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offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2005-01-14 23:34 [#01459883]
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Anyone else here fans of this show? It's pure genious...
fast paced and devoid of cliches. Although it won like 3 or
4 emmys (including some for best comedy and best new comedy
i beleive) it really hasnt gained any real viewer
attention... Mostly due to the TERRIBLE promo's fox runs for
it. There are like 6 or 7 solid laughs and episode but the
promos decide to show the dumbest shit...

Anyways i'm just doing my part to try and keep the show
going here because it's such a genious peice of work...
anyone interested in an abstract free flowing type of comedy
should check it out on Fox, sundays or rent the first season
on DVD.

Tobias (David Cross from Mr. Show) is pure gold.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2005-01-14 23:37 [#01459885]
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I've only seen it once but it's fuckin funny


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2005-01-14 23:39 [#01459888]
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that's the spirit ;)


 

offline Amnesiac from ERIE (United States) on 2005-01-15 00:02 [#01459893]
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i'm a huge fan!!!

check out www.theop.com


 

offline TehLaw from around. (Canada) on 2005-01-15 01:09 [#01459917]
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i watch it every chance i get.... so like every sunday.
excellent show. worth my attention.


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-15 03:34 [#01459944]
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Portia De Rossi is the best looking lesbian ever.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2005-01-15 10:33 [#01460335]
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I hated it. I thought it was verry verry dull and unfunny.


 

offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2005-01-15 10:36 [#01460336]
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YAI saw it once too!!

so funny

David Cross is fucking hilarious.

I saw the one where this one dude's dad Died? but he didn't
really die, he was just hiding in his son's attic.

crazy shit


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-15 10:48 [#01460351]
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I hate the voiceover. it annoys the hell out of me.


 

offline Amnesiac from ERIE (United States) on 2005-01-15 12:24 [#01460448]
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stupid ron howard

yeah i saw it once and thought it sucked

BUT

i caught a mini-marathon thing on FX and was hooked ever
since the "Pier Pressure" episode. bought the DVD the next
day.

anyone who thinks the show is unfunny should borrow/rent a
disc of the DVD and watch 2 or 3 episodes in a row, i think
you'll change your mind or at least chuckle once.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2005-01-15 19:57 [#01461126]
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exactly, start at the beggining and see it for what it
really is. If you hated it you either hate comedy in general
or the pacing is just too quick for you.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-15 20:06 [#01461142]
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oh fuck off.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2005-01-15 20:39 [#01461227]
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"Desperate Housewives" is killing it in the sunday ratings,
man... that aint right!

Plus I dislike the voiceover as well but it's such a small
part of the show.


 

offline caucist on 2005-01-15 20:42 [#01461238]
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I pretty much like anything David Cross has a part of it.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-15 20:43 [#01461242]
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even "scary movie 2"..?


 

offline caucist on 2005-01-15 20:55 [#01461268]
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I did say pretty much. There are exceptions as your example.
I beleive it was around the same time Run Ronnie Run
bombed. So more than likely the man was hard up for money.
Either way, it's a forgivable tresspass. After all he and
odenkirk did give us Mr. Show.


 

offline denniscpearce from Canada on 2005-01-15 22:58 [#01461350]
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oh god it is the best show ever. so so so good.
someone mentioned the op fan site, it is actually the-op.com
not theop.com
david cross is excellent as is everyone else.
finally we get a new episode after 2 weeks or soemthing
without one.
i have the season 1 dvd and its very much worth it if you
like the show. the episodes are very re-watchable.
also if your into torrents, there are digital tv rips of all
the episodes that come out pretty much as soon as they are
broadcasted. the rips are widescreen (fox broadcasts
widescreen digital for some stuff) and are pretty much dvd
quality)
i think the only good thing fox has ever broadcast


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2005-01-15 23:49 [#01461352]
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Invariably the best half hour of my week, if not life. The
dude that plays Gob (sp?)... all he has to do is step into
frame my sides split.

I recently found out Portia de Rossi is a lesbian... I think
it's something I should have known but let it slip under my
radar, but it still shocked me. She'd look so good on me.


 

offline Amnesiac from ERIE (United States) on 2005-01-16 10:58 [#01461968]
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yes david cross isn't funny because he was in scary movie
II

disregard his amazing stand up and hours upon hours of
hilarious tv footage.

because if you do one movie for some cashflow, you CANT be
funny.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-05-14 18:56 [#02206576]
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bump.

