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And the show itself is not bad!
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
zooey reminds me of a baby. i'd watch her stare at things for a half hour.
This is pretty close to something Lizzie Caplan actually said on the show. ("It's a great 'thing': big beautiful eyes like a frightened baby. Probably gets you out of all kinds of stuff" iirc.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 02:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
that episode was so great
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 06:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
The kid saying "You pregnant! You pregnant" with the pillow on her stomach was hilarious.
― LaMonte, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ol' Poop-Eyes
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow last night had everything. so fast
― mr. jane goodall (toandos), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mick Maus! Mick Maus!
― s.clover, Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought she was talking about Motley Crue's guitarist at first.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
bump
― koogs, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
There it is. Thought the finale was disappointingly terrible.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think they pushed nick's schtick a little too hard over the course of the season.
funny how jess never, ever walks around singing now.
― j., Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was really relieved when they stopped doing that.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 May 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Anyway, like I said on the other thread, I was actually sad about Schmidt and Cece but it could just be me.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 May 2012 03:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like this show but it's awfully hard for me to hear or understand what the hell anyone is saying half the time. maybe my hearing is going.
― akm, Friday, 11 May 2012 06:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't think the sound or speaking is any more or less intelligible than any other show. Maybe your TV? Or that particular channel?
― LaMonte, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
they do a fair bit of talking over each other when things get agitated?
― j., Friday, 11 May 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm hoping they'll reconcile.
i really came around to this show over the season. i think this last episode was one of the weaker ones, though, but i was glad to see thomas lennon.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Schmidt has overtaken Ron Swanson as the best sitcom character on American television right now.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Woah, let's not lose our heads here.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, to be fair, its only because the writing for Ron Swanson has been really lazy for the second half of the most recent P&R season.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
schmidt is great though. i thought he was awful in the pilot, but he really grew over the season.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
jon otm
they have an ad for the show now that's basically a highlight reel of schmidt-isms, i'm glad fox realizes who the breakout character of the show is
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Premiere was funny.
― LaMonte, Thursday, 27 September 2012 23:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
new season killing it. has a real Friends-in-its-prime vibe. the ep with the younger hipsters across the hall killed. and they're handling the inevitable Nick'n'Jess romance subplot well - though I reckon the minute they really Ross'n'Rachel it, this show's dead in the water. But right now, it's my favourite thing on TV.
― Ryan's taint is definitely unavoidable. (stevie), Monday, 12 November 2012 13:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
... corn...
― j., Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
Rob Riggle always plays the same guy, doesn't he?
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Friday, 23 November 2012 01:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
pretty much, but it's not like there's a ton of other comedic actors out there filling that niche
― some dude, Friday, 23 November 2012 02:34 (6 months ago) Permalink
maybe there aren't a lot who are actually marine reservists
― j., Friday, 23 November 2012 02:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
disappointed by this ep. situations seemed forced, parents didn't seem 'real', cast not given space to do what they usually do well.
― "Hahahaha, nice one, Punchy," I said. (stevie), Friday, 23 November 2012 07:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
Nothing in this show seems "real", but I still thought this ep was fun. I think that's why I like this show -- it works when it's emo, and it works when it's just a shallow punchline dispenser
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 23 November 2012 11:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
^ this. I was pretty lukewarm towards it at first, but it's been consistently good this season. Also, they really need to involve Winston more. Every scene he's in is reliably hilarious.
― and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 23 November 2012 16:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
the episode where he had a sympathy period was funny
― some dude, Friday, 23 November 2012 16:23 (6 months ago) Permalink
oh yeah, i was thinking about that episode today and laughing
― "Hahahaha, nice one, Punchy," I said. (stevie), Friday, 23 November 2012 17:08 (6 months ago) Permalink
schmidt-goes-to-the-gynecologist bit this week is next-next-level
― j., Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
died at "meet the troll under the bridge and answer his three riddles"
― Gukbe, Thursday, 29 November 2012 02:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
ahem, riddles three
― j., Thursday, 29 November 2012 03:00 (5 months ago) Permalink
god damn, somebody change the title of this thread so it's searchable.
nu-promo-art sez 'this show is not about the title character so much now'
― j., Friday, 11 January 2013 01:36 (4 months ago) Permalink
Winston getting Schmidt to go out searching for crack was so good.
