sorry thomp i follow enough 35+ year olds on twitter that i assume the worst the second anyone posts the word "generation"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
knew it xp
― mh, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
sokay. it was a deep core of seriousness and truth to it
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
my favorite thing in this I think was when kimmy responds to criticism in middle school style. good schtick, on one occasion peculiarly moving , a+
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:37 (nine years ago) link
are you referring to '2090 called...'?
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
Were people even doing "______ called, and it..." burns in the nineties?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
least favourite thing was the odd joke that explained itself in case the viewer was not paying attention -- "that's why your mother and I flew here in the great shiny metal bird ... I'm kidding, I know what planes are, come on, I was in the Air Force" -- "I know what planes are" is totally unnecessary
otoh if doing this every hour or so was the thing that bothered me most ..
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
I think it started from David Spade's Hollywood Minute in the 90s, so, I think so?
(xpost)
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
a lot of times -- mostly w xan -- she responds with middle schoolish non sequitur comebacks -- the one I found affecting was a 'I know you are, but what am i ' which made no sense as dialogue but worked ~ thematically ~
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link
i know it's been noted plenty, but Dr. Frampf is my favorite mel brooks bit not done by mel brooks ever.
― men without hat tips (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
My least favourite joke was that Pinot Noir song.
Logan riding the miniature horse against fake background made me laugh. This show does good rich kid jokes.
― jmm, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:18 (nine years ago) link
I think you mean Pinot NuuuWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
― DJP, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:41 (nine years ago) link
I liked the Pinot Noir song, much better homage to ridiculous viral video songs than the theme, which is too good
― mh, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
how is it possible not to like "Pinot Noir"
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
tom bereng-ar
myanmar
i would watch titus andromegan watch things for hours, like when he's watching the trial. the faces!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Facial expressions by Kimmy and Titus totally make this show.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
Somebody with better video/audio editing skills should mash up "Pinot Noir" with "Immigrant Song."
― Common Street Screwers (Leee), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 23:59 (nine years ago) link
Watched the first three eps and enjoyed them. Show very much feels like a YA introduction to 30 Rock's style of jokes/patter. I also get the feeling that they're deliberately not going getting any dirtier to change the rating away from a TV-14, even if the hyperfire refs pull from decades old pop-culture.
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 06:43 (nine years ago) link
I dunno about that. They shot the first season thinking it would be on network TV. They're shooting the 2nd season knowing it'll be on netflix.
― kate78, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 07:16 (nine years ago) link
i am curious at what point in production they knew it was going to be on Netflix and not NBC. i'm pretty sure it was before they did episode 9, which has a winking referencing to "binge watching [a sitcom] on Netflix."
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 11:27 (nine years ago) link
i definitely had a problem with the theme song at first - so hokey! - but i got used to it.
my gf is obsessed with the theme tune, sings it all the time
― IHeartMedia, the giant broadcaster formerly known as Clear Channel, (stevie), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:20 (nine years ago) link
FE-males are STRONG-AS-HELL
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
same
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
3 eps in and not entirely sold on this, though i like most of the actors. if i remember it took at least half a season for me to really like 30 Rock though. fave part so far was "Hashbrown: no filter"
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
Obviously entitled "Kimmigrant Song."
― Common Street Screwers (Leee), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:36 (nine years ago) link
I don't know how I'd react -- probably badly -- to a Tina Fey project with swears in it.
― Common Street Screwers (Leee), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
Guys.... Dong Nguyen is also the name of the creator of Flappy Bird
*_*
― 龜, Thursday, 19 March 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
!
― mh, Thursday, 19 March 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
"That was the fanciest sentence I ever heard, and I used to watch Frasier"
This show is pretty cool, hits a lot of the New Yorkers-joking-about-flyover-country type humor that 30 Rock had. Lots of killer one-liners.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 21 March 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
Cool thing is the country bumpkin stuff isn't the main focus so much as, as has been pointed out, satire of oppression, class dynamics, etc.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 21 March 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
Can someone confirm that Xanthippe also plays Kymmi
― 龜, Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
nope
Kymmi is actually Kiernan Shipka who plays Jon Hamm's character's daughter on Mad Men
― mh, Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:31 (nine years ago) link
I don't understand, why would they get the same actress to play two different characters?
I guess that Netflix Budget ain't NBC budget
― 龜, Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:33 (nine years ago) link
they aren't the same actress? unless you're having a larft
― akm, Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Idk man it's just kinda bizarre
Like they didn't think anyone would notice
Xanthippe and kymmi never appear in the same episode together
And then at then end in dernsville kymmi disappears
― 龜, Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
Martin Short was kind of freaking me out. Funny though! Ever since Inner Space he has been on this body horror comedy thing.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 March 2015 02:01 (nine years ago) link
all white girls look same dot com
― mh, Sunday, 22 March 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
This show is pretty awesome! I loved 30 Rock and this has that same rhythm of comedy to it, it's so freakin' quick and snappy.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
Loved them pretending to be rich in that expensive restaurant, with the cardboard laptop and the faux-French "Beyonce'"
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
"Who is coming to this party? Fancy Manhattan-os? They're going to notice that my cummerbund is just a piece of automobile tire."
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:20 (nine years ago) link
"I've been watching you, Kimmy""I know, that's why I was picking my nose earlier, to gross you out. Burnt!"
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a84MQVZLVVY/U6SnpYdV7WI/AAAAAAAAYdE/4xxOwAsQrIk/s1600/mgs5bcdefk6u2t.gif
Oh god, the Ghostbusters references.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 22 March 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
this is excellent, the "passing" theme is really well integrated imo
― sleeve, Sunday, 22 March 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
The Bob Dole t-shirt in the headshot
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Sunday, 22 March 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
yup
― Frederik B, Monday, 23 March 2015 00:03 (nine years ago) link
I liked the photoshop she did for their Christmas card, where he husband was shaking someone's hand and the hand wasn't cropped out.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 23 March 2015 02:04 (nine years ago) link
Kind of feel like going to Olive Garden. This show is insidious.
― mh, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 14:47 (nine years ago) link
I like Tim Blake Nelson in this! He is taking an Earnest-type character one step further into realistic profound stupidity -- and that was offputting at first, but ended up being very, very funny to me.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 26 March 2015 10:39 (nine years ago) link