your favorite episode of party down

god, so hard --top 5

1. Sin say shun
2. Ricky sargulesh
3. Joel munt's
4. Stennheiser-pong
5. Constance Carmella wedding
6. Taylor stiltskin sweet 16

Steve Guttenberg

guttenberg was my first instinct, but then i looked over the list and hmmm

need to rescreen series one

<3 the hell out of the school reunion ep

xp yeah I went with my first instinct, otherwise I'd be contemplating this all week.

I think it's Guttenberg for me too -- but so many strong ones. from S2E4 and onward it was basically a perfect show. i wasn't in love with Not On Your Wife Opening Night the first time I saw it, but that episode actually repays repeated viewings a lot. it's a really densely constructed ep.

Ricky Sargulesh is probably my favorite overall. Everything about that one was pitch-perfect, from the murder plot to the Henry/Girlfriend dynamic to being Constance's send-off episode (at least until S02E10).

Which is the one where Megan Mullally gets stoned? That one.

gotta be one of these:

S1E8: "Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh"
S1E9: "James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion"

I'll vote the latter because it's an amazing Ron episode

^ good picks

S1E3: "Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar"

^ pretty dope too

have to say, i think s1 rules over s2, if only for jane lynch. i like megan mullaly too but lynch is like next-lev genius

i agree with slocki -- also jane lynch's replacement in s1 >>>> megan mullaly

mullaly's character was kind of inherently unfunny... altho i think she brought some more lols towards the end of the season when they had her playing the airhead role ("what is the flank on a human? vagina?") as opposed to the stage mom role

she was funny but like... it got a bit samey... and she just couldn't compete with shit like "slingin' some dervs"

i know that particularly appeals to me but

i lol'd just reading it tbh

investors dinner underrated imo

that has the best henry casey banter at least

really i want to choose like favorite scene--for example, henry and constance and ed begley jr getting high in the bathroom

such a great scene

"i don't want to"

i think my favorite scene is the "don't shit where you eat" one

the pancake woman is my favorite bit from investors dinner, esp the payoff when henry goes in to almost kiss casey and is like "wait"

max otm about pancake lady genius

my second favorite scene is in the rick fox episode when they're all in a circle and roman and casey are arguing and casey inadvertently reveals to everyone that she and henry banged

also the kyle/constance/ron "team building"

top 5:

taylor stiltskin
sin say shun
california college conservatives
cole landry's draft party
steve guttenberg

i think one thing that the show really lost w/out constance was the AMAZING kyle/constance dynamic

I voted the reunion episode because that's the one where the show really reaches full steam as a funny-but-actually-kinda-sad show in the vein of The Office (the British version). I actually think the show owes a fair amount to The Office.

i think one thing that the show really lost w/out constance was the AMAZING kyle/constance dynamic

― max, Monday, July 5, 2010 11:27 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

otm, fucking glee

I dug Constance a lot - her character struck me as one of the more original ones on the show.

scared to rewatch high school reunion ep - I get too embarrassed for Ron!

i have to re-screen season one as well, but since this poll will be closed before i am able, i'll give it to the one that made me realize i was watching a great show: the Sin Say Shun Awards After Party

agree that lynch > mullaly. always felt like she was on a slightly different wavelength than the rest of the cast. otoh that can definitely be what it's like for the new hires at any job...

i felt like kyle and roman came into their own more as characters in season 2. i haven't rewatched any season 1 eps for a while though. <3 ron so much throughout both seasons. another favorite scene is him with henry in orgy ep, sitting on the curb, drinking whiskey, talking about their gfs... then uda calls and they look at each other and start cracking up. so perfect!

hands down Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh

this is really tough, probably shoulda been 2 seperate polls for each season imo.

tough poll. i went with "ricky sargulesh."

i feel like everyone is otm on this thread

i voted draft day party, but yeah i could vote any of abt 5 eps

i didn't like "draft day party" that much -- the gay thing seemed really hokey

i thought the whole thing was super cringeworthy -- it reminded me of when the sopranos ran that storyline about the 50 cent rapper

wrt party down & sports coverage

torn between:

S1E5: "Sin Say Shun Awards After Party"
loved this one because it was the first time they really showed they weren't gonna pull punches w/ Roman so he could be the lovable nerd

S1E6: "Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen"
J.K. Simmons, nuff said

S2E5: "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday"
should rewatch s2 but this is definitely the standout

S1E4: "Investors Dinner"
loved how they got to solve a mystery Scooby Doo-style in this one but it still had a very typical anticlimactic story arc. also I think this is the one with the scene w/ Kyle quietly blowing off a guy for making fun of Constance, weirdly the most heartwarming moment of the whole series for me.

