hands down Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
this is really tough, probably shoulda been 2 seperate polls for each season imo.
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
tough poll. i went with "ricky sargulesh."
― Pies and Whispers (get bent), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i feel like everyone is otm on this thread
i voted draft day party, but yeah i could vote any of abt 5 eps
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i didn't like "draft day party" that much -- the gay thing seemed really hokey
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought the whole thing was super cringeworthy -- it reminded me of when the sopranos ran that storyline about the 50 cent rapper
― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit that was Molly parker
― young werther's originals (s1ocki), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
you went to high school with her too, didn't you
― Davey Mo Coulier (some dude), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/articles/netflix-cancels-party-down-too,42936/
Watch this a.s.a.p. while you have a chance.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 8 July 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
sin say shun vs. hs reunion for me
― Michael B, Thursday, 8 July 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Michael B, Thursday, 8 July 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
"Brandix Corporate Retreat" getting underrated itt
― Lamp, Thursday, 8 July 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
The quintessential Ron. (nsfw)
― kenan, Friday, 9 July 2010 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― death kebab of DEATH (Pillbox), Friday, 9 July 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
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!"
― kenan, Friday, 9 July 2010 05:11 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Friday, 9 July 2010 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh hi, Google Chrome makes me look like a boob again.
*sob* I can't do anything right.
― kenan, Friday, 9 July 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
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!
― alter ego salsa (another al3x), Saturday, 10 July 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 11 July 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― symsymsym, Monday, 12 July 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 July 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
aaaaaaaand its gone from Netflix
― asking a dog for permission to throw a party (gbx), Monday, 12 July 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
wow really?
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 July 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 12 July 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
correct!
― Mordy, Monday, 12 July 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
wow lots of classix w/ 0 votes. must've been folks' 2nd and 3rd runners -up
― easiest lay on the White House lawn → (will), Monday, 12 July 2010 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't vote. still rescreening. prolly wd have gone reunion.
― I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Monday, 12 July 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I already miss this show. :(
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 July 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― alter ego salsa (another al3x), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:40 (thirteen years ago) link
FUCK YOU STARZ. FUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOU!
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
GONE FROM NETFLIX >:[
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
:((((
seeders, u know what u have to do
― alter ego salsa (another al3x), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"California College Conservative Union Caucus" wuz robbed
― DâM-EdnA-FunK (get bent), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:06 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link
That episode undid the damage to Guttenberg's reputation that that Stonecutters song on The Simpsons did in 1995.
― kenan, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link
frankly, the blame was on us, for his stardom and the holding back of the electric car.
― DâM-EdnA-FunK (get bent), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
And we're still at it! Damn us all!
― kenan, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link
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+
― turtles all the way down (mh), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, you could always give homosexuality a try
― turtles all the way down (mh), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I did. Those were very conspicuously erection-free hours.
― kenan, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― sofatruck, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Shocked that Not On Your Wife only got one vote after seeing it.
― buju_stanton (Hurting 2), Saturday, 9 October 2010 05:35 (thirteen years ago) link
that one got robbed. excellent episode.
― that's so percussion (get bent), Saturday, 9 October 2010 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Investors Dinner is so great, love the Henry/Casey dynamic in the early episodes... "well, the pancake lady sounds like a whore"
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
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?"
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
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
― max, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 04:06 (eleven years ago) link
ha i should've read the thread again
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
Investors Dinner is my favorite, I think. I found Kyle's loyalty to Constance genuinely touching.
― Pat Finn, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
yes, great moment
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Sunday, 21 April 2013 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
"slingin' some dervs" is so completely classic
― is cereal a soup (get bent), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:48 (eleven years ago) link
"and then I was a rodeo clown, until I got gored in the scrotum and that was IT"
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link
this show holds up really well
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 January 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
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.
― altony rightano (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 January 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
is it streaming anywhere rn? would love to watch it again.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 9 January 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
Hulu
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 January 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
:( @ Stormy Daniels episode
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link