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Post by bear on Jun 23, 2024 9:10:54 GMT -5
i watched 5 seasons of curb your enthusiasm then the illegal streaming site quit working
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Post by bear on Aug 23, 2024 12:12:02 GMT -5
i watched 5 seasons of curb your enthusiasm then the illegal streaming site quit working i've watched all of Curb now. i'm open to recommendations for other good sitcoms or funny shows. requirements: no laugh track, no 'drama' or other genre elements mixed in.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Aug 23, 2024 22:05:21 GMT -5
Peep Show and Extras are up there with Curb.
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Post by bear on Aug 24, 2024 8:29:57 GMT -5
big fan of Extras. i couldn't stand the POV gimmick on Peep Show.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Aug 24, 2024 8:47:21 GMT -5
Ah, too bad. It's a quite original gimmick that allows for good laffs.
If you like Extras, there's also Life's Too Short that's pretty good, but you likely already know it. A cute and funny more recent Brit-com is Stath Lets Flats.
I've currently finished watching the third season of The Larry Sanders Show and I'm fully on board; It took a little while of the first season to get into it, but it's really great once it gets into its natural character rhythms. Some Simpsons-level writing in there. It also basically invented the mockumentary sitcom style with its realism (both in acting and camera, but no direct breaking the wall), paving the way for the likes of both The Office and Curb your Enthusiasm. Also great use of high-caliber celebrities playing (written versions of) themselves. To me it also kinda feels like "what if Mad Men was a comedy and not about ad-men but the people running a late-night show?" - never mind that this was in 1992 way before Mad Men.
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Post by HAL 10,000 on Aug 25, 2024 18:24:13 GMT -5
Hazbin Hotel, again.
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Post by bear on Aug 26, 2024 18:44:21 GMT -5
I've currently finished watching the third season of The Larry Sanders Show and I'm fully on board; It took a little while of the first season to get into it, but it's really great once it gets into its natural character rhythms. Some Simpsons-level writing in there. It also basically invented the mockumentary sitcom style with its realism (both in acting and camera, but no direct breaking the wall), paving the way for the likes of both The Office and Curb your Enthusiasm. Also great use of high-caliber celebrities playing (written versions of) themselves. To me it also kinda feels like "what if Mad Men was a comedy and not about ad-men but the people running a late-night show?" - never mind that this was in 1992 way before Mad Men. thx for the rec, i've heard a lot of comedians talk about Garry Shandling in the past but never knew any of his work. just been watching some of season 1 and it's a bit quiet, but Shandling's charm has kept me interested. i don't really see the Mad Men connection other than the casual sexism. and Mad Men not-so-secretly was a comedy.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Aug 26, 2024 19:46:42 GMT -5
I guess I just meant how the two shows are largely about office dynamics in a media and TV environment... it may not be the strongest comparison. And of course I agree that Mad Men could be hilarious, but I wouldn't sell it as a comedy to someone who hasn't seen it.
Shandling is a tad too smug for my liking, but his character gets consistently taken the p1ss out of, so it's ok. I prefer Rip Torne and Jeff Tambor (later better known for being in Arrested Development) in the show itself (all actors in it are good, though). Shandles deserves the props for co-creating the show, of course.
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Post by Isadora Is a Door on Aug 27, 2024 0:54:23 GMT -5
Only Connect
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