Topic: Gregory House defines Facetious (Read 17402 times)

KB_Hurr_Hurr · « **on:** 19 Sep 2006, 11:02 »

so yeah i looked for a thread on this topic but i couldn't find one.....so if there is my bad.....but yeah...

i just wanted to see if anyone else was as obsessed with House on Fox as i am.....i think it's one of the best shows i've ever watched...even my orthapeadic surgeon said that it's one of the few medical shows out there that is realistic if not the most realistic...the characters are awesome...gregory house is hilarious....he is so cynical and arrogant sometimes but you cant help but love him for it....i find myself watching the shows over and over again on USA just for the trite comments house makes....but yeah...anyone else like house and does anybody have a favorite house quote??

one of my favorites is

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Hello, sick people and their loved ones! In the interest of saving time and avoiding a lot of boring chitchat later, I'm Doctor Gregory House; you can call me "Greg." I'm one of three doctors staffing this clinic this morning.
his ray of sunshine is Doctor Lisa Cuddy. Doctor Cuddy runs this whole hospital, so unfortunately she's much too busy to deal with you. I am a board... certified diagnostician with a double specialty of infectious disease and nephrology. I am also the only doctor currently employed at this hospital who is forced to be here against his will.
But not to worry, because for most of you, this job could be done by a monkey with a bottle of Motrin. Speaking of which, if you're particularly annoying, you may see me reach for this: this is Vicodin. It's mine! You can't have any! And no, I do not have a pain management problem, I have a pain problem... but who knows? Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm too stoned to tell. So, who wants me?

and

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Orange-Colored Patient: What are those?
Dr. House: Painkillers.
Orange-Colored Patient: Oh, for you, for your leg.
Dr. House: No, because they're yummy.

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(removed obxnoxious color -- troll)

mberan42 · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 15:36 »

I rather enjoy this show. I'm currently finishing up the 2nd season via DVD - I didn't really get into the show until this summer when reruns were on at exactly the time I had free.

I see a lot of myself in House. While I'm nowhere near as intelligent, good-looking or cynical as he, I see certain aspects of myself when I watch the show.

"That's why it's going to be so cool when I'm right."

Ozymandias · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 17:49 »

I enjoy House somewhat.

But I can't watch it without thinking "THEY MADE A SHOW STARRING DR. COX." And I prefer Scrubs.

Inlander · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 18:17 »

It's an enjoyable enough diversion for a few minutes. There are two things I like about it: Hugh Laurie/Dr. House, obviously, and also the fact that it's a mainstream American show that has an AUSTRALIAN actor playing an AUSTRALIAN character. Seriously, it gets so annoying seeing Australian actors having to adopt American accents over and over again.

However, as far as the actual show itself goes it seems to me to be highly formulaic: there's a patient with a mystery illness, which leads to a few misdiagnoses and red herrings, before the team save the day just in the nick of time. Every time I've seen the show it's seemed to follow the same pattern, which I find irritating. If it wasn't for Dr. House the show wouldn't be worth watching at all, and you can't build a top-quality show on just one great character.

IronOxide · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 18:45 »

As much as I enjoy House, the plot is almost exactly the same every episode. If it weren't for the witty banter, it would be about as interesting as CSI. In other words, not.

KB_Hurr_Hurr · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 18:53 »

yes i will agree with you as far as the repitious plot.....however....the witty banter MAKES is worth watching....not to mention that it's educational....at least for me it is....coming from a family with many illnesses i know what they are talking about alot of the time and when i don't i look it up....

dennis · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 19:30 »

People rag on the show being formulaic, but really, I don't think House is any more so than any other television drama. The formula is just more obvious here. Sure, every episode has a patient with a mystery diagnosis, but there are several story arcs that are progressing through the shows. A big problem is that House overpowers the Drs. Forman, Cameron, and Chase characters, so there's not as much development for them.

