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Welcome back, all of our favorite pals! Can’t wait for us to go on hilarious adventures together! In the end, I think it’s pretty smart that they wait a few weeks after the holidays before starting all the shows back up. To be completely honest, the first week back after the new year was just like “What?”. You know? Like, “You’re kidding, right?”. The second week was like, “I don’t think you’re kidding. But I still don’t really get it. For real?”. And now this week has just been like, “Oh right.” And it is exactly at that moment, that “oh right” moment, when the reality of your actual, humdrum, day-to-day life reconnects with your misplaced but newly rediscovered deep-seated feelings of exhausted resignation that you want a good Thursday night TV show to watch. OH, I AM SORRY, DID I JUST BUM YOU OUT WITH MY UNEXPECTEDLY MAUDLIN RUMINATIONS ON THE DESPERATION OF LIFE? SOMETIMES THAT IS HOW IT WORKS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SITCOMS. They’re back, you guys! Even Parks and Recreation! Hello, Parks and Recreation! Even Outsourced is back but let’s move forward. It was a little sad, though, how they had (or thought they had to) catch us up on Parks and Recreation with a lame-o “previously on” montage. That thing was for dorks! I blame YOU, Outsourced. You are both racist AND frustrating! Oh well. As previously mentioned, life is unfair, and that certainly includes “previously on” montages. Those are right at the top of the list of unfairnesses, I’m sure.
Should I just keep going on and on forever in a way that barely even makes sense, or do you guys want to take it from here?
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Ron Swanson’s Bobby Knight sweater > Theo’s Cosby sweater.
But Jeff complimenting him on it and Theo saying “Thanks. My dad gave it to me” was a highlight of the night.
Community won me over last night.
Agreed.
Just in case you missed it:
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So limited. Here is tiny:
I am never drinking skim milk again.
I like that Cow Protein, Pig Protein, Chicken Protein, Deer Protein, and fish [sport only], were on the same line as Romantic Love.
“Ann Perkins!”
I’ve never been a huge huge Rob Lowe fan, and though I’ve liked him so far on Parks and Rec.
But last night…he had me at “Ann Perkins.”
Isn’t he IMPOSSIBLY charming?
We know what art is! It’s paintings of horses!
Perfect Cartwheel:
oops wasn’t meant to be a reply
I still liked it.
ps. Thats what my cartweels look like.
I wish mine looked that good.
It certainly was a bummer to have to sit through “Perfect Couples.”
Seriously that was terrible.
But it’s nice to see Olivia Munn branching out from being the worst part of The Daily Show to the worst part of NBC comedies*
*not including Outsourced, which is not a comedy.
Oh I didn’t mind it that much. I thought it was kind of cute! I don’t know how well they’ll be able to keep it up, but it wasn’t bad for a pilot.
I also found it pretty ok. No worse than The Office has been for the past two years. That Lou Diamond Phillips line got the biggest guffaw from me out of the entire lineup.
That show made me pretty changry.
Ohh, THAT’S what that was?
I was sitting there going, “What the fuck is this?” for, like, ten minutes. Then I went to make some soup.
#coolstorybro
As a pilot episode it was pretty bad.
I did like the “dramatic exit music bit” and it kind of shows that the two dudes (really don’t remember their names) have the most chemistry of the cast right out of the gate. If they spend most of the time focused on them and less time trying to be a 30 minute Parenthood it might be a watchable programme.
Can we have the one of Chang on top of the bookshelves???
This makes me so chappy.
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I’ve never understood why IASIP is only ever half a season long. COME ON GUYS.
Because they barely have a writing staff. Like Britcoms, they write all of the episodes. 12 is about all they can do and still do quality control. #iamjustonfirewiththegreatcommentstoday
I thought this season they finally had some writers other than themselves? It seemed like it anyway, this season was a little too scripted and unnatural for me.
Agreed.
We did get to see The Coffee Shop girl in Perfect Couples. Did that help at all?
No, I didn’t think so either.
Charlie Kelly > all TV characters
Can’t they both exist on equal planes of greatness?
One would think so, but the laws of the universe seem to dictate that they cannot co-exist peacably. It’s one or the other.
You mad, Rec-heads!
I don’t know. I LOVE
Hmmm. Its seems I was going to post something earlier and then it posted before I finished – and I’m just noticing this now and don’t know what I was going to say.
COOL STORY
OMG, who wants to talk Outsourced?!?!?!? It was sooooooo great last night. There was this plotline where an Indian guy wanted to sing “Eternal Flame” in a contest but he had an Indian accent, which is the funniest accent there is! What was he thinking with that accent? LOL!!!!!!
Annie/Alison Brie is making me feel all sorts of funny with that face she’s making.
Whoa me too. Had to log in JUST to register my serious affection for that gif.
