because it's earned it
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 3 November 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
tonight's didn't feel as funny as the other recent episodes but it's definitely on a roll this season
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Thursday, 3 November 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
It was the weakest episode, but I still laughed a number of times so it passes the test.
The puns on this show alone: Dogs in Heat, Yeah Buoy, etc...
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 3 November 2011 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
not to make a comparison it can't possibly live up to but at its best Happy Endings gives me the 30 Rock feeling of a writer's room just shamelessly and gleefully cramming in every gag they can think of
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Thursday, 3 November 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
Brent Musburger and Fred Savage cameos were pitch-perfect!
Also, I've learned that anytime Savage is directing an episode of anything, I'm going to like it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 November 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
yeah savage has direct episodes of so many great shows over the years
― prettyliketynandelong (some dude), Thursday, 3 November 2011 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
kinda loved how aimless and chill this episode was even if the brent musberger thing never evolved past wtf
'i guess you can call me a knitter with attitude'
brief pause
'what can i say penny my comedys always been edgy'
― RR (Lamp), Thursday, 3 November 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
The Coupe/Wayans double act is probably my favourite thing about this show.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 3 November 2011 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
coupe just fucking kills on this gd show man
― RR (Lamp), Thursday, 3 November 2011 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
Gukbe and Lamp are both OTM.
They are all hilarious, but Coupe and Wayans are all-stars.
some dude also OTM re: not to make a comparison it can't possibly live up to but at its best Happy Endings gives me the 30 Rock feeling of a writer's room just shamelessly and gleefully cramming in every gag they can think of
― dense macabre (DJP), Thursday, 3 November 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
Dave with the steak truck is really the weakest link in the show, imo. He's the David Schwimmer.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 November 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know where else to put this but i had a really weird dream last night that i was chatting with damon wayans and explaining that i think my wife and kids was unfairly reviled and is due for a critical reevaluation.
― Mordy, Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
"hangout comedy" -- is this a genre specialized in by people who can't write plots?
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
it's got about as much of what passes for plot in most other sitcoms, it's just more in the Seinfeld/Friends tradition of a bunch of friends hanging out in apartments and diners or whatever rather than being about a workplace or a household
― some dude, Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Seinfeld often had intricate farcical plots that were classically structured, just with shorter scenes.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
that's what i meant by 'what passes for plot'
― some dude, Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
'hangout comedy' vs 'workplace comedy' or 'family comedy'
― encarta it (Gukbe), Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
also i told him that 'claire's boyfriend stories' were a total waste of the show but junior was a comic genius.
nb i haven't seen this show in years and i certainly don't think any of it was funny and i don't remember a single claire boyfriend story.
― Mordy, Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
gd this show
― Lamp, Thursday, 17 November 2011 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
i really love the direction they decided to go with elisha c's character btw - so many killer lines this episode but 'i thought it was the european spelling' was a++++
also i wanna find max's post abt early how i met your mother being like his actual friends cuz i sorta feel that way abt this show rn
― Lamp, Thursday, 17 November 2011 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
Jokes about Dave's perm were all hit, no miss.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 November 2011 06:54 (twelve years ago) link
"John MacEnroe's Sister!""Temple Grandin!"
are the only ones I can remember, but yeah, all quality.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 17 November 2011 07:04 (twelve years ago) link
i support all reasons to put elisha cuthbert on television
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 17 November 2011 07:05 (twelve years ago) link
Wayans' "It's Pat!" + Patvoice is getting slept-on. Show is killing it.
― all the other twinks with their fucked up dicks (billy), Thursday, 17 November 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't seen last night's yet but Eliza Coupe is pretty much my favorite person on television at the moment
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Thursday, 17 November 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
She was the Abed-stalking federal agent in Community.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 17 November 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
She was also the emotionless intern on the last 2 seasons of Scrubs
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Thursday, 17 November 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
"you look like a Jonas uncle"
― Detrius "The-Dream" Nash (symsymsym), Thursday, 17 November 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
i was holding out on whether i like this show or not, but i totally like it.
