You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!

Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'


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]


JenP - Nov 09, 2007 7:47:23 am PST #348 of 8624

Heh, yeah I knew about the shows... oh, I mean promotions... being online. I just feel all ooky about it now. I know, not watching there isn't actually helping anything, it's just one of those things. Especially when you consider that I've gotten stuff shadily before, which I always justified by "But I'm going to buy the DVDs when they come out."

Hey, I never claimed to be 100% logical 100% of the time. (Am I the only one who now expects a link to a post where I have said that very thing? I just can't think of absolutes in the same way since joining here.)


Kevin - Nov 09, 2007 7:50:01 am PST #349 of 8624
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

JenP, oh, I know exactly where you are coming from. It's logical to me. I was just going for the cheap gag.


Susan W. - Nov 09, 2007 7:52:01 am PST #350 of 8624
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I loved what they did with Jim in this week's Office. It connected back to what made me fall in love with the show in the first place--the way it reflected my own experience of just sort of ending up in a job because you needed to pay the bills, then looking around and thinking, "Wait a minute. THIS is my life?! How did this happen? I didn't want this!"


JenP - Nov 09, 2007 8:03:10 am PST #351 of 8624

I was just going for the cheap gag.

Which I fully support.

Susan, absolutely. I think that's why I loved the closing credits so much.


Polter-Cow - Nov 09, 2007 8:05:33 am PST #352 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I liked what they did with Jim, but most of the episode fell flat for me. A few of the Michael-in-wilderness gags were amusing, but it didn't feel like a successful story overall.

But Pam was wearing something very fuzzy and I wanted to touch her. Which is par for the course, but there was extra incentive this week.

This was another episode written by Steve Carell, by the by.


Kevin - Nov 09, 2007 8:09:29 am PST #353 of 8624
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

But Pam was wearing something very fuzzy and I wanted to touch her.

This actually made me laugh out loud at my keyboard like a moron. Can I tag that?


Susan W. - Nov 09, 2007 8:11:08 am PST #354 of 8624
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Hmm. I didn't catch the closing credits. Must rewatch, and hope Tivo didn't cut them off.


Polter-Cow - Nov 09, 2007 8:26:06 am PST #355 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Tag away, Kevin.


Polter-Cow - Nov 09, 2007 11:24:39 am PST #356 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Greg Daniels on the strike.

The first line spoils what Jenna hinted at in her blog about what was in store for the next episode to be shot, and the last question looks to spoil a bit of next week's too, but other than that, it's good:

Another thing I think is important for the public to know is that our government gives broadcast licenses to these big media companies to create the public culture. For them to just be only concerned with money, for them to say they don't mind taking The Office off the air, The Shield off the air, Grey's Anatomy off the air and replacing them with new reality shows like, you know, America's Loudest Voice and America's Prettiest Face, that's not fulfilling their obligation to create a good public culture.


Java cat - Nov 09, 2007 3:22:56 pm PST #357 of 8624
Not javachik

30 Rock is becoming one of my (many) favorite shows. I startled the cat awake 3 or 4 times watching last night's episode, although now I can't remember what they were.