The Monkees provided young viewers with a fresh, new set of four charismatic young men who move through a world of uptight adults while singing infectious pop songs.
"I wake up once in a while really uptight," Bob said.
Vanessa is uptight and materialistic, while Mark tends the guttering flame of his youthful hipness, watching cult horror movies and trading alternative-rock mix CDs with Juno.
Martin is the Jack Lemmon type, uptight and repressed, while Patrick is the Walter Matthau figure, extrovert and responsibility-free. "The drama is also like Sideways in that these two men are chalk and cheese.
The best material finds this "young matador of the links" cocking snooks at the establishment as he hooks balls out from under the bumpers of parked cars, while uptight British commentators struggle to put his "smiling Spaniard" charm into words ("He's thinking, 'the paellas are on me!'").
Bauman's character Laura is uptight and naive, while Negovanlis' character Carmilla is an undead and unaffected vampire.
Usually, this transaction would involve the discovery of a middle ground: the unruly partner would learn the value of restraint, while the uptight one would loosen up.
Brad had been engaged before to Gwyneth Paltrow, who was a sort of the Taylor Swift of acting in the 90s, all uptight and no fun while constantly pretending to have fun.
While an uptight character will be pedantic and fussy over meals, chowing down burgers six days a week and only using your oven to store shoes or warm your jeans means a woman is cool, funny, and easygoing.
While an uptight character will be pedantic and fussy over meals, chowing down burgers six days a week and only using your oven to store shoes or warm your jeans means a woman is cool, funny and easy going.
