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muscles like this! posted:Big laughs at the fast food sketch with the lady instantly doing exactly the same thing when she found out it was a pay it forward. Watched half so far but this one sketch (and that moment in particular) was about 6x as funny as all the rest for me for some reason.
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I dunno if this show bears much deep digging but it seems like the formula tends to be "Wacky character (usually Tim) exhibits outrageous personality traits that make the straight-men uncomfortable for n minutes of increasing cringiness; then there is a volta upon which it is revealed that Tim/wacky character is actually playing according to internally consistent, understandable rules and the other characters' eyes are opened in understanding". Whereas Tim & Eric and Mr. Show were way more eclectic and went out of their way to vary genres and styles as wildly as possible, ITYSL seems to prefer to keep to this pattern and find every possible variation on it.
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May 31, 2023 19:18
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the METALOID MANIAC is some excellent TV Funhouse level stuff too, but even more itchy
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May 31, 2023 21:06
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I love the little pimp
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Jun 1, 2023 03:16
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Also I love that the Driving "Crooner" archetype he's using is like, W.C. Fields or something
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Jun 1, 2023 13:36
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I was pretty glad that one cut away right at the moment it did
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Jun 1, 2023 16:39
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It's funny how many of the sketches revolve around an office culture / HR / appropriate workplace dynamics kind of vibe. I always sort of assume people in entertainment never had a regular-joe office job (making Mike Judge and Scott Adams the exceptions to the rule) but I guess Tim must have
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Jun 1, 2023 18:53
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Weedle posted:the mac os 6 graphics really elevate it for me for some reason. that sketch reminded me a lot of playing farm rpg at work when i'm supposed to be answering emails Yes, that and the fact that it's on a modern widescreen flat LCD and maxing out the screen real estate. In some alternate universe this is peak UI design
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Jun 1, 2023 20:26
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Loving the use of Chicago font on the menu screen, another weird nod to the 80s-era Mac aesthetic
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Jun 4, 2023 03:21
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It's interesting seeing how crisply these sketches end and switch to another thing, whereas a lot of these other examples did wacky transition stuff — Monty Python, Tim & Eric, they had sketches blend into each other and just veer and flail off into surrealism and weird bridge/link material as soon as things stopped being funny or sustainable. ITYSL is a lot more strictly defined in its structure (not unlike SNL for that matter)
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Jun 15, 2023 16:23
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Yeah, I was going to mention Mr. Show but I couldn't remember how the transitions worked. Time to rewatch that too I guess
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Jun 15, 2023 17:07
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I enjoy ITYSL a lot but my mind is definitely way more tuned to the Tim & Eric style. I like that it's so unformulaic, always keeping you on your toes, never treading the same ground twice, and everything flowing into everything else without obvious boundaries.
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Jun 21, 2023 03:39
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When people talk about a comedy "high wire act" Tim's whole last ten years is like the prime exemplar
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Jun 21, 2023 16:56
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The jazz hipster character was some primo material.
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Jun 26, 2023 13:54
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Really the premise of the show just as-is feels like a sketch comedy bit. Like *series of extremely obvious clues about Tom Hanks* "My guess is... TOM HANKS" *curtain slowly opens revealing TOM HANKS* — is a Tim & Eric sketch, and then the lady flips out and runs shrieking into her room turning it into an ITYSL sketch
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Jun 28, 2023 11:30
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*tweets* I need this on a yard sign
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Jul 12, 2023 23:24
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I think my favorite single moment in ITYSL might be when the kids in the driver's ed class suddenly understand in a flash what the entire deal is with the lady in the video and her tables. Well no, "55 burgers" might still edge it out
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Jul 15, 2023 15:33
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It’s a little bit Steve Brule
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