Lancemc
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Flight of the Concords makes me happy.
(Cor, 1,000 pages, beware!)
I noticed on NSW's list, there are several old shows. When I count my favourite shows, I rarely include old(er) shows. Am I disloyal, just waiting for the next big thing? Do tv shows not stand the test of time?
FoTC - I liked it, but didn't love it or anything. I guess I found it amusing, just not uproariously funny.
What I do find uproariously funny is Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David is such a jerk. Even better than Seinfeld IMO, which didn't stand the test of time for me, to bring this post back around full circle. Can't wait for the next season.
The Prisoner, yes. Admittedly, it is NOT everyone's cup of tea, but I fucking love it.
And, SHAME on me for not mentioning the BBC Office, good lord, just amazing stuff.
I liked Flight of the Conchords, but need at least one more strong season to canonize it or anything.
Arrested Development..... I just bought a Gobias Industries t-shirt, it arrives next week.
Okay, let's see how far I can take this: I also don't worship at the altar of Arrested Development (GASP!). Unlike most who either want to marry it and have its babies, or hate it, I'm just middling about it. I like it, but don't think it's OMG, THE BEST THING EVA.
Still with me, Cori?
Extras' use of Bowie was so much better and funnier.
YouTube - Extras David Bowie
And just because it's one of the best scenes on television ever:
YouTube - Ricky Gervais - Extras - Wizard! You shall not pass!
Flight of the Concords makes me happy.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, you lost me. I want to marry it and have 10,000 of its babies.
Son of a bitch, I'd have Extras in my honorable mentions. Fuck me and my senility.
Yep, I started the thread with the AbFab comment.
I really like Extras. The finale was so depressing, yet fitting for the character. I loved the ending, though.
Okay, cool. Does anyone else here watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? I remember starting a thread on it a while back that failed pretty quickly. It's like Seinfeld/Curb, but in Philly, and every character is an asshole except for Charlie, who may be functionally retarded. It's one of those shows that goes for that shock factor because it's on cable, but that's part of the fun of it. It's been a fairly big influence on my comedy in the past year or so. I could see a lot of people here liking it.
I outgrew this amazing Buster shirt about 6 months ago. It was him waving with the hook and said "Hey Brother." The only thing that could remedy that is some Dr. Funke's 100% All-Natural, Good-Time Family Band Solution wear.
Veepz, it's totally cool if you're not in love with AD. I dislike massive hype for shows, too, but this is just one of those things that's right up my alley in more ways than one. I used to watch Curb as well, but like NSW said, it crossed that line where it wasn't funny to me anywhere. The episode where Larry's restaurant opens and he hires the chef with Tourette's is my absolute favorite. The barrage of swearing at the end had me in tears.
My top 3 all-time favorite TV shows:
I don't know what it is with AD for me. It's not the hype, because I recognize that the show is brilliant, and the hype is well deserved. My daughter's a huge fan, and we have the series on DVD. I watch it and chuckle, I'm just not rabid, like many fans are.
I remember having a discussion with NSW and Beav about Curb once, and they both felt that the show lost something. I believe they gave up on it during the season that featured trying to get a kidney for Richard Lewis, if I'm not mistaken? To me, that season definitely wasn't a high point, but it was still well worth watching, and the season after picked up a lot, I thought. I'm really looking forward to it restarting, but the last I read is pretty much that there's no set date for that to happen, it'll just be whenever David feels like doing it.
I don't know what it is with AD for me. It's not the hype, because I recognize that the show is brilliant, and the hype is well deserved. My daughter's a huge fan, and we have the series on DVD. I watch it and chuckle, I'm just not rabid, like many fans are.
I remember having a discussion with NSW and Beav about Curb once, and they both felt that the show lost something. I believe they gave up on it during the season that featured trying to get a kidney for Richard Lewis, if I'm not mistaken? To me, that season definitely wasn't a high point, but it was still well worth watching, and the season after picked up a lot, I thought. I'm really looking forward to it restarting, but the last I read is pretty much that there's no set date for that to happen, it'll just be whenever David feels like doing it.
That's cool.
Isn't he in the middle of filming a Woody Allen movie right now?
At least you chuckle.
Yes, the kidney episode was another that just rubbed me the wrong way. I watched a few after I first started becoming dissatisfied with the show, but for me, it never regained its footing. But, whatever, I still love the first few seasons and would re-watch them anytime.
Another great Curb episode, or set of episodes, was when Wanda was gonna marry Krazee Eyez Killa, Larry expects infidelity, later gets a certain hair caught in his throat, and spits it up on a nativity scene. High comedy.
Jeff's wife used to really piss me off, but I grew to like her as I watched more of the show.
Bob Odenkirk as Porno Gil is another highlight. You can never have too much of Bob and/or David Cross of Bob & David. Apparently they're developing a show for HBO or Showtime right now together.
Who else loves Mr. Show and The Ben Stiller Show?
Okay, cool. Does anyone else here watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? I remember starting a thread on it a while back that failed pretty quickly. It's like Seinfeld/Curb, but in Philly, and every character is an asshole except for Charlie, who may be functionally retarded. It's one of those shows that goes for that shock factor because it's on cable, but that's part of the fun of it. It's been a fairly big influence on my comedy in the past year or so. I could see a lot of people here liking it.