Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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]


-t - Apr 09, 2015 6:22:39 pm PDT #7361 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Blanket forts are magic.

Unrelatedly, looks like Louie is still a show where anything can happen. I had some trepidation, for some reason.


-t - May 08, 2015 5:54:43 pm PDT #7362 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

IJWTS, I am grateful I didn't watch Louie last night before going to bed.


erikaj - May 08, 2015 6:54:41 pm PDT #7363 of 8625
Always Anti-fascist!

Was it "Friends" or "Northern Exposure" had the joke that used "Spiderman" as the example for why just adding "-man" didn't make a Jewish name? Maybe both, cause sometimes I picture Chandler and sometimes Dr. Joel.


EpicTangent - May 09, 2015 8:19:03 pm PDT #7364 of 8625
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Friends had the bit with Phoebe & Chandler: "He's not "Phil Spiderman". He's a Spider - Man." Though I wouldn't be surprised if Northern Exposure did one, I don't remember it off the top of my head - I haven't seen every episode 50 times like I have with Friends.


erikaj - May 10, 2015 12:48:50 pm PDT #7365 of 8625
Always Anti-fascist!

Maybe they both did. Wouldn't surprise me.


Fred Pete - May 11, 2015 11:36:28 am PDT #7366 of 8625
Ann, that's a ferret.

Any other fans of the new Odd Couple? It's a fairly standard NYC sitcom, except words cannot describe the brilliance that is Tom Lennon. He gives the standard version of Felix a modern metrosexual overlay. I suspect with a fair amount of improv.


erikaj - May 11, 2015 11:47:10 am PDT #7367 of 8625
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, I think it's pretty cute, in kind of a retro way. New Felix kind of reminds me of Niles Crane.


Fred Pete - May 11, 2015 12:10:28 pm PDT #7368 of 8625
Ann, that's a ferret.

Kind of -- but Lennon brings a physicality to Felix that Niles wouldn't dream of.


EpicTangent - May 11, 2015 12:36:22 pm PDT #7369 of 8625
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I tried to watch a couple of the early eps, but found them painful. Has it found its voice better? I'd be pleased to hear it because it seemed like such a waste of Lennon. And Perry. And Brown for that matter.


sj - May 11, 2015 12:40:18 pm PDT #7370 of 8625
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I hated the pilot and never watched again.