this show is...pretty bad when it goes into heartwarming mode (esp. when dude showed his home movie about his relationship with his dad wtf). i wish they would abandon the relationships and character development and just be funny.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, October 23, 2009 6:53 PM
^^
― am0n, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
SNL would be more watchable if they brought in more new blood instead of just hanging onto the same people forever and arbitrarily sloughing off a couple of them each season, so it's a vicious circle
― crazypoxyfule (some dude), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok, this is hysterical. i laughed more during the halloween episode tonight than with any other of the thursday night shows.
― cutty, Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:45 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
chevy chase as beastmaster
― cutty, Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:46 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― cutty, Friday, 30 October 2009 02:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
i really wanna like this show cuz i love mchale but this seems super contrived to me. like, the office is absurdist but it's still pretty grounded in believability whereas the characters in community and the premises of the episodes kind of seem to only be able to exist in minds of the writers. granted i've never been to community college so maybe i'm wrong but this is kinda boring imo.
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 October 2009 02:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol @ the ghostbusters joke. i also saw ghostbusters in the theater! if i wasn't a kid when that happened, i would feel old.
― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
this is kinda boring imo
it's watchable but i like parks and recreation a lot more.
― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
parks and rec doesn't have trudy campbell though!
― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
not particularly funny this evening but third of a letter grade bonus for SQUIRREL GIRL
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
never-ending Batman monologue at the end A++
― This revisionist bible is delicious (reddening), Friday, 30 October 2009 05:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
"What up, Urkel"
― kingfish, Friday, 30 October 2009 05:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
I found the tripping scene pretty entertaining.
― Super Cub, Saturday, 31 October 2009 09:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
I wish they'd drop the will-they-won't-they (Joel McHale isn't that confident an actor, and they don't have the chemistry), but I'm really loving this show. Such a tremendous ensemble.
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 October 2009 11:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
i could not stop laughing during the tripping scene, and the way they cut to the commercial was perfect
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'd much rather hear post-30 rock screwball dialogue than faux-doc monologues at this point
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
faux-doc?
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
mockumentary interview shit: office, p&r, modern family. forgive the french.
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
i kept thinking doctor for some reason. yeah i agree.
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
in parks and recreation the mockumentary thing doesn't even make sense
i liked Troy's nodding along to the Mexican Halloween comment.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show is losing me a little bit, getting tired of every episode being about main dude trying to be all cool and withdrawn and then realizing at the end that he CARES about this lovable gang of misfits - this has happened like five times now, it's already old and it's going to get more annoying
abed as batman was great though, and ken jeong is nuts
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 31 October 2009 13:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah ken jeong kinda steals every scene he's in. and while i agree with you, by now jeff has done his cool-then-caring-thing with every cast member and i have confidence in this show mixing it up soon enough
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
i don't know about ken jeong - the whole LOL he's azn teaching spanish! angle already turned me off, the scene-stealing seems too obvious, too
still, i enjoyed this episode nonetheless
― Nhex, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
starting to catch up on the episodes, i thought ep 4 and 5 were pretty good. ken jeong is a big reason to watch the damn show and the british teacher is pretty funny
― luol deng (am0n), Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
― da croupier, Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:20 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
the jim style parks&rec guy looked at the camera and shrugged a couple weeks ago
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
troys eddie murphy costume was hilar in that it was also a joke abt how it was not a michael jackson costume
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
That is probably going to be my favorite Halloween costume this year.
― Otter madness (Nicole), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
tell me about the Beatles, Pierce
― Nhex, Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
the whole LOL he's azn teaching spanish! angle already turned me off,
I dunno. I think they only went for this joke in his first episode, where it worked.
I enjoyed him in this ep, from his little interjections that put a point on the scenes(from the Urkel to the Loooooser as he zooms by). He's great when used sparingly, instead of needing to have him do onscreen breakdowns alla time.
― kingfish, Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
As good as the show is already (IMO), I think we'll see a distinct uptick in quality as the writers figure out how to best utilize the fantastic ensemble they have at their disposal.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 31 October 2009 22:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
troy is too much. he's got one of those faces i just look at and laugh. very subtle comedic actor. he will be famous.
― cutty, Sunday, 1 November 2009 00:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
dude should already be famous from this
― Nhex, Sunday, 1 November 2009 01:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:53 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I don't see how this is any more contrived/less believable than 30 Rock
― Bobby Wo (max), Monday, 2 November 2009 13:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm liking the show and think it can get better, but I'm really hating the tendency to be filled with aspirational platitudes. So far every episode has these "you're ok, I'm ok" pep-talks.
― dan selzer, Monday, 2 November 2009 14:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm really hating the tendency to be filled with aspirational platitudes
Yeah, this. I like all the characters and I like watching their attempts to get to know each other, I just wish they wouldn't...talk...about it so much. I was fine with things like Abed's film making his dad cry, or Shirley talking about her husband leaving her, but when three or four characters are having these moments every episode, it starts to feel like an after-school special, and not in the good Strangers With Candy way.
Whatever though, I'm still enjoying it.
― This revisionist bible is delicious (reddening), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
like, the office is absurdist but it's still pretty grounded in believability whereas the characters in community and the premises of the episodes kind of seem to only be able to exist in minds of the writers.
This strikes me as a pretty big misstep of a comparison. Community is more obviously stylized and less grounded in reality. I think the commitment to that voice strengthens the absurdity. Whereas The Office wants to have cake and also eat it, and so denies its own foundational reality far too often.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i mean...some shows work hard to feel real and believable aside from being comedies, some just give you a vaguely realistic situation as a springboard for comedic stories and dialogue, this is very clearly the latter.
― returnofthaghmac (some dude), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
Have to agree w/Deric - I mean, the whole premise of the show is such a sitcom world, one step removed from the Seinfeld fake show/Butler premise. And yet, that blue study room is freakishly authentic to me - gives me chills!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
omg batman <3 <3 <3
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 04:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
i never even saw beastmaster, i just wanted to be cool
― cutty, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
"I'm kind of the Hawkeye around here."
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 01:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Not a funny episode. A laugh or two maybe.
― dan selzer, Friday, 6 November 2009 01:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
have you even ~seen~ beastmaster
― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 01:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp I dunno. I laughed about as much as usual, but I just don't think it will ever be the kind of show that inspires riotous fits of laughter. And I keep finding new ways to compare it to Scrubs. If they start doing fantasy sequences regularly, watch out.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 01:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
I did like the that every poster in Abed's room was from a movie from 1985 - 1988, and this fact was never ever remarked upon.
I mean, there was a poster for 'Vibes.' VIBES, people!
― kingfish, Friday, 6 November 2009 08:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
great episode, esp. vaughn getting garfunkel confused with garfield
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 November 2009 14:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah that bit was great, really think the show is coming into its own
― lindsay goham (some dude), Friday, 6 November 2009 14:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
when the black dude came out to rap about pierce i lost it
― cutty, Friday, 6 November 2009 14:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
"In the last two days, I've spent a quarter."
― kingfish, Friday, 6 November 2009 17:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
that was definitely my favorite episode so far. it had the most going on. even chevy's prog keyboard solo was pretty inspired.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 17:48 (3 years ago) Permalink