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Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants

This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]


Fred Pete - Sep 18, 2009 4:29:04 am PDT #1515 of 8624
Ann, that's a ferret.

First, apologies if I'm incoherent today. Early this morning, Rigatoni took a sharp turn for the much worse. He's still alive, but barely.

On to last night's Office. Okay, the refrigerator box was a cheap laugh. And not even unexpected. But effective because so perfectly executed.

The ep as a whole rode that fine line between realistic, entertaining, and disturbing. Michael seemed to cross lines even he rarely crosses, though for very Michael reasons.

I predict Andy will do something stupid because of his sexual insecurity before the season ends. Probably involving group sex.

That was Michael's car that Stanley destroyed, right?

An ep centered around the interns would have been nice, but obviously that won't happen. I suspect none of them will end up with Dunder Mifflin permanently, not least because the cast is already too big.


beekaytee - Sep 18, 2009 7:58:34 am PDT #1516 of 8624
Compassionately intolerant

While I highly recommend watching the whole episode, this clip of Josh Groban on Nevermind the Buzzcocks perfectly illustrates his view of his own image.

Throughout the show, he's self-effacing, charming and down right funny.

I was never a fan of his music, but I love watching him do comedy.


Barb - Sep 18, 2009 8:05:25 am PDT #1517 of 8624
“Not dead yet!”

Yeah, my favorite bit was A man and his hand.


-t - Sep 18, 2009 8:53:02 am PDT #1518 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That was Michael's car that Stanley destroyed, right?

Yup.

I assume there were intern-centric webisodes over the summer, but I haven't looked for them.

Parks and Rec was actually pretty funny last night, I thought. The opening was HI-larious.


Tom Scola - Sep 18, 2009 2:15:02 pm PDT #1519 of 8624
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

ABC orders a pilot for an hour-long comedy/detective show starring Penn & Teller: [link]


Polter-Cow - Sep 18, 2009 2:20:09 pm PDT #1520 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Okay, that could be pretty hilarious.


DavidS - Sep 18, 2009 5:34:06 pm PDT #1521 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Okay, that could be pretty hilarious.

Did you ever see their movie?

They sit around drinking Yoo Hoo and listening to the Velvet Underground. They do an expose on "psychic surgery" and then they get killed.


Polter-Cow - Sep 18, 2009 6:20:30 pm PDT #1522 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Did you ever see their movie?

Nope. But I've enjoyed their schtick.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 19, 2009 12:35:23 pm PDT #1523 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

They sit around drinking Yoo Hoo and listening to the Velvet Underground. They do an expose on "psychic surgery" and then they get killed.

Don't forget the "All Shemp" Three Stooges festival.

Saw that movie in a theater with a bunch of like-minded friends (and none of us at the time could afford a ticket to actually see their act) and we were laughing harder than anyone in the theater. Sadly, the movie tanked BO wise.

Hard to believe it's the same Arthur Penn, but I guess he kept his hipster credentials flying in the long run.


megan walker - Sep 22, 2009 5:44:34 am PDT #1524 of 8624
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

So, I missed most of last season of HIMYM, is there a semi-reasonable hand-wavy reason why Ted could possibly be teaching at Columbia?