KB_Hurr_Hurr · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 20:31 »

HERE HERE!!!!!!

yes i quite agree...as for the other stories going on other than the obvious patient with an extremely elusive diagnosis...there is also the stories of Dr. Cameron...we learn more and more about her background and we see her go from a possible lover for house...to just an admirer of sorts...despite her appemts to hide it...

we see the relationships between House and Wilson...the love life between wilson and his wife fall to ruins...and the comraderie shared between house and wilson despite house's cynicism, and blatent disredard for subtlety...

and of course not to mention House's slipping addiction, his hearbreak that still hasn't healed over stacy, and his skepticism of all but himself....

and the witty comments aren't all that bad either!!! lol

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Dr. House: Here's to women. Can't live with them, can't kill them and tell the neighbors they're stripping in Atlantic City.

~~KB~~

Will · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 22:27 »

This is my favorite show on TV right now...I basically consider myself a student of House's witty cynicism. And then there's this:

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Med student - You're reading a comic book?
House - And you're wearing a low cut blouse to draw attention to your bosom.
(student gets that "how dare you look" on her face)
Oh, sorry. I thought we were playing a game of 'state the obvious' - I'm very competitive...

KB_Hurr_Hurr · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 Sep 2006, 23:17 »

LOVE that one!!!! LOL

i got another one...

Quote

Dr. Cuddy: What are you doing here?
Dr. House: Hooker. Came to my office rather than my apartment.

and

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[Dr. Wilson is examining Dr. House's leg with the MRI]
Dr. Wilson: House, this is God.
Dr. House: Look, I'm a little busy right now. Not supposed to talk during these things. Got time Thursday?
Dr. Wilson: Let me check. Oh! I got a plague. What about Friday?
Dr. House: You'll have to check with Cameron.
Dr. Wilson: Oh! Damn it! She always wants to know why bad things happen. Like I'm gonna come up with a new answer this time.
[Cuddy bursts in]
Dr. Cuddy: House...
Dr. House: Quick God, smite the evil witch!
Dr. Cuddy: Are you sitting on evidence that your patient was sexually abused by her father?
Dr. House: God, why have you forsaken me?

Ozymandias · « **Reply #10 on:** 20 Sep 2006, 13:33 »

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Dr. Cox: The key to my exercise program is this one simple truth: I hate my body.
Turk: What?
Dr. Cox: Do you understand the second you look in the mirror and you're happy with what you see, baby, you just lost the battle.
Turk: You should give speeches to teenage girls.

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Dr. Cox: Well, gosh - I guess I became a doctor because ever since I was a little boy, I just wanted to help people. I don't tell this story often, but I remember when I was seven years old, one time I found a bird that had fallen out of its nest, and so I picked him up and I brought him home, and I made him a house out of an empty shoebox.
[starts laughing]
Dr. Cox: I became a doctor for the same four reasons that everybody does - chicks, money, power and chicks.

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Dr. Cox: [explaining he doesn't care it's JD's last week of residency] I suppose I could riff a list of things that I care as little about as our last week. Let's see... low carb diets, Michael Moore, the Republican National Convention, Kabbalah & all Kabbalah-related products, Hi-Def TV, the Bush daughters, wireless hotspots, the OC, the UN, recycling, getting Punk'd, Danny Gans, the Latin Grammys, the real Grammys, Jeff that Wiggle that sleeps too darn much, the Yankees payroll, all the red states, all the blue states, every hybrid car, every talk show, everything on the planet, everything in the solar system, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, every-everything that exists past present & future, in discovered and undiscovered dimensions!
[turns away, then turns back]
Dr. Cox: Oh, and Hugh Jackman.
J.D.: Hugh Jackman is Wolverine! How dare he!

If Dr. Cox and House were to meet on the plains of battle, the universe would collapse into a ball of hate.

KB_Hurr_Hurr · « **Reply #11 on:** 20 Sep 2006, 18:29 »

lol for what i see here....yes they would...or it would be a battle of the witty zingers that would never end!!!

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Dr. House: See that, they all assume I'm a patient because of the cane.
Dr. Wilson: Then why don't you put on a white coat like the rest of us?
Dr. House: Then they'll think I'm a doctor.

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Dr. House: When did my signature get so girly?
Dr. Cameron: I can explain.
Dr. House: See that "G," see how it makes a big loop on top? It doesn't even look like my handwriting. Think I have something? What's the differential diagnosis for writing "G's" like a junior high school girl?

