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TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

I've tried getting into both Curb and Seinfeld and I just don't find either of them funny

# ¿ Nov 23, 2010 21:49

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TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

See, it's not that I dislike American comedy. I like It's Always Sunny..., Frasier, The Office (before it got poo poo), and stuff like Wonder Showzen. It's just that Seinfeld and Curb aren't funny. They are just endless repetitions of "I don't understand social foible X" and that just isn't my thing.

EDIT: to be fair, I had better like American comedy because God knows we don't make decent comedy anymore (The Thick of It aside)

TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Nov 24, 2010

# ¿ Nov 24, 2010 19:20

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

Meltdown321 posted:

Itjs not looking quite right to me but if you guys are happier with it then i ainjt got no problem using it!

^^^ Go watch some Peep show.

Seinfeld influenced nothing but poo poo like Will and Grace.

Oh I like Peep Show, but the most recent episode just didn't do anything for me

# ¿ Nov 24, 2010 19:30

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

fuf posted:

You guys are really terrible posters and I don't even know what you are trying to argue anymore, if anything, but I'm gonna respond anyway.

If you don't like Seinfeld: whatever, people have different tastes. But to claim it is objectively "poo poo" puts you in a pretty small minority.

If you think Seinfeld is formulaic: this is pretty hard to argue because the characters and almost every storyline on the show were original. I really don't see much similiarity between Cheers and Seinfeld at all. Cheers (and most American sitcoms) was about basically decent people and the dynamics of their relationships, usually ending with some feel-good message where lessons are learned. Seinfeld was about horrible people with no redeeming qualities screwing a bunch of people over. None of them ever learns a lesson or forms a relationship that doesn't end in hatred or death.

If you think Seinfeld was not influential: I guess it's pretty hard to demonstrate what influenced what, but Seinfeld was very popular amongst critics and comedians and ran for a really long time. If you don't think it was influential at all then that also puts you in a pretty small minority.

And obviously there was good comedy before Seinfeld.

Use the key two keys over from the L key, not the key above the tab key.

See, this sounds exactly like "Always Sunny" which I love, but I've tried watching the first few eps of Seinfeld and I didn't laugh at all

# ¿ Nov 24, 2010 19:31

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD01r6ersw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T2zUEiVQU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtjl8V483A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1aZcsY-O8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Sw4z8YXmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NHlA2wJ02Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMRYry_MzAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzBQjBvFQVw

TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Nov 24, 2010

# ¿ Nov 24, 2010 20:09

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

SuperFurryAnimal posted:

The second series of Limmy's Show (BBC2 Scotland, iPlayer) is absolutely amazing so far as expected. Limmy is definetely my favourite comedian in the UK at the moment, and the show deserves to be on in all regions (loving Mock the Week repeats instead).

Yes, the first series was a little rough around the edges (but still great), but this series has been utterly sublime so far. I can't believe they'd rather show repeats of Mock the Week rather than something that's genuinely clever, funny and entertaining

# ¿ Mar 4, 2011 11:50

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

keep punching joe posted:

You need to check out some of his old web stuff from years back, his Question Time parody in particular is outstanding.

http://www.limmy.com/videos/yesorno/

or his shocking David Robertson (BBC Scotland news anchor) discovery.

http://www.limmy.com/videos/pentrick/

That Question Time skit was re-done during the first season of Limmy's Show

# ¿ Mar 5, 2011 17:47

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

Captain Mediocre posted:

Did you actually watch all of Citizen Khan? It certainly isn't a very good comedy but accusations of it being offensive are ridiculous. It is literally the tamest, most diluted and boring sitcom the BBC has ever put out. People who didn't watch it just hear 'muslims!' and proceed to get outraged over some presumed slight.

But quite why they decided to make a sitcom about a minor character from poorly received shows Down the Line/Bellamy's People in the first place is totally beyond me.

Citizen Khan was bad, but I wouldn't say DTL or Bellamy's People were poorly received. They weren't very popular, but they were very funny

And there's been worse and more watered down than Citizen Khan. My Family springs to mind

# ¿ Aug 30, 2012 15:24

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

I'll just leave this here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/sep/16/school-budget-cuts-breakfast-clubs

# ¿ Sep 16, 2012 08:27

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

Leyburn posted:

Dan Miller has always given off a David Miliband-ish vibe, he looks like him, has the same initials, and had one eye on the throne during the whole PM vs Tom thing.

Yeah I think Miller is a clear David Miliband analogue, especially now with him waiting in the wings to "save" the party

madey posted:

So they're changing genres to true life (p)re-enactment, maybe that's why it wasn't funny it was just what actually happened. I also realised last night that if they go down the Leveson route they already have a baldy lord in the wings to preside over matters which would be amazing.

I just find it both funny and sad that the show's Tories, who are meant to be a satirical exaggeration, abandoned that policy for being too evil even for them. And here we are, in the boring unexaggerated real world and our lot are actually going through with it

# ¿ Sep 16, 2012 09:10

TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

marktheando posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfrosNvujGw

If you don't find this hilarious there is something wrong with you.

Good lad

Avatar aside, Limmy's show is probably my favourite British sketch show since Big Train

# ¿ Sep 22, 2012 22:35

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TomWaitsForNoMan: May 28, 2003; By Any Means Necessary

sex pervert posted:

A new series of Russell Howard's Good News starts tonight.

A new series. A seventh series. Of Russell Howard's Good News.

And they loving cancelled loving Shooting Stars and loving Bellamys loving People gently caress

EDIT: And Limmy's Show is still only on in loving Scotland

TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Sep 27, 2012

# ¿ Sep 27, 2012 18:16

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