jon otm
they have an ad for the show now that's basically a highlight reel of schmidt-isms, i'm glad fox realizes who the breakout character of the show is
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:49 (twelve years ago) link
Premiere was funny.
― LaMonte, Thursday, 27 September 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
new season killing it. has a real Friends-in-its-prime vibe. the ep with the younger hipsters across the hall killed. and they're handling the inevitable Nick'n'Jess romance subplot well - though I reckon the minute they really Ross'n'Rachel it, this show's dead in the water. But right now, it's my favourite thing on TV.
― Ryan's taint is definitely unavoidable. (stevie), Monday, 12 November 2012 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
... corn...
― j., Thursday, 22 November 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
Rob Riggle always plays the same guy, doesn't he?
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Friday, 23 November 2012 01:39 (eleven years ago) link
pretty much, but it's not like there's a ton of other comedic actors out there filling that niche
― some dude, Friday, 23 November 2012 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
maybe there aren't a lot who are actually marine reservists
― j., Friday, 23 November 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
disappointed by this ep. situations seemed forced, parents didn't seem 'real', cast not given space to do what they usually do well.
― "Hahahaha, nice one, Punchy," I said. (stevie), Friday, 23 November 2012 07:37 (eleven years ago) link
Nothing in this show seems "real", but I still thought this ep was fun. I think that's why I like this show -- it works when it's emo, and it works when it's just a shallow punchline dispenser
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 23 November 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
^ this. I was pretty lukewarm towards it at first, but it's been consistently good this season. Also, they really need to involve Winston more. Every scene he's in is reliably hilarious.
― and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 23 November 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
the episode where he had a sympathy period was funny
― some dude, Friday, 23 November 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, i was thinking about that episode today and laughing
― "Hahahaha, nice one, Punchy," I said. (stevie), Friday, 23 November 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
schmidt-goes-to-the-gynecologist bit this week is next-next-level
― j., Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
died at "meet the troll under the bridge and answer his three riddles"
― Gukbe, Thursday, 29 November 2012 02:24 (eleven years ago) link
ahem, riddles three
― j., Thursday, 29 November 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
god damn, somebody change the title of this thread so it's searchable.
nu-promo-art sez 'this show is not about the title character so much now'
http://ib2.huluim.com/show/7529?size=220x124
― j., Friday, 11 January 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
Winston getting Schmidt to go out searching for crack was so good.
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Friday, 11 January 2013 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
OTM!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 11 January 2013 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
Everything about that plot line was amazing
The cabin story fizzled for me aside from the absinthe reactions, which were pretty lol
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that was a little boring to me. I don't really care about the relationship drama on this show.
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
found the idea that schmidt would really be that clueless abt Winston kinda far fetched
― max, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite part of that whole sequence (aside from Nick and Cece being "oh hell no" when Schmidt first broached race with them) is when Winston accused Schmidt of thinking Winston smoked crack because he was black and Schmidt saying he thought Winston smoked crack because that's what Winston had just told him
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
i loved that the drug dealer was just some dude named rob who thought they were trying to rob him
― Mordy, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
"I just thought you needed directions!"
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it was a great handling of the storyline i wouldve just appreciated like one line explaining why schmidt apparently doesnt know his best friend in the world very well at all
― max, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
not saying it wasn't a stretch, but it was funny enough that I didn't really care
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
(also I thought Nick was Schmidt's best friend in the world? I assume Winston and Nick are closer to each other because they grew up together)
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
schmidt's description of jewish soul food was also hilarious
― Mordy, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Schmidt as a character is not in touch with reality to the point that it didn't bother. probably one of the best (funniest/not offensive) sitcom plots about race that i've ever seen.
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Has a sitcom ever had a good cabin story?
― trishyb, Friday, 11 January 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Do the scary stories in the last Community Halloween episode count?
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Friday, 11 January 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://meblogwritegood.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/screen-shot-2012-02-01-at-11-36-29-am.png
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Friday, 11 January 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Cheers and Seinfeld both had classic cabin episodes, wtf kinda theory is this that they're inherently bad
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Remember when Carlton crashed the rented BMW?
