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	what just happened?

01-15-2009, 12:37 PM	#219
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Take Dick Solomon, I'll delete the first one. it should be family/based shows in my opinion. Sorry for all the mess today. gah. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 12:37 PM	#220
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	edit out the other one then...

01-15-2009, 12:38 PM	#221
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I understand both positions but I actually think it should be family specific shows so thats the way my pick should have gone. For myself laarroquette shouldn;t have been an option. Sorry. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 12:38 PM	#222
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Done __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 12:43 PM	#224
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Wow, 3rd Rock from Sun as the #3 Dad, #9 overall? I would think that this pick would have been around many rounds later.

01-15-2009, 12:46 PM	#225
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Probably but I just didn't like a lot of the other dad's. Cosby was #1 and after him they all pretty much suck. SO I took Lithgow because he's freakin awesome. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 12:53 PM	#227
MrDNA High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2007	Some great picks today. Homer and Alex P. would have been at the top of my list. George and John Lithgow are headscratchers (I would say Seinfeld was an ANTI-family comedy, IMO and 3rd Rock is 2nd or 3rd tier in television history). That's why we vote, though, isn't it Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen. I have been jonesing for this since the literature draft. __________________ Norfolk Flame (Shiba) Jacksonville Bulls (UFL) R.I.P. *Ayr Bravehearts (FOFL)*

01-15-2009, 01:01 PM	#228
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I PM'd Tasan. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 01:02 PM	#229
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I'm done defending my Costanza pick, I'll just say under my interpretation of the rules it is a top 3 pick.

01-15-2009, 01:19 PM	#233
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Well there is something to be said for the "family of who's there". I mean at some people's workplace they consider everyone family. Single people consider many people family that aren't. So I understand the interpretation entirely. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 01:27 PM	#234
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	THE VOTERS WILL DECIDE THE WINNAH!

01-15-2009, 01:56 PM	#235
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I love it when the picks come flying in

01-15-2009, 02:19 PM	#236
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	I think by the end of the draft we'll see how many real true "family" picks were possible, and we'll vote appropriately.

01-15-2009, 02:38 PM	#237
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I'm actually tihnking people will be hard pressed to find 12 of some of these categories that are actually "family" based sitcoms. This thing is not as simple as it may seem =) __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

01-15-2009, 02:43 PM	#238
Ronnie Dobbs2 Pro Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bahston Mass	Even if that were true, which I don't think it is, it doesn't excuse drafting from 3rd Rock from the Sun in the first round. __________________ There's no I in Teamocil, at least not where you'd think

01-15-2009, 02:44 PM	#239
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	I have an awesome pick for dad, at least in my mind this guy has to be top 3.

01-15-2009, 02:52 PM	#243
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	I went to lunch and came back fully expecting to not make my pick. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

01-15-2009, 02:58 PM	#246
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01-15-2009, 02:59 PM	#247
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01-15-2009, 03:00 PM	#248
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	why? it's only been 2 1/2 hours since the last pick

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