TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[haltz]

Was Richard Lewis really breaking in that scene about the parakeet and they decided to use it or was that a choice? Either way it was great.

[Jocephus]

dont think i can wait for curb...might have to tune my couch tonight

[themiddle54]

There is an absolutely fantastic podcast called "Origins with James Andrew Miller" and he started the series with Curb. He's the guy who wrote that oral history of SNL. There are five eps and they are full of interviews with Larry, Cheryl, JB Smoove, Susie, Ted Danson, Larry Charles, basically everyone involved except Jeff. They're about a half hour each. In addition to the edited oral history-ish five eps there's the complete unedited interviews with Larry, Cheryl, Susie, JB, Danson, Lewis, Bob Einstein, Larry Charles, David Steinberg, Chris Albrecht, Zwiebel, Bob Weide and Gavin Polone. Every bit of it is great, very much recommended if you're a Curb fan.

I very much look forward to seeing what kind of atrocity Larry and Jeff commit against Super Dave this year.

[Jocephus]

i guess larry david and bernie sanders do have some relation

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[heyzeus]

Kinda surprised there isn't more Rick and Morty discussion at GRB, since we are...um...they're demographic. I've watched some of Season 1 so far. People on the internet seem wild about it. Tell me why it is that good, please.

[ghostrunner]

Kinda surprised there isn't more Rick and Morty discussion at GRB, since we are...um...they're demographic. I've watched some of Season 1 so far. People on the internet seem wild about it. Tell me why it is that good, please.

I felt mixed at first - the way I feel about Archer and currently Bojack Horseman. Antihero dudes who we're supposed to like even though they're horrible, and that's funny somehow. There are good jokes, but I'm kind of worn out on that kind of character. I hear that Bojack gets a little more heart as it goes, especially with respect to supporting characters, and I'd say that about Rick and Morty. I think it also uses it's alternate worlds and universes to poke fun at our own. Some good existentialist humor. It probably gets a little more credit for being smart than it deserves, but there are some great episodes. Rick and Morty and Morty and his sister become pretty solid relationships.

The Meeseeks episode is a classic.

[BottenFieldofDreams]

I haven't watched the new season yet. I'm a little tired of shows about terrible people that hate each other. It's not shockingly funny or interesting enough anymore to search for the little pieces of humanity in these kinds characters for me. It's Always Sunny was subversive once, now it's just par.

But I definitely will watch the new season. Good story wins and so Rick and Morty wins--especially when they carve out the story and don't lean too hard on parody. Total Rickall is incredible.

[heyzeus]

I'm up to Season 2 now. It's creative, it's often funny, it's nihilistic. But it suffers from the same affliction just about every post-modern cartoon satire suffers from: Family Guy-ism. It's basically a sci-fi Family Guy. A show in which the writers follow zany non-sequiturs to absurd ends. Wackiness ensues.

[ghostrunner]

I'm up to Season 2 now. It's creative, it's often funny, it's nihilistic. But it suffers from the same affliction just about every post-modern cartoon satire suffers from: Family Guy-ism. It's basically a sci-fi Family Guy. A show in which the writers follow zany non-sequiturs to absurd ends. Wackiness ensues.

World of difference there, IMO. Family Guy makes references and thinks they're jokes. R&M has actual adventures and some character development. The interdimensional cable stuff is kind of Family Guy-esque, but much more inventive.

EDIT - It also seems like no idea is off the table, which I like. They don't all work, but that's fine.

[Michael]

I've watched about a season and half of Bojack Horseman. It's mildly enjoyable, but it's not particularly great. The show suffers from a lack of great characters and there a few really bad ones. Aaron Paul's character is particularly terrible. Because I don't really love anyone on the show the dramedy elements fall flat.

There's a new season of Schitt's Creek on Netflix. So good.