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
did you come to the broad city thread to start a conversation about how you hate brooklyn 9-9 or did my claim that pilots of good shows are often gestational works make you think about how much you hated that brooklyn 9-9 episode you saw
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
I saw the pilot of "Community" too
― am0n alb4rn (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
the unperson of sitcom threads
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
http://3mk6x2edyro40fowt3k9r6cr8b.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/meaning-of-Yin-Yang-symbol.jpg
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
Broad City is a very good show but I don't think it really demands onion A/V club "well the first episode is a C but THEN the season gets totally B+" convos.
― am0n alb4rn (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
But Stapp later came into the Harbor Court Hotel bar while Sexton and bandmates SA Martinez and P-Nut were watching Broad City on television. He stepped in front of the screen and said, "311, I am ready to fight about Brooklyn 9-9," according to Sexton.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
whiney, we talked about this at therapy. "Av club" is a red flag word.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Haha
― am0n alb4rn (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
That's funnier than anything I saw on the pilots of Community and Brooklyn 99
― am0n alb4rn (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
wait i thought you loved community
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
aren't you the guy who's always talking about how great community is
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
it's like "dude, i know you're bored and looking for trouble, but stop going on threads and trying to pick fights about how community is better than whatever show they're talking about"
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
i knew he was trouble when he walked in
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 29 June 2014 03:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/id-girls
― Mordy, Friday, 22 August 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
missin this show so much at the momenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfErkHGPJrA
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
Love this show. Any Hannibal scene is amazing.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 02:54 (nine years ago) link
The scene where the improv guy is going down on Ilana and she keeps flashing back to his terrible improv
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
webseries to tide us over:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TSRMeydnlzs
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
idk something about those two got me watching more they're cute and funny like can i marry yall?Deep Wang15 hours ago
Deep Wang15 hours ago
oh "deep wang" you charmer
― Neckbread (Will M.), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ianxcarlos/abbi-and-ilana-from-broad-city-are-angels#23y10kq
― Mordy, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link