― Gukbe, Friday, 11 January 2013 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
i got sick this week and caught up with the past season. still kinda embarrassed about it, but i do really enjoy this show
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 February 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
get your crap together, india
― j., Friday, 8 February 2013 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
i really like this show again. the odd episode disappoints - like the one with rob reiner in it - but any episode with that game they play, true american, is a keeper. also, i'm gonna cast winston as roast beef in my eventual live-action achewood movie project.
― SOYLENT GREEN IS SHEEPLE (stevie), Monday, 11 February 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
they showed this on a plane a few weeks ago and while I only laughed at one part I was impressed by how tolerable Zooey's character was
― frogbs, Monday, 11 February 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
I love this show.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 07:40 (eleven years ago) link
man, schmidt's whole speech about how india had to get its shit together really pissed me off. that whole episode really annoyed me. i'm pretty sure all the guys at that dating thing didn't need douche schmidt to tell them cece was very hot for them to actually realise it and go talk with her.
― Jibe, Friday, 15 February 2013 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
i thought that was a little much
― Nhex, Friday, 15 February 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
boy some episodes of this seem like they're about ready to collapse
― j., Thursday, 21 March 2013 07:49 (eleven years ago) link
if they're taking Jess and Nick through a horrifically destructive relationship this may be a good direction. i doubt it though
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
If Jess disappeared the show would instantly be exponentially better.
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
they could replace her with another wacky female roommate played by Kristen Schaal
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Gonna be honest, would give up on the show is she wasn't on it. I'm weak.
― Nhex, Friday, 22 March 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
then after two years, Kristen Schaal could be replaced by Anna Feris
perpetual "New Girl"
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― "Rob is startled, this is straight up gangster" (R Baez), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
maybe around season 8 Big Bang Theory will have finished so Kaley Cuoco or Melissa Rauch could come on board
also I'm pretty sure Megan Good will need a job at some point
― Darth Icky (DJP), Friday, 22 March 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
i think they've ditched almost all of the 'eccentricities' by this point.
though there was a little bit of jess's nervous sex voice on the recent ep.
― j., Friday, 22 March 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
I am trying to remember if there have been outright laughs so far.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
I'm enjoying this season, but mostly because the writers have clearly just decided to let it be completely silly and cut the last remaining tethers to believability, which is fine by me.
Nick and Schmidt's interaction over the mustache was great, also liked the Winston masturbation flashback.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
I had to google what this masturbation flashback was because I may have fallen asleep during that episode.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link
The rest of the episode wasn't great, so that's fair, it might just be that college Nick always makes me laugh.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
I have absolutely no recollection of this. This was the elementary school episode?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
I think so? The B-plot was Nick hiring someone offa craigslist to punch him in the face if he didn't write x number of words and Winston prepping to testify at a trial.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:09 (six years ago) link
the show is really stupid and really funny. Winston going on the stand and introducing himself as Winston Pants or whatever, that was great.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
I have to go back and find this. I had thought they weren't giving Winston enough weird comedy to do this season. I could only recall the thing about his "not dad."
― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
man, those last few episodes were delightfuli hated the cat funeral ep but evetything after was 👌🏻i want to play True American so bad, it’s my life’s dream u guys
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
Bim Adewunmi on Buzzfeed wrote a nice piece abt Winston that I enjoyed
I wrote about Winston Bishop, a man I love very, very much: https://t.co/qraKuz7vR7— Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) May 17, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 May 2018 05:03 (six years ago) link
Rob Reiner's "Oh, NOW you can read the room?" was an A+ laugh line for me. Gonna miss this show. Winston 4-eva.
― THERE IS NO PHIL D. THERE IS ONLY LIZ (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2018 10:25 (six years ago) link
Winston was the absolute best character. I would watch a spin off with him.
― Yerac, Thursday, 17 May 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link
I am reading the summaries of the episodes from this season. I missed a couple (I really didn't like the first 2 epis) but the wedding episode was great and I am excited about the True American last epi. When I think of New Girl I think of True American and Winston.
― Yerac, Thursday, 17 May 2018 13:05 (six years ago) link