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.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
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]
erin_obscure - Oct 01, 2011 9:09:19 pm PDT #4425 of 8625
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
§ 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.
le nubian - Oct 02, 2011 5:37:09 pm PDT #4432 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
askye,
if you try P&R again, start with season 2. It really hit its stride in Season 2.
lisah - Oct 02, 2011 5:38:23 pm PDT #4433 of 8625
Punishingly Intricate
I was eh on Parks & Rec in season 2 and it's one of my faves now. The first two eps of this season were super funny!
§ ita § - Oct 02, 2011 6:06:00 pm PDT #4434 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So...Arrested Development coming back--is that for real?