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Patient's Mother: How can you just sit there?
Dr. House: If I eat standing up, I spill.

Electric Monk · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 Sep 2006, 10:38 »

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Dr. Cox: Yes, hello? Could we please get my hormonal, extremely annoying ex-wife's amnio underway?
Jordan: Wow, I can't wait to write that down in the baby journal.
[Dr. Cox grunts]
Jordan: Could you be a bigger ass right now?
Dr. Cox: Could you have a bigger ass right now?

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Dr. Cox: You know, the only way you could be more useless right now is if you actually were the wall. Now, it certainly is true that you'd at least be serving a purpose - specifically a surface for a jackass to lean against - but it could be argued that this is more useless than doing nothing. I know, it's a conundrum but don't you worry, I'll noodle it for you right here. Meanwhile, you just skip along, all right Shirley?

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Dr. Kelso: Dr. Cox, did you get my memo stating that residents should wear their lab coats at all times?
Dr. Cox: Yes I did. At first I just threw it away, but then I thought, that's not grand enough a gesture; so I made a model of you out of straw, put my lab coat on it - with your memo in the pocket - and invited the neighborhood kids to set fire to it and beat it with sticks.

Because I can't not quote Cox when the subject comes up.

KB_Hurr_Hurr · « **Reply #13 on:** 21 Sep 2006, 12:49 »

very interesting....at the risk of sounding like a complete idiot....who is this Dr. Cox you speak of??? and please don't kill me!!!!

~KB~

nihilist · « **Reply #14 on:** 21 Sep 2006, 12:54 »

Third season is currently eating a bag of dirty dicks.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #15 on:** 21 Sep 2006, 18:09 »

Quote from: KB_Hurr_Hurr

very interesting....at the risk of sounding like a complete idiot....who is this Dr. Cox you speak of??? and please don't kill me!!!!

~KB~

He's a character from Scrubs, one of the very few American sitcoms worth watching.

Hat · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 Sep 2006, 01:07 »

I sort of lost interest in House by halfway through the second season, half because yes, it is a little formulaic, and the other half because I wound up going to a lot of gigs on Wednesday nights. I do want to get back into it, but I don't think I like it quite enough to buy the DVDs, so I am going to try and con someone I live with into buying them. Are there any story arcs in the second season that I am going to totally not follow if I can't remember much about where I was upto?

mberan42 · « **Reply #17 on:** 22 Sep 2006, 08:06 »

Cuddy wants to get pregnant.
Wilson moved in with House, then out. In with a cancer patient of his, then out.
Chase wants a break.
Cameron is still nice and hot and pathetic.
Foreman is recovering from his disease.

The last episode of season 2 was the best episode of the series. (I've not watched any of season 3 yet.) You get to see a guy's eyeball pop out of his head. Plus, his testicle explodes all over Chase's face.

KB_Hurr_Hurr · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Sep 2006, 11:18 »

dont forget the fact that house and stacy almost have an affair but then stacey pulls outta it....so bye bye stacey....

and house is cornered by her husband in a staircase and falls over and house leaves him there....

the-artful-dodger-rodger · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 Sep 2006, 13:46 »

actually House and Stacy got it on, then House dumps her.

dennis · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 Sep 2006, 18:44 »

You can catch up by reading the insanely funny recaps at televisionwithoutpity.com.

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/category_1196.html

Sarcasmorator · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 Sep 2006, 19:42 »

Want a fun time? Call 555-*

Wait, no. Go and watch some "Jeeves & Wooster" or "Blackadder." Then watch some "House."

the-artful-dodger-rodger · « **Reply #22 on:** 23 Sep 2006, 06:09 »

dont forget about "A bit of Fry and Laurie", you havent lived until you have seen Hugh Laurie rap. you can find it on youtube

Merkava · « **Reply #23 on:** 17 Oct 2006, 18:03 »

Quote from: ironoxide887 on 19 Sep 2006, 18:45

As much as I enjoy House, the plot is almost exactly the same every episode. If it weren't for the witty banter, it would be about as interesting as CSI. In other words, not.

Hey, did you hear? Every Law and Order is about solving a crime and prosecuting it! And, the majority of RPGs are about saving the world!

