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It was a great episode. Reminded me of the best of last season. Definitely back to the dark comedy. It's amazing how bad Mike is at his job. How bad everyone is at their job, really!
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Apr 21, 2014 20:44
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What a fantastic episode. I loved Selina's quiet despair on SNL and that vaguely Elaine-ish hairdo. Also HBO has just renewed Veep for a fourth season.
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Apr 21, 2014 20:53
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Sakarja posted:What a fantastic episode. I loved Selina's quiet despair on SNL and that vaguely Elaine-ish hairdo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5oMU5VAvgE&t=16s I didn't know about Louis Dreyfus before Veep, so this is funny to me.
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Apr 21, 2014 22:11
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I also hope that Alicia comes back, she's a great character. I'm guessing that universal childcare is going to be Selena's new Clean Jobs act.
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Paladinus posted:I didn't know about Louis Dreyfus before Veep, so this is funny to me.
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This show is my favorite on television at the moment. Loved the Faustus poster and Selena's eye twitch.sector_corrector posted:I also hope that Alicia comes back, she's a great character. I'm guessing that universal childcare is going to be Selena's new Clean Jobs act. I thought so too - as a normal person trying to actually do something, her presence kind of amplifies the insanity of the world the rest of the characters inhabit. The fact that the episode was titled Alicia makes me think she's not returning, but I hope she does, and Dee too. double negative fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Apr 21, 2014 |
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Apr 21, 2014 23:28
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Mad Dragon posted:You've heard of Seinfeld, right? Yes. I know now she was in it, but I never really followed Seinfield too closely either. My knowledge of older American TV shows is very limited, basically.
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Apr 21, 2014 23:50
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You're missing out but you can do something about that. Season 1 is four episodes long. Season 2 is... 12? I dunno, something short. It's enjoyable enough and you won't get why people talk about it so much. Then you watch the 3rd and 4th seasons and it's just completely and utterly amazing. JLD is phenomenal all the way through, and her hair... every girl who went to the hairdressers and asked for the Rachel, Monica or Phoebe should've been asking for the Elaine.
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Apr 22, 2014 00:20
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Sakarja posted:What a fantastic episode. I loved Selina's quiet despair on SNL and that vaguely Elaine-ish hairdo. She also nailed all the little ways that non actors on SNL gently caress up. Starting their line during the audience applause, tunnel visioning the cue cards, fake enthusiasm, etc. JLD is killing it about as well as I've ever seen any comedic actor at their peak. Also, adding Gary Cole and Kevin Dunn to team VP is really turning the supporting ensemble into a murderer's row.
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Apr 22, 2014 00:31
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zoux posted:She also nailed all the little ways that non actors on SNL gently caress up. Starting their line during the audience applause, tunnel visioning the cue cards, fake enthusiasm, etc. Glad it wasn't just me who liked this. For such a short little gag, it was really quite intricate.
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Apr 22, 2014 00:33
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I couldn't be happier with this season, two great episodes followed by a stellar one. There was worry at first with Jonah departing, Mike getting married, and even starting an episode on a street with two previously unseen normals, but these little risks are only informing the characters and show, not steering it, and so the rewards are tremendous. And to echo so many others, all Julia needs do now is submit this last episode to the appropriate parties then collect her statues. Lucille Ball is going down.
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Apr 22, 2014 02:24
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zoux posted:She also nailed all the little ways that non actors on SNL gently caress up. Starting their line during the audience applause, tunnel visioning the cue cards, fake enthusiasm, etc. Wasn't she on SNL for a year in the 80s?
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Apr 22, 2014 02:58
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Mike excitedly asking Amy if they'll get paid double was his best line of the night.
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Apr 22, 2014 03:20
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arak0r posted:Haven't seen it mentioned, but Jonah has found himself a new career as the narrator/guide for Creationist Cosmos! I'm so relieved this is a joke.
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Apr 22, 2014 03:26
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Yeah that was a great episode, that was great how Alicia killed the Mike story after being temporarily treated well, only to immediately be treated like poo poo again afterwards
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Apr 22, 2014 03:38
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I love this show so so much. I think it's better than The Thick of It at this point, Malcolm aside.
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Apr 22, 2014 03:49
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The X-man cometh posted:Wasn't she on SNL for a year in the 80s? She was actually on SNL for 3 years from 1982 to 1985. The last episode was fantastic, I actually had to pause a few times because I was laughing so hard. Have they brought up the husband issue at all, is she running as a single mom or still maintaining the perfect family facade?
