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Avaitor · December 06, 2011, 11:41:07 AM

Seriously, does anyone outside of the LGBT community even care about Glee anymore?

Dr. Insomniac · December 06, 2011, 11:42:26 AM

Quote from: Avaitor on December 06, 2011, 11:41:07 AM
Seriously, does anyone outside of the LGBT community even care about Glee anymore?

From what I've seen, even gay people think Glee sucks because of how much of a prick Kurt can be.

Avaitor · December 06, 2011, 11:45:50 AM

From what I can tell, lesbians really like the show for Santana and the obvious girl bromance between Lea Michele and Dianna Agron's characters. And even stupid girls that think gay guys are adorable but lesbians are gross and fake love Kurt, lord knows why though.

Seriously, from what I can tell, everyone on the show is either gay, bi, or so deep in the close that they can find their knock-off ruby red slippers. I'm a gay rights supporter and all, but anyone with common sense tell that they're pandering way too much to that particular demographic

Commode · December 06, 2011, 12:58:50 PM

Glee is considered a sitcom?

Avaitor · December 07, 2011, 02:39:21 AM

Not really I guess.

Speaking of actual sitcoms though, this week's ep confirmed why HIMYM is my favorite show. I really can't think of another sitcom that can be as heartbreaking as it is at times.

Spark Of Spirit · January 28, 2012, 07:38:25 PM

Hey Avaitor, have you ever watched Two Guys, A Girl, & A Pizza Place? It seems like it might be to your tastes.

Not the later stuff, anyway. Once they dropped the Pizza Place it became a generic Friends clone, but the first two seasons are still pretty funny. Sort of like early Drew Carey Show in a lot of ways.

Dr. Insomniac · January 28, 2012, 08:19:06 PM

Watching too many Britcoms like Black Books, Father Ted, and Peep Show. They've just captured my charm more than American sitcoms have. Mostly since they're much shorter, and thus have more concentration within the jokes.

Avaitor · January 28, 2012, 09:50:52 PM

Nope, I haven't. I should get around to it sometime I guess.

Also, I just can't get into British humor, it seems. The Young Ones aside, at least.

Commode · January 28, 2012, 10:03:18 PM

I remember watching some of it when it was originally on(used to watch Dharma and Greg with the parents, and I'm pretty sure it came on either before or after it). Don't really remember much about it. Is there anywhere that you can even watch it anymore? Seems like one of those shows that got buried in the past.

Spark Of Spirit · January 28, 2012, 10:08:12 PM

Youtube, mostly.

The show was a bit of fresh air at the time like Drew Carey was with the sort of weird but wacky style, the first season was pretty out there especially considering how boring ABC was at the time, the second season was a bit more grounded but it still had its own style. After that they retooled it into "Two Guys & A Girl" (they literally destroyed the pizza place) and in the last two seasons it was pretty much a Friends clone. Like we didn't have enough of those at the time.

Also, Ryan Reynolds is in it as well as Traylor Howard (she was Natalie in Monk), and Nathan Fillion, so that might be why some people remember it.

Angus · March 27, 2012, 01:16:54 PM

So why is it I find Parks and Recreation consistently funny while 30 Rock / The Office is rather bleh? I must not be brainy enough to care about the humor.

Then there's Up All Night which is good to see Christina Applegate acting again.

Foggle · March 27, 2012, 01:42:42 PM

Quote from: Angus on March 27, 2012, 01:16:54 PM
So why is it I find Parks and Recreation consistently funny while 30 Rock / The Office is rather bleh? I must not be brainy enough to care about the humor.

From what I've seen, there's really nothing intelligent about the humor in 30 Rock or The Office (US).

Dr. Insomniac · March 27, 2012, 01:53:09 PM

Quote from: Foggle on March 27, 2012, 01:42:42 PM
Quote from: Angus on March 27, 2012, 01:16:54 PM
So why is it I find Parks and Recreation consistently funny while 30 Rock / The Office is rather bleh? I must not be brainy enough to care about the humor.
From what I've seen, there's really nothing intelligent about the humor in 30 Rock or The Office (US).

There used to be.

Kiddington · March 27, 2012, 02:30:17 PM

The Office used to be great back in Seasons 2-3, IMO, but it's been an all downhill slide from there. I still watch it every once in a while out of blind loyalty, and it's just amazing to me how quickly the show peaked, only to subsequently fall back to just being another sitcom by Season 4, and now teetering on the verge of borderline unwatchability. It's a shame they lost it so fast, because it used to be a lot of fun.

I never really did get into 30 Rock though (even the early stuff), probably because I don't like Tina Fey, for starters. The one episode I did see that I truly liked was the one with Jerry Seinfeld a few years ago, but that was probably due to his presence more than anything. Otherwise, it's never done anything for me.

Parks and Rec is fantastic, though. It's pretty much everything that made early Office episodes great, but done that much better. The writing is solid, the characters are solid... everything about this show just works. Other than Community, this is by far the best thing NBC's got going for it right now.

Avaitor · March 27, 2012, 02:43:35 PM

I really like older 30 Rock, but they're killing it with all these creepy ships- Liz and Jack don't belong together, as much as the writers want us to think they do, and that may not even happen anymore because Jack is falling for his wife's mom while she's held under hostage in North Korea.

wut.

But yeah, Parks and Rec is great. I never got into The Office at all (blame my dislike for Steve Carell on that one), and that this point, it's 10 times the show that ever was.

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