SO FORMULAIC

thepugs · « **Reply #24 on:** 18 Oct 2006, 07:41 »

My girlfriend is in love with House, I bought her the first season DVD even though she'd seen all the episodes. She still went crazy happy.
While it is formulaic, it's not all that repetitive. I've seen quite a few of the episodes, and been pleased with those that I saw.

Will · « **Reply #25 on:** 18 Oct 2006, 08:48 »

Stupid World Series getting in the way of new episodes of House...making me wait until freaking HALLOWEEN!!

I growl in the general direction of the Fox Broadcasting company.

ielerol · « **Reply #26 on:** 18 Oct 2006, 23:00 »

I love House. The key to the show is to realize that everything that goes on is about exploring House as a character. Sure, each episode's plot is pretty much a formula, but within the framework of that formula we get to see more character interaction and House gets developed a little more.
Plus the banter is hilarious. And sometimes it is fun to watch a formula show when you can shout "of course you're wrong you fools! there's 20 minutes left in the episode!"

freaking baseball. I am in so much suspense, just when the third season was starting to get really good! I know a ton of people who hate Wilson right now, but I see something of myself in him. I don't think I would ever be quite the ass he's been so far, but I can understand his motivations. And I think making him less likeable makes him more interesting, and offers an opportunity for new perspectives on House & Wilson's relationship.

in conclusion: House rocks, and I still love Wilson.

Kaktion · « **Reply #27 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 14:18 »

I wish I was as sexy as House. Wait, yeah, yeah I do. Hugh Laurie is an amazing actor, and there's something about his faux-American accent - which is pretty damn flawless - that just makes House's witty comments even funnier.

Usually, I stay away from Medical shows like the plague, but I caught an episode of this show during the summer; I fell in love. The World Series is disrupting my weekly routine, man. There's usually nothing good on Tuesdays, except House.

Inlander · « **Reply #28 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 21:41 »

On the subject of Hugh Laurie . . . I've been watching season 1 of A Bit of Fry and Laurie on D.V.D. this week, and it's just as funny as I remember it. Here's a little present for you all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MwO-AMIo74

strawberry_gashes · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 Oct 2006, 16:59 »

House is awesome.

I do not watch TV a lot... at all, actually, but I make an exception once a week just for this show.

DavidGrohl · « **Reply #30 on:** 22 Oct 2006, 21:06 »

Speaking of Dr. House, guess who's on SNL next week?

Anna Banana · « **Reply #31 on:** 25 Oct 2006, 03:36 »

house addict here. i live in england, so the next season hasn't started yet, but fortunately my friend from nj is a house addict as well, she's keeping me updated with all the house news

apparently somebody was abducted by aliens, whats that about??

strawberry_gashes · « **Reply #32 on:** 26 Oct 2006, 06:32 »

Yeah... well, this kid thought he was, but he, uh, wasn't...
Of course, I don't remember what was actually going on... something in his brain that was making him delusional.
(Sorry, I know that was not much help.)

Merkava · « **Reply #33 on:** 26 Oct 2006, 07:09 »

Oh yeah, and besides sarcasm, House is completey different from Cox. Cox rants and speaks in monologues, while House is sharp, focused, and releases his wit in bursts. Thinking they are the same is another example of many people's tendency to oversimplify.

Honestly, if House is formulaic, every other show is as well. The whole point is that they diagnose diseases that are hard to diagnose. The red herrings are necessary. What makes it different, like most Law and Orders are different from each other, is the type of illness, the effect it has on the characters, and whatever shit Laurie does.

<3 House

Craig · « **Reply #34 on:** 01 Nov 2006, 15:42 »

After having seen Season 1 on DVD, and bits of Season 2 on TV, I have come to the following conclusion: House is Chaotic Good.

valley_parade · « **Reply #35 on:** 01 Nov 2006, 16:22 »

Quote

Wilson: You said when you were having sex, you'd put a stethoscope on the door.

House: I didn't say it had to be with someone else.

Quote

House (sticking a thermometer up a patient's ass): I'll be right back.

House leaves the exam room.

House: I'm taking an early day today. Did you ever feel like you were forgetting something?

Maybe I just started noticing it, but when did Cameron start giving back the snark?

