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Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

There Is
Modern sitcoms are based on the viewer watching and going “hey similar poo poo like that happens in my life, laff” with outsized personalities exaggerating everyday situations. Wacky families raising children!

Protracted drama series are p much just soap operas with better production values.

Cable TV is nothing but reality that isn't actually reality, just actors pretending to be real so they don't have to pay union wages. The entire viewership of these shows act like they don't enjoy it and are better than that and are just taking in the spectacle, not realizing that nobody enjoys these shows at face value except for clinically diagnosed idiots. The fact that fictional ridiculous made up situations must masquerade as true life stories probably suggests that the modern american is emotionally stunted and too apathetic to have empathy for others, treating life as if it were a proverbial carnival sideshow, but I'm not drunk enough atm to rant on this topic.

Anyway post you're favorite tiv show itt and based on that i'll tell you what horrible personality flaws you may or may not have.

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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


idk the last decade has pretty much been the golden age of television. so i respectfully disagree op

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

hbo

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
not the cosby show

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH
the real housewives of atlanta is my poo poo

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

There Is

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

idk the last decade has pretty much been the golden age of television. so i respectfully disagree op

golden age more like yellow age (b/c its piss)

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Community, Wilfred, Archer

Cucking Mama
Sep 27, 2013

Gold Medalist, 2014 shit post olympics
I don't think you're insightful enough to do that last part OP. why try to make strangers feel small for enjoying something when you could be learning a craft or spending time with a friend?

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Dec 28, 2005

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Volume posted:

Community, Wilfred, Archer

cancelled, stupid poo poo where every episode is the same, spy parody was passé 40 years ago

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

game of thrones

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

tim and eric's bedtime stories were pretty amusing IMO

Kakarot
Jul 20, 2013

by zen death robot
Buglord
sanford and son

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
That show about the blacks burning stuff up last night was p cool.

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

There Is

TEAYCHES posted:

game of thrones

softcore porn thats not as good as the books, which are crappy and overlong

also i must decline doing productive things, thank's

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

Waltzing Along posted:

That show about the blacks burning stuff up last night was p cool.

sanford and son. its right in the post above you. hesuf christ.

anyway does it have to be a current show and if not i would like to hear your reasoning for why "deadwood" and "the wire" are awful op

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine
I like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and The Flash

Noyemi K
Dec 9, 2012

youll always be so sleepy when youre this tiny *plompf*
Shark Tank/Dragons' Den, Kitchen Nightmares (sp. the UK version), uhhh Chopped

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

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Zeike posted:

sanford and son

you're probably high right now and i respect that, even if you do prove my point by posting a show like 40 years old.


boom boom boom posted:

I like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and The Flash

always sunny jumped the shart like 6 years ago, you're just hanging onto its corpse because you have no taste and have to wait for everyone else to tell you whats good. its worse than the new simpsons.

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH
the incredible hulk

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

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Noyemi K posted:

Shark Tank/Dragons' Den, Kitchen Nightmares (sp. the UK version), uhhh Chopped

already covered reality tv in the op, all of it.

also yes it has to be new because the old stuff isn't on tv anymore and thus isnt covered in the scope of this thread.

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine

Doctor J Off posted:

you're probably high right now and i respect that, even if you do prove my point by posting a show like 40 years old.


always sunny jumped the shart like 6 years ago, you're just hanging onto its corpse because you have no taste and have to wait for everyone else to tell you whats good. its worse than the new simpsons.

no it's still good

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

Doctor J Off posted:

you're probably high right now and i respect that, even if you do prove my point by posting a show like 40 years old.


always sunny jumped the shart like 6 years ago, you're just hanging onto its corpse because you have no taste and have to wait for everyone else to tell you whats good. its worse than the new simpsons.

The Gang Broke Doctor J Off

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

There Is

Daedra posted:

the incredible hulk

the incredible hulk more like the incredible bulk (you)

insulated staircase
Aug 21, 2014

MonsterQuest

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

There Is

Waltzing Along posted:

The Gang Broke Doctor J Off

realtalk i saw an ep from one of the later seasons where theres a robbery in a convenience store that was just a flimsy excuse to do a clip show type deal, but anyway there was beer in the convenience store cooler. in pennsylvania. it ruined my immersion

boom boom boom
Jun 28, 2012

by Shine

Doctor J Off posted:

realtalk i saw an ep from one of the later seasons where theres a robbery in a convenience store that was just a flimsy excuse to do a clip show type deal, but anyway there was beer in the convenience store cooler. in pennsylvania. it ruined my immersion

that wasn't a clip show, it was each of the characters having a fantasy about how they'd save the day

I think maybe you'd like more tv shows if you paid attention to them

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

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boom boom boom posted:

that wasn't a clip show, it was each of the characters having a fantasy about how they'd save the day

I think maybe you'd like more tv shows if you paid attention to them

ya thats what i mean, a variety show format to cram jokes into spots where there isnt any room for them naturally. perhaps you'd be less susceptible to obvious narrative tricks if you paid less attention to them

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

Doctor J Off posted:

ya thats what i mean, a variety show format to cram jokes into spots where there isnt any room for them naturally. perhaps you'd be less susceptible to obvious narrative tricks if you paid less attention to them

I like the cut of your troll jib.

tie-dye my titties
Jun 14, 2014

by WE B Boo-ourgeois
i watch progressively more intense and hardcore porn streamed directly from my laptop into my skull via cerebral implant 24/7 and no longer feel the need to watch TV or ever have sex, two birds with one stone

Noyemi K
Dec 9, 2012

youll always be so sleepy when youre this tiny *plompf*
oh man porn is great, especially when mandingo is involved

...uh, according to a friend

END OF AN ERROR
May 16, 2003

IT'S LEGO, not Legos. Heh


I hate the Walking Dead because of Glenn's whiny rear end and seriously he should have died like 3 seasons ago. Thanks for ruining the show whiny rear end.

1st AD
Dec 3, 2004

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: sometimes passing just isn't an option.
community isn't cancelled

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Dec 28, 2005

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Trip Daddy X posted:

I hate the Walking Dead because of Glenn's whiny rear end and seriously he should have died like 3 seasons ago. Thanks for ruining the show whiny rear end.

obligatory not as good as the books

END OF AN ERROR
May 16, 2003

IT'S LEGO, not Legos. Heh


Doctor J Off posted:

obligatory not as good as the books

thanks for reminding me I dont know how to read

1st AD
Dec 3, 2004

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: sometimes passing just isn't an option.
walking dead the show and the comic stink, sorry

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH

Doctor J Off posted:

obligatory not as good as the books

comic "books"

Nut to Butt
Apr 13, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
i only enjoy the work of James O. Incandenza

Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

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Daedra posted:

comic "books"

comic book snobbery doesnt work if the alternative is tv. anyway, do you mean to suggest that manga isnt the high art form of the 21st century? mods??

Tiresias2
May 31, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
How has nobody mentioned how terrible Gotham is?

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Rapman the Cook
Aug 24, 2013

by Ralp


Rapman the Cook fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Nov 26, 2014

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