Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.

'War Stories'


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]


Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2008 6:48:05 pm PDT #989 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Wow, that was the season finale? Shorter season this time, wasn't it? Writer's strike, perhaps?

Seriously disturbed episode, not that that's unusual lately. But even though it wasn't so big with the laughs this season, it was some kind of genius.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2008 7:03:18 pm PDT #990 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also, given how much he professed to despise Gary Trudeau for Duke in Doonesbury, the mind boggles as to what Hunter S. Thompson would have thought of the character that's blatantly based on him in Venture Brothers.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 28, 2008 4:46:27 am PDT #991 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I just finished the first series of SPACED, and I think I want to have babies with this show. It's more wry than LOL, but occasionally it just makes me lose it. And the dance at the end of the last episode made me really teary even as I laughed my ass off at Daisy asking is she could borrow Tim's porn.

It's also one of the few television shows that's made me laugh because of the style it's filmed in.


Polter-Cow - Aug 28, 2008 6:31:25 am PDT #992 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Oh yeah, there are so many great visual jokes. And Star Wars references.


DavidS - Aug 28, 2008 7:41:34 am PDT #993 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Which begs the question: Where will you find the most Star Wars references?

Spaced?
Venture Brothers?
Robot Chicken?
Family Guy?
Kevin Smith movies?


Tom Scola - Aug 28, 2008 7:45:51 am PDT #994 of 8624
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Where will you find the most Star Wars references?

Kurosawa.


DavidS - Aug 28, 2008 8:05:08 am PDT #995 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Kurosawa.

Heh. Or the WWII aviation films he stole all the dogfight bits. I can't remember the title but it was about the use of a bomb that skipped along the water so it could blow up a dam. That was the basis for the attack on the Death Star scenes.


Laga - Aug 28, 2008 8:05:40 am PDT #996 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Tom ftw.

I was just reading an interview with the Spaced crew on AICN and they pointed out all the special guest stars in the commentary. I hadn't even realized, it's like a whole other show waiting for me in the special features! Here it is.


Scrappy - Aug 28, 2008 8:13:04 am PDT #997 of 8624
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I can't remember the title but it was about the use of a bomb that skipped along the water so it could blow up a dam.

The Dam Busters. Great movieI It is being remade, with Peter Jackson producing. [link]


DavidS - Aug 28, 2008 8:42:44 am PDT #998 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The Dam Busters? "It's this movie about guys who bust dams. I don't know what it's called."

The last Venture Brothers t-shirt (spoilery for last episode).

I want it!