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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]


Frankenbuddha - Feb 10, 2011 6:56:04 pm PST #3642 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Archer continues to be the "go there" show in that they will go there even when you think they possibly couldn't.


Atropa - Feb 11, 2011 1:26:16 pm PST #3643 of 8624
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Disclaimer: I have not watched a single episode of Glee. (Yes, yes, I keep being told I'll love it.)

I just heard the version of MCR's Sing that is going to be on the show. [link]

Um. Is that what most of the songs on Glee sounds like? Because if is, I suspect I should not watch Glee, because it will drive me bugnuts.


Amy - Feb 11, 2011 1:46:30 pm PST #3644 of 8624
Because books.

That's pretty much what they all sound like, yeah.


Atropa - Feb 11, 2011 1:57:22 pm PST #3645 of 8624
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Hmm. I just poked around YouTube some more, and watched some clips. Dammit, Glee SHOULD be the sort of thing I love. But I think the production choices for all the songs will cause me to roll my eyes or grind my teeth.

(And yet, I love the Buffy musical episode, and the episodes of Pushing Daisies when Olive sang? Delightful. Now I want to try and figure out what it is about Glee that doesn't work for me.)


smonster - Feb 11, 2011 4:03:46 pm PST #3646 of 8624
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

the version of MCR's Sing that is going to be on the show. [link]

I like their versions of some songs, but that is just WRONG. It's got no grit, no soul. IMHO. But then I've stopped watching Glee.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 11, 2011 4:54:49 pm PST #3647 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Ugh. They turned it into the kind of power ballad that I think Sing transcended. No. Just...no.


smonster - Feb 12, 2011 7:13:49 am PST #3648 of 8624
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

In the context of the album, it's darkly defiant. And not really about singing.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 12, 2011 12:36:11 pm PST #3649 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

In the context of the album, it's darkly defiant. And not really about singing.

Agreed. You could have had "yell", "shout", "scream" or even "fight" instead of "sing" and the song would have meant the same thing. However, in the context of an album about music as rebellion it really did have to be "sing".


Jesse - Feb 13, 2011 2:32:06 pm PST #3650 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, I only just started watching it, but Mr. Sunshine won me over with the theme music.


Hil R. - Feb 15, 2011 3:38:07 pm PST #3651 of 8624
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Wow. That is a really out-of-context "Take Me Or Leave Me."