https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:23:29 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271353 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:36:56 +0000 Opinions and Polls Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271353 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271352 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:33:50 +0000
And, as we all know (not to mention get it back on music), Baker Street is a great song. Laurie could probably play all the parts... :wink:

Peace

David]]> Opinions and Polls David Hodge https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271352 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271347 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:13:34 +0000
I may be looking at it wrong, though. It may be a tongue in cheek sendup of doctor shows, presented "straight." It is so bad it's funny. You may be right on there, Rico. Of course, with popular success, some begin to take what they do seriously and more literally and forget their satirical roots. Alan Alda and writers kinda went that way in M*A*S*H ... though anti-war statements usually have a little more social relevance than guess-the-disease-o-the-day.

My theory on House: The writers are trying to see how thoroughly disagreeable they can make House and still have viewers love him.

All that aside, Hugh Laurie is a bright and talented guy. He's probably having a good laugh about the show's success.]]> Opinions and Polls gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271347 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271336 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:11:53 +0000
Ric: Shame on you! :)]]> Opinions and Polls Misanthrope https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271336 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271333 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:32:51 +0000
That was a terrific analysis. I never saw the analogy with Holmes but now I can't NOT see it!]]> Opinions and Polls BluezOldy https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271333 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271331 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:54:28 +0000
I may be looking at it wrong, though. It may be a tongue in cheek sendup of doctor shows, presented "straight." It is so bad it's funny. House was originally conceived as a detective show, except in a medical instead of a criminal context. Dr House himself is based heavily on Sherlock Holmes (notice the names: House and Holmes? Holmes played violin, House plays guitar/piano, Holmes did coke, House takes vicodin, Holmes had a sidekick named Watson, House has a sidekick named Wilson). House also has the amazing ability to note all kinds of seemingly unimportant details and draw conclusions that others would've missed. Early audience reaction to the show led to a change in focus from the detective aspects of the show towards the characters. I guess the show is sort of what you would classify as dramedy, but with more "dram" and less "edy" than, say, MASH or Scrubs :-P. I enjoy the humour, especially House's cutting wit, and some of the clinic scenes are hilarious. And compared to other medical shows, the medicine is actually fairly accurate (though not close to 100% of course).

Unfortunately due to the nature of the show, it is very difficult to break the formula, so as the formula gets stale the show becomes more and more a parody of itself until before you know it sharks are getting jumped and shows are getting cancelled. Someone on another forum pointed out that there is also the money factor - when the show started, the budget was smaller and so was the audience. As the show becomes popular and the budget increases, the network demands that it also appeal to a wider audience, which means blunting the edges that made it popular in the first place.

Also, you can tune your guitar visually by plucking, say, the low E string at the fifth fret and adjusting the A string until it vibrates sympathetically (just though I'd better add something about guitars in a guitar forum :P)]]> Opinions and Polls Saryu https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271331 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271322 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:24:24 +0000
I think the show's formula just wore very thin with me.]]> Opinions and Polls BluezOldy https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271322 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271320 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:20:19 +0000
I may be looking at it wrong, though. It may be a tongue in cheek sendup of doctor shows, presented "straight." It is so bad it's funny.]]> Opinions and Polls Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/paged/2/#post-271320 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/#post-271317 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:16:44 +0000 Opinions and Polls Saryu https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/#post-271317 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/#post-271297 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:13:07 +0000
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6AvMUR_XMlg

Using 'Hugh Laurie' as the search words on YouTube shows what an amazing man he is. That's great! :lol:]]> Opinions and Polls Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/house-guitar/#post-271297