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I enjoy Frank trying so hard to get someone to be a shady business person to accept a briefcase full of dollars.
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I loved Dee telling Mac that "his mother is a cigarette".
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Sep 19, 2013 14:23
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Wow. One of the all-time best episodes for sure. I was laughing pretty much non-stop when non-edgy Paddy's Pub started. Everything was terrific.Aatrek posted:I loved Dee telling Mac that "his mother is a cigarette". I want Charlie to do his final song as the acceptance speech if they ever get an Emmy or something.
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romanowski posted:What show was the "bar down the street that's won a bunch of awards" referring to? Louie or American Horror Story Also, the "black bars don't win awards" was a reference to The Wire, in case you didn't catch that. Chad Coleman (Cutty from The Wire) guest starred in this episode. This might be my favorite episode of the show, ever. Definitely among the smartest. I could write an essay on this episode. drat.
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Sep 19, 2013 14:45
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Hoffbonics posted:Here's some takes of Charlie's drugged up song that didn't make it into the episode: I love Danny recording everything on his phone. He's super into it.
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Sep 19, 2013 15:00
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But no, I wish I had been drinking with them because it looked fun.
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Sep 19, 2013 15:26
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This episode kind of reminded me of "The Gang Recycles Their Trash". It was funny in its own right, but made even funnier for long time fans of the show with a little bit of extra knowledge. I was dying when Mac was rehearsing lines with Dee and Dennis. "I came at you hard..." and then his whole cooldown after he flies off the handle.
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timpanihilistic posted:This episode kind of reminded me of "The Gang Recycles Their Trash". It was funny in its own right, but made even funnier for long time fans of the show with a little bit of extra knowledge. I was dying when Mac was rehearsing lines with Dee and Dennis. "I came at you hard..." and then his whole cooldown after he flies off the handle.
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This episode was an instant classic for me. The meta humor was a great backdrop and was a pretty funny calling out of lovely sitcoms, but it was such a great vehicle for the gang's utter awfulness. I about lost my poo poo when Mac attacked Dee, and even more so when Charlie crawled out of the basement with spray paint all over his face. I'm going to be watching this one many, many times.
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Sep 19, 2013 15:41
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I love any episode where the gang's antics affect normal people, so this was top notch. "Some people say it's even better than bustin' a nut!  "
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mwells_cubed posted:I love any episode where the gang's antics affect normal people, so this was top notch.
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Sep 19, 2013 15:51
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I feel really, really dumb for not realizing how meta it was when I first watched it. "Best song award." The other bar parodying shitcoms, and of course "Black bars just don't get awards" whenever Cutty was on screen. 
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Sep 19, 2013 15:55
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That's too many black guys, dude. The ratio is off. THE RATIO IS OFF! I love that Carly Ray Jepsen is just playing in the background throughout the whole episode. Everybody at either bar is presumably over 21, but they're playing pop songs that only really appeal to 13 year-old teeny-boppers.
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Sep 19, 2013 16:10
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DoctorStrangelove posted:"Best song award." Well you're in good company because I still don't know what that's a reference to.
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Karki posted:Well you're in good company because I still don't know what that's a reference to. I didn't think there was anything more to it than that, but I could be very wrong.
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Sep 19, 2013 17:26
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Irish Joe posted:I love that Carly Ray Jepsen is just playing in the background throughout the whole episode. Everybody at either bar is presumably over 21, but they're playing pop songs that I fixed that for you.
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Irish Joe posted:That's too many black guys, dude. The ratio is off. THE RATIO IS OFF! I loved how like a minute before that they were talking about how you don't want too many and then it cuts to like 15 thugish looking black guys at the bar. I thought it was a great episode. The bar scene was also a spoof on actual bars like that that are just terrible.
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Irish Joe posted:That's too many black guys, dude. The ratio is off. THE RATIO IS OFF! As a youngster i felt weird when i stayed over at friend's places and their families would all gather around to watch some godawful soap. I'd go to school and the whole group would all be talking about what happened last night on Baywatch or E-Street. I'm thinking, what the gently caress is wrong with these people? Point being, you're the minority.
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:EDIT: oh God, was the bell that tells people when to drink a dig at laugh tracks? That's brilliant. I was wondering what that was about, I knew there had to be something there. Irish Joe posted:I love that Carly Ray Jepsen is just playing in the background throughout the whole episode. Everybody at either bar is presumably over 21, but they're playing pop songs that only really appeal to 13 year-old teeny-boppers. Hey now, don't be talking poo poo about Carly Rae, that girl is a national treasure. Especially when she's covering Joni Mitchell. 
