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FalconImpala posted:I know this is the wrong place to complain but I really want this show to click for me. I love Tim & Eric, I really love Nathan for You, and I'm glad that Netflix is trying non-sitcom comedy. The setups have me laughing pretty hard, but somehow, I'm cold after the first 60 seconds. I can kind of go, "I know where this is going: the other characters in the scene will realistically point out the silly premise, Tim Robinson will go into angry denial, they will point out he is being unreasonable, and he will deny more until he is forcibly removed." It's like an improv scene with every actor saying "no". Sounds like you don’t really enjoy it. Humor is subjective and not everything will tickle your funny bond; it’s okay. You don’t have to write essays on it.
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FalconImpala posted:I know this is the wrong place to complain but I really want this show to click for me. I love Tim & Eric, I really love Nathan for You, and I'm glad that Netflix is trying non-sitcom comedy. The setups have me laughing pretty hard, but somehow, I'm cold after the first 60 seconds. I can kind of go, "I know where this is going: the other characters in the scene will realistically point out the silly premise, Tim Robinson will go into angry denial, they will point out he is being unreasonable, and he will deny more until he is forcibly removed." It's like an improv scene with every actor saying "no". I love the show, but these are all fair criticisms. What really sells it for me is the performances from basically everyone. fawning deference posted:Tim's delivery and expressions are just the fuckin' best. "Random!" from the hot dog sketch in season 1. Every reaction shot from every character in the Driver's Ed sketch is amazing.
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FalconImpala posted:I know this is the wrong place to complain but I really want this show to click for me. I love Tim & Eric, I really love Nathan for You, and I'm glad that Netflix is trying non-sitcom comedy. The setups have me laughing pretty hard, but somehow, I'm cold after the first 60 seconds. I can kind of go, "I know where this is going: the other characters in the scene will realistically point out the silly premise, Tim Robinson will go into angry denial, they will point out he is being unreasonable, and he will deny more until he is forcibly removed." It's like an improv scene with every actor saying "no". Seems like anything you don't find funny you can examine and describe it to death, seent plenty of people do that with literally every other show you mentioned as well. At the end of the day you can't think yourself into finding something hilarious if you already don't think it's funny. My friends aren't quoting poo poo, it's just me going "ohhh that naughty old elf must be a real mean bastard to give us this so eArLY" and cackling to myself
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Jul 18, 2021 18:43
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FalconImpala posted:I know this is the wrong place to complain but I really want this show to click for me. I love Tim & Eric, I really love Nathan for You, and I'm glad that Netflix is trying non-sitcom comedy. The setups have me laughing pretty hard, but somehow, I'm cold after the first 60 seconds. I can kind of go, "I know where this is going: the other characters in the scene will realistically point out the silly premise, Tim Robinson will go into angry denial, they will point out he is being unreasonable, and he will deny more until he is forcibly removed." It's like an improv scene with every actor saying "no". These are valid criticisms. I agree that the initial sketch premise is typically only funny for the first minute but then the sketches go on for three or four more minutes. I would agree with others that it’s the performances, especially from Tim himself, that make it work. Still, it’s not quite the genius show it’s being touted to be and season 2 IMO was a step down.
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Jul 19, 2021 02:39
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I think the reason some of the bits are so good are BECAUSE you know where it's going and it's still hysterical because of his delivery.
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Jul 19, 2021 03:11
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I think Season 2 was better than Season 1, and this remains the funniest show currently on television. If it doesn't work for you, that's cool. There's plenty of things other people find funny that don't work for me, but that's life, buddy.
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Jul 19, 2021 03:27
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I watched season 1 completely stone faced with a “this is entertaining to watch but it’s very awkward and uncomfortable in a way that doesn’t make me laugh.” Upon rewatching some episodes I smiled a bit. Season 2 I actually laughed. The Dan Flashes sketch, the hat sketch, and especially the tables sketch are really funny. A lot of what makes the sketches funny outside if the initial premise is the delivery and the way the sentences are structured.
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Jul 19, 2021 13:38
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Ccs posted:I watched season 1 completely stone faced with a “this is entertaining to watch but it’s very awkward and uncomfortable in a way that doesn’t make me laugh.” Upon rewatching some episodes I smiled a bit. About one in every 5-10 sketches does that to me. Like in the waiter brothers sketch when he says "I'm not paying" the awkwardness goes off the charts for me and I can barely keep watching, like my soul is leaving my body. I'm not saying the sketch is bad, just that it's not the kind of sketch I want more of. But give me 100x more Ghost Tours. The delivery of "do any of these . . . fuckers" will make me laugh every single time.