FUNNIEST.

SHOW.

EVER.


Attached picture

 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 19:03 [#02206580]
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Its brilliant.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2008-05-14 19:08 [#02206583]
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an arrested development movie is supposedly in the works :)


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-05-14 19:12 [#02206586]
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omg!

*fap*fap*fap*

i suppose the success of juno is partial to this, which btw
is a spectacular flick.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-05-14 19:13 [#02206588]
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My buddy andy kept forcing it on us until we gave it a
chance. it was actually pretty good.

i think i like curb your enthusiasm a little better though.


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2008-05-14 19:13 [#02206589]
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Have the later seasons been released on DVD?


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-05-14 19:17 [#02206591]
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yup


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2008-05-14 19:19 [#02206593]
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Juno was great.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-05-14 19:24 [#02206598]
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you mean seasons 2 and 3? yeah.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2008-05-14 19:27 [#02206600]
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"I think she's... retarded...."

Michael's subsequent slow-mo turning reaction shot goes down
in history as the funniest moment on television.


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2008-05-14 19:30 [#02206604]
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hu hu hu, there is a boxset. The lady will be happy


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-05-14 19:57 [#02206617]
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smoke it...like a cigarette.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 19:59 [#02206619]
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franklin (the black puppet) was good


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 20:00 [#02206620]
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People are talking about juno here and it makes me sick, i
will leave


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-05-14 20:05 [#02206622]
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um, why?


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-05-14 20:10 [#02206624]
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i haven't seen it yet by my friends are really mixed on it


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-05-14 20:17 [#02206626]
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franklin rules


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 20:17 [#02206627]
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Ellen Page stars as the title character, a sharp-tongued
teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy.

Sixteen-year-old Minnesota high-schooler Juno MacGuff (Ellen
Page) discovers she is pregnant with a child fathered by her
best friend and longtime admirer, Paulie Bleeker (Michael
Cera).

As time passes, Juno forms a friendship with Mark, with whom
she shares tastes in rock music, horror movies, and pop
culture.

ect ect


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 20:18 [#02206628]
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He was fucking top!


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-05-14 20:41 [#02206632]
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i love that one where gob is hiding his dad in the limo and
he and franklin get stopped at a security gate and the
security guard tells them to roll down the windows and pop
the trunk


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2008-05-15 00:13 [#02206643]
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seen season 1 and absolutely LOVED it. watched some of
season 2 and it didnt have the same effect, though i still
plan on watching it all.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2008-05-15 00:15 [#02206644]
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id refer to a funny scene, but theres seriously too many.
normally just saying the characters names if funny enough to
make me laugh. GOB. george michael. tobias. lololol:)


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2008-05-15 02:46 [#02206650]
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I assure you that the third season is a return to form. I
think is slightly better than the first.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-05-15 03:25 [#02206651]
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the third season is just so rife with self-reference it's
unbelievable.

wikipedia calls it postmodern :P


 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2008-05-15 03:54 [#02206664]
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some of my friends really dig it, but it seems to go over my
head. has yet to make me lol :-/

i always confuse the name with curb your enthusiasm, which i
really like.


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2008-05-15 04:31 [#02206672]
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Maybe this is why I like it so much. I was seriously hooked
after the first one so self-reference was the only thing it
needed to attach me more, to suck me in for good.

And then FOX spat me out!!! For shame.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-05-15 05:21 [#02206682]
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great show.

i think it might have been a blessing in disguise for Fox to
have cut it off like that, because that meant it has
garnered a cult following after its "martyrdom" in the hands
of the moneyed dimwits.

Yea, some moments of pure genius there.


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-05-15 06:08 [#02206691]
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i loved dan castellaneta on AD.


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2008-05-15 09:04 [#02206725]
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biggest fan ever.

redic how subtle this show is. took me three watches (of
every ep) to finally catch every little thing.


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-05-15 13:44 [#02206835]
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that
bone.
Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a

potato. Baby, you’ve got a stew going.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-05-15 13:50 [#02206839]
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lol! and at first i thought you were just telling elusive
that there was more to dig through in the series :)

i've made a huge mistake.


 


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