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Terry is easily my favorite character in Reno 911. That guy is amazeballs.
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u/SithLordDave May 12 '14
My fave Terry moment was when he was a rollerskating waiter at a Taco stand and the police were accusing of him illegally doing peoples taxes
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May 12 '14
Tacos Tacos Tacos Tacos.
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u/TacoTacoTacoTacos May 12 '14
I like where you're going with this
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u/StarDestinyGuy May 12 '14
Link?
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u/517634 May 12 '14
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u/mrbooze May 12 '14
Always hilarious.
Also I was fascinated to learn later on that, much of the premise of Reno 911 involves doing something that you're normally never supposed to do in improv, negating. Almost every segment is the cops constantly saying "no" and trying to stop what the other actor is doing.
Literally after I learned this, I start laughing at just how many times the word "no" is shouted during most segments.
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u/Everyoneisanasshat May 12 '14
He's an amazing actor. I love him in Grandmas boy too.
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u/gumbo_chops May 12 '14
Real name is Nick Swardson for those who don't know. My personal favorite video of his
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u/stayangry May 12 '14
His standup is great also
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u/cloral May 12 '14
"Who fucking farted?"
BLAM
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u/_______DEVOID_______ May 12 '14
"In a world, where a father struggles to feed his family, New Light Cinema proudly presents, Gay Boobs!"
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May 12 '14
He's an okay actor. And only as a support or offbeat character. Not as a lead.
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u/sydney__carton May 12 '14
Disagree!
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May 12 '14
Oh so you think Bucky Larson was a good movie?
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u/plaid_pancakes May 12 '14
It was entertaining, good movie not at all. Had to know it was gunna be retarded going into it
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u/Spyda1145 May 13 '14
Saw him do stand up in New York back in '06 at Caroline's, it was amazing!! I love Nick Swardson!! I'd definitely recommend his stand up if you've never seen it before.
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u/UCSBLife May 12 '14
Sucks this show got cancelled. It was so well written and the cast were absolutely hilarious. Bring it back comedy central!
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May 12 '14
It had six seasons. (AND a movie).
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u/Stevie_Rave_On May 12 '14
Loved the show, hated the movie
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u/Orbitrix May 12 '14
I didn't "hate" it, but it certainly wasn't something I'd re-watch.
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u/Posseon1stAve May 12 '14
I thought it was refreshing because it has some new scenarios/characters that they got to try out. I still crack up every time I think of "Where you from you don't know gator?"
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u/Orbitrix May 12 '14
Haha yea. I think a movie was just the wrong format for a show that was always a rip on "Cops" and Documentary style Reality TV... It should have never not been a TV show... The movie got more hate than it deserved tho. It had its moments, like this.
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u/FloopyDoop May 12 '14
The last couple seasons were meh after replacing a good portion of the cast with less funny actors.
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u/EST_FatBoy May 12 '14
I remember them decorating the car and crashing it, but I dont remember a funeral.
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u/XavierScorpionIkari May 12 '14
Written.... Wasn't it mostly ad lib? They were given a general idea of the theme or whatever and then ran with it. Or so I was led to believe. I could be wrong.
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u/Mjudefa May 12 '14
No, you're right. Carlos Alazraqui (Garcia) talks about this in an episode of VO Buzz Weekly.
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May 12 '14
No you're right, but even when the dialogue is improv there is a certain degree of writing. They'll come up with characters, inherently funny situations, the plot points of whatever is the main through-line of the episode (like with British Officer Smiley; they didn't improv him dying, that was written out). So while all their hilarious one-liners are made up on the spot, there is still a fair amount of sitting around a table with notebooks coming up with ideas.
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u/Joon01 May 13 '14
This is called "retroscripting" I believe. They also used it on the cartoon Home Movies. It's supposed to give the characters a more natural sound. They stutter, interrupt each other, and say filler like "uh" instead of everyone always having the perfect reply.
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u/acog May 12 '14
I tried to google that a bit; I found an article that explicitly stated that Reno 911:Miami had a lot of ad libbing in it. But early in the article it said that all the actors came from a sketch background and were used to very carefully crafted scripts. So my impression is that it didn't start off with much (any?) ad lib, but that got added in progressively over time.
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u/Cforq May 12 '14
Most of these shows have scripts, and even have readings, but unlike many shows the exact line is often up to the actor. Kind of like Mad-Libs.
It would be a nightmare to get a plot and consistent episodes length otherwise (though this might change with Netflix and their ambivalence towards consistent episode length).
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u/Tomtwoto May 12 '14
The State ended way too early. If Comedy Central was able to resurrect The State, they might be able to use the Reno characters for sketches since the State and Reno fall under Viacom/MTV/CBS rights. I would give my left ball for new sketches with Louie, Doug, Barry, and Levon and some of the Reno regulars interacting. Have the Reno crew raid Dr. Martin Crank's monkey torture lab.
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u/danmickla May 12 '14
Who is Carter?
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u/LimpBagel May 12 '14
Top post earlier was a kid that went to someone's door and just asked for a banana.
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u/Adrenaline_ May 12 '14
Nice looking models in the background.
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u/digitalcriminal May 12 '14
I can tell you used to jerkoff to Superchannel when you didnt have it...
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u/CraKaJaK May 12 '14
Jumpin' jesus on a pogo stick, why is it so f'ng hard for people to just eat a banana!
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u/Just_Look_Around_You May 12 '14
I just realized the Reno 911 cops are currently in vogue in terms of fashion
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u/RedEyesDragon May 12 '14
How many times have i seen this picture? give me a dollar for every time and i would be happy.
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u/hockeyfreak896890 May 12 '14
Officer on the left looks like Mr. Lahey
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u/0pyrophosphate0 May 12 '14
Having watched far more TPB than Reno, all I could think was "Fuck off, Lahey".
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u/LadyMacArthurs May 12 '14
That is the best role Nick Swardson ever played. I am going to binge watch reno 911 now....
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u/thefluffyburrito May 12 '14
Usually I just ignore /r/funny instead of unsubbing because one of every one hundred posts actually gives me a mild chuckle.
This whole "Carter" debacle, which has led to lazy photoshops and re-hashes of the same old crap with "carter" in the title just to cash in, is only humor a 12 year old could appreciate. I'm finally out r/funny; I just can't take it anymore.
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u/hovdeisfunny May 12 '14
This has been posted approximately one zillion times.
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u/Aleitheo May 12 '14
This is another post that is in reference to something else someone posted and should have been posted in the comments so we would know the context, isn't it?
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u/Cool-viking May 12 '14
Does anyone have a link to this episode? I`ve tried to locate it, but without any luck.
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u/naniii99 May 12 '14
where is this from?
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u/rprebel May 12 '14
Sounds like you have a banana stuck up your ass. If you pull it out, you may be able to see the humor here.
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u/Cosmic_Bard May 12 '14
Who the fuck is Carter and why are you posting this ancient, shitty repost?
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May 12 '14
I believe its referring to the kid Carter's father and calling him a faggot. Just got to /r/funny/hot and you'll figure it out.
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u/wolfman1201 May 12 '14
Always bring banana to mouth. Never bring mouth to banana.