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Here's hoping the show is actually good and keeps running so I won't have dedicated a thread to it for no reason.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I like good TV shows, but an hour a night is about right for sofa taterin' and I've got that on Thursday already.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
u gonna hold that against parks & rec
― s1ocki, Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Not if it's really good. Might drop The Office, though, if it doesn't pick back up.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
this is like sophie's choice
― s1ocki, Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
so far... waaaaay too similar in tone to The Office.
Shouldn't be too hard to fix, though.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 10 April 2009 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
this wasn't funny
― the rickey henderson of sbs (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
the office has enough characters to keep things fresh even tho all the jokes hit the same note, and this one has... 5 characters? obv more will be introduced but man that first ep was rough
― the rickey henderson of sbs (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Naw it was fine
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
aziz was funny actually
― the rickey henderson of sbs (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Parks & Recreation is the most talked about new comedy on television!
"It was fine!" - n/a"this is ... choice!" - s1ocki"It's really good!" - Oilyrags
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Needs more Loudon Wainwright!
― lindseykai, Friday, 10 April 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought it was pretty funny and great
― Mr. Que, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:02 (fifteen years ago) link
is rashida jones hot in it?
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty hot pretty great
― Mr. Que, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link
The first episode of The Office was weaksauce too, mostly because it was a rehash of the UK version. Greg Daniels' jokes aren't funny on the surface. The funny comes when you know the characters (which we don't yet).
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:47 (fifteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que, Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:19 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark
ok that's a relief
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost: I'm really glad they shelved Michael's hair plugs.
― Imaginary Dead Baseball Players Live in My Cornfield (Pillbox), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Couldn't get through this episode.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 10 April 2009 07:14 (fifteen years ago) link
echo the 'it was okay' sentiments. laughed at the covering up of the violent parts of the mural.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 10 April 2009 12:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I kinda liked the park dept manager who wanted to privatize the whole park dept. But overall, yeah, pretty thin gruel.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
They must've known he's the real gold, since they did his little thing over the end credits.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I liked it. I hope Amy can walk the Michael Scott of seasons 1-2 line of balancing cringe-induction and geniuine lulz. That might be the dorkiest thing I've ever said, in a long line of dorky sentences. Anyway. Pancakes!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:17 (fifteen years ago) link
"This is where the rubber of government meets the road of actual human beings."
― Kerm, Friday, 10 April 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
how is this show different from the office
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 16 April 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
like i am watching the pilot and amy poehler is exactly like michael scott, what's the point
(a: rashida jones)
There were times this week I thought "okay, this is actually getting better and can be good" and then there were times I thought "Jesus, why am I watching this? What else is on?"
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i give it six more weeks
― Duderonomy 1:69-420 (iiiijjjj), Friday, 17 April 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
This needs to be completely retooled and fast.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
There was an article last week in Entertainment Weekly saying that the pilot had been rewritten and shot several times so it would be less like The Office. Can;t even imagine how that must have been.
― svend, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:46 (fifteen years ago) link
wau
― starsky and what (J0rdan S.), Friday, 17 April 2009 01:46 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah that was like
― Mr. Que, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe it was originally funnier?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
"According to an early test screening of the pilot — results of which leaked online last month — many viewers felt Parks was ''too close and similar to The Office.'' But the Parks department claims the data was based on an extremely early version of the pilot — one that bears little resemblance to what viewers will see on April 9. ''By the time we had even gotten the results of the testing back, we had done, like, five more edits of the pilot,'' says Schur. ''The only thing that matters at all is the final product, and it's going to be very, very different from the version that was thrown in front of a group of people.''
Glad they got that all fixed before the premiere, was hardly like the Office at all.:/
― svend, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
My wife walked into the room, watched the show for like 5 seconds, and asked me whether the Office had a bunch of new characters. She had no idea that an Office spin-off had been created, and Rashida Jones wasn't even in that scene.
The tone is very similar to the Office, but the writing and acting are noticeably inferior. It's not good.
