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Someone being handed a scaldingly hot cup of coffee and immediately taking a massive gulp

People lying in bed asleep when the phone rings and then answering it with perfect diction instead of knocking the phone to the floor and going 'Wha?'.

Hero in a television show being shot in the leg one week, but perfectly fine the next week - no stick, physio, pain, long term disablement, etc. Same goes for constant knock out blows to the head and lack of brain damage.

Quote: Shandonbelle @ September 4 2012, 11:00 PM BST

There's never normal rain, it's either a torrential downpour or bone dry.

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In cop films, it never rains during the day, but the streets are always rain slicked at night.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ September 4 2012, 11:01 PM BST

Hero in a television show being shot in the leg one week, but perfectly fine the next week - no stick, physio, pain, long term disablement, etc. Same goes for constant knock out blows to the head and lack of brain damage.

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Been watching The Simpsons/ South Park/ Family Guy/ Bugs Bunny I see

Coyotes have unlimited credit accounts with mail order companies.

* In real life, when people order something in a pub, cafe or restaurant, they tend to stick around and eat/drink it, rather than flouncing off as soon as the conversation reaches its dramatic denouement.

* In real life, people say goodbye before hanging up.

* In real life, you get to see it going in.

Quote: Shandonbelle @ September 4 2012, 11:03 PM BST

Been watching The Simpsons/ South Park/ Family Guy/ Bugs Bunny I see

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Amongst others like Chuck, Alias, Spooks, etc., in fact any action show where someone is shot, stabbed, knocked over the head or even punched in the face. So tired of watching people repeatedly smashing the crap out of each other and no black eyes, massive facial swelling or missing teeth. Just a tiny bit of blood on the nose or lips.

Nightclubs that are filled with smoke, yet no one is smoking, full of goths and playing heavy metal music.

Never wearing a bullet proof vest, except that one time where the hero gets shot in the chest and we all think he's dead, but he's not. And even after being shot in the chest, never wears the bullet proof vest again for the rest of the movie.

Quote: Kevin Murphy @ September 4 2012, 11:05 PM BST

* In real life, when people order something in a pub, cafe or restaurant, they tend to stick around and eat/drink it, rather than flouncing off as soon as the conversation reaches its dramatic denouement.

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This bugs the shit out of me along with people taking forever to answer a ringing phone for purely dramatic reasons.

Quote: Kevin Murphy @ September 4 2012, 11:05 PM BST

* In real life, you get to see it going in.

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* In real life, you get to see it going in.

Oh, God, that would bore me to tears.
Oh. Must be just me then.

In real life, women don't engage in hot, steamy sex and keep their bra on.

Quote: RedZed333 @ September 4 2012, 10:04 PM BST

Whenever there's a sex scene there's never a pair of skid marked underpants strewn across the bedroom floor...

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In american shows women still have their nighties or bra and slip on right after they just had sex and men still wear their boxers. You can see they just had sex because they're sweaty and panting. How does that work? I heard that in real life you have to be naked for sex...well...more or less.

Oops, just realised that Aaron made a similar post right above mine. Well, here's another one. In films James Bond can be beaten up and then thrown off a cliff and saved by a fishing trawler and living on it for months. Still after it he smells nice, his hair looks perfect and his tux still fits him perfectly. In real life you need a shower and complete makeover after bringing the garbage bin out.

Quote: Aaron @ September 5 2012, 3:04 AM BST

In real life, women don't engage in hot, steamy sex and keep their bra on.

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I knew one woman who did. No physical defects to hide. She was just worried about gravity and eventual sagging spoiling her exquisite figure.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ September 4 2012, 9:40 PM BST

compare things that happen in television and movies compared to real life. They don't have to be huge things, just the weird tiny details that suddenly make you realise that Movies / TV just don't stack up with actual experiences.

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Mad Magazine covered this topic in the 70s. Article was illustrated by Dick DeBartolo. Forget who the writer was. Included the "always available car parking space" matter. And had a picture of Dean Martin captioned with something like: Drunks are portrayed on screen as lovable and charming, whereas your Uncle Mort turns violent after a few drinks. And "When a private investigator breaks into an office in the dark he can find the exact file he wants within seconds, whereas you can't even find something you put down only five minutes ago". Etc, etc.

Quote: Kenneth @ September 5 2012, 1:10 PM BST

Mad Magazine covered this topic in the 70s. Article was illustrated by Dick DeBartolo. Forget who the writer was. Included the "always available car parking space" matter. And had a picture of Dean Martin captioned with something like: Drunks are portrayed on screen as lovable and charming, whereas your Uncle Mort turns violent after a few drinks. And "When a private investigator breaks into an office in the dark he can find the exact file he wants within seconds, whereas you can't even find something you put down only five minutes ago". Etc, etc.

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Yes I remember...I read the German version, but the illustrations must have been the same. Maybe tha's where I got the James Bond idea from

Quote: Gordon Bennett @ September 5 2012, 1:00 PM BST

In films James Bond can be beaten up and then thrown off a cliff and saved by a fishing trawler and living on it for months. Still after it he smells nice, his hair looks perfect and his tux still fits him perfectly. In real life you need a shower and complete makeover after bringing the garbage bin out.

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Something much like this was in the Mad article.

Quote: Kenneth @ September 5 2012, 1:13 PM BST

Something much like this was in the Mad article.

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In the MAD spoof of "The Cosby Show" they discussed how the Huxtables manage to keep their beautiful big house that clean when you never see one sod move a finger doing housework.

I bought a pack of 3 new Mad comics a couple of years ago and didn't know half of the movies, TV shows and celebrities that were being spoofed.

My MAD comics spoofed shows like Kojak, Starsky & Hutch and things like that, those were the days. I Think I wouldn't get the new things...I mean what are they spoofing nowadays? Jersey Shore or Big Brother?