What exercise have you kept up with?

[petra]

As you stay inside, how do you stay on top of your health?

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[petra]

What are some comedies you've enjoyed, so people who are inclined to say, "Well, how about ____?" know what to aim for?

[desireearmfeldt]

That's a good question. Due South and Slings & Arrows, but even S&A parts of the comedy drove me off and it took reading fic to make me go back and watch seasons 2 and 3. I was recently watching The Good Place until I fell off the end of what's on Netflix but it took me 3 tries to make it past the first episode. Does Firefly count as comedy? I like the highly-verbal parts of Monty Python but not the rest.

Really, the guiding principle is I like wit -- verbal and/or intellectual humor -- character-driven humor, humor that is affectionate/sympathetic rather than mean. And comedies where the humor plays with the drama rather than undercutting it.

Maybe I should also think about my taste in fluff...I like some anime, the kind that is more feels-y (because the baseline is cute/pretty enough that I want some maturity to leaven it). And I suppose part of my problem is most of the things I enjoy in fiction are more serious than pure fluff, but then it's hard to avoid treating serious issues glibly.

Slings & Arrows is actually a good specimen of the comedy/drama mix I ordinarily prefer, though I find some of its specific humor hard to take. As stress relief/escapism I might want something a little fluffier, if such a thing exists without so much casual sexism/racism/etc. as to spoil the point of the exercise. (I tried 2 eps of When Calls The Heart, and ugh. Which is too bad as it was otherwise pleasantly escapist.)

[petra]

I wish I had a mental database of dramedies, as I believe that's the genre S&A falls into. Good luck in your quest for more compatible television.