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Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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]
le nubian - Jul 29, 2011 9:04:58 am PDT #4268 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse - Jul 29, 2011 5:09:22 pm PDT #4269 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw, Louie, I am disappoint.
Why show him waiting at Grand Central, then an approaching new 2 train (doesn't go to Grand Central), then him sitting on an old N/R train? Why???
Otherwise, we're still good.
-t - Jul 29, 2011 5:19:52 pm PDT #4270 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That was to divorce the subway ride from any particular trip and make it all rides on all trains, from all destinations, going anywhere.
Not for any sort of expediency wrt production, I'm sure.
Jesse - Jul 29, 2011 5:23:10 pm PDT #4271 of 8625
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ah, thank you. I will take that.
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2011 6:28:25 pm PDT #4272 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just started watching Parks and Recreation. The pilot was...okay. But I know the first season is meh and the second season is when it gets good. Right now it's like, hey, we're a mockumentary, that means we are automatically funny, right? ...Right?
bon bon - Jul 30, 2011 6:43:25 am PDT #4273 of 8625
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I thought the first season was quite good. It obviously improved, but I don't understand your complaint. It's not like Greg Daniels and Mike Schur forgot what comedy was for half a season, and then got hit on the head to make the best comedy on television shortly thereafter. But no, I do not think they assumed the format would make it automatically funny.
DavidS - Jul 30, 2011 7:33:23 am PDT #4274 of 8625
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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§ ita § - Jul 30, 2011 9:50:18 am PDT #4275 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's Spoilage Lite material, DavidS.
le nubian - Jul 30, 2011 9:58:17 am PDT #4276 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
My recommendation is for you to hang in there. I don't find P&R as funny as Community, but it is more consistent. Beau thinks P&R is funnier - of the half dozen eps he has seen.
The thing I really like about P&R - is like Community - they have character growth that seems appropriate. They reference back to shit that happened before, so you are rewarded for watching the show.
There is an element of WTF about every other episode. I mean the decisions some of these people make fly in the face of reality.
Polter-Cow - Jul 30, 2011 10:05:34 am PDT #4277 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, luckily, I've seen a good stretch of episodes in season two, so I am confident that I will end up liking it. And I found the second episode funnier than the pilot (I want The Tom and April Show ), but it's clear the show is still trying to find its feet and figure out the characters. They're all pretty one-dimensional at this point, but, come on, it's the second episode. I'll give it time.
I know a few people who prefer it to Community, if only because it has more heart. Of course, I think Community has more heart than people give it credit for (before watching it, I had the impression that it was very mean-spirited and cynical).