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Sep 19, 2013 19:42
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Sep 19, 2013 23:14
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Wait, are there seriously actual bars that exist that are lit up like a rainbow and have drama between the bartenders and poo poo?
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:Wait, are there seriously actual bars that exist that are lit up like a rainbow and have drama between the bartenders and poo poo? Did you entirely miss the point of the episode or was there some post that implied this?
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Sep 19, 2013 23:47
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:Wait, are there seriously actual bars that exist that are lit up like a rainbow and have drama between the bartenders and poo poo? It's a joke about terrible sitcoms
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Sep 19, 2013 23:49
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Irish Joe posted:That's too many black guys, dude. The ratio is off. THE RATIO IS OFF! Fishbowls and annoying staff and Carly Rae Jaepsen is like every terrible bar though
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Sep 20, 2013 00:01
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escape artist posted:I could write an essay on this episode. drat. If it's anything like your Wire episode writeups, I would really like to see this.
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Sep 20, 2013 00:02
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This was easily one of the best episodes of the series, and possibly the best. I can't praise this show enough. I don't think any comedy does callbacks better than Sunny. I laughed so hard at Frank's egg, and I love the fact that the one black friend the gang has is Dennis and Dee's crack and gun dealer.
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Sep 20, 2013 00:22
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That wasn't their crack dealer, that was one of the guys Frank met under the bridge.
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I feel really good about having never heard the name Carly Rae Jepsen before coming into this thread. What a dumb loving name too.
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The subtext of the episode was fabulously penned and executed, no doubt about it, but while a few bits were quite humorous it just wasn't a very funny episode for me. And that's fine as it excelled in other capacities though this season thus far feels like they're going for clever before funny.
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Gave it a rewatch when I got home and still really enjoyed it. I never noticed how cavalierly Charlie starts to spit during his song because I was laughing so hard the first time. I loved how Charlie's song started with "There is a spider," and despite all of us knowing that it was coming it was still a great punchline. The only moment I didn't enjoy was the burlesque subplot because the scene with Frank and Artemis came out of left field and the plot wasn't given time to develop.
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Vhak lord of hate posted:Did you entirely miss the point of the episode or was there some post that implied this? They have a couple like that here. No witty banter between bartenders or whatever.
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Benagain posted:That wasn't their crack dealer, that was one of the guys Frank met under the bridge. I could have sworn Cutty was their crack dealer, but you're right. Now I feel like a racist. soapgish posted:The subtext of the episode was fabulously penned and executed, no doubt about it, but while a few bits were quite humorous it just wasn't a very funny episode for me. And that's fine as it excelled in other capacities though this season thus far feels like they're going for clever before funny. I'll agree with you on the clever part, but I thought it was very funny. I don't think I stopped laughing throughout the episode.
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nuncle jimbo posted:Fishbowls and annoying staff and Carly Rae Jaepsen is like every terrible bar though I'll one up it with a bar that has fishbowls and plays to an 90s nostalgia crowd. Hanging out with people in their early 20s who still get excited when they hear the Spice Girls is awwweeesome. Exploder posted:I could have sworn Cutty was their crack dealer, but you're right. Now I feel like a racist. The crack dealer is a bigger guy.
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ultramiraculous posted:I'll one up it with a bar that has fishbowls and plays to an 90s nostalgia crowd. Hanging out with people in their early 20s who still get excited when they hear the Spice Girls is awwweeesome. No one under 25 should be excited to hear the Spice Girls considering that their first and only hit was released 17 years ago. The pathetic early 20s crowd should be into Green Day, Kelly Clarkson and Gorillaz.
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Speaking of the Gorillaz, for some reason that Robert De Niro movie that came out the other day used the song Clint Eastwood in their commercials.
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Sep 20, 2013 01:57
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ultramiraculous posted:The crack dealer is a bigger guy. Last seen holding a rifle.
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Sep 20, 2013 02:13
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Really enjoyable episode. Looks like Mac and Charlie nearly broke a few times.
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Irish Joe posted:The pathetic early 20s crowd should be into Gorillaz. Is this a slight or something, I dont get it
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Sep 20, 2013 03:42
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Looks like the whole "noses up at the Emmys" season is holding true. (or just entirely coincidental). It really was a great episode of Sunny simply put.
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I thought that had the best Mac moment's of any episode. He is so hilariously short-tempered and Dennis tells him exactly what they'll be doing when rehearsing and he still flies off the handle. Too funny. This show has to end in some kind of quadruple murder-suicide.
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