On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:39 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Not to me. I've watched it a few times and sat dumbfounded that people >> think it's either funny or insightful. >> >> De gustibus, once again. More power to him, though. > > > I don't usually try to persuade people to watch a show they have already > sampled and don't like, but I am going to make an exception for this one. It > is enough sui generis that it can be off-putting the first few times you see > it, and it is not easy to get a context for what you are watching. The first > two seasons are on Netflix, and if you did not get a chance to watch a > critical mass of them in sequence, I encourage you to devote a couple of > hours to giving it another try. If you can't make yourself try them from the > beginning, I would at least urge you to watch the two Afghanistan episodes > from I think the end of the season 1, if you have not already seen those. I > thought Season 3 was even better than the first two, and the arc related to > Late Show was both particularly funny and insightful. > > I am not sure I would classify Louie as a Sitcom, but there is not a 30 > minute television program currently in production that I enjoy watching more > (I would put Veep a close second).
De gustibus indeed. I think "Louie" is amazing (granted, not everything there works, but his success ratio is very high), but I tired of "Veep" after three episodes, my admiration for Ianucci's other work notwithstanding. Or perhaps *because* of that admiration -- I just like his other TV and film stuff better. Jon -- 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