The girl that hosts the trivia I go to looks A LOT like Allison Brie, it can be difficult to control myself.
i know! they talk funny but still think they’re people!!!
Once, there was this place called South Asia, and it had a musical film industry far larger than anything in America, and it had lots of good songs, and lots of people there, and I mean everyone there, from the ministers to the rickshaw pullers, sang those songs, and their accents were their accents, because the songs were made there.
I want a protest show called “White People Singin’ Sanjay Dutt”
Bones! I definitely want Booth and Bones to get together, but I love that the show is not going down the tired old “catfight” over the guy. Brennan and Hannah get to act like adults. Although Booth is being SUCH AN ASS lately. I get that he wanted to be honest with Hannah, but he should have cleared it with Brennan first.
I watched Bones once. The whole time I was waiting for Bill Haverchuck to show up.
Oh my God, that would be INCREDIBLE!!
I love how well this statement matches your avatar. A++ for synchronicity.
Group Hug
Yay! The Bones team finally gets to come to the .gif party!
When is Booth going to de-ass himself? Seriously he was the worst part about the whole thing. Brennan and Hannah still being friends saved the whole ordeal for me.
SNIPER NEXT WEEK!
I am so ready for the sniper episode. From what I could tell from the preview, it looks like he gets the gravedigger and someone else?
EW.com had a bunch of info about the rest of the season.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/13/bones-booth-brennan-elevator/
Seriously! Booth needs to get over himself. “Get over youself, Booth!” — teacherman, 1885-2012.
Unrelated, but my favorite part of the episode was at the very beginning when Booth scoffed at Sweets for running on a treadmill for exercise. Booth does not HIT THE GYM, Sweets. Booth fucking HITS ROCKS with a sledgehammer and turns a monster truck tire end over end for exercise. Crazy Sweets.
I watched the last 15 minutes of a repeat on TNT last night, top notch.
“You have no reflexes, your blood tastes like root beer and some of your bones appear to have vanished.” — Dr. Spaceman, to Tracy
30 Rock was the best as always. I really loved The Office. Parks and Recreation was great, though that “previously on” thing was weird and I’m not sure that it really helped anyone who hasn’t seen the show before. Did anyone watch Perfect Couples? SPOILER ALERT: It was terrible. Very clichéd and contrived. Two of the couples are so two dimensional and serve solely as foils to the “normal, relatable” couple. Go back to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Waitress! Get out while you can!!
I think Dr. Spaceman wins for quote of the night.
The “previously on” moment was clumsy, but necessary. That’s how they get new viewers, theoretically, which I 100 percent support. #maybethebestcommentofalltime
You’re gonna die! ….when I tell you who I’m going out with. Squeaky Fromme! She is difficult….
That was my favorite line of the night.
OMG I heard Ricky Gervais is going to be on The Office. Wouldn’t it be great if he was the replacement for Michael Scott?!
is there where we drop off the gifs?
*this. ughhh FRIDAYS am i right?
I wish Andy were my basketball coach growing up. Naps all practice long.
OK here are some of my favorite of the night for your gif drop box:
<——————–!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i like that you color-correct these, concert_addict. makes them all dreamy and such.
Brown Jamie Lee Curtis!
MEZANNINE???????
Gif thread?
This gif thread is pretty sticky… because of the gatorade.
If this is a GIF thread I demand a GIF of Leslie throwing Jerry’s painting into the lake.
See below
35 comments and no Swanson chair throwing gif yet?
I’ll hang up and take my answer off the air.
Will you take this as a consolation?
Absolutely. You are your own pyramid of greatness, concert_addict.
hey what book is that? cool, lets hang out tonight. sex already? woah.
my resolution is to read more, and if someone else is driving to the bookstore i can eat my pb&j in the car. 2011 is coming up all darryl
It’s so light, like a croissant.
Upvotes all the way
At this point, Darryl is the only thing about The Office that doesn’t have the sweet smell of imminent death hanging over it.
I have been thinking this entire season that they have been setting up Darryl to take over from Michael as the manager next seson. Thoughts?
That would be awesome. Or Creed!
Craig Robinson is a funny ass muthafucka. Why not? They should also cast that funny ass Indian dude from Zack and Miri Make a Porno/The 40 Year Old Virgin.
@gatheraround: That dude of whom you speak? IN JAIL FOR LIFE! For the attempted murder of his girlfriend!
Hm, I think gatheraround meant the other funny ass Indian dude.
Could the sanest character on the show be the boss?
Can someone hook a bruddah up with a Michael spraying champaign gif?
What did you guys think about The Office? I thought it was the best episode of the season! This may be b/c it followed Perfect Couples, but Michael’s celebration video was the greatest. Also, Creed, Erin and Andy all had some funny stuff going on last night.
