your favorite episode of party down

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.

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