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― everything, Thursday, 12 February 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
its still reasonably funny imo but so much of it is just structure and editing
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 February 2015 02:25 (nine years ago) link
rapid-fire, back and forth cut conversations, i mean
i think that means the joeks don't have to be as good and it still sorta works
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 February 2015 02:27 (nine years ago) link
ok the feminism episode had some good lulz
― celfie tucker 48 (s.clover), Friday, 27 February 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
I liked the Tiny House episode. Some well done physical comedy and that escrow VHS was great.
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Friday, 27 February 2015 22:40 (nine years ago) link
Documentary Now! is pretty funny.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
Get that Old Navy money. Do what you have to do in this world.
― how's life, Friday, 18 December 2015 12:51 (eight years ago) link
Carrie did an American Express commercial a little while back too iirc.
Teenage me would've been bummed, but 30 something me would probably do the same thing.
― circa1916, Friday, 18 December 2015 13:05 (eight years ago) link
Would 30 something you already have, like, enough money from their entertainment career?
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 4 January 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link
Rolling in all those Wild Flag airplay royalties.
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
Carrie & Mary Timony did some Price line ads w/Shatner back in the day: http://www.mtv.com/news/620299/helium-sleater-kinney-members-do-commercials/
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 January 2016 23:37 (eight years ago) link
this has worked the best as a broad city substitute
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 May 2016 01:13 (seven years ago) link
Season 7 premiere tonight, any watching?
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Friday, 6 January 2017 02:07 (seven years ago) link
*anyone
So good to see Abbi Jacobson on this while waiting for Broad City.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Friday, 24 February 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link
Steve Buscemi's mannerisms are very Alan Alda in his apperances.
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
Is there a thread for Documentary Now?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 23 February 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
I just started watching this after years of going "eh I think I will hate this"; I'm in season 3 now and I think it's overall one of the funniest shows I've ever watched
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 23 January 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
curious what yr favorites are, mine is definitely they're gender-switched couple (Carrie in a mustache and muscle-t etc)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 23 January 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
their
I am listening to the cacao sketch right now actually, lol
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 23 January 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
I love Nance and Peter the most, oddly
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 23 January 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
Brunch Village is a masterwork
Dave and Kath are pretty great too
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 23 January 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
the milk council bits are also amazing
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Thursday, 23 January 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah. I think I dropped it after season 2 and then picked it back up after it was completed and on netflix. It's really great. That one song "The Best Part is Going Home" (after seeing a band) has been a huge help in making me feel better about not going to shows anymore.
― Yerac, Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
otm about Nance and Peter. Oddly I skip all the gender switch couple bits. I think Carrie's voice freaks me out too much.
― Yerac, Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
Watched part of the 30 ROCK infomercial for NBCUniversal. More of their Dig Our Privileged World cut-rate comedy. I want to see a PORTLANDIA reunion deal with that city's police state a la Haskell Wexler's MEDIUM COOL. How funny is a pepper-sprayed Fred Armisen? pic.twitter.com/AlE2lBAWyg— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) July 18, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 July 2020 12:54 (three years ago) link
Morbz on some midsummer night's dream shit with this Dennis Perrin infatuation
― this has been the best year fuiud (rip van wanko), Sunday, 19 July 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
you guys can stick with Tom Cruise i guess
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 July 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
My assumption is that Dr Morbius follows exactly three people on Twitter: 1) Dennis Perrin, 2) Doug Henwood, and 3) Alex Pareene.
― jaymc, Monday, 20 July 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
i'm tempted to say even the worst episodes of 30 rock are funnier than dennis perrin but in all fairness the weather app on my phone is also funnier than dennis perrin
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 20 July 2020 03:58 (three years ago) link
i'm not on Twitter
I also look at many film crix and sportswriters on it however
also the rock in the backyard is funnier than ilx
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 July 2020 12:32 (three years ago) link
Portlandia already did a "let's take over the police department" skit and it was ridiculous and sort of bad, mostly because it existed in the extremely White sphere of "cops just answer our noise complaints, right" and ended up taking the cops' side. (On the plus side, the uniforms Fred and Carrie created to make the police more relatable to the community were pretty funny, as was the fashion show where they presented them to an increasingly incredulous chief of police.)
Most of the times that the show involves police officers, they're seen as largely benign government agents patiently dealing with increasingly ridiculous White/White-passing people, which glosses over the problems endemic to the modern police force. It's still usually funny, thought; the skit I reference above was an outlier.
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 20 July 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link