"Untitled Mike Judge Comedy"?

Watching the President was just as grating and senses-dulling as watching an actual WWE affair - none of the satire was sharp enough to rise above the base material.

this is sort of opposite to, say, Talledega Nights, where everyone is pretty stupid, but it makes stupid look funny, and fun, whereas here it's just soul crushing.

onion liked it

I checked the paper this morning, and it is indeed playing at 10-12 theatres in and around town. However, only a handful are showing more than once a day. The majority are tossing it it out once at odd times like 1:10 in the afternoon or 11:40 at night.

Case in point: the scene where the cops pull over Joe, Frito, and Rita, shoot the hell out of the car, blow up the car, shoot guns in the air, shoot down a passing airplane, and start rioting. Is the scene a commentary on violence, or is it just fun to blow shit up?

I'm not sure he thought too much about funny, sadly, and certainly not about sharp satire. The only thing this movie has going for it is gallons of bile, if you're into that sort of thing. I agree with whoever said it's depressing.

ugrgrgrhughghh mike judge u know i <3 u boo but wtf is this shit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goode_Family

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183569/

noooo

http://www.tv.com/video/14181/the-goode-family?o=tv&tag=video;watchbtn;0

Good grief.

*96 tears*

oh awesome, finally somebody's really gonna stick it to those vegans

They don't know their place.

royal tenenbaums what

still haven't seen it, is it like this

I don't know. But I wouldn't bother getting all defensive before the pilot's even leaked

Yeah, I can't imagine that King Of The Hill would've looked promising if presented with the same kind of advance promotional materials and descriptions, so I don't really understand what y'all are so bummed about already.

I mean if anything I'm just glad the dude is laying off the yokels for once.

if I can't say "this is gonna suck" on the internet any more I don't wanna live in this world

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000008L6L.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

The panda pitching something into a recycle bin in the deep background of the wiki image made me laugh.

If anything I almost get the feeling he's trying pull a Seth McFarlane, which seems wrong.

I like double joke of the main character shares his name with a Swahili word and a certain linux ubuntu.

I dunno; the various pandas and the dolphin jumping thru a rainbow gives me the idea that this might a total pisstake(not sure of whom, yet). I guess we'll see.

if they are relentlessly whiny and awful and helpless then it might be good. if it tries to 'say something' then fuck it.

"You know, I 've learned something today..."

already dreading the bemused avuncular mccainite neighbor

Is The Leftersons really such a rich vein of comedy?

Oh Christ, I'd forgotten about them. They used to grace our BSRW op-ed threads years ago. It's like Mission Hill(or even the Oblongs?) gone all wrong.

if they are relentlessly whiny and awful and helpless then it might be good. if it tries to 'say something' then fuck it.

Uh, if they're "relentlessly whiny and awful and helpless" then it's also going to suck ass. I don't think the series can work if it's just total Beavis & Butt-head style misanthropy (and I liked B&B).

the lefterwsons is some funny shit, but i also just watched sinbad spin a basketball while wearing a hot dog colared jump suit, so what do I know

unpromising, to say the least. And I'm quite the Mike Judge apologist.

"The reason why their last name is Goode is because they are always trying to do good."

http://skateandannoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/duh-duh.jpg

The promo is horribly done...everything about it reminds me of a preview for some sitcom on a "Christian" cable network

this makes me sad

I don't know man, this idea seems so friggin 1990s. I don't know anybody like this Goode Family or whatever, and I know a lot of fruitcake vegans.

fruitcake isn't vegan, though. what's up with those people?

I guess I know some people kinda like this. although they don't have children. or cars. I guess I am kinda like this except I am not a vegan (or a vegetarian). I am in favor pandas recycling though.

the problem is that this looks like any ostensible comedy is based on fulfillment of a stereotype - whereas with King of the Hill the comedy all comes from the cast essentially breaking/subverting the stereotype of the right-wing suburban redneck family.

king of the hill never looked like a "redneck" family

Yeah, Hank Hill doesn't really come across as right wing or anything like that. He's more like the moral and ethical center of the show, and everything around him is what's getting poked fun at. The humor about Hank is more natural and straight forward, mostly the really cut and dry things he says.

both true

i saw Idiocracy the other night and thought it was OK, a few good lols

Ow! My Balls is awesome but yeah movie is kinda a mess

first three minutes re: natural selection is both o_O and hilarious. it was downhill from there.