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PaperclipPerfector  5mo ago (text post)   3793 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 14, 2024

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A few weeks ago someone here recommended Tires on Netflix.

It really is a great show, very enjoyable, one of the funniest things I've seen recently. And you know it's good because the RT critical rating is much lower than the audience rating. Hopefully they'll come out with another season.

I watched it as well based on cjets recommendation, and while I thought it was good, it also felt like a worse version of Party Down. Similar concept, weak-willed boss who’s friends with a stronger-willed, cynical employee, but Party Down felt much more substantial and polished.

This is the first I've ever heard of party down. The trailer makes it look lame: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FT2DOz2McW8 is there a better intro to the show out there?

It's the show most similar to the original British The Office (much moreso than its American direct adaptation), if that entices you. But its sort of sarcastic humanism doesn't really translate to snappy trailers. Watch the second or fourth episode and see if you like it

Haha wow, that is a late 2000s trailer right there.

I think you just gotta watch the first two episodes and see if you like the humor. The first episode feels very “pilot”-esque, so the ball doesn’t really get rolling until the second ep.

I just really liked Ken Marinos character. His mix of pathetic-ness and ego is just brilliant writing and acting. It also hits harder if you’ve ever worked in the catering or restaurant industry.

The first season anyway; IMHO it took a big step down when Jennifer Coolidge joined the show, though a lot of that may be that I find Coolidge so unattractive I don't want to see her on my screen.

I find Jennifer Coolidge pretty annoying as well. But she was only in the show for a couple episodes right?

Something even 80% as good as PD sounds awesome to me

Watch Tires and see what you think. I'd call it 50% as good. But then, it's hard to replicate such genius writing as "Sour or Crackers, the fastest growing non-coffee, non-poultry franchise in Southern California"

Update: You were right. I did 3 episodes and then bounced, just wasn't as good.

Similar concept, don't you think? Just felt a lot more improv-y rather than the tight righting of Party Down.

Oh I definitely saw the similarities and agree it felt like improv took a heavier role.

There's a chance that the characters would have gotten funnier the longer it went, I still may dig into it if I'm high and bored.

Party Down is an all-time great comedy show that very few people have seen. Strongly strongly encourage everyone to give it a shot

Yes great show! I recommended it. They got renewed for a second season before the series was even released.

My only complaint was the short length of the series. I wish there was more already.

It's already been renewed I think. Shane Gillis is just printing money right now as the current face of counter-culture comedy, they'd be crazy not to.

His new special on netflix is also really good (though maybe a little too much "comedian miming jerking off as a punchline" for my taste)

I don't think I'd describe anything he does as being the face of counter-culture. He starts half his routines with extended "Aren't black guys way better than white guys at sports/sex/whatever" (Seriously, watch any of his specials or youtube clips, he can't go 2 minutes without complimenting black guys), went back to host the show that cancelled him, and even did some bud-light grovelling after the boycott controversy.

He's a safe progressive with edgy vibes, way closer to Bill Burr than Jim Breuer

He is still marketed as a counter-culture guy after getting canned by SNL. You might not agree that he is actually counter-culture or whatever but he is undeniably the face of counter-culture comedy.

He was hired by SNL and then fired quickly after in 2019 after some impressions of Chinese people and what was called "homophobic" humor surfaced from old podcast episodes. I can't remember the specific jokes.

I see his stuff occasionally and he's definitely not afraid of certain things, mental disability and even talking about different races in positive and negative ways. He's pretty moderate i would say, just wants to make people laugh

The politics of Joe Rogan, more or less.

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