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  • Blackmail: In the radiothon near the conclusion of the miniseries (just before the station is shut down for good), Campbell realizes how desperate things are and suggests some silliness involving a rich uncle.
    Campbell: "If you got a rich uncle then today's the day to remind him of that filing clerk he once took to Blackpool....the name of the cheap hotel where they stayed....and the type of barnyard animal that was involved."
    • And Rosalie's (whose counting the meager donations, so far....) in the background and looks up like "The hell?...".
  • Flat "What": After describing the "Looney Pool" note  scoring system, which is a long, complex bunch of gobbeldygook that's nigh-impossible to follow, Hector (the nerdy-looking half of Those Two Guys, below) says the trope verbatim to which Campbell answers, "Uh...It's simply a 'Spot The Loony'".
  • Most of he Antics of Alistair & Hector.
  • Large Ham: In the Cold Open of Episode 2, there is a rather hilarious, over-the-top motivational speaker at Eddie's workplace; A guy with a bushy mustache who looks and sounds like a more upbeat Yosemite Sam. Needless to say; Eddie and the one secretary who also works there think he's ridiculous and Eddie has to make up an imaginary "meeting" with a "customer" for a "successful sale" to get the heck out of there.
  • Laxative Prank: Campbell suggests that he should pull this on the entire hospital to Eddie as a means to make them leave their TVs and show interest in the Radio station. Eddie tells him that it's a stupid idea and "Where will you get all that laxative?". Fortunately; This prank never happened and remains just another fleeting goofy Campbell-idea.
  • Francine is doing deejay duties as Campbell makes a loud Dynamic Entry into the studio (excited about his audition for the big national radio station). Francine assumes Campbell pulled another unspecified, mess-making prank (Campbell is implied to be a prankster who gets into all sorts of hijinks at St. Judes, though we never really see this ourselves).

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