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swickles posted:The whole Memento/Finding Dory joke theme was great. I actuall wish this was a two parter, Memento/Dory Pimento still had fuel in the tank I felt. I don't know, Jason Mantzoukas is someone who is absolutely great in small doses, but too much and he can get really tiring, really really quickly. Best to keep him to little appearances, as a treat.
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Feb 15, 2020 18:41
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I thought the Captain Holt "Pop pop" was weirdly specific like it might be some kind of Community reference. Now we get Jim Rash. Here's to hoping this is the Community crossover season.
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Red Oktober posted:I don't know, Jason Mantzoukas is someone who is absolutely great in small doses, but too much and he can get really tiring, really really quickly. Best to keep him to little appearances, as a treat. I agree. His constant coked up vibe is hard to handle for too long. Great episode though he’s really great In that character. Suxpool posted:I thought the Captain Holt "Pop pop" was weirdly specific like it might be some kind of Community reference. Now we get Jim Rash. Here's to hoping this is the Community crossover season. Every show should crossover with community. Also where’s the drat movie
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Feb 15, 2020 19:11
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God drat I can't believe that Pimento is back, he's so unbelievably poo poo and unfunny. Also I didn't like the punchline of the 37k being given to captain Kim in episode 2. I feel like you've got loads of episodes about financial stuff and then making a huge amount into a joke just felt weird. I dunno, maybe he said 3700? Even so, I'm not a fan of that. Just reminds me of a lot of American dramedy things where they get sillier.
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Feb 16, 2020 00:16
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Taear posted:God drat I can't believe that Pimento is back, he's so unbelievably poo poo and unfunny. Counterpoint: Mantzoukas is hilarious and makes everything better
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Feb 16, 2020 05:17
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Ishamael posted:Counterpoint: Mantzoukas is hilarious and makes everything better He's totally unfunny and shouldn't be in anything ever. He's someone who only seems to be funny in America, like SNL.
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Feb 16, 2020 10:28
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Ishamael posted:Counterpoint: Mantzoukas is hilarious and makes everything better I love when he was the insurance investigator. "YEE WAS THERE?!"
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Taear posted:He's totally unfunny and shouldn't be in anything ever. He's someone who only seems to be funny in America, like SNL. Strange that he's on American television for Americans, huh? I don't get it.
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Feb 16, 2020 15:53
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Taear posted:He's totally unfunny and shouldn't be in anything ever. He's someone who only seems to be funny in America, like SNL. Your opinions are bad and you should feel bad.
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Feb 16, 2020 16:52
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Strange that he's on American television for Americans, huh? I don't get it. I mean I'd argue that Brooklyn 99 is for everyone rather than just for Americans. At least SNL doesn't tend to broadcast outside of America.
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Feb 16, 2020 17:31
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The dude’s fine in small doses but his gimmick is kind of to one note for a whole episode. It’s mainly the same joke over and over
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Feb 16, 2020 18:01
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Ishamael posted:Counterpoint: Mantzoukas is hilarious and makes everything better Mantzoukas is like cilantro, people either love him or hate him there is no in between. Personally, I love the guy.
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Feb 16, 2020 18:31
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Mantzoukas is like cilantro, people either love him or hate him there is no in between. Nah, I find him unfunny, but don't really mind.
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Feb 16, 2020 19:20
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Mantzoukas is like cilantro, people either love him or hate him there is no in between. I'm tired of Mantzoukas because Pimento is Raffi is Derek is Feinstein. Do a new thing, for gently caress's sake!
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WSAENOTSOCK posted:Okay, but the reason people who hate cilantro hate it is because they have a gene that makes it taste like soap. I mean if you ever hear him on comedy bang bang that’s basically just his personality, he’s just a fair bit smarter in real life. So they really just hire him to be Jason with a fake name and backstory.
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Feb 16, 2020 20:04
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It's like you get a show that's a little crazy and he comes along and dials it up to 11 and it's just boring to me, it's too much. He takes a show that's season 2 of scrubs and makes it into season 8 of scrubs.
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Feb 16, 2020 20:40
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"Jason Mantzoukas always basically plays the same character" seems like a non-unique obstacle for a show largely built on Andy Samberg playing himself, Terry Crews playing himself, formerly Chelsea Peretti playing herself, etc. etc. Stephanie Beatriz is definitely playing against 'type' I guess, and Andre Braugher is playing a twist on his standard role, but in general B99 and most sitcoms are built on people playing the same 'type' and only small variations on what their default character is. It's awesome when people show range (Beatriz on B99, Adam Scott shifting between Ultra Douchebag and Nice Guy, etc) but across a dozen appearances on different shows you end up with Damon Wayans Jr or Niecy Nash or Craig Robinson or Patton Oswalt or Ken Marino or Maya Rudolph or Ben Schwartz basically doing the same shtick. And if you like those schticks more than Pimento that's incredibly valid and reasonable, but the knock for him not having a greater range is weird to me.
