"Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh... Pick me up! ...aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
― Des Esseintes in Walmart (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 29 March 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link
So my boyfriend from college asked if I'd seen this the other day (which I haven't) because he said that one of the women from this crossed with Hannah off girls reminds him of the me of the past and made a point of saying that wasn't meant to be insulting but rather endearing. Now I feel like I have to watch this.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 April 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
Those last two episodes more than made up for the wedding episode. Love how Abbi is always the one who, when pushed, goes totally insane.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 April 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
that wedding episode was hilarious--the bus scene was fantastic
― waterbabies (waterface), Wednesday, 2 April 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
Just got hipped to this, fucking love it.
the subway pole gag made me laugh so hard
― if you stan for nothing you'll fall for everything (symsymsym), Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:40 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This...THIS was some Jerry-Lewis-elevator-gag-level shit. Brilliant.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 2 April 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
my girlfriend HATES this (one simple) show and it bums me out pretty hard
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 April 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
I have been introduced to this show. Some episode where they were trying to hook up with dudes at the bar and a phone was lost. Hannibal Buress delivering the line "I wouldn't submit a dog to the hectic life of a dentist!" about slayed me.
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Thursday, 10 April 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
going thru withdrawalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GnJ5Y5cB6I
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
lol @ the 'push it' knock-off, perfect.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
Longish profile of them in the New Yorker last week was kinda interesting.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 13:38 (nine years ago) link
weirdly timed tho
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qg45fRN.jpg
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
Love this show.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
xp wut
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
i was bored and bought the first episode. it was a struggle not to turn it off and delete it from my life w/in 20 seconds. i got up, had a glass of water, and eventually made it through the whole episode and it wasn't as horrifying as I might have imagined. I guess I am just not remotely interested in comedies about this demographic, unless they are really, really good, which this is decidedly not.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
20something jewish people in NY should just volunteer to help make TV shows by and/or about other people.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link
insert UMC somewhere in there
what a shame we won't be blessed with similar analyses of the other episodes
― polyphonic, Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
I know, right?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3LES9YO.gif
― schwantz, Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
first episode is good; #2 and #3 are so, so funny (abbi's physical comedy in the dentist's office and rachel dratch's cameo are big highlights) and from those episodes onward this became basically my favourite show.
i've been aggressively recommending it to friends and they've all loved it too.
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
YOU'RE a mom!
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
maybe i should give later episodes a try
or i could just watch red dawn on cable
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link
Yeah this show's great. It took me a few eps to get into but they are both pretty funny and rad.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:32 (nine years ago) link
I think the fact that they are great is key. Even when an ep is sort of eh the pair of them are always great. Plus Hannibal.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 June 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link
I hope to god you're talking about the Swayze one, otherwise...
― the asterisk is the most sensitive part of the d*ck (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 26 June 2014 02:17 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah, I'm a Swayze purist.
maybe I'll give Broad City another chance. some of the clips were funny. i am pretty tired of shows abt young, temporarily poor ladies working in the culture industries in NYC, but who knows.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 26 June 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
Then don't watch them you big silly
― da croupier, Thursday, 26 June 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
They dont work in the culture industry btw
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 26 June 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
they illustrate and stuff, right?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 27 June 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
they seem like culture-industry aspirants
but maybe i'm wrong
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 27 June 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
Aren't we all?
― schwantz, Friday, 27 June 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
one cleans bathrooms in a fancy gym
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 27 June 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
The other has a bottomfeeder temp job she doesnt even bother doing
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 June 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
They are both permanently poor afaict
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 June 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
The only character w money is the dentist
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 June 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
Ilana's parents bail her out from time to time, iirc, which is played up for laughs.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 27 June 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
they are temporarily poor, and at least one aspires to be a graphic artist
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 27 June 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
This show isn't about what they do for a living. I mean... I don't think of Laurel and Hardy as a story about piano movers.
― polyphonic, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
Abbi's artistic aspirations are pretty quickly exposed as delusional. her art is m/l objectively awful iirc. it's just another joke they're playing with.
― Clay, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:21 (nine years ago) link
actually abbi has been selling her art since before the show was airing, no knowing wink going on there
― da croupier, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
well all art is objectively awful imo so maybe i am not the best judge
― Clay, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
i totally get not wanting to watch another show about directionless twentysomethings in nyc (whether or not their in the "culture industry" is a pretty pedantic quibble), but anyone old enough to be tired of that trope is also old enough to know that when a show increases in popularity over a season, it's foolish to judge its worth off the pilot
― da croupier, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:31 (nine years ago) link
that said my bar for "tv worth buying the episode" would be crazy high, not sure any show would pass
― da croupier, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
"tv worth buying by the episode" i mean
i totally get not wanting to watch another show about directionless twentysomethings in nyc (whether or not their in the "culture industry" is a pretty pedantic quibble), but anyone old enough to be tired of that trope is also old enough to know that when a show increases in popularity over a season, it's foolish to judge its worth off the pilot --da croupier
Even Brooklyn 99?
― am0n alb4rn (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 June 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
Yes Virginia even Brooklyn 99
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
personally thought that show got a lot better over the season, Samberg and Peretti's characters got a lot less shrill
not saying one has some moral obligation to stick with a show after hating an episode, just that if a show becomes more acclaimed with time, it's pretty possible the pilot is nowhere near the best ep
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Did the show get funny at some point too?
― am0n alb4rn (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 June 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link