he wrote for Kenneth on 30 RK
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
(said adoringly)
thanks for the explanation, amelia bedelia
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
sic, you ever wonder if you're gonna get bored playing a board game?
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
let's talk about Danny Pudi instead. What's up with that guy?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
he's the voice of huey on ducktales
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
He's on that new Apple TV show called "Mythic Quest," playing a morally questionable business dude who wants to add loot boxes to everything.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
Abed would totally be into loot boxes.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
Mythic Quest is also a show written by Community writer Megan Ganz, I think
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, she' s in the mix. But she also did "Sunny in Philadelphia," which I think is the more direct link.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
decided to stick to his original milieu, he could've been equally successful. cause he's an outrageously talented comedic actor.
Before he became a sitcom actor on Community, he had already been part of a live sketch comedy group, a UCB improviser, a youtube writer/performer with millions of views, a salaried sitcom writer, a stand-up comedian, and had co-written a theatrically-released movie.
His original milieu, before all of those, was being in New York University's sketch team: it's fair to say that writing a couple of skits a month, which were performed anonymously by an ensemble at one free show monthly, exclusively to college students, would not have made him equally as successful if he'd kept it up for 18 years instead of doing a bunch of other things.
― Bleeqwot (sic), Wednesday, May 20, 2020 4:16 PM bookmarkflaglink
boooom
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
Kevin Hart is the current version of Eddie Murphy in terms of national stature and omnipresence I would say
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
I don't like Childish Gambino but I've come to respect the obvious will pushing it forward.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
Who was Eddie Murphy's Rock?
Nick Nolte
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:54 (three years ago) link
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved),
yah he is IRL from Stone Mountain, Georgia, so wrote loads of gags for / about Kenneth's background
― Bleeqwot (sic), Thursday, 21 May 2020 02:45 (three years ago) link
when this thread began I doubt anyone here could have predicted much of what happened with Glover's career. "He could have been the next Eddie Murphy" is a weird take, since people in the future will be saying "he could be the next Donald Glover."
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes)
he could have been the next Jordan Peele
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 21 May 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
great revive
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 May 2020 03:14 (three years ago) link
who knew everyone felt that way about Childish Gambino
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 May 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
great table read. like the P&R special, they've pried open my wallet
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 May 2020 04:24 (three years ago) link
I look forward to his surprise stand-up special dropping in 2025.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 21 May 2020 04:55 (three years ago) link
Atlanta is so good he gets a free pass from me on like four more poor Prince impersonation singles.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 21 May 2020 04:56 (three years ago) link
look the kid’s brilliant, it doesnt really matter if you didnt dig his music
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 May 2020 04:58 (three years ago) link
JP never topped the Pazz and Jop singles poll, every kid's dream
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
only managed to tie for #9 in Reissues in 1986
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bigmouth/images/c/c9/Screenshot_47.png
― Bleeqwot (sic), Thursday, 21 May 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
we are rewatching S1 and there’s so many genuinely great moments in the early episodesi forgot about Abed’s first movie “Six Candles” in episode 3 or 4? amazing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 May 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
it's funny because you'd never guess the show would get as zany as it did in the first season. it was never a grounded show and the characters and dialogue were sharp from the beginning but it was less set-piecey.
one of my fav eps is still the one where Pierce joins Vaughn's band.
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 May 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
We've been watching it from the beginning, me and a daughter, and it has aged really, really well.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 May 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
a friend of mine is watching for the first time and his only word of complaint so far is that it "isn't believable." i've assured him that it only gets more realistic as it moves along.
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
lol
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
Ha, I'm glad people are coming around to my pov on s1. I think Abed's movie was as early as ep 2?
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
Arrested Development just doesn’t have realistic family dynamics. 2/10 would not watch again
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
been watching through S3 occasionally for a few months; gotta hurry up to get to the table-read ep.
― Bleeqwot (sic), Friday, 22 May 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
just watched that podcast episode #5 with surprise guest alison brie, pretty incredible
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 10:34 (three years ago) link
It's wonderful how well they all get along and how funny they are all together. They never even get around to talking about "Community." Or anything, really!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
this is on Netflix
― jazzed (it's a boy!), Thursday, 18 June 2020 00:06 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juk9K1LaxP4
Still my favourite Dean Pelton moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzE64A28NI
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:32 (three years ago) link
ROFL
― jazzed (it's a boy!), Thursday, 18 June 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
stoked to not rewatch
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
lol yes, as amazing as i remember it
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 June 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
We've been watching this, and we are a season or two beyond the D&D episode that apparently just got pulled for Chang in blackface. Which is weird to me, because I thought the joke was that he was all-in on OTT cosplay for a mundane D&D game, and that his black skin/white hair Dark Elf was just him emulating make-up from something like the Lord of the Rings movies. I had no idea that a Dark Elf (with black skin and white hair) was an actual D&D thing, but having learned that ... I still felt like the the gag was just him fully committing to a D&D game that all the rest of the crew were half-assing, and that it wasn't blackface, per se, it was just his face painted black. And he had white hair. Because he was a Dark Elf, which I now learn that in D&D lore has pitch black skin and white hair. Is that considered controversial? It's too bad, it's a really good episode. I mean, there's a lot more winking, ironic racism that is in this show - and dozens of shows - in service of a gag. Like, the Pierce character is nothing but racist/sexist/homophobic/xenophobic gags (with him always the butt of the joke, afaict), so why draw the line at Chang? Oh well. I guess it's good that Hollywood is at least aware and making an effort.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 June 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
Yeah, and Shirley even described his costume as a hate crime. I was joking last week that I wanted to make sure my copy was stable in case it got pulled and now it happened?
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
With 30 Rock, there are actually WERE things I found questionable or possibly offensive, none of which were addressed by pulling the blackface episodes.
This, though, is easily one of the least racist shows I've ever seen on network TV. The cast and writing staff were diverse, the characters weren't just stereotypes, the bigotry was always ridiculed. Plus the AD&D episode was one of their best.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
Were there actually any complaints or protests about this?
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 June 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
I don't think so? When she called it a hate crime I thought it was just supposed to be hyperbole, a little bit of lampshading about it coming dangerously close to being legit offensive, but also like calling a bad movie a crime against humanity or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 June 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
And Chang being oblivious to it even possibly being offensive akin to David Cross in "Arrested Development" painting himself blue and being oblivious to all the "blue himself" jokes.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 June 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I don't disagree. I just meant that it showed that the writers of the episode were clearly not clueless themselves and were pointing out the complexities of the issue in the dialogue of the show AND being funny. I doubt that anyone took the message that blackface minstrelsy/appropriation is OK or was laughing at the expense of African-Americans.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 June 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
Iirc, Pierce also called Chang "Al Jolson" in that ep?
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 June 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
Oh god, I read too many of these books as a kid.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drizzt_Do'Urden
I never really watched this show, but the idea of a blackface controversy over Drizzt cosplay (either in the show or irl) is funny.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 28 June 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link