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Feb 16, 2020 21:18
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hanales posted:I mean if you ever hear him on comedy bang bang that’s basically just his personality, he’s just a fair bit smarter in real life. So they really just hire him to be Jason with a fake name and backstory. Edge & Christian posted:"Jason Mantzoukas always basically plays the same character" seems like a non-unique obstacle for a show largely built on Andy Samberg playing himself, Terry Crews playing himself, formerly Chelsea Peretti playing herself, etc. etc.
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Feb 16, 2020 22:31
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Mantzoukas originally auditioned for the role of Charles Boyle so you Mantzoukas haters lucked out. Personally I like his schtick so the more Mantzoukas the better.
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Feb 16, 2020 22:44
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I hadn't seen Joe in anything as a regular since The State, so I'm glad as poo poo he got it. I'd missed him.
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WSAENOTSOCK posted:Okay, but the reason people who hate cilantro hate it is because they have a gene that makes it taste like soap. You should check out No Activity, especially season 2. Mantzoukas plays a pretty normal character, mostly acting against Cristin Milioti who is much more the "Mantzoukas character".
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Feb 17, 2020 08:54
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Mantzoukas rules, but sure I can see someone getting tired of his bit. And it's definitely a bit; dude is super mellow and insightful when he wants to be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecfWVhz-wyc
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Feb 17, 2020 09:32
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hanales posted:I mean if you ever hear him on comedy bang bang that’s basically just his personality, he’s just a fair bit smarter in real life. So they really just hire him to be Jason with a fake name and backstory. Don't you mean Jeffrey Characterwheaties? Mantzoukas is just his most famous persona.
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Feb 17, 2020 09:49
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I'm fine with Mantzoukas in small doses, and I don't mind him on B99 at all because as said the show has a history of one character kind of taking it over the top from time to time but then the show rearing back in. But yeah, also, after like a decade of watching him do the same joke a bunch of different times in a bunch of different places I'm kinda over it. Not like, enough to be annoyed but enough that like... no, really... I'm good.
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Feb 17, 2020 18:09
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tbf I would have said the same thing about Andy Samberg before B99
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I've never really been able to tolerate Samberg in anything and avoided B99 for awhile because of it. Then I finally watched and I'm totally cool with him and enjoy him now but also I watched that Bash Brothers thing he did last year and couldn't make it through it. So I guess I still can't stand him outside B99.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Mantzoukas originally auditioned for the role of Charles Boyle so you Mantzoukas haters lucked out. Personally I like his schtick so the more Mantzoukas the better. Seeing him try to play the Charles role would have been interesting actually
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Feb 17, 2020 21:27
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It makes sense when you remember that Boyle was kind of a creep at first who was obsessed with Rosa. I would guess the show decided to go more pathetic and harmless with him and then that evolved into the character we're familiar with, but if he had been cast it might have just gone the exact opposite direction and we would have got something like Pimento as Boyle. Maybe then Jake would have stayed friends with Gina. And maybe she wouldn't have been as cartoonish. Ripples, man.
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Feb 17, 2020 21:42
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Pimento is over the top and should be used sparingly but he still makes me laugh, Gina's got consistently worse until critical mass
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Feb 18, 2020 00:28
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ZZZorcerer posted:Pimento is over the top and should be used sparingly but he still makes me laugh, Gina's got consistently worse until critical mass Yeah that's the thing - he's one note and while that's not generally a problem, in his specific case that one note gets kind of exhausting in large doses so about one episode a season is usually quite good. I'll admit I laughed at pretty much every scene of his this time. Knowing that he's only going to be around for about one episode makes it a lot easier for me to find him funny.
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I thought he was used really well in this episode and was funny but I can see how he'd get annoying if you see him in a lot of different things doing the same act. I only have seen him in b99 so I don't have that fatigue.
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The_Doctor posted:Marc Evan Jackson (he plays "My name is Joe Lo Truglio, I play Shawn"
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Feb 18, 2020 07:02
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Pimento is worth it (I generally like him, because he is used sparingly) for the fake cocaine snorting.
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Yeah, I think a lot of it is just if you see him in other stuff. Like I first saw him in The League and just got done with The Good Place, so while he's used sparingly in all these shows when he's used sparingly in a bunch of things that adds up. But if you've only seen him in B99 then its just not there for you.
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Feb 18, 2020 18:13
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I think a lot of the problem was that this was a Mantzoukas heavy episode and because of the plot he had to act extra wacky almost through the entire thing. I still enjoyed it because I think he's funny but it was definitely amped up to 10.
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Feb 18, 2020 18:32
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I don't like pimento because he's not very funny.
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Feb 18, 2020 18:35
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I love Mantzoukas as Derek in TGP, but I’m barely lukewarm on him as Pimento.
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I love him as Pimento
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