eastbound & down/danny mcbride

everyone runs to 2 1/2 men.

cliché or not, it worked for me. everybody reacts to Kenny with anger, befuddlement, or supportive acceptance of his character flaws. it was a nice change of pace to have him interact with someone similar to himself, and see how he reacts (sometimes one-upmanship, sometimes impressed by bullshit). I'm glad it only lasted for one episode, but it worked within the context of the show.

xp - charlie sheen's mannerisms aren't funny though, and this show has been full of lazy cliches since ep1 anyway

don johnson was painful imo, having the main character's parent(s) show up and be some older TV icon doing an impression of the main character is one of the laziest sitcom cliches.

This majorly otm. I really enjoyed the last episode though, actually quite affecting.

man this show was so much better in the last episode with the old awesome supporting cast back. big mistake to ditch them for this season.

I haven't read this thread because I've only seen one ep of the new season. So behind but pretty psyched to catch up this weekend.

uhh

?

last two eps killed imo, and the end was oddly moving [via kurt vile]

WOuld I like this

idk

there's funny shit in every ep, but it took me a while to <3 the first season. by the end i was hooked. but the second series is a patchier.

so watch the first ep!

I did...it was good, but didn't blow me away. Too much slo-mo with loud music! I liked enough to keep watching though. Also I have learned not to judge first episodes too harshly.

Too much slo-mo with loud music!

well, fortunately, they drop that gimmick after ep one

lol j/k

going to the school dance on pills (trentemoller!) is as early as ep 2 y/n?

it's either 2 or 3 yeah

i mean that's stone cold classic

it's so good

there's funny shit in every ep, but it took me a while to <3 the first season. by the end i was hooked. but the second series is a patchier.

third season's going to be apache-er.

probs quote this (internally) more than any other tv show

gettin drunk on the reg, fuckin good times on the reg... basically the kind of shit most other men dream about

yachts on the reg

i mean that's stone cold classic

yeah, keep going adam

ah here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYvKwoWNOl4

OK so I am already almost done watching season two and I like this! My wife likes it too even after I told her she probably wouldn't. So...good job, ILX!

What else should I watch now? Community?

That Trentemoller tune is great too. I sort of like the Black Keys thing too, is that bad? HBO shows love the Black Keys!

I really like the guy who plays the baseball team owner, sorry can't remember his name. The rich guy. It's a really strange performance.

Too much slo-mo with loud music!

yeah watching Observe And Report recently i realized that Jody Hill is basically from the Wes Anderson school of "check out this sweet montage set to a gem from my record collection every 15 minutes"

The first episode had like four or five of those though! It did calm down a bit, plus the music is all pretty great. Oogum Boogum in the ep I'm watching right now. I looked for a YouTube of the Trentemoller song so I could hear it again and ALL the comments are like "Kenny Fucking Powers"!

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Agree with some dude, Observe and Report was over the top with that; Eastbound and Down does it much better.

I really like the guy who plays the baseball team owner, sorry can't remember his name. The rich guy. It's a really strange performance.

michael peña, 'army' from the shield innit

I can't remember if they did much slomo w/music in season 1 but it was p.noticeable throughout season 2

^^^ can't believe a 'shield' man could have missed that

yeah watching Observe And Report recently i realized that Jody Hill is basically from the Wes Anderson school of "check out this sweet montage set to a gem from my record collection every 15 minutes"

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that was maybe my no.1 beef with observe and report - aside from it being unfunny - it was just a nonstop barrage of musical montages. by the end of the movie i was practically seething whenever the next montage started... its so fuckin narcissistic cuz hes just showing off his gd ipod, not trying to entertain us

Some blog put together a soundtrack for season one a while back, think it's gone now though. Was surprised to find out that the sad organ music that plays throughout is a Tindersticks track, assumed it was an original.

http://drunkondreams.blogspot.com/2009/03/eastbound-down-soundtrack.html

http://www.playlist.com/playlist/15364872459

"Take the computers out of your ears!"

Always find myself rewatching this show with everyone I know who hasn't seen it

Like, 4 times already--and I was pretty late getting into it myself

2nd season better than first btw

Went through it in a couple days and now I miss Kenny Fucking Powers =(

2nd season better than first btw

no it isn't fyi

I thought they were about even. More LOLs in the first but I like Mexico more than rural NC

Wasn't so into Don Johnson for some reason.

any scene where kfp isn't the big asshole is a problem

rural suburban

biggest

I missed Will Ferrell, surely the greatest comedian of our era

screen comedian, at least. Chapelle standup might win out for pure LOL

season 2 severely handicapped by lack of Clegg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI8x94EVQ7E

<3 <3 <3

awesome!

http://www.kennypowersjerseys.com/blogs/news/1247592-download-kenny-powers-audio-book

"Oh yeah Kenny Powers does have famous hair doesnt he?"

just an average man, with exceptional hair. nothing more, and nothing less.

haaaaaa

:D