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Friday, 11 January 2013 01:42 (4 months ago) Permalink
OTM!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 January 2013 02:12 (4 months ago) Permalink
Everything about that plot line was amazing
The cabin story fizzled for me aside from the absinthe reactions, which were pretty lol
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:17 (4 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, that was a little boring to me. I don't really care about the relationship drama on this show.
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:18 (4 months ago) Permalink
found the idea that schmidt would really be that clueless abt Winston kinda far fetched
― max, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:22 (4 months ago) Permalink
my favorite part of that whole sequence (aside from Nick and Cece being "oh hell no" when Schmidt first broached race with them) is when Winston accused Schmidt of thinking Winston smoked crack because he was black and Schmidt saying he thought Winston smoked crack because that's what Winston had just told him
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:41 (4 months ago) Permalink
i loved that the drug dealer was just some dude named rob who thought they were trying to rob him
― Mordy, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:44 (4 months ago) Permalink
"I just thought you needed directions!"
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:47 (4 months ago) Permalink
yeah it was a great handling of the storyline i wouldve just appreciated like one line explaining why schmidt apparently doesnt know his best friend in the world very well at all
― max, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:48 (4 months ago) Permalink
not saying it wasn't a stretch, but it was funny enough that I didn't really care
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:51 (4 months ago) Permalink
(also I thought Nick was Schmidt's best friend in the world? I assume Winston and Nick are closer to each other because they grew up together)
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:54 (4 months ago) Permalink
schmidt's description of jewish soul food was also hilarious
― Mordy, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:58 (4 months ago) Permalink
Schmidt as a character is not in touch with reality to the point that it didn't bother. probably one of the best (funniest/not offensive) sitcom plots about race that i've ever seen.
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 15:18 (4 months ago) Permalink
man, schmidt's whole speech about how india had to get its shit together really pissed me off. that whole episode really annoyed me. i'm pretty sure all the guys at that dating thing didn't need douche schmidt to tell them cece was very hot for them to actually realise it and go talk with her.
― Jibe, Friday, 15 February 2013 13:04 (3 months ago) Permalink
i thought that was a little much
― Nhex, Friday, 15 February 2013 13:20 (3 months ago) Permalink
boy some episodes of this seem like they're about ready to collapse
― j., Thursday, 21 March 2013 07:49 (2 months ago) Permalink
if they're taking Jess and Nick through a horrifically destructive relationship this may be a good direction. i doubt it though
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 14:32 (2 months ago) Permalink
If Jess disappeared the show would instantly be exponentially better.
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2013 15:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
they could replace her with another wacky female roommate played by Kristen Schaal
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 15:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
Gonna be honest, would give up on the show is she wasn't on it. I'm weak.
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 15:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
then after two years, Kristen Schaal could be replaced by Anna Feris
perpetual "New Girl"
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 15:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
yes
― "Rob is startled, this is straight up gangster" (R Baez), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:21 (2 months ago) Permalink
maybe around season 8 Big Bang Theory will have finished so Kaley Cuoco or Melissa Rauch could come on board
also I'm pretty sure Megan Good will need a job at some point
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:23 (2 months ago) Permalink
i think they've ditched almost all of the 'eccentricities' by this point.
though there was a little bit of jess's nervous sex voice on the recent ep.
― j., Friday, 22 March 2013 17:30 (2 months ago) Permalink
haha they have in no way ditched the eccentricities, we're just used to them now
also they made each of the guys equally crazy so she doesn't stick out nearly as much as the pilot would make you think
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:43 (2 months ago) Permalink
since when did she make up a song about something?? (that was always the real sticker for me)
― j., Friday, 22 March 2013 17:51 (2 months ago) Permalink
This show is really great. I've been worried about the Nick/Jess storyline capsizing the whole thing ever since the Ross/Rachel-Sam/Diane dynamic first raised its head in season 1, but now I reckon they'll handle whatever comes inventively.
― The @glennbeck have raisin b-lls and rice crispy d-ck (stevie), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
I haven't seen an episode since "Table 34" but she definitely did it in "A Father's Love" and I think it also happened in "Pepperwood" and "Cooler"
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:54 (2 months ago) Permalink
her singing is still in the show. sorry!
