Thursday, May 29, 2008

Suggestions for witty dialog?

First of all, is it dialog or dialogue? I looked it up and it’e either way. I grew up spelling it “dialogue”, but have been seeing “dialog” more and more. I agree with this latter spelling because it’s not so ridiculous with the silent, useless letters. Anyway, my back to my original thought…

My sweety and I really, really love shows and movies with witty dialog, where the characters are smart, quick and generally funny with their comebacks. Unfortunately these shows are fairly hard to find. When we discover one, we latch onto it with the fervor of addicts.

Our most recent discovery is House MD. The man is smart, rude, sarcastic and charming all at the same time. We’re about to finish Season 2 thanks to Netflix. But once we catch up, we will be sad again because we will have no more witty shows to watch. Any of you have suggestions?  Here are some of our favorites:

Grey’s Anatomy - The character interaction is fast-paced and fun to watch.
Eli Stone - A new show this year, but the unique plot and fun characters made it very entertaining.
Ally McBeal - This show is long gone, but the conversations and characters were hilarious.
Juno - The plot of this movie would have likely turned me off, but the main character had such a clever tongue that we ended up loving it.
Iron Man - Even if it didn’t have top notch action scenes, Robert Downey Jr. alone would have carried the movie with his quick wit. Why wasn’t Spiderman ever this clever?
The Dukes of Hazzard - I’m just kidding. Just wanted to see your reaction. Yeee-haaaa!

Nothing gets us more excited over the Tivo listing than seeing Grey’s Anatomy ready to play. What other shows do you think we would like, based on what I’ve said here? We need to have something to tide us over until the fall season starts up again. Anyone?