there is a dumb form of meanness that bugs me and those two shows go there a lot. a white guy meanness, i guess.
god it feels good to read this summarized so well. thank you!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
The characters is terrible
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
"do you like Bob's Burgers, scott?"
yes indeed!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
i love archer, ian otm
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, March 15, 2016 2:04 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ahem. The characters are terrible.
But seriously, folks. Based on the trailer I saw, I don't know how it could've been otherwise.
― Horse Throat (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
is Archer as good as the Bottom Biting Bugs? if it is i might give it a try.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 19:43 (eight years ago) link
I watch Archer for the same reason I like Sunny in Philadelphia. Jerks being mean to each other and smart call backs.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
I tried the Will Arnett show & didnt like it. "Lame sad white guys" only goes so far with me
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 21:22 (eight years ago) link
what about lame, sad, white horses tho?
― ian, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
lame puffy saddo so over for me in general on t.v. and in movies. i know how to look in a mirror. no need to see it on t.v. too.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 22:50 (eight years ago) link
except for louie. the puff daddy of them all.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
feel like everything in comedy nowadays is about fragile males and relationship troubles like the aziz show and love and it absolutely does not connect with me at all and i hate modern comedy basically.
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 23:10 (eight years ago) link
there is still funny stuff. there is always funny. it is definitely the age of awkwardness though. awkward situations. uncomfortable moments. squirming. worrying. not a lot of pies in the face.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link
i really liked River; did any of you guys like river? mental ill white man.
― ian, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
i hadn't seen much Workaholics past the first season and i put on a later episode and there was a scene where all three Workaholics guys were masturbating in a car together. it wasn't a pie in the face, but it was uh memorable.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
none of these shows are as good at awkward terrible depressed males as Peep Show, it should be said
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 01:02 (eight years ago) link
that show is incredible
In this vein, I've started DVRing Dawson's Creek and The OC because some channel shows 1 and 3 of each every afternoon. I miss shows being so earnest. Even the teen/twentysomething shows to day are either awkward or jaded.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 01:45 (eight years ago) link
Freaks and Geeks would be a good antidote to that. (Unless it counts as awkward.)
― JRN, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 02:15 (eight years ago) link
If i can't stand James Franco, will I be able to enjoy Freaks and Geeks?
― like Uber, but for underpants (James Morrison), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 06:32 (eight years ago) link
I think so, he wasn't really the current version then. I was a bigger fan of Undeclared but that's a much lighter, goofier comedy.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 06:37 (eight years ago) link
Freaks and Geeks was wonderful and Franco was wonderful in it.
― "This is the worst part." (stevie), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 08:48 (eight years ago) link
Seems to me there are two strains in comedy tv--yeah, these shows featuring stand-ups (Louie, Maron, Aziz, etc.) about their emotions & luv troubles & then the shows coming more out of UCB/Improv scenes (Broad City, Kimmy Schimt, all the Paul Scheer stuff, etc.)
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:17 (eight years ago) link
i can't stand either of those strains
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Abso Lutely Productions (Tim & Eric, Eric Andre, Review, Nathan For You, etc.) is another strain, I think.
― Horse Throat (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 16:51 (eight years ago) link
Review def falls in the UCB/Improv realm
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Andy Daly is the king of that world
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
Bad people behaving badly is another strain - You're The Worst, Man Seeking Woman, Casual, etc.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
those are in the relationship context, the bad people behaving badly within no main context has Always Sunny in its park
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:16 (eight years ago) link
The League has a context but is prob in that ballpark
I wouldn't put Man Seeking Woman in that category at all. It's its own wonderful thing.
― JRN, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
and Archer
so Bad People Behaving Badly is p. much FX/FXX
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
I like MSW (not as much as YTW) but it definitely has an upending the sitcom status quo/'oh no they didn't just do/say that' vibe to it
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
Wait what do we think about "The Characters"? I watched 1 1/2 of these and kind of loved them.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
the last Maron special that was on lolEpix is on Hulu now btw
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
Haven't watched what the special to know what they cut and left in, but I saw that set and he was magnificent.
― Horse Throat (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
what
I love Archer, all of itCouldn't get into Bojack HorsemanWill Arnett show made me want to punch all the guys in the balls, fuck that show, maybe if it were a cartoon parody of itself it'd work
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
wow, rrrrrobyn loves archer too? maybe i'll have to watch it. sad that ian's word wasn't good enough, but he's a dodgy brooklynite.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
when ppl are not sure about archer i suggest they watch the SKYTANIC episode because it is a neat package of things that Archer does well -- spy movie parody, the hilarity of infidelity, and also history jokes.
― ian, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
or this cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCvBUHMB8ZY
― ian, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
If archer is like always sunny in Philadelphia then I will hate it with a white hot hate. Didn't someone say it was like always sunny?
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
it's less mean than always sunny, but perhaps more risque.
― ian, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
lol I wondered when rrrobyn was going to show up to divulge her Archer love
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
I'm not sure why, but I get occasional Sealab 2021 vibes from Archer. Maybe it's the spy uniforms.
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:48 (eight years ago) link
Sealab had the same creator, Adam Reed.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
oh, duh
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
have I ever mentioned how much I loved Sealab?
i usually don't like most shows where everyone is mean to each other Archer is just so entertaining to me. I also like that each episode is an ADVENTURE and the jokes are snappy and a mix of highbrow, pop culture and toilet humour. Also I like the illustration style and the actors.
Netflix admissions of shame: I watched all of White Collar (it took a while), partly because each ep is an adventure and partly because it reminded me of a squeaky clean network version of Archer or something, so my mind filled in the show's boring aspects with an imagined Archer background.
xp hahaa robyn save an archer
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
<3 sealab <3
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link