Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019

Yeah, Schitt's may be my favorite sitcom of all time at the moment. I should try Joe Pera. (OA is all sorts of bullshit)

Succession s1 was decent but s2 leveled up bigtime

the way the other characters interact with Joe (particularly the Melskys) really makes the show IMO - you expect him to get made fun of a lot but everyone just sort of takes him for what he is. which is pretty much how it goes in real life. it takes a lot of restraint to make a show this funny without constantly making him the butt of the joke.

re: what we do in the shadows

the lead actors are all hilarious, especially matt berry, and funny in a way that's distinct from the original trio.

as in every show matt berry is involved in matt berry plays matt berry, i'm not a huge fan of his but he fits pretty well in here. it's kind of funny that he's the only one who doesn't bother doing a wampire accent.

just started schitts creek, very much enjoying it

as in every show matt berry is involved in matt berry plays matt berry, i'm not a huge fan of his but he fits pretty well in here. it's kind of funny that he's the only one who doesn't bother doing a wampire accent.

― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, February 14, 2020 2:43 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

it helps that they give him all the best lines.

Joe Pera is the kind of heartfelt and strange series protagonist you almost never see. Almost like Dale Cooper.

Also Conner O'Malley as the doofus neighbor is hilarious.

anyways joe pera was my number one and I almost love it too much to talk evenly about. the bean arch, you know. singing on the first day of school. a show about the smallest pleasures writ very large and the greatest tragedies writ just as they are in the sense that these things happen. I’m glad I live in a world that is shred with joe

― Clay, Friday, February 14, 2020 bookmarkflaglink

good post otm. i almost dont want to talk about this show cos its too special to me and i dont want to be overly sappy about it. i watch every new episode multiple times in a row at this point. frogbs otm about it too.

Everything that's placed so far has been either something I've seen and voted for, or haven't seen. Of the shows I haven't seen, everything is either, "Fuck, I've been meaning to watch this!" or "I am so not gonna watch this." Nothing in between.

I don't know where else you'd put it but I feel like Joe Pera airing on Adult Swim might really give people the wrong impression. Like it's almost as sincere and guileless a show as I've ever seen.

yah i dont frame it as a comedy at all anymore when trying to convince someone else to watch it

even tho obv it is very very funny

i like rewatching the entirety of joe pera about once every four months; don't think i've done that with a show since eric andre.

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#6 - On Cinema at the Cinema (Adult Swim) - 145 points, 14 votes

On Cinema at the Cinema on ilxor.com

On Cinema at the Cinema on Adult Swim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkftGABKsnU

joe's friend gene is the best

also I love how wide a latitude you have to give the show. there's an entire episode of him going through his grocery store routine and all of the sudden you get Sue complaining about Mike eating rotisserie chickens in the shower because of some Joe Rogan diet. or the one episode where he randomly brings up Dragonball Z

ive never even heard of on cinema

i like rewatching the entirety of joe pera about once every four months; don't think i've done that with a show since eric andre.

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, February 14, 2020 1:52 PM (thirty-one seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol, I was halfway through your sentence and thought, 'yeah, like I do with Eric Andre'.

on cinema: the greatest long-form comedy series of all time

i really love joe pera. if corporate is who i am then joe pera is who i aspire to be. so strange and funny and heartfelt.

i also really love succession. great acting but more importantly probably the funniest show on tv.

is that the dude from Faxed Head?

On Cinema is the definitive parody of Trumpian politics thus far and also maybe of toxic nerd culture.

TOO LOW

yeah I mention it over and over in the thread but I feel like it's the one series that really captures those things in a way that's actually funny.

On Cinema is perfect in every way, but season 11 isn’t the most representative of the heights it can reach

still waiting for the newest Oscar Special to find its way onto Youtube; please YSI etc etc

I really can't think of anyone in America has nailed the Trump mindset - the ugly and bizarre grievances and shameless behavior - like Tim Heidecker with his character here. So many other comedians seem to be hopelessly fumbling or doing surface-level stuff.

more evidence old lunch and i am the same person

On Cinema is perfect in every way, but season 11 isn’t the most representative of the heights it can reach

― tangenttangent, Friday, February 14, 2020 12:57 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

i sort of agree but "on cinema on defense" and "mt btl 3.0" were series highpoints

"the dude from Faxed Head" did a book signing in London and it was epic and we were there and now we have the On Cinema book

I'm stoked for Beef House

have you heard that band though, imago? you might like it.

I honestly don’t know why Empty Bottle in any of its incarnations hasn’t made it to an EOY poll yet.

it's a Chicago thing idk

The ending of this year's Oscar special is stunning.

the best bit about Tim's character is that it pre-dates Trump's political run; it tunes into something much more widespread than merely Trump, in the same way that Gregg's character tunes into something brilliantly specific that any self-respecting nerd will identify

oh shit yeah Empty Bottle 3.0 why didn't we vote for it :(((

no oscar special spoilers or ban

Will check out Faxed Head of course, they're Patton-aligned kinda?

yeah the end of "mt btl 3.0" where LaRue is just pointing his gun into crowds is like the funniest thing I've ever seen

Thoughts on the top five?

btw I was seriously on edge during the season finale because I really thought Tim was about to blow Toni's head off

the reveal that there actually was a bullet in the chamber was so good

btw terri parks is a total genius and a really welcome addition to the on cinema family

Will check out Faxed Head of course, they're Patton-aligned kinda?

Faxed Head included: Gregg T, Trey from Mr. Bungle, etc., and the main dude from Caroliner (though he got kicked out of the band at one point, and when we did the Faxed Head reunion show in 2013, that dude was kinda-sorta banned from the show on request from the other Faxed Heads).

the best bit about Tim's character is that it pre-dates Trump's political run; it tunes into something much more widespread than merely Trump, in the same way that Gregg's character tunes into something brilliantly specific that any self-respecting nerd will identify

it's a weirdly prescient show; the Electric Sun stuff predated the Fyre Festival docs and the vaping death storylines was years before that actually happened. not to mention that recent Elon Musk EDM single which is pretty much exactly DKR

On Cinema is...very hard to recommend. Because it's less a show than it is an experience, something you have to immerse yourself in completely to fully appreciate. As noted in the dedicated thread, I (like my T&E-loving friends who, as far as I know, still haven't taken the plunge) for the longest time was a little skeptical and kinda thought this was some ephemeral, mildly-amusing Heidecker side project that I could safely skip. But then I finally jumped into the heart of darkness with both feet last year and boy oh boy am I ever glad that I did.

basically what I'm saying is I fully expect Roger Stone to die of carbon monoxide poisoning in the next few years

russian doll
barry
fleabag
chernobyl
tim robinson

ha i had no idea what that show was, but now I wanna see it.

the joker strikes again!

I’ve never been a huge Tim & Eric fan but love On Cinema.