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Jul 19, 2021 14:49
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The John Early sketch is definitely awkward. I mentioned it above -- I really like John Early but he's just trying too hard to do the Tim Robinson psycho delivery and it falls really flat, and when you don't nail the delivery a sketch like that quickly becomes unwatchable. Patti Harrison and Tim are really the only two who can nail it, imo.
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fawning deference posted:Patti Harrison and Tim are really the only two who can nail it, imo. S3 needs a sketch where they interact directly, our minds might not be able to take it. (Do they in the 'santa came early' sketch? I'm blanking. I know they don't in the shark tank and tables sketches at least).
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EL BROMANCE posted:S3 needs a sketch where they interact directly, our minds might not be able to take it. Yes, at the end.
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Yeah that's where I was blanking, couldn't remember if it was Tim who came in for the last segment. A tease of what could be!
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fawning deference posted:The John Early sketch is definitely awkward. I mentioned it above -- I really like John Early but he's just trying too hard to do the Tim Robinson psycho delivery and it falls really flat, and when you don't nail the delivery a sketch like that quickly becomes unwatchable. Patti Harrison and Tim are really the only two who can nail it, imo. It really just isn't a very good sketch. It has an obvious premise, which is fine because a lot of them do, but all of the quirky touches (the popular globe-trotting dude, the waiter brothers, the bad boyfriend) just don't hit. Early is very funny and I hope he gets to do something better if there's a season 3.
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Jul 19, 2021 20:22
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that sketch needed the old man from focus group. I still liked that sketch because I'm with the dude, it's a stupid game and I'm not paying.
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No coffin please! Just wet, wet mud. BAE!!!
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Jokymi posted:After rewatching the entire 2nd season, I think the Blues Brothers sketch turned out to be a real sleeper favorite of mine. Just the pure madcap energy of every moment with the dance, the music, the dog barking, Connor O'Malley screaming. I agree. "Nobody likes what you are doing!" is a fantastic line.
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Jul 21, 2021 02:59
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The two big misses for me in S2 were after describing everything about Dan Flashes in the boardroom meeting, they show it in the commercial for Shops at the Creek. Same with the Sloppy Steaks skit. It's a sin in comedy to stay too long in a joke.
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Counterpoint: If they didn't show sloppy steaks, for the rest of your life your brain would need to see it for real, eventually no longer satisfied with the imagined version of it, until your body made you ruin a good steak just to see it for real, finally.
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Khanstant posted:Counterpoint: If they didn't show sloppy steaks, for the rest of your life your brain would need to see it for real, eventually no longer satisfied with the imagined version of it, until your body made you ruin a good steak just to see it for real, finally. actually this would be good the dan flashes follow up was bad though, the imagined store is much funnier than whatever they could have shown I wish there were more sketches like the professor sketch where Tim is the straight man. He's very good at it and too many sketches rely on him devolving into shouting as a crutch. Detroiters season 2 also suffered from having Tim yell more often than not.
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Jul 21, 2021 11:15
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I really enjoyed the random pathos in Season 2: - Ghost tour guys ride home with religious mom - sleepover guy loves his wife - Bob Odenkirk tearing up Everyone’s focusing on the angry/absurd/yelling bits of the show but when they contrast so sharply with these sad (touching?) little vignettes it’s extremely funny.
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Jul 21, 2021 12:33
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space uncle posted:I really enjoyed the random pathos in Season 2:
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If nothing else, extending the sloppy steaks sketch was worth it for ~dangerous nights~
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ShakeZula posted:If nothing else, extending the sloppy steaks sketch was worth it for ~dangerous nights~ If I unironically like the song ~dangerous nights~ and want to slop up some steaks with the boys and sip champagne on the beach…. Am I a piece of poo poo? Should I give a rats rear end? Do you think my baby will judge me?
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space uncle posted:If I unironically like the song ~dangerous nights~ and want to slop up some steaks with the boys and sip champagne on the beach…. Don't worry, people can change.
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Sloppy steaks expansion was good, Dan Flashes expansion less so. That one worked better when I was just imagining this chaotic store full of complicated loud shirts imo
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Escobarbarian posted:Sloppy steaks expansion was good, Dan Flashes expansion less so. That one worked better when I was just imagining this chaotic store full of complicated loud shirts imo the boss being there was the bright spot of the callback
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space uncle posted:I really enjoyed the random pathos in Season 2: So much of the show’s pathos hinges on characters who are outsiders that desperately want to feel included or have status, but don’t have the emotional intelligence or social skills to do so. Its…relatable.