― horseshoe, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
i really love the direction they decided to go with elisha c's character btw
― Lamp, Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:41 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
otm, she is so much funnier than at the beginning of the season
― horseshoe, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
when she scratched her forehead with a chicken foot I just about died
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 13 January 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
i've only seen some of these (weird hulu embargo/backlog), but the faces they make are so weird and unreal.
still, i laughed.
― j., Friday, 13 January 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
the whole show is weird and unreal. that's why it took me so long to decide if i liked it; i had to get used to the artificiality and rhythms of the patter. but my verdict is it's awesome.
― horseshoe, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah the slang and facial expressions are so far removed from anything actual real live people do that it makes Friends seem like a documentary by comparison, but its still consistently funny. The racist parrot was hilarious.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
the somewhat scary thing is that, for all of the weirdness and unreality, I feel like this show captures the essence of my interactions with IRL friends more than any other show on television
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 13 January 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Were Jane and Alex sisters at the beginning, or is it just a plot device they added later?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, January 13, 2012 12:41 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
the weirdness and unreality are all surface. the relationships are realistic.
― horseshoe, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
The "rotary dial" joke killed me dead for a good couple minutes.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ otm
I'm pretty sure they referenced them being sisters way early in Season 1.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Dave on the floor of his old room was pretty great, too
annoyed this isn't on Hulu
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 13 January 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
it is on hulu! that's how i've been watching it.
― rayuela, Friday, 13 January 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
O_O I looked for it yesterday and couldn't find it!
stupid "smart" tv
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 13 January 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
oh -- yeah it's not available to watch on devices, only through the website interface
― rayuela, Friday, 13 January 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
they're updating them though -- i remember a while back community wasn't available on devices either, but now it is
― rayuela, Friday, 13 January 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
i thought the best joke in the last episode was the A. Ryan 4✧✧✧@prod✧✧✧.n✧✧ one.
― 404 (Lamp), Friday, 13 January 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah largely because of damon wayans jr <3 <3 <3
― horseshoe, Friday, 13 January 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
haha ilx autofilter!!
watching the lastest episode did make me realize that this show is like the epitome of everything that whiney and other sitcom classicists hate abt the modern sitcom tho like how many jokes are people making ::groans:: puns and saying things in a oddball wayyyyy out of left field with add style patter
― 404 (Lamp), Friday, 13 January 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ "Room & Hoard"
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 January 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
omg "Blackass"
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 January 2012 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
Tonight was great, loved Jane's 90s outfit.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 19 January 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
i thought the pilot was all right. forgot about the show though, i should catch up
― Nhex, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
Umm, so I liked Marry Me more than most people (which is to say I liked it just fine, and most people I think just hated it), is it coming back or what? I think it was just put on "hiatus" by NBC but it hasn't been cancelled yet so it's been in limbo for months now.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
5 minutes of the weird loners pilot was more than enough
― adam, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
hey wait shit, what happened with the countdown?
― Who M the best? (Will M.), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
It was the dumbest april fools joke ever.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
Marry Me silently reappeared on the schedule a few weeks ago. I like it enough, but it's probably not coming back.
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 May 2015 05:13 (eight years ago) link
where do you live? they aired the last 4 produced episodes in the UK but they haven't aired at all in the US.
― some dude, Thursday, 7 May 2015 10:39 (eight years ago) link
in the US - i didn't see the eps on air but I think I saw them get added to my cable On Demand servicebut in all honesty i could have imagined it
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 May 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
ok i checked, and i TOTALLY imagined it. damn. i must've been glancing at a tv schedule site or app
― Nhex, Friday, 8 May 2015 06:18 (eight years ago) link
well, both Marry Me and Weird Loners are officially cancelled
― Nhex, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
waaaaah
― entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
Pally was on @midnight Monday and it looked like he'd neither been working recently nor had any plans to do so in the near future. Suspect he hadn't even showered in a couple days.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
now with the mindy vanity project canceled AP is truly outta work :/
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
The best thing about this show was everyone
― 💪😈⚠ (DJP), Sunday, October 19, 2014 4:50 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― just sayin, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 08:49 (eight years ago) link
i love rewatching this show
today i was thinking abt how if they remade friends today one of the characters wld have to be black and was wondering which one and then i realized happy endings had already answered this qn w/ the only obv solution.
