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--->'''Tony's Dad:''' I'm sorry I missed your high school graduation!
--->''(Punch!)''
--->'''Tony:''' Don't be! I never graduated!
--->''(Punch!)''

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--->'''Tony's Dad:''' I'm sorry --->'''Angelo:''' I missed your high school graduation!
--->''(Punch!)''
--->'''Tony:''' Don't be! I never graduated!
--->''(Punch!)''
graduated.
--->'''Angelo:''' Oh, good.
--->''(They resume fighting other bar patrons.)''
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Seinfeld Is Unfunny is a disambiguation


* A case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, but before Danny Devito was well known, nobody knew how short he was. The moment he steps out of the dispatcher's cage to yell at his employees in the pilot, the audience roared with laughter.

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* A case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, but before Before Danny Devito was well known, nobody knew how short he was. The moment he steps out of the dispatcher's cage to yell at his employees in the pilot, the audience roared with laughter.
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Sorry the description as it was didn’t make sense and I have seen the episode. Hopefully this makes more sense


* In "Louie Sees the Light", the normally nasty Louie has what he thinks is going to be life-threatening surgery, so he makes a deal with God that if he survives, he'll be nicer. It turns out only to be a very large gallstone and Louie gets back to work quickly, surprising everyone with how nice he is now. But Bobby has made a bet that Louie can't be nice for one whole day. When Bobby gives in and starts to pay off to Alex, Louie becomes very angry at the ruse, wherein he had baited Louie with a false "accident" report to get him angry, and proceeds to hang Bobby from an engine hoist. Then he delivers the following epic speech:

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* In "Louie Sees the Light", the normally nasty Louie has what he thinks is going to be life-threatening surgery, so he makes a deal with God that if he survives, he'll be nicer. It turns out only to be a very large gallstone and Louie gets back to work quickly, surprising everyone with how nice he is now. But Bobby has made a bet with Alex that Louie can't be nice for one whole day. When Bobby gives in thinks he has lost the bet and starts to pay off to Alex, Louie becomes very angry at the ruse, wherein Alex. Bobby admits he had baited Louie with a false "accident" report to get him angry, and Louie proceeds to hang Bobby from an engine hoist. Then he delivers the following epic speech:
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Not sure what whacking Bobby with an application means. There is no whacking & no application, but Alex does make motions


*** Bobby keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking Bobby with an application to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of it all.

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*** Bobby keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking motioning for Bobby with an application to shut him up, stop, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of it all.
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* In "Latka's Cookies", Jim being such a connoisseur of illicit substances that he can ID a batch of coca leaves as being from "Southern Peru, '74, before the rains."

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* In "Latka's Cookies", Jim being such a connoisseur of illicit substances that he can ID a batch of coca leaves as being from [[SommelierSpeak "Southern Peru, '74, before the rains.""]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmnroyJSzo What does a yellow light mean?]]



** And, of course, "Whaaaaaaaat doooooooes aaaaaaaaaaa yeeeeeeeeelloooooooooow liiiiiiiiiiiight meeeeaaaaan?"

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** And, of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmnroyJSzo "Whaaaaaaaat doooooooes aaaaaaaaaaa yeeeeeeeeelloooooooooow liiiiiiiiiiiight meeeeaaaaan?"meeeeaaaaan?"]]
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* Tony's father is a Merchant Marine, and Tony decides to tag along with him on one of his voyages for some father-son bonding. They end up having a heart-to-heart conversation [[CasualDangerDialogue in the middle of a bar brawl]].
--->'''Tony's Dad:''' I'm sorry I missed your high school graduation!
--->''(Punch!)''
--->'''Tony:''' Don't be! I never graduated!
--->''(Punch!)''
** After the fight, they drunkenly wander into a local tattoo parlor. Tony insists his dad get one of Woody Woodpecker (with a cigar!).
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* A case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, but before Danny Devito was well known, nobody knew how short he was. The moment he steps out of the dispatcher's cage in the pilot, the audiences roared with laughter.

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* A case of SeinfeldIsUnfunny, but before Danny Devito was well known, nobody knew how short he was. The moment he steps out of the dispatcher's cage to yell at his employees in the pilot, the audiences audience roared with laughter.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmnroyJSzo What does a yellow light mean?]]
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*** Bobby keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking Bobby with an application to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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*** Bobby keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking Bobby with an application to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.it all.
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*** Tony Danza doesn't even ''try'' to keep from laughing; by the end of the scene you can see him grinning and cracking up.
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*** You can see Marilu Henner stabbing herself with one of the pens [[Corpsing to keep herself from laughing]] in the background.

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*** You can see Marilu Henner stabbing herself with one of the pens [[Corpsing to keep herself from laughing]] laughing in the background.

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Changed: 10

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*** Tony keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking Tony with an application to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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*** Tony Bobby keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking Tony Bobby with an application to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.CrowningMomentOfFunny.
*** As part of the ad-libs, Jim looks at his paper to double-check before asking again.
*** You can see Marilu Henner stabbing herself with one of the pens [[Corpsing to keep herself from laughing]] in the background.
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** And, of course, "Whaaaaaaaat doooooooes aaaaaaaaaaa yeeeeeeeeelloooooooooow liiiiiiiiiiiight mean?"

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** And, of course, "Whaaaaaaaat doooooooes aaaaaaaaaaa yeeeeeeeeelloooooooooow liiiiiiiiiiiight mean?"meeeeaaaaan?"



*** Tony keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking Tony to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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*** Tony keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whacking Tony with an application to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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*** Tony keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whhacking Tony to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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*** Tony keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whhacking whacking Tony to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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*** Tony keeps ''egging him on'' with a "Slow down!" every time he asks. After the third time, Alex starts whhacking Tony to shut him up, layering a FunnyBackgroundEvent on top of what's already a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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--->'''James:'''But who will be the leaders of tomorrow! *beat*
--->''The door suddenly opens and Gordon falls flat on his face, flopping around like a dying fish before ending up on his back''

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--->'''James:'''But who will be the leaders of tomorrow! *beat*
--->''The
*[[{{Beat}} beat]]*
--->''*The
door suddenly opens and Gordon falls flat on his face, flopping around like a dying dead fish before ending up on his back''back*''
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--->'''Gordon:''' How did you guys beat me here?\\
--->'''James:''' Gordon, this is our room.\\

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--->'''Gordon:''' How did you guys beat me here?\\
here?
--->'''James:''' Gordon, this is our room.\\
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--->'''James:'''But who will be the leaders of tomorrow!
''The door suddenly opens and Gordon falls flat on his face, flopping around like a dying fish before ending up on his back''
'''Gordon:''' How did you guys beat me here?\\
'''James:''' Gordon, this is our room.\\
'''Gordon:''' I thought the ceiling looked familiar.

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--->'''James:'''But who will be the leaders of tomorrow!
''The
tomorrow! *beat*
--->''The
door suddenly opens and Gordon falls flat on his face, flopping around like a dying fish before ending up on his back''
'''Gordon:''' --->'''Gordon:''' How did you guys beat me here?\\
'''James:''' --->'''James:''' Gordon, this is our room.\\
'''Gordon:''' --->'''Gordon:''' I thought the ceiling looked familiar.

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