You really have to reassure people that it's worth keeping going.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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]
Dana - Jul 05, 2020 8:28:21 am PDT #8524 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
DavidS - Jul 05, 2020 4:53:45 pm PDT #8525 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You really have to reassure people that it's worth keeping going.
Which I had heard! But still, you have to ease into it with low expectations and then it starts to pay off bigger and bigger.
I love low-stakes drama with slow-built character arcs. The premise on this is Arrested Development, but in a lot of ways it's more like Northern Exposure. Also it's a bit of a hangout comedy. You just want to spend time with the characters.
I particularly like the end-episode bits where David (inflected "!") and Alexis troll their parents mercilessly.
I also like how some of the broader jokes (like Alexis being kidnapped by various rich sleezeballs) comes around as a both an emotional toll on David and an aspect of Alexis' learned competence (including her F-class drivers license).
Laura - Jul 20, 2020 1:22:07 am PDT #8526 of 8624
Our wings are not tired.
So I was looking through the comedy series options and saw Jane the Virgin and gave it a shot. I've only watched the first 2 episodes, but I am totally charmed. It Is So Miami! I feel like I am home. Does it continue to be oh so charming and telenovelas-like? If so I am here for it.
-t - Jul 20, 2020 3:46:44 am PDT #8527 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Absolutely, Laura. You will love it!
Jessica - Jul 20, 2020 6:52:17 am PDT #8528 of 8624
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I love JtV so so so so much.
EpicTangent - Jul 31, 2020 6:59:14 am PDT #8529 of 8624
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
How is it only in the last month or so that I'm discovering Hannah Gadsby? ("Discovering" like Columbus discovered America - she's been around for a good decade or something). She's got the most amazing spicy brains and she's cute as hell. Gotta find me a friend willing to lend me a Netflix password so I can see "Nanette". Seriously, she's awesome, how am I only just now finding this bandwagon to hop on to?
On her autism: [link]
billytea - Jul 31, 2020 7:09:44 am PDT #8530 of 8624
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
How is it only in the last month or so that I'm discovering Hannah Gadsby? ("Discovering" like Columbus discovered America - she's been around for a good decade or something). She's got the most amazing spicy brains and she's cute as hell. Gotta find me a friend willing to lend me a Netflix password so I can see "Nanette". Seriously, she's awesome, how am I only just now finding this bandwagon to hop on to?
Oh! I get to be all "I liked her before it was cool"! Biyi and I saw her stand-up show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival a decade ago or so. She was just in a meeting room at Melbourne City Hall. (The topic was her experience walking across England, as in from the Irish to the North Sea.) One thing I missed out on was that she used to do walking tours of the National Gallery here. (She has a degree in Art History.)
Alas, I don't have Netflix, so I haven't seen Nanette yet either.
Laura - Jul 31, 2020 7:35:48 am PDT #8531 of 8624
Our wings are not tired.
I love JtV so so so so much.
It is the Latino version of Soap, which I also loved. It's awesome.
Jessica - Jul 31, 2020 7:39:25 am PDT #8532 of 8624
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
It is the Latino version of Soap, which I also loved. It's awesome.
I always thought of it as a Latina Gilmore Girls.
Laura - Jul 31, 2020 7:56:32 am PDT #8533 of 8624
Our wings are not tired.
Ah, I didn't watch Gilmore Girls so I didn't get a connection there.