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.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
Joe Pera is the kind of heartfelt and strange series protagonist you almost never see. Almost like Dale Cooper.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Also Conner O'Malley as the doofus neighbor is hilarious.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
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.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
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.
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
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.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
yah i dont frame it as a comedy at all anymore when trying to convince someone else to watch it
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
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.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cD3PqAz.jpg#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
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
ive never even heard of on cinema
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
― 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'.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
on cinema: the greatest long-form comedy series of all time
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
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.
― na (NA), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
is that the dude from Faxed Head?
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
On Cinema is the definitive parody of Trumpian politics thus far and also maybe of toxic nerd culture.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
TOO LOW
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
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.
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
On Cinema is perfect in every way, but season 11 isn’t the most representative of the heights it can reach
― tangenttangent, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
still waiting for the newest Oscar Special to find its way onto Youtube; please YSI etc etc
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
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.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
more evidence old lunch and i am the same person
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
― 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
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
"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
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
I'm stoked for Beef House
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
have you heard that band though, imago? you might like it.
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
I honestly don’t know why Empty Bottle in any of its incarnations hasn’t made it to an EOY poll yet.
― tangenttangent, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
it's a Chicago thing idk
The ending of this year's Oscar special is stunning.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
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 :(((
― imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
Thoughts on the top five?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
btw terri parks is a total genius and a really welcome addition to the on cinema family
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
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).
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
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.
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
basically what I'm saying is I fully expect Roger Stone to die of carbon monoxide poisoning in the next few years
russian dollbarryfleabagchernobyltim robinson
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
ha i had no idea what that show was, but now I wanna see it.
― sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
the joker strikes again!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
I’ve never been a huge Tim & Eric fan but love On Cinema.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
Haven't seen this year's On Cinema Oscar special yet, but the denouement of the last several have been spectacular, and last year's was possibly the most harrowing and unnerving thing I've seen in a while. Particularly for something that was also hilarious (see: Tim's all-time performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody').
― Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/AsKBH00.jpg#5 - Mindhunter (Netflix) - 145 points, 15 votes
David Fincher's serial killer chat 'em up MINDHUNTER
Mindhunter on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIazdDw4tao
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
last year's was possibly the most harrowing and unnerving thing I've seen in a while
ol, they outdid themselves (again) this year
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
thought this season was a step back in a lot of ways but it's still very watchable.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
I'm pissed at Fincher for pulling the plug on Mindhunter.
― Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link