Phew.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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]
beekaytee - Oct 01, 2011 4:56:41 pm PDT #4422 of 8625
Compassionately intolerant
Amy - Oct 01, 2011 5:15:11 pm PDT #4423 of 8625
Because books.
I used to love sitcoms. I watched them all -- Cosby, Cheers, Friends, Seinfeld, etc.
And then I just stopped, even though I still love reruns of Friends (it's a happy place). But Community got me back into sitcoms, and now I'm watching Big Bang and 30 Rock in reruns, and Raising Hope and New Girl in real time.
Rayne - Oct 01, 2011 6:34:19 pm PDT #4424 of 8625
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Amy, if you haven't tried Parks and Recreation, you should give it a try. It took me several eps to fall in love with it, but now it's far and away my favorite show on the air (and I'm normally not a comedy person)!
erin_obscure - Oct 01, 2011 9:09:19 pm PDT #4425 of 8625
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I'm ok with sitcoms as long as there isn't a laugh track. I barely made it through the pilot of 2 broke girls due to that hideous laugh track *shudder* One of the many reasons I adore 30 Rock and Community: they let me laugh when i want to.
§ ita § - Oct 02, 2011 1:07:41 am PDT #4426 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
To be precise, that's a live studio audience.
Theodosia - Oct 02, 2011 3:26:21 am PDT #4427 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"
The Simpsons has never had a laugh track, either. Of course, it's not been all that good for the past 12 or so years.
Amy - Oct 02, 2011 6:53:37 am PDT #4428 of 8625
Because books.
I caught an ep of Parks and Rec last year, but I didn't know who anyone was, so I felt like I didn't really get it. Seemed funny, though.
I used to love The Simpsons so much. I just don't bother anymore, and there's usually a conflict with something else I want to see anyway. I do always try to watch The Treehouse of Horror episodes, though.
-t - Oct 02, 2011 7:58:48 am PDT #4429 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've watched every episode of the Simpsons since it started, most in real time. I still find it funny, though very different from how it began.
I find I don't mind laugh tracks (or studio audiences) when I agree with the laughter, so to speak, but find them intrusive and annoying when the laughter is at not-funny-to-me lines.
Rayne - Oct 02, 2011 4:19:42 pm PDT #4430 of 8625
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Is anyone else watching Husbands? It's a web series by Jane Espenson. I'm enjoying it so far.
askye - Oct 02, 2011 5:34:30 pm PDT #4431 of 8625
Thrive to spite them
I tried Parks and Rec and I wanted to like it but I just couldn't get into it. The sitcoms I watch are How I Met Your Mother, Raising Hope, and Big Bang Theory.