Darn it, I forgot that people in other areas of the country got actual network programming the last couple of nights instead of constant weather coverage.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
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]
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 27, 2011 6:28:42 am PDT #3915 of 8625
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
DavidS - Apr 27, 2011 6:38:42 am PDT #3916 of 8625
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My Tivo didn't pick it up! Why Tivo hast thou forsaken me?!
Theodosia - Apr 27, 2011 8:59:59 am PDT #3917 of 8625
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hec, it was 1.5 hours, so perhaps there was something with a higher priority on at 9?
::huggles dual-tuner TiVo::
DawnK - Apr 27, 2011 9:46:25 am PDT #3918 of 8625
giraffe mode
Meanwhile, I'm painting hearts and stars around Raising Hope
I am so glad that at the beginning of the season, the TV was set to Fox after Glee and I was too lazy to find the clicker and change the channel. I adore Raising Hope so much. "I'm going to read more book back covers!" I'm just glad that Jimmy didn't get in trouble for breaking into the store (although I'm guessing that the fight club was also "technically" breaking into the store) and that his boss was understanding about the tea trip
Liese S. - Apr 27, 2011 3:34:18 pm PDT #3919 of 8625
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's 100% fail-y on just about every issue. For the record.
Yeah. I quit it. ftr. But I quit SPN too, and I know other people still love it, so my tolerance level is probably pretty low. I guess I just figure I deal with enough sexism and racism on a daily basis that I don't need it in my entertainment. At least not my entertainment that tries to be earnest. I somehow am willing to give a pass on shows that don't even try. But try and fail, and show runners demonstrate that they don't think they're failing? And I'm out.
I miss both shows.
DavidS - Apr 27, 2011 3:51:41 pm PDT #3920 of 8625
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But try and fail, and show runners demonstrate that they don't think they're failing? And I'm out.
Huh. Points for not trying then?
-t - Apr 27, 2011 4:10:18 pm PDT #3921 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's the transitions between when Glee feels like it's not even trying to when it is very very earnest (and vice versa) that make my head hurt. I keep watching, but I'm not really invested.
DavidS - Apr 27, 2011 5:14:32 pm PDT #3922 of 8625
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't mean to bust Liese's chops. Glee is the least consistent show I've ever watched. From scene to scene, from episode to episode. It's so incredibly tone deaf at times, and will frequently deform characters for a cheap joke or a plot point.
The thing that bugs me the most is that its consistently bitchy tone is reactionary and judgmental. It wants to be all about outsiders but it constantly reinforces the status quo. Guess what Glee writers? Not everybody wants to be popular in high school. If Daria and Jane were at this school you'd really get a more successful critique of the social order.
Hil R. - Apr 27, 2011 5:17:03 pm PDT #3923 of 8625
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm confused about what Santana was trying to do. She thought that everybody would vote for her if she got Kurt back? Why?
Steph L. - Apr 27, 2011 5:21:03 pm PDT #3924 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What I found weird (and I realize I say this as a non-watcher) is that weird a-capella-esque "doo doo doo" background music during Scenes That Seemed Important. Like OCD Teacher deciding to take her Prozac. The music, because sort of bouncy filler music, totally undercut what I assume was meant to be A Scene About An Important Decision. (I think it was also playing during the meeting with Kurt, Big Gay Larry [I'm sorry I can't remember all their names; I feel like Allyson with LotR], and their fathers.)