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Apr 22, 2014 04:01
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Ha! Iannucci delivers an iceburn on SNL. Fantastic.
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Apr 22, 2014 06:15
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Is it just me or is Dan getting more insane?
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zoux posted:Just sittin on tha cohnah Mad Dragon posted:WHAT? I just watched the episode now, and this joke really set the stage for an amazing episode. Easily one of the best in the show's run so far, and packed with great moments. Nobody's even mentioned the Goober Peas scene; that dude popping his head in for half a second was incredible
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Apr 22, 2014 07:13
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The moment starting from the dress issue and ending with Salena and the balloons was flawless. A classic up there with croissant dildo
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Apr 22, 2014 08:08
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Propaniac posted:I'm so relieved this is a joke. It is brilliantly done though. For those that have been missing out, http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fa1a1c8fb7/creationist-cosmos Something about Timothy Simons is just hilariously creepy.
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Apr 22, 2014 08:23
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sector_corrector posted:It was a great episode. Reminded me of the best of last season. Definitely back to the dark comedy. "Sorry, yeah, I was just ... yelling at the media."
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Apr 23, 2014 05:04
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arak0r posted:It is brilliantly done though. He reminds me so much of Zach Woods (Gabe from The Office) it's weird, because they're both so good at being creepers.
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Apr 23, 2014 05:59
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Yoshifan823 posted:He reminds me so much of Zach Woods (Gabe from The Office) it's weird, because they're both so good at being creepers. Zach Woods was on the show last season! He and Jonad were hilarious together.
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Apr 23, 2014 15:18
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What's with Dan finding a sense of morals? This is not the same guy who tried to ditch Selina for Danny Chung.
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Apr 23, 2014 15:43
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bamhand posted:Zach Woods was on the show last season! He and Jonad were hilarious together. That one was great because he owned Jonad so hard.
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bamhand posted:Zach Woods was on the show last season! He and Jonad were hilarious together. The way they introduced his character was amazing. He says "I was like the Hunter S. Thompson of bar mitzvahs" and you instantly know everything about him. He was also great in In the Loop.
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Apr 23, 2014 21:33
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I miss congressman Furlong, other than that everything this season has been absolutely spot on. JLD is a master at the height of her craft and deserves every possible award. She's probably the best non-verbal comedian in the business at this point, her gesticulations and especially facial expressions are absolutely unmatchable by anyone I've seen. The writing is as sharp as ever and I can't wait for each new episode. I was actually worried that Ianucci would have trouble making the jump to the American schedule with his writing. I mean The Thick of It was essentially 26 episodes in 7 years of pure brilliance and I was afraid that having to do 12 episodes a year would be too much for him, but so far so good.
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Hello, here is a picture of JLD loving a clown for a GQ photoshoot.
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Apr 23, 2014 22:35
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Well... Isn't that quite something.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmKq77iuooI
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Apr 23, 2014 23:20
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I loving love that the first song that came to mike was Goober Peas. Every time they get a chance at playing up what a dinosaur he is, they take it. Like the movies he watched with his wife on his honeymoon, his dorky "bad to the bone" ringtone, all his old rear end joke references no one gets. It's a nice fresh take on the Glenn character from the Thick of It, except instead of everyone just calling him an old gently caress, he is constantly displaying what an old gently caress he is.
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Apr 23, 2014 23:30
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"Oh my God, Mike. What are you going to do for an encore? Punch the kid?!" Killed me.
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I finally got around to catching up on this and drat. Really great start to the season though I feel like they've sacrificed just a little bit of the rapid-fire joke delivery in favor of more complex stories, but it's a good thing. Everything Jonah is doing (and having done to him) is incredible. I just hope we get some stuff that's on the level of the Finland trip last season, my God that was the best.
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Apr 24, 2014 00:25
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It's hard to believe that she's 53
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Apr 24, 2014 00:36
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EL BROMANCE posted:You're missing out but you can do something about that. Season 1 is four episodes long. Season 2 is... 12? I dunno, something short. It's enjoyable enough and you won't get why people talk about it so much. I've been watching early Seinfeld episodes lately. Nice to see Kevin Dunn (Ben Caffrey on Veep) making an appearance.
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Why she's nothing but a clown whore! drat you Julia! drat this heat! <wipes brow>
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