[UA] Cheezbooger and SNL (was RE: A Cliomancer's Wet Dream?)

[Tucker]

>We have a word -- farce -- for when you take something serious and play it
>for laughs, but where's the word for when you take something funny and
>reveal an underlying seriousness?
>
>Can you imagine "Gilligan's Island" played totally straight?

Sure.  Think _Galaxy Quest_:

"We're a TV show.  Like Gilligan's Island."
"Ah yes.  Those poor, poor people..."

----
CATHERINE: I don't know what's going on, but I think you'd better leave.
GABRIEL: You're right.  You have no idea what's going on.
		--_The Prophecy_


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