I started season 2 last night! I'm maybe 6 episodes in.
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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]
Steph L. - Feb 23, 2021 2:12:08 pm PST #8581 of 8624
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
Laura - Mar 08, 2021 7:17:20 am PST #8582 of 8624
Our wings are not tired.
I started watching Schitt's Creek last week.
I decided to give it a go over the weekend, but didn't get through the first episode. I normally have an exception for pilot episodes and try and watch 2-3 before passing judgement, but I just couldn't get into it. Figured maybe it was just my mood and would give it another go.
Pros/Cons - what should I stick around for?
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2021 7:32:07 am PST #8583 of 8624
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
I liked Schitt's Creek pretty much from the start, although the first 6 episodes or so are really broad in terms of characterization. They start to get more nuanced after that.
Though, full disclosure, Moira has never stopped annoying me, and if I could launch Roland into the sun, I would. But I love Stevie and Alexis and David and John so goddamn much that it's worth it. Oh, also the vet (Ted?).
JenP - Mar 08, 2021 8:03:21 am PST #8584 of 8624
I pretty much concur with Steph on all o' that, except Moira doesn't annoy me. I think my favorite relationship is Stevie and David. Laura, I would say I got into it for the laughs and stayed for that and for the non-treacly sweetness that happens from time to time.
Laura - Mar 08, 2021 8:33:24 am PST #8585 of 8624
Our wings are not tired.
I shall hang in there then. I am on a mission to have more comedy in life! I do try and not judge shows before giving them time to develop the characters. Books I give 50 pages, shows I go 5-6, unless there is something truly unacceptable.
Dana - Mar 08, 2021 8:38:22 am PST #8586 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I have no tolerance for Roland and am so excited on rewatch when I can just skip past him. But stick it out -- characters start evolving.
amyparker - Mar 08, 2021 9:28:25 am PST #8587 of 8624
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
Plei said "WATCH THIS"; a couple of episodes in I texted back "WHY?" "Just stay with it."
Moira stopped annoying me after I read an interview with Catherine O'Hara, in which she talks about her glee at playing characters who have no clue how they come across to other people. Needing to have done supplemental reading to understand what an actor's doing usually means I go find something else to watch, but by then I was so in love with Stevie and David (and Patrick, when he showed up) that I decided to stick around.
Dana, I also reach for the magic skippy button while feeling a little sad about it - I like Chris Elliott in other things!
-t - Mar 08, 2021 9:48:39 am PST #8588 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I eventually grew to like even Roland - not that I want to spend time with him but I wish him well
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2021 11:10:20 am PST #8589 of 8624
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis
I'd never feel sad about skipping Chris Elliot; he's annoyed me mightily ever since his David Letterman days.
Has anyone else been watching Call Me Kat? It's an adaptation of the British comedy Miranda and I thought I would pass based on that, but Mayim Bialik is just delightful as the lead.
billytea - Mar 08, 2021 11:35:05 am PST #8590 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.
Has anyone else been watching Call Me Kat? It's an adaptation of the British comedy Miranda and I thought I would pass based on that, but Mayim Bialik is just delightful as the lead.
They remade Miranda? I must admit, that is not the first show I would think would translate to the American sensibility.