S1E8: "Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh"
unfuckwithable, obviously

S1E9: "James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion"
WS Molly Parker

for me the hokey bum note in the show was the super predictable nerd-fawns-over-Star-Trek-cast-member plot in the S1 finale

Holy shit that was Molly parker

you went to high school with her too, didn't you

huh idk the draft coverage they were watching seemed chintzy but idk i thought it was nicely kinda campy and gave all the characters enough to do throughout

for me the hokey bum note in the show was the super predictable nerd-fawns-over-Star-Trek-cast-member plot in the S1 finale

true but it was redeemed for me by "it's the...talking" in the bathroom scene. especially when in a later episode roman gets all self-conscious when someone else is trying to talk to him while he's trying to piss.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/netflix-cancels-party-down-too,42936/

Watch this a.s.a.p. while you have a chance.

sin say shun vs. hs reunion for me

was it the gay wedding one where ron is in the back of the van drunk and blubbering? thats prob. the best scene in the whole series.

"Brandix Corporate Retreat" getting underrated itt

The quintessential Ron. (nsfw)

sixteen episodes in & it will take some srs reflection for me to properly vote in this poll. Dunno if it is my overall fave so far, but I just watched "Not On Your Wife Opening Night" & I thought all of the intricately overlapping cases of mistaken identity were brilliantly handled - that sort of slapstick usually leaves a bad taste w/ me, but they totes pulled it off.

was it the gay wedding one where ron is in the back of the van drunk and blubbering? thats prob. the best scene in the whole series.

Could be. Two things: Ron's plea to Henry to promise him that it's all worth something, and Henry shooing Casey away, and her saying, "I wanna watch!"

Also a sloppy-drunk Ron throwing it in Henry's face that he gave up, which is harsh enough, but then immediately turning it on himself because people still like Henry and nobody likes Ron, which is harsh plus deeply pathetic. Pathetic in the common meaning, and also the Greek one. Yeah, that scene is the center of the series.

Also a sloppy-drunk Ron throwing it in Henry's face that he gave up, which is harsh enough, but then immediately turning it on himself because people still like Henry and nobody likes Ron, which is harsh plus deeply pathetic. Pathetic in the common meaning, and also the Greek one. Yeah, that scene is the center of the series.

Oh hi, Google Chrome makes me look like a boob again.

*sob* I can't do anything right.

does anyone else love the company picnic ep? i like uda even more since i started watching veronica mars. also like how what finally brings them together as as team is wanting to beat valhalla. kyle and roman paling it up for the caterer obstacle course prank was cute. would read party down slash :x

lots of good lines too - "you're a wizard at making women uncomfortable"

also watched sin say shun again... definitely one of the best. has pretty much all of my favorite parts of the show -- sad and cringe-inducing ron, fun but ultimately disappointing henry/casey dynamics, drugs, roman and kyle competition, hollywood weirdness -- but almost no constance! like i wanted to see her counseling casey after her e trip went wrong or something. and the last scene might be my favorite henry moment. which one is the surprise?? it bugs him so much!

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not much constance in the great sin say shun ep, but her response to being asked about E is one of my all time favorite moments

My fave moment in the Sin show is actually the little agitated lonely dance Henry is left doing in the deserted club.

I love this show, but I can't tell if it's because of or despite the fact that it's basically just a half hour of people ripping on each other. Particularly Ron, who is a big David Brent punching bag, though along those lines thank god this isn't another fake documentary.

aaaaaaaand its gone from Netflix

wow really?

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correct!

wow lots of classix w/ 0 votes. must've been folks' 2nd and 3rd runners -up

didn't vote. still rescreening. prolly wd have gone reunion.

I already miss this show. :(

fuck i forgot to vote! oh well, p good results. would have considered throwing one to the finale, surprised that got 0. also surprised sargulesh overtook sin say shun pretty decisively. there aren't really any bad episodes of this show.

FUCK YOU STARZ. FUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOU!

GONE FROM NETFLIX >:[

:((((

seeders, u know what u have to do

"California College Conservative Union Caucus" wuz robbed

I do love the Guttenberg episode, though, especially for Guttenberg himself. Rationally I know he can't possibly be that much of a nice person, because it's impossible, but damnit if I didn't want to give him a hug after I watched that ep.

