and for some reason her character reminds me of the protagonist in all those old "Mary Jane just laughed" jokes.

What jokes now?

Miss Guided was a little too something for me. Too cringe-making and not funny enough to make up for that, I guess. I've recorded the two eps on last night so I'm going to give it another chance though.

There's an old tradition of ironic and horrifying jokes featuring an oblivious little girl named Mary Jane. For example:

Mary Jane was playing on the swings one day, swinging higher and higher. Her mother came out and said, "Mary Jane, don't you swing too high, the boys will see your underwear."
Mary Jane laughed and laughed; she knew she wasn't wearing any underwear.

Mary Jane pushed her brother into the pool. Her mother said, "You know your brother can't swim!"
Mary Jane laughed and laughed; she knew there wasn't any water in that pool.

Aside from the obvious panty-less parallel with the first joke, Judy Greer's character has that same quality of being chipper and breezing right on as something horrible or humiliating occurs.

Huh. Yes, I can kind of see that. (I've only seen the episode with Ashton Kutcher -as I missed the first ep and didn't realize that they were running two last night.)

I don't think I've ever heard those jokes! (Or possibly the senility is setting in.)

But, yes, that does seem to be the character's attitude.

Hey, those are semicolon jokes!

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The "Mr. Show" duo of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are returning to HBO with "David's Situation," a new comedy pilot starring Cross.

Mary Jane jokes are new to me too

I watched it until the first commercial, and saw what you were saying. I don't think I like it.

Oh, nice hint "I only went to one party, St. Patrick's Day and I left early"

That two-minute date might be the cutest thing I've ever seen.