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ShakeZula posted:If nothing else, extending the sloppy steaks sketch was worth it for ~dangerous nights~ Here's a take - I've been obsessed with this dumb beautiful show since it came out in 2019 and probably more than any show I can recall, I have fervently lobbied my friends and family and anyone else to watch it because I enjoy it so much. There are so many great sketches, or even a really funny line or a weird phrase they will repeat in bad ones. Sometimes I am almost doubled over laughing just READING a summary or article ranking the sketches and just the dumb concepts of some of these. But somehow the thing that has stuck with me the most is the songs that have been featured. The perfect cut to the theme song after pretty much every opening sketch where Tim or another character did the most awkward thing possible, then doubled down, lies about it, then triples down. The incredibly bleak old-timey song when his elderly mom wearing a wig picks him up from the adult ghost tour. “The Day Robert Palins Murdered Me” interspersed with “the guy said ‘gospel isn't selling, gimme something spooky!’” Explosions in the Sky instrumental song like the end of a CW teen drama tv show playing as Lev succumbs to Jacob’s mudpie. Sam Richardson pageant-singing “Baby of the Year” with the video montage of toes like tiny curled shrimp. The perfect Black Keys-esque dad rock song and those middle-aged guys just absolutely jamming out with their TC Tuggers. Reenacting the Blues Brother song, progressively turning up the volume while the dog goes loving crazy. Johnny being prompted to sing “Palm Tree” by a sleazy, trying-not-to-break-after-every-line Robbie Star at Superstar Track Records and insisting that “Moon River Rock” IS in his Q-Zone. Fred Willard as the substitute funeral organ player. The gauzy, dreamlike “Dangerous Nights” with auto-tuned vocals during the montage showing the baby when Tim used to be a piece of poo poo. Singing “Fri Day Nite” at his mom’s funeral. I find myself humming one of these goddamn songs around the house, or wake up and “baby baby baby” theme song is bouncing around in my head. I love this weird show for many reasons, somehow it's the music that makes it perfect. sticksy fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Jul 22, 2021 |
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Haschel Cedricson posted:I agree. "Nobody likes what you are doing!" is a fantastic line. Just everyone arguing about why the dog is barking as though it's not obviously the man manically flailing around right in front of them. "He thinks it's a different guy!"
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Dr_Amazing posted:Just everyone arguing about why the dog is barking as though it's not obviously the man manically flailing around right in front of them. "He thinks it's a different guy!" I love how he said no to taking off the hat and glasses and there is absolutely nothing they can do about it and the guy immediately acknowledges it, as if he couldn't just get up and take the stuff off himself. "Can you take off the hat and glasses?" "No." "drat it!" "But if you just take off the hat and glasses..." "HE SAID NO JANINE!!!" Also it's hilarious how the situation is clearly out of hand and the girlfriend continues to turn up the volume anyway at his request. It's probably my favorite sketch out the two seasons.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Just everyone arguing about why the dog is barking as though it's not obviously the man manically flailing around right in front of them. "He thinks it's a different guy!"
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Impeccable casting of Jamie Taco in the latest season.
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Connor O'Malley needs his own show. His YouTube channel is loving insane and awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjse_2s-hhY
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Dr_Amazing posted:Just everyone arguing about why the dog is barking as though it's not obviously the man manically flailing around right in front of them. "He thinks it's a different guy!" I have a cat that used to run and hide when I switched from my regular glasses to sunglasses. Even now, there's still a few moments hesitation with her where she's like "Wait, is that Davros1?"
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Yeah there are just so many lines that are stuck in my head. It really is the delivery on all of these that make them so special. "But she's beautiful and she's dying." "It actually does kill Craig. You don't know." My favorite though is "she just keeps eating batteries." It's become my go to phrase whenever a coworker or client continues to do a dumb thing.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Connor O'Malley needs his own show. His YouTube channel is loving insane and awesome. Definitely agree he needs his own show, but he's also going to be in an A24 movie with Lee Pace and the woman who played Borat's daughter, so I feel like that at least is him going up in the world.
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If you like Connor O'Malley I would like to recommend Joe Pera Talks with You. It's maybe my favorite thing that's come out of Adult Swim.
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Chairman Capone posted:Definitely agree he needs his own show, but he's also going to be in an A24 movie with Lee Pace and the woman who played Borat's daughter, so I feel like that at least is him going up in the world. Well that's hitting a whole lot of interest points for me, so hot drat I've got something new to look forward to. Consummate Professional posted:If you like Connor O'Malley I would like to recommend Joe Pera Talks with You. It's maybe my favorite thing that's come out of Adult Swim. The perfect egg bite.
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