Ozymandias · « **Reply #36 on:** 01 Nov 2006, 23:29 »

Quote from: Merkava on 26 Oct 2006, 07:09

Oh yeah, and besides sarcasm, House is completey different from Cox. Cox rants and speaks in monologues, while House is sharp, focused, and releases his wit in bursts. Thinking they are the same is another example of many people's tendency to oversimplify.

Honestly, if House is formulaic, every other show is as well. The whole point is that they diagnose diseases that are hard to diagnose. The red herrings are necessary. What makes it different, like most Law and Orders are different from each other, is the type of illness, the effect it has on the characters, and whatever shit Laurie does.

<3 House

The Law and Order comparisons are quite apt.

The only good reason to watch L&O was Lenny. The only good reason to watch House is House.

rynne · « **Reply #37 on:** 02 Nov 2006, 00:21 »

Dr. House is not Dr. Cox. If anything, Gregory House = Sherlock Holmes. Aside from the obvious name similarities, they're both brilliant deductive thinkers who have no social skills, one real friend (Wilson and Watson, respectively), and a drug addiction (cocaine and Vicodin). Also, they both live in Apt. 221B.

Craig · « **Reply #38 on:** 02 Nov 2006, 11:40 »

Don't forget their musical talents: Holmes on violin, House on piano.

Guardian 452 · « **Reply #39 on:** 07 Nov 2006, 11:44 »

I love House! The show and the man. Though the man one is strictly platonic.

dennis · « **Reply #40 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 08:15 »

Quote from: Valley_Parade on 01 Nov 2006, 16:22

Maybe I just started noticing it, but when did Cameron start giving back the snark?

Cameron has always admired House, but at the end of the second season, there was a big case where Cameron had to make some decisions on her own, rather than doing what other people thought she should do. House then made an actual connection with her and told her he was proud of her.

Basically, Cameron grew a pair, and House is rubbing off on her, hence the snarkiness. I assume her House-emulation will come to a head mid-season and give us viewers some more drama.

I also think she's going to do it with Chase.

Eris · « **Reply #41 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 09:37 »

Didn't she already do it with Chase?

dennis · « **Reply #42 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 09:45 »

Quote from: Eris on 12 Nov 2006, 09:37

Didn't she already do it with Chase?

I vaguely remember something involving Cam and Chase, but I probably blocked the memory from trauma.

Guardian 452 · « **Reply #43 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 11:32 »

They did get it on. It was when Cameron was trippin' on some drugs and Chase came over.

Merkava · « **Reply #44 on:** 26 Nov 2006, 07:15 »

Ya know, I never found Cameron that attractive.

Until she brought the snark with "I'm hittin' that...and it's hoooot" from the episode with the brother/sister lovers. That was pretty brilliant. And, yes, hot.

I think it wore off, though. Everyone else still thinks she's hot, of course.

dennis · « **Reply #45 on:** 26 Nov 2006, 07:22 »

she was a lot hotter in the first season. then she got kind of frumpy. i think it's the bangs.

Cuddy, though. She's consistent.

Jayde_T. · « **Reply #46 on:** 09 Dec 2006, 01:16 »

I fell in love with House watching the first episode and was loyal throughout the first season. I'm not sure about the direction they're headed with the whole bully cop obsessed with putting House in jail for making him take a thermometer where the sun don't shine. We all know House is apathetic and downright anti-social, but that's what makes it so damn funny. At any rate, I will be glad when the storyline moves on.

Merkava · « **Reply #47 on:** 27 Dec 2006, 07:01 »

Quote from: dennis on 26 Nov 2006, 07:22

she was a lot hotter in the first season. then she got kind of frumpy. i think it's the bangs.

Cuddy, though. She's consistent.

Definitely. The cleavage jokes are well-deserved.

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Author Topic: Gregory House defines Facetious (Read 17402 times)

KB_Hurr_Hurr

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KB_Hurr_Hurr

KB_Hurr_Hurr

KB_Hurr_Hurr

Electric Monk

KB_Hurr_Hurr

nihilist

KB_Hurr_Hurr

Sarcasmorator

Merkava

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ielerol

Kaktion

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Anna Banana

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Guardian 452

Merkava

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