THE TALKIES

A bunch of immature guys sitting around arguing about this and that, especially pop culture... Thanks to Diner acolytes such as Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino, and Judd Apatow, the template has spread from genre to genre

NOTHING'S ON

SEINFELD (1990-98)

"I think I can sum up the show for you with one word: nothing."

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

(2000)

"I'm not a [video] pauser. I don't like

pausing." •

GET SHORTY

(1995)

^ "E.g. means 'Far

S, example.'What I

J33. think you want to

sayisi.e."

ENTOURAGE

(2004-11)

"I may have figured out a way to descramble the pay-per-view."

PORTLANDIA

(2011)

"Ugh, cars, man. Why?"

RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) "You remember the Fantastic Four?... Motherfucker looks just like The Thing." ⅝

50/50 (2011)

"No one wants to have sex with me. Look at me ... I look like Voldemort."

DAZED AND

CONFUSED

(1993)

"What's going on?" "Nothing." "Not much?" "Nothing at all."

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

(1996) "A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking Jack and Coke all morning."

DOESN'SHUT UP

PULP FICTION (1994)

"You know what they • call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?"

THE OFFICE

(2001-3, U.K.; 2005, U.S.)

"What kind of bear is best?" "That's a ridiculous question."

"False. Black bear."

KNOCKED UP --

an unfunny, tense version of Everybody

version of Everybody Loves Raymond."

SUPERBAD (2007)

"Take off your vest. You look like Aladdin."

SLACKER (1991)

"Uh, I don't do much, really. I just read, and work here, and, uh, sleep and eat, and, uh, watch movies."

SWINGERS (1996)

"You know I used to wait two days to call anybody, but now it's like everyone in town waits two days. So I think three days is kind of money.

What do you think?"

LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998)

"You'd take a pain in the arse for air miles."

THE 40YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (2005)

"You know how I know you're gay?... You like Coldplay."

LOUIE

(2010) "I'm 42 ... I'm almost 43.... I remember going to movies when it cost $3! ...

HIGH FIDELITY

(2000)

"How can you like Art Garfunkel and Marvin Gaye? That's like saying you support the Israelis and the Palestinians."

THE

SOPRANOS

(1999-2007)

"He Marvin Gaye'd his own nephew. The boss of this family."

FREAKS AND GEEKS

(1999-2000) "She's a cheerl eader; you've seen Star Wars 27 times. Do the

JACK DELIGTER