Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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]


Steph L. - Oct 06, 2007 7:49:51 am PDT #186 of 8624
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

So why do you think Betty was hesitating in that last scene? Just upset over the situation with her dad and Wilhelmina and Daniel, or is she really having second thoughts about Henry? (No!)

I think she didn't know Christina had told Henry, and then Betty was also just already emotionally shredded, and didn't want to deal with Henry's wine-cooler-swilling emotional upset. You know, kind of like, "Not this, too!" Too much recent turbulence in her life.

So what do you think Justin meant when he told the guy at the store that he's nothing like his dad? Because Santos was such a guy, and Justin is "swishy"? That's what I got from the bit with the basketball

Me, too.

I continue to be impressed with how they've been handling Alexis's storyline. After the last episode, I was a little afraid that she'd be freaked out about being Alexis and not Alex any longer, but I really liked seeing how happy she was with her body in this episode.

I'm half-expecting Alexis to be faking the amnesia. Because (1) it would be totally in line for a telenovela, and (2) I just don't buy the sudden "Gee 'Dad,' maybe now that I'm a woman my softer side can come out and we can be pals!"

In general, though, I've really liked the way they've handled the whole MTF issue -- with Alexis saying she never felt like she was in the right body, and Bradford not being able to handle it, etc. I'm *so* glad they didn't play it for laughs. (Other than, you know, the fact that most MTF transsexuals would KILL to look like Rebecca Romjin. But -- ::handwave:: -- telenovella.)

Also, there is NO WAY they would kill Betty's dad, after killing Santos. Right?

Meep! I don't think so, but I admit I'm a little worried. But then if he dies, Betty has no reason to keep Wilhelmina's secret anymore, so I don't think they'll go that route.

I don't think they will, just because of the potential for big trauma. They tend not to go that way, with the exception of Santos, and since that was so recent, I just don't think they'd do it.

This isn't a Tim Minear show, after all....


Frankenbuddha - Oct 08, 2007 10:43:57 am PDT #187 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

The American CREATURE COMFORTS is coming out on DVD tomorrow. I think there were several that never aired.


erikaj - Oct 10, 2007 8:31:24 pm PDT #188 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!

How funny was "Phyliss' Wedding!"


Hayden - Oct 11, 2007 9:43:34 am PDT #189 of 8624
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Venture Brothers here? Some backgrounds for S3 on Jackson Publick's blog: [link]


Kevin - Oct 11, 2007 10:38:55 am PDT #190 of 8624
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Michael driving his car into a lake was a brilliant TV moment for me.

The actual writing on this in the second half was really good I thought, as it explored personal relationship breakdowns using the office as the context. Which is nice.

Pam and Jim are doomed, though. Being cute forever does not good drama make. (And Joss is directing the final one hour episode. Step away, Joss).


erikaj - Oct 11, 2007 10:51:07 am PDT #191 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!

Re: Jim/Pam: I'd like to see them end up like Turk and Carla from "Scrubs", in that, it's not forgone that their being together solves all their problems, instead of that whole TV "We got them together, now they're boring." thing. On a shallow note, doesn't Krasinki have the best smile on television, right now? Looking at it really makes me want to smile.


lisah - Oct 11, 2007 10:54:51 am PDT #192 of 8624
Punishingly Intricate

On a shallow note, doesn't Krasinki have the best smile on television, right now? Looking at it really makes me want to smile.

His is pretty good but, right now, I'm going to have to go with Lee Pace's for the win (as the kids say).


erikaj - Oct 11, 2007 11:00:05 am PDT #193 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!

Right...I forgot he has a show.


joe boucher - Oct 11, 2007 2:00:06 pm PDT #194 of 8624
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

I forgot he has a show

He does, and it's a good one. I thought there would be more discussion about it but I've looked in various threads & didn't see anything. I'd probably notice Lee Pace's smile more if he weren't standing next to Anna Friel most of the time. She's very distracting. Not that I'm complaining.

Haven't seen any mention of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, either. I'm enjoying it, too, especially when "The Gang Solve[d] the North Korea Problem." I'm on the same wavelength as its scuzzy absurdist humor but I thought my wife would HATE it. Much to my surprise she thought it was pretty funny (the episode "The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty McGoo".)


Dana - Oct 11, 2007 2:00:55 pm PDT #195 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I thought there would be more discussion about it but I've looked in various threads & didn't see anything.

Boxed Set.