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 18:14 (2 months ago) Permalink
Since pretty early on, like the first ep with lizzy caplan, they've done a kind of brilliant job of alternately critiquing/defending/ridiculing/embracing the 'adorkable zooey persona' that got the show on the air in the first place
― Stephen Thomas Duttywine (some dude), Friday, 22 March 2013 18:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
exactly. I was bummed at first, figured they'd put it off till later. Then I was like ok, they're going there, but it didn't work so now they've moved on and they'll eventually come back to it. Instead they're accepting it's there and just having fun playing with it.
― dan selzer, Friday, 22 March 2013 19:12 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah i'm fine w/ zooey now, which i couldn't have predicted even back when i started liking the show. i would love it if there were a perpetual new girl though. lol @ dan if he think big bang is gonna wrap after 8 seasons, which is kinda a shame cuz i would like to see cuoco working w/ better scripts but at the same time good for her for getting paid serious money which is what happens in the later seasons.
― balls, Friday, 22 March 2013 23:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
they're doing a better job w/ winston also. should i go back and watch the first season of this at some point? pretty big lizzy caplan fan fwiw.
― balls, Friday, 22 March 2013 23:11 (2 months ago) Permalink
i guess but doesn't it seem like the balance was real out of whack early on, when they seemed to want to define her as (among other things) 'this girl who sings everything!'? and it's gone from whatever that would be, as a trait of a character, to something more like… one affectation/quirk among many of one character among eccentric other characters
― j., Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
I also thought they'd toned down her character's 'quirkiness' quite a bit (including the singing) but they seemed to be bringing it back in "Quick-Hardening Caulk" (probably why it was slightly disappointing to me).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:22 (2 months ago) Permalink
well she was under duress
real light touch with that torrent of dick jokes by the writers/cast, tho
― j., Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:24 (2 months ago) Permalink
torrent of dick jokes
i would have thought andy dick was passe by now.
― Aimless, Saturday, 23 March 2013 03:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
it's called a 'callback', gramps
― j., Saturday, 23 March 2013 03:38 (2 months ago) Permalink
"not a cookie bar"
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:25 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i used to be anti-zooey deschanel but with the backlash that came with her iphone commercial i became pro-zooey... it seemed like the only respectable position. i can't stand she and him but she is pretty good on this show.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:35 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
the "ruh roh" closing this episode actually worked pretty well.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 02:12 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Another great episode of the best sitcom on tv.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 03:05 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Season finale was corny madcap classic.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:03 (1 week ago) Permalink
v. solid ending
― j., Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:12 (1 week ago) Permalink
yeah if you'd told me 'schmidt breaks up the wedding' i would've groaned but they pulled it off well and even if 'the groom is even more relieved than cece the wedding is canceled' is a bit of a cheat at least the writers knew that breaking up a wedding is kinda a shitty thing to do and felt they had to deal w/ that problem. really effective stunt casting, laffed pretty hard when she was the other woman. pretty great season, i've long had this theory that second seasons of sitcoms are usually the best for a number of reasons (i've never really tested this theory and maybe it's just a sorta recent phenom also), this was a pretty great one. selzer otm above: this is the best sitcom on tv right now. starting to get the appeal of zooey but luckily hannah simone is there to remind that o right THAT, that's what a dream goddess looks like. so i should check out the first season?
― balls, Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:13 (1 week ago) Permalink
at least the writers knew that breaking up a wedding is kinda a shitty thing to do and felt they had to deal w/ that problem.
OTM. It seemed clear enough to me beforehand that neither party really had his or her heart in the wedding so I didn't feel that cheated (although I was hoping that Chivrang [?] was really in love with a dude). Actually curious which way Schmidt is going to go. I thought it was pretty bold + commendable for them to have him get back with Elizabeth so I probably will feel cheated if he just decides "Cece". (I mean, it would have been pretty bold for the writers to fully commit to the arranged marriage as well.)
S2 has definitely been the superior season but s1 was pretty good after the first couple of episodes.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:36 (1 week ago) Permalink
read an interview this morning w/ the creator/writer that had a funny quote about how in the original casting call the character of Nick said something like "is secretly the smartest person in the room" and the actor said "yeah, after casting me, you threw that idea out pretty quick"
― dan selzer, Thursday, 16 May 2013 05:03 (1 week ago) Permalink