I really like Community, more so than TBBT and Cougar Town
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:55 AM, David Risner <[email protected]> wrote: > First, sitcoms are what I like to watch the most on TV. The summer was > brutal because there weren't any new sitcoms other than the last, great My > Boys. I did go through a lot of old Wings thanks to USA over the summer, > still a wonderful sitcom. I don't really like the mockumentary style > though, so I'm not an fan of the NBC Thursday night stuff other than 30 > Rock. Laugh tracks don't bother me in the appropriate shows. 30 Rock would > not work with a laugh track, M*A*S*H should not have had a laugh track, but > it works in The Big Bang Theory (well, technically, not a laugh track, but a > live studio audience). > > While the Shat show wasn't great, I didn't think it was as bad as the > critics all said. It felt kind of stiff, but a lot of sitcom pilots do. I'm > going to give it a few episodes before making final judgment, but of the new > sitcoms I sampled, this was the worst. > > I tried The Middle again with the last two episodes of last season and the > first episode of this season. I don't get why it was renewed. > > Better With You & Raising Hope were both good starts -- especially Raising > Hope which I was surprised to enjoy. > > Mike & Molly might develop into something good like The Big Bang Theory > did; we'll have to see. > > Running Wilde I didn't even try because it has Will Arnett and I didn't > like Arrested Development, so I figured it wasn't the show for me. YMMV. > > I wish there were more good sitcoms on TV. It just seems like for every > TBBT or Modern Family, there are 4 or 5 mediocre police/crime dramas. > > > -- > David Risner > Software Engineer > MERLOT, California State University > > > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I could see where the stereotyping might offend some, but do other >> > sitcoms really deal with nuanced characterization? >> >> I think there was a decent balance between the stereotyping of Indians >> and Americans. Take the scene with the cow; the lead American thought >> the cow odd and it made no sense to him until an Indian explained it >> as a part of their culture -- but even then he didn't quite get it. >> Juxtapose that with the scene where the Indians are introduced to the >> novelty items; the Indians questioned their purpose and the lead >> American explained it as a sign of our freedom to be silly -- but even >> then they didn't really quite get it. >> >> > And now, a question. Is this whole lip-sync thing (such as opened "The >> > Office") a "Glee" thing, or a less-specific annoyance? >> >> The specific form of lip-syncing a song as a group in one take like >> that has become known as a lip-dub, and it has taken on a life of its >> own on YouTube. We've talked about it earlier on the list. Honestly, I >> wasn't looking at the screen when the song started and assumed it to >> be a commercial, so I didn't really pay attention to the beginning of >> "The Office." >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- Jason Carpio [email protected] Not sent from an iPhone -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
