TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Vidor]

Pretty interesting feature about the guy who hacked "Press Your Luck" back in 1984:

"The Man Who Got No Whammies"

http://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-got-no-whammies/

[Jocephus]

Pretty interesting feature about the guy who hacked "Press Your Luck" back in 1984:

"The Man Who Got No Whammies"

http://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-got-no-whammies/

i loved that show as a kid and enjoyed this article. thanks

[MrSaigon]

I remember that from This American Life. Seems like I watched something about it to like on 60 Minutes or something, maybe based on a documentary that was apparently made. And Bill Murray was going to play him in the since-abandoned biopic.

[Jocephus]

on YT there's a 90 min documentary about it...from the game show network few years back

[MrSaigon]

BoJack Horseman is funny. I laugh just thinking about that background guy's t-shirt that says 'My other bike is a tree.' That story line with the two boys dressed as a man in a trench coat and dating a lady is hilarious. But I'm not into the wild tone swings. It's Tom and Jerry one moment and then Mad Men the next. I still watched it all though.

[MrSaigon]

These guys were so goddam good. This is like a Tim and Eric sketch, if Tim and Eric didn't only offer you an aesthetic and nothing else. They start with an awesome premise (because c'mon the aesthetic is hilarious), then they turn it on it's head, then you think you know where it's going, but you don't. It happened all the time on that show. They were just so great:
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/usjl5q/ke ... s-meltdown

[Schlich]

BoJack Horseman is funny. I laugh just thinking about that background guy's t-shirt that says 'My other bike is a tree.' That story line with the two boys dressed as a man in a trench coat and dating a lady is hilarious. But I'm not into the wild tone swings. It's Tom and Jerry one moment and then Mad Men the next. I still watched it all though.

Bojack horseman is hands down the best TV show in production right now. Yeah i said it.

[Schlich]

These guys were so goddam good. This is like a Tim and Eric sketch, if Tim and Eric didn't only offer you an aesthetic and nothing else. They start with an awesome premise (because c'mon the aesthetic is hilarious), then they turn it on it's head, then you think you know where it's going, but you don't. It happened all the time on that show. They were just so great:
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/usjl5q/ke ... s-meltdown

i'm kind of outraged that they're only just now becoming talked about so much. It looks like I missed out on some pretty consistently good stuff. At least I'll have stoned background tv set for a while

[Bo Hart]

How about The Eric Andre Show? I've only seen a few clips on YouTube, but I get major Tim and Eric vibes from it.

[MrSaigon]

BoJack Horseman is funny. I laugh just thinking about that background guy's t-shirt that says 'My other bike is a tree.' That story line with the two boys dressed as a man in a trench coat and dating a lady is hilarious. But I'm not into the wild tone swings. It's Tom and Jerry one moment and then Mad Men the next. I still watched it all though.

Bojack horseman is hands down the best TV show in production right now. Yeah i said it.

It's really funny. But the guy is outrageously, cartoonishly (for lack of a better word) narcissistic, then moments later tragically narcissistic. It doesn't line up for me. Michael Scott made that transition, but it worked better because it was more of a slow play. It's a big ask and an interesting, unique challenge for viewers, but it doesn't work for me.

Maybe if works better not marathoned.