― Super Cub, Friday, 17 April 2009 06:58 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah not impressed so far- I expected them to get more mileage from the dour small town bureaucracy vibe but so far this is just like Dunder Mifflin
― baaderonixx, Friday, 17 April 2009 08:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I've only seen the first five minutes of the most recent episode (watching it during my smoke break on iPod) but I thought the poop-bag flinging (and Poehler enjoying it) was very funny, made me laugh right out loud
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 May 2009 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
That's the funniest five minutes of the whole series so far. You lucked out.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
For some reason I find Chris Pratt acting like douche hilarious, so his guest star status makes me sad. Maybe they could trade him for that sulky intern chick?
― the devil's runes (reddening), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Last night's episode was definitely way better than any that came before it. I can't tell if it's actually getting funnier or if I'm just more familiar with the characters and their behavioral patterns now.
The less content about "The Pit," the better the show.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 May 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
was mildly interested in this until hearing her on terri gross and remembering that everyone on SNL is kinda dumb and annoying
― gabbneb being gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Everyone? nah.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 May 2009 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
― the devil's runes (reddening), Monday, May 4, 2009 3:06 PM
i've watched 2 or 3 eps of season 1 and the funniest part was probably him saying his band is called "just the tip"
― THE_REAL_PHIL (Dr. Phil), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been watching this and finding it mildly amusing. Tom is definitely my favorite character. Boyfriend with broken legs is also pretty funny.
― Moodles, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
this show would be a lot better if they remembered that michael scott wasn't the office's sympathetic lead and that there's already a show called the office that's been using the mockumentary stare-at-the-camera shtick for a bunch of years so wtf find a new shtick.
― da croupier, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Either give Poehler's character half a brain and use her repub boss as the michael scott or make the show about more about rashida jones. and shoot whoever at nbc is tell them they have to be more "broad"
― da croupier, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
is telling them
loved how much Knope's "male"over looked like her Hillary impersonation, and the adjacent scene of her talking about becoming first female mayor, etc, but they also had a first female president gag in one of the first episodes so they better stop with that one for a while. Rashida Jones as Amy's trophy wife was pretty funny, also that guy who kept talking about how brave she is/it's OK to fight etc etc. Loved last week's bit with the guy cleaning the house and saying "someone's going to get gently laid tonight" and her "hey!" in the background too.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 8 May 2009 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
really hope they didn't hire that guy from All The Real Girls just have to him colin-firth around saving her ass, bridget jones style.
― da croupier, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, and the speech Knope's boss gave: "You are a woman. You have won this award." etc.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 8 May 2009 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
There ya go, I guess.
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
I always have sympathy for the Holoubek in these situations.
are you saying you ain't no Holoubek churl
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
I love the jerry hate. Every time.
― kinder, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
The Ben R.E.M obsession takes on an extra dimension now that I know Adam Scott was in that crowd of kids in the "Drive" video.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
Adam Scott has a comedy podcast about REM
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, May 6, 2018
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
i've been jumping around to different seasons. i've seen 3 and 4 and large chunks of 2 and 5. 4 feels like the high point. the early years are good too but Mark is a complete non-entity. the core cast has so much character but he just has this inoffensive mumbley passive aggressive thing that kinda doesn't work. it's like John Paul George Ringo and Kevin over here.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
omg the episode with Andy Samberg. that funny, loud goofball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_CnOZFcnLc
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 24 May 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
I loved him. Shame he was only in the one episode (wasn't he?).
Also loved the pest control guys.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 24 May 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
RIP Harris
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 May 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
This may technically be an abuse of the thread rubric but as an avowed superfan who has seen the show probably 3x through at this point and loves it about as much as I love any show from this century, I'm cashing my chips to recommend that other superfans check out Schitt's Creek. There was some agreement in the Netflix recommendations thread that the two shows are mining v similar 'laughs + heart' territory. I've very quickly gone from years of avoidance (largely because of the admittedly awful name) to loving it deeply. WATCH IT. I wish someone had made me do it much earlier, like preferably before the final season was airing.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
It is a pretty good show, and I avoided it for a long time for the same reason.
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 13:11 (four years ago) link
I am deep into the first season of Schitt’s Creek and it is great
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 13:11 (four years ago) link
Agreed, I thought it took a few eps to get going but definitely the same vein.