Whenever Michael and Erin interact I think “Yeah! I like them so much!”
Donde esta Jim?
A nearly Jim-less episode of The Office hardly seems fair, right?
Not a fan of Jim, actually. I find him smuggy McSmuggyton
I found Ed Helms’s rollerskating abilities to be very sexy.
This is giving me a seizure and I LOVE IT.
“Play me some Dave Matthews Band. Only the deep cuts, no hits!”
I found them to be sexy too! He did a little hip swivel at one point that was awesome. So skating! So Andy Bernard!
I was so jealous. Having a rollerskating rink to myself is my dream.
I think there’s a bit more gravity to these episodes since we now know Michael is leaving a month before the season ends. He’s only got like 8-10 eps left. And I can’t wait for Ricky Gervais’ cameo!
I thought Perfect Couples was kind of out of place in NBC Comedies, but I thought it was still pretty funny.
“He’s a big guy, he can drink four bottles of wine.”
“Hey, I just killed this bottle of pinot.”
“I think what makes us a great couple is– No one asked you that.”
It reminded me a lot of The League, but for a more mainstream audience.
It did remind me of The League, but boring.
“For a more mainstream audience” and “boring” are one in the same.
Not true: There are lots of mainstream shows I find funny. (Of course, I will not admit to any of them here.)
Yeah, I enjoy The League, but it’s always about one Ruxin-hates-his-stereotypical-sitcom-wife joke away from losing me. Jenny saves that show.
Jenny is my favorite character.
It’s one “this funny because it’s gay but they’re gay” joke away from losing me.
Wow. The above was supposed to read:
It’s one “this IS funny because it’s gay but they’re NOT gay” joke away from losing me.
TGIF, amirite?
Yeah- or Modern Family but not even kinda funny like that show.
LOL!
BEST.
can we all agree that Cheyenne is way underused?
I kind thought the “we kinda forgot you were here” joke last night was a nice nod to that.
At the end of last year I was organizing this big charity gala event, where Cheyenne Jackson was one of the celebrity guests. I cannot even explain how beautiful he is in real life. Also he sang songs and sounded great! But seriously, he’s so handsome it actually made me uncomfortable.
Poor Jerry!
More subtle but just as funny is when she walks in, takes his coffee cup from his hand and throws it away.
You’re killing me, concert_addict!
No doubt! CA is cleaning up!
I hereby bequeath my Animated Gif crown to you, concert_addict.
Thanks Wert!
TGIG: thank god it’s GIFday! Gold stars for everyone!
Guys, as someone who was once shown a laserdisc in the 2nd grade, I must admit that they are pretty sexy. Also, BLACK MICHAEL CHIKLIS had me laughing uncontrollably and Chang on the bookshelves almost made me do a spit take.
“He’s making me so Changry-no, now I’m doing it!”
I think you meant WHITE GEORGE FOREMAN
hmm with my avatar I think my last comment will come off a wee bit racist (no Outsourced)
When was the last time Cerie was on 30 Rock?
The last time I successfully had an erection.
Can I get a .gif of Abed doing his fake malfunction loop to get out of a conversation? Pleeeeeeeeeease
I forgot about this line! But both me and my friend almost died when we heard it.
I’m going to live my life like it’s a work of art.
Why bother when you have the option of living your life life it’s a work of fart!
Did you guys hear the story about how Amy Poehler posed for pictures as a candy striper when she was a teen? It was in a stock photo, mind you, nothing scandalous. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2011/01/amy_poehler_model_candy_stripe.html
Jersey Shore made me LOL
I’m really bad at T.V. but I am gonna do my damndest to watch the NBC Thursday night line-up regularly. Shit was so good last night. (Except for the perfect couples pilot…but it was a pilot so we’ll see.)
Next time I have to go into the city I will stop at Rockefeller center and give it a hug.
Also I should mention that I had never seen Community up until two days ago. My sister got me Season One for Christmas. I watched the whole thing in two sittings.
Man-Crush on Joel Mchale…DOUBLED!
Video highlights from Thursday night include Senor Chang’s slow clap (http://gtcha.me/eEPVbW), Andy Bernard rollerskating to DMB (http://gtcha.me/fac2tU), Ron Swanson’s Pyramid of Greatness (http://gtcha.me/dI5CeK) and Elizabeth Lemon-Donaghy’s press conference (http://gtcha.me/g3fJ4g).
two things:
Troy: Black Michael Chiklis?
Pierce: White George Foreman?
Britta: You guys are talking about the same person. He’s biracial. His name is David and he’s a human being.
DJ: It’s just you man. Any requests?
Andy: Dave Matthews Band. No singles, deep cuts only. (music starts) I said no singles!!
Can we get Chang with the slow clap?
Did EVERYONE miss this?