That episode undid the damage to Guttenberg's reputation that that Stonecutters song on The Simpsons did in 1995.

frankly, the blame was on us, for his stardom and the holding back of the electric car.

And we're still at it! Damn us all!

I enjoyed the episode's jabs at his narcissism (or probably just his character's narcissism).
"Do you know who said that?"
"Steve Guttenberg?"
"Yes."

The art and wine were amazing, and he seals up the deal with stealing Kyle's female friend at the end. A+

his narcissism (or probably just his character's narcissism)

No, it's probably his. The only reason for a 50-yr-old man to stay that cut is enormous self-regard or homosexuality. I hope to look like that when I'm 50, but I fear I lack the self-regard.

Well, you could always give homosexuality a try

I did. Those were very conspicuously erection-free hours.

Just finished rewatching season one and "Steve Guttenberg" and "Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh" still hold up as my 2 favs, "James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion" in 3rd... so well done.

Shocked that Not On Your Wife only got one vote after seeing it.

that one got robbed. excellent episode.

Roman in mini-orgy had me DYING.

PANSEXUAL FRENZY

"What say you, god of wine?"
"She will have...RED!"

would went with "singles seminar" b/c ed begley, jr is so brilliant in it

ya that one is fuckin great

Finale is really quite good too I think. Was it written as a finale or did it just work out that way?

it was probably written as an either/or

dear party down,
missing u ;_;

guttenberg effing kills it in his ep, maybe my favorite and not just thanks to lizzy caplan underwear scene

also--martin starr tripping balls in the final episode is so great, so hilarious without being retread of "dude tripping balls"

I def need to rewatch both seasons when I've got a minute.

cinefamily in l.a. is doing a party down marathon:

http://www.cinefamily.org/calendar/events.html

fuck starz for taking this off netflix streaming

When S2 came out on dvd, you could get both seasons at Amazon for crazy cheap (like $25 together), but I just checked and that deal is long gone.

"lizzy caplan underwear scene"

this could make so many things worthwhile, but it's just a little bit of icing for this series

Just got a ticket for that Party Down marathon at Cinefamily :)

S2E5: "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday"

I have never seen this show because I don't subscribe to Starz, but I need to see this episode. Anything that Steve has done in the past decade or so has been amusing.

fuck starz for taking this off netflix streaming

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waht

wrap your head around it

i cannot

pepper mcmasters or constance wedding (because of "what part is flank? vagina?"). i didn't care about the steve guttenberg episode to be honest.

the one with the fit bird in it

the thanksgiving episode?

guttenberg ep never did much for me either

i think of the sin say shun ep every time i listen 2 "devil in a new dress" cuz thats how kanye pronounces it

ed begley jr is so good in pepper mcmasters

feel like i keep saying this but this show treats drug use better than any other show on tv

well it's certainly worth noting, how do we notify the president of the united states about this keenest of observations?

ed begley jr is so good in pepper mcmasters

― max, Wednesday, December 8, 2010 11:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

toters, so kinda resigned and melancholy and upbeat about it at the same time

fuck starz for taking this off netflix streaming

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 1:59 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its back on btw

guttenberg ep is good-not-great to me, idk, rick sargulesh is my fav because parts of it ("dingleberries!") gave me a daniel pinkwater vibe, altho maybe it was all the fake russian names

i like when the guy says "leave us, insect" to ron

"...or i will cut off your face."

"i kill you i kill you i kill you!" "i kill you back, i kill you back, i kill you back!"

just started this through some recommendations from fellow ilxors, through season one and loving it.

"Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen"

not enough love in this thread for this one

the producer, the rapper, ron + the rapper, the producer + the rapper

"that sounds like a lot of shit. why don't you just call my lawyer."

I liked the porno party one and rons giant wang.

posts v much in character

"Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen"

Is this the one with J.K. Simmons? That was def one of my favorites.

yep. "i will take a shit in your hole!"

i have to admit i couldn't make it thru the pilot of this. i'll have to try again.

Fuck his face off, and when he picks it up off the floor, fuck him in the ass!

i gave my brother-in-law the season 1 DVD for Xmas on a hunch that he would love it, since we have similar senses of humor, gonna see him soon and find out what he thought

keep us posted

I still need to watch the 2nd season.

i have to admit i couldn't make it thru the pilot of this. i'll have to try again.

