Agreed on Murphy Brown. I hope that's just the first episode establishing everything. And, yeah, the laugh track is jarring. We'll see.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
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Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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-t - Sep 28, 2018 6:53:22 am PDT #7994 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Sep 28, 2018 7:04:00 am PDT #7995 of 8624
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I bailed on Murphy Brown about ten minutes in. I loved the original incarnation but this was painfully awkward and unfunny. And it's been so long since I watched a multi-camera sitcom I forgot how jarring it is when the lighting changes between angles!
GOOD PLACE = LOVE
DXMachina - Sep 28, 2018 8:58:23 am PDT #7996 of 8624
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
One nice touch on The Good Place was that, of course, Eleanor would know about both Kamilah and her sister. It was fun to see Mike O'Malley, too.
DebetEsse - Sep 28, 2018 9:42:30 pm PDT #7997 of 8624
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I was enjoying Michael's Steven Seagal look in Tahani's near-death event.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 29, 2018 7:34:18 am PDT #7998 of 8624
What is even happening?
I bailed on Murphy Brown about ten minutes in. I loved the original incarnation but this was painfully awkward and unfunny. And it's been so long since I watched a multi-camera sitcom I forgot how jarring it is when the lighting changes between angles!
The cold open (the video montage with that classic rock song I'm not going to spoil) had me SO excited, but then yes, everything you said, Jess.
I also felt like I was watching old people put on a high school play. Everyone seemed to be overacting, except Candice, who didn't seem at ease or that engaged with the character.
Thursday was also a particularly heavy day for anything political, which is also supposed to be funny. The way news works now, even if they manage to lose the laugh track and make it edgier and less predictable, like sj recommends, I'm wondering they can pull it off.
GOOD PLACE = LOVE
It really does. I think I love it so much (aside from the fabulous cast) because it has everything I like in a serial drama, and yet it's a half-hour comedy.
One nice touch on The Good Place was that, of course, Eleanor would know about both Kamilah and her sister. It was fun to see Mike O'Malley, too.
I also loved that Eleanor said she didn't really like Kamilah.
Vulture has published a supposedly complete list of every name Tahani has ever dropped: [link]
Consuela - Sep 29, 2018 7:51:09 am PDT #7999 of 8624
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The review I saw of the new Murphy Brown is that it settles down a bit by the 3rd episode. I haven't seen it, since I no longer have cable and Hulu doesn't get it.
DXMachina - Sep 29, 2018 10:30:22 am PDT #8000 of 8624
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I also loved that Eleanor said she didn't really like Kamilah.
This may be the first time ever that Tahani and Eleanor don't start out hating each other.
every name Tahani has ever dropped
I paused the show on Tahani's contact list. The next contact after The Edge's real number was The Queen.
Dana - Sep 29, 2018 12:51:54 pm PDT #8001 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And after that, The Rock.
And the muffin cart, We Crumb From a Land Down Under.
Tom Scola - Sep 29, 2018 12:56:55 pm PDT #8002 of 8624
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
Dana - Sep 29, 2018 2:44:30 pm PDT #8003 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I loved how happy the doorman was with his frog-emblazoned travel mug.