― LEGIT (Lamp), Monday, 23 November 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
So who is Brad? Is he Chandler or Ross? Because Max is obviously Joey.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:05 (eight years ago) link
brad identifies himself as chandler in the valentine's day episode
― 1staethyr, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
Coupe is on that show Casual on...Hulu?, I think. Anyone seen it? Might have heard okay things but if it's the Jason Reitman-connected thing I'm not sure I believe them.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
this show was one of the v few times i loved a character who shared my name
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/happy-endings-cast-and-showrunners-would-consider-a-new-beginning_us_5743216de4b0613b512acc26?ir=Entertainment§ion=us_entertainment&utm_hp_ref=entertainment
o rly
― DJP, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:00 (seven years ago) link
Adam Pally is in a new Lord & Miller sitcom this fall that looks appropriately ridic (travelling through time in a duffel bag and using ham for money).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-TVyOqCkr0
― Wet Food (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
I don't even care if the whole cast reunites. I just want more Jane and Brad.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
there was nothing amateur about the beating i took that night.
― j., Tuesday, 21 February 2017 07:38 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/GCfUf8kwAnY
I miss this show.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
same :(
― years of immersion in the seduction community (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
we've been gradually rewatching this show, i love it. did anyone ever watch "marry me" (the david caspe show with casey wilson and ken marino)? was it any good? doesn't seem to be available on hulu
― na (NA), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
it was amusing, def a step down from Happy Endings, but i remember liking it well enough
― Nhex, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
never even heard of that, but "Black Monday" is quite good
― rob, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
“Marry Me” was okay.
― DJP, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6zZrRLma0
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
crazy how good that table read is imo
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
that was wonderful
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 April 2020 03:38 (three years ago) link
Also! https://www.etonline.com/happy-endings-cast-reuniting-for-virtual-table-read-casey-wilson-says-exclusive-144544
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 April 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
nice!
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Thursday, 30 April 2020 05:49 (three years ago) link
this is also much better than it has any right to be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMZTnhHnUU
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
holy shit that was incredible
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
looking fwd to watching this, we've been re-watching recently
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
All I will say is there is one scene that has a fantastic use of Zoom backgrounds
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
"Time Out New York called it 'Bomb'!"
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
The Toms (shoes, toothpaste, MySpace)
― kinder, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
that was so good that it made me look up the showrunner which made me watch half of season 1 of black monday which is... gooooood? but absolutely not same energy
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Thursday, 23 July 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
"Time Out NY called it 'long'" imo
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 05:33 (three years ago) link
Time Out Chicago iirc
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Thursday, 23 July 2020 05:34 (three years ago) link
I thought that but second-guessed myself on correcting too much from Simon's post
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 05:47 (three years ago) link
also yes, it is great, so much more a ~new episode of~ than the Parks & Rec special. (but: admire the realism of using shitty laptop audio, but the rapid-fire dialogue would have been better served by them using real mics offscreen)
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 23 July 2020 05:52 (three years ago) link
I thought I’d stopped being in love with Eliza Coupe but nope
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:00 (three years ago) link
Also, it’s been said about a million times but CAST SYNERGY FOR EONS
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
yea this was good ~ youtube then autoplayed their cast read of an entertainment wkly festival thing, im sure yall posted that upthread but it was hysterical
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:24 (three years ago) link
https://i.gifer.com/4Yyt.gif
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 November 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link