― goole, Friday, February 4, 2011 11:36 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, you gotta stick w/ it, don't think I was totally onboard till eps 3 or 4

it started getting into a black-guy-getting-fried-chicken joek and i checked out

o man wait till you get to ron talking to the rapper about soup n crackers

just skip everything and watch "Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen"

if it doesn't sell ya you're free to go

goole you are just the worst

dont even bother

you dont deserve this show

*shrug*

"Jackal Onassis Backstage Party"

^ also can't believe this one doesn't get more love, the sight alone of roman in that one was killing me

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/party-down-jackal-onassis.jpg

ron talking to the rapper about soup n crackers

that part is amazing

in retrospect the rapper was the most level-headed character of the show's entire run

that guy who plays the rapper, i don't remember his name, but some kids at the college where I work were watching some comedy video of him going up to people in Wal-Mart and trying to get people to buy his DVD, and it was weird because I only knew him from the few episodes of "Undeclared" he was in a long time ago and from this one Party Down episode, had no idea he was a guy that college kids like I guess?

It was Kevin Hart, right? I'm not familiar with his stand up but I think he is pretty popular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Hart_%28actor%29

yeah Kevin Hart is a pretty big deal on the standup circuit these days, funny dude xpost

miss u party down

i'm guessing at least one of those new Rob Thomas shows in development will be on the air this fall, so there's that to look forward to

this show is the best. started watching it last week and just saw Sin Say Shun. so great to know it's still ramping up

In 2010, Hart appeared in Air Jordan commercials(with a booger in his nose) alongside Dwyane Wade.

i have to admit i couldn't make it thru the pilot of this. i'll have to try again.

― goole, Friday, February 4, 2011 10:36 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the 1st ep is def one of the weakest in the run -- i think there's something sorta played-seeming about the 'im the regular dude amongst the crazies' set-up, but it pays off for the rest of the show

are we having fun yet?

"Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen" may be the g.o.a.t.

PEOPLE CARE WHAT I THINK...I HAVE A PRESTIGIOUS BLOG, SIR

it may be for the g.o.a.t. solely for making kevin hart funny

I had never seen Party Down but heard so much good stuff I was sure I'd like it and I got both seasons as an xmas gift. Just recently finished watching. Best show ever. I can't pick a favorite but Steve Guttenberg might be it.

xp harsh mang, kevin hart's usually funny.

I had never seen Party Down but heard so much good stuff I was sure I'd like it and I got both seasons as an xmas gift. Just recently finished watching. Best show ever. I can't pick a favorite but Steve Guttenberg might be it.

haha i am so used to internet comments that start this way ending w/the person complaining abt how terrible the show is

WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE

they are undeserving

i should probably watch this again, will get the seratonin flowing.

I don't think I'd ever heard of this show until right now, but I loved V Mars. I'm def gonna have to be on the lookout...

it's not much like veronica mars, but it's damn good.

think that the opening scene of the investor's dinner in S1 might be the funniest scene in the entire show

- constance's elaborate explanation of the "character" she played in "baretta" who was actually just a hooker

- this exchange:

roman: i'm a writer like einsten was a patent clerk, you asshole"
kyle: uh, pretty sure einsten was never in the army.
roman: http://i.imgur.com/WjQUe.jpg

loool

You guys were right btw, I loved the investors dinner episode

Investors Dinner is so great, love the Henry/Casey dynamic in the early episodes... "well, the pancake lady sounds like a whore"

think that the opening scene of the investor's dinner in S1 might be the funniest scene in the entire show

- constance's elaborate explanation of the "character" she played in "baretta" who was actually just a hooker

― J0rdan S., Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:51 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"i looked it up online, louie baretta was his dad, it's a family name"
"that's weird, why would they call his dad that?"

the pancake woman is my favorite bit from investors dinner, esp the payoff when henry goes in to almost kiss casey and is like "wait"

― max, Monday, July 5, 2010 11:21 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i should've read the thread again

Investors Dinner is my favorite, I think. I found Kyle's loyalty to Constance genuinely touching.

yes, great moment

Watching it with a sense of what it's supposed to set up and how the structure of the episode itself is supposed to pay off, the first ep is actually really well constructed. Maybe not as funny as other ones, or with any really great standout moments (although Enrico Colantoni's freakout in the pool is pretty awesome), but there's so much tension built up over almost-recognizing Henry among other things -- still stand up imho.

"slingin' some dervs" is so completely classic

"and then I was a rodeo clown, until I got gored in the scrotum and that was IT"

this show holds up really well

It's hard to argue with any of the top five. anyone who didn't vote for sargulesh must wear glasses because eyes, like heart, is weak.

is it streaming anywhere rn? would love to watch it again.

Hulu

:( @ Stormy Daniels episode