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
I considered just starting a new thread but, well, y'know. Final season and all that. It's kind of a bummer.
(I'm secretly hoping for a spin-off that's just David wandering into the motel lobby and riffing with Stevie. I could watch those two for hours. Where the hell has Dan Levy been all my life?!)
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
Schitt's Creek improved a lot for me a few seasons in - could barely tolerate Roland in the first 2
― nashwan, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 13:50 (four years ago) link
I feel you on Roland but, otoh, it's kinda saying something when the weakest element of a show is Chris Elliott (who I generally love).
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link
I generally hate Chris and this show is no exception! I also avoided it because of its name, but caught up about a month ago and it is truly divine. Completely in love with all characters (except Chris Elliot’s)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
John Candy would have been great in his role. Imagine!
watched the first half-dozen shows or so; catherine o'hara is incredible, the others are fine, chris elliott sucks deeply
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:58 (four years ago) link
Keep going, it only gets better
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
One of the lower-key things that is cracking me up more the more I notice it is the weird gangly arm-swinging half-run thing Bob does every time he enters or leaves a scene.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
yeah that Bob move is all time
― whistling (brownie), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
Alexis’ chin raise/wiggle (& great name IMHO)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
my hatred of (televisual) Canadiana does not permit me to watch this but I'm glad we finally made a TV show you people can enjoy
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
'finally', pssh. KITH might be my all-time fave, friend.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
I've lived in canada 7 years and i think this is the first time americans have watched a canadian show that is currently being broadcast
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
TBF, I'm usually a minimum of seven years behind on most American shows.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
Looking forward to Kim’s Convenience getting it’s due once the son achieves worldwide fame as whatever superhero he was cast as
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
Kim’s convenience is great too, but Schitt’s creek is just the best.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
do americans watch trailer park boys? letterkenny?
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 07:47 (four years ago) link
I knew some Pittsburghers who were obsessed by trailer park boys, I could never get into it.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 08:41 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I tried it and it was decidedly not my thing. I didn't try very hard, though, tbf.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 13:13 (four years ago) link
The bar trivia company I work for is doing a nation-wide Letterkenny quiz event later this year, so I guess people watch it?
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link
The Schitt's Creek thing where the members of the Rose family default to a repulsed 'ew' as a generalized exclamatory utterance is simply the best. I endeavor to employ it in my everyday life.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Thursday, 30 January 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
― symsymsym, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:47 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
yes and yes
not really what’s being talked about but i certainly watched reboot at the same time as most canadians
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 January 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link
And leave us not pretend that Degrassi isn't a phenom on both sides of the border.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Thursday, 30 January 2020 13:04 (four years ago) link
degrassi’s more of a cultish thing here but i am in that cult
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 January 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
the cancon cult
― symsymsym, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
Psst.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdg_pZtIUM
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 April 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
loved Parks at the time but I have absolutely no urge to revisit or see a reunion tbh
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 24 April 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
what if nick offerman shows up as his devs character instead of ron swanson, tho
― edgard varese-type beat (voodoo chili), Friday, 24 April 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
This will probably be bad, and I'll probably watch it
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 24 April 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
agreed
― Nhex, Friday, 24 April 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
ah, it was adorable enough. could've done without the singalong but the rest was great. Loved seeing the unexpected Pawnee guesters like Joan Calamezzo. i really miss this show. Leslie's all-encompassing love for Ann and calling her a "desert fox" put me in stitches
― Nhex, Friday, 1 May 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
It was fun enough, loved the on the verge of another breakdown Ben with a claymation Cones of Dunshire script.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
oh yeah and ofc the whole purpose of this thinghttps://www.feedingamerica.org/parksandrec/
― Nhex, Friday, 1 May 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
amazed that it took someone this long to make this joke
an image could not have aged worse pic.twitter.com/ZAfxkcNhGs— Maddie Wiener (@maddietwiener) September 8, 2020
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
it coulda been you, simon!
― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
Not the kind of Police Beating you'd expect.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
I’m having an entire breakdown rn pic.twitter.com/UzYzMfKInG— out of context parks and rec (@nocontextpawnee) February 27, 2023
lol Aubrey
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 February 2023 04:40 (one year ago) link