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Our friends are back, OUR FRIENDS ARE BACK! Finally, after what seemed like forever, most of our Thursday night buddies (except 30 Rock, of course) are home again to make us laugh and smile and forget about Republican debates for a few half hours every Thursday. So let’s talk about them! Community was great, of course. Gabe isn’t here right now, but if Gabe were here right now I’m sure he would have appreciated the Cougerton Abbey joke. That was great. I appreciated the 2001: A Space Odyssey joke. And also: OMAR! My getting excited about Omar would only be kind of a lie because I haven’t seen The Wire, but I know YOU GUYS are excited about Omar so I’m just trying to get the ball rolling here. OMAR!!! I’m looking forward to a season that is kind of a combination of the first two seasons — the “straightforward” and the “out there” — and I think the first episode was exactly that. Great job. Then, PARKS & RECREATION! Very good, I can’t wait until somehow Amy Poehler and Adam Scott are back together, they are just the cutest. Leslie running for office should be a fun plot line, and I’m SUPER PSYCHED about Andy’s new appointment. What a great character. And then, THE OFFICE! Unfortunately, I’m a little tired of The Office. Is this open thread ok for spoilers? Is it generally assumed you wouldn’t be reading this far if you didn’t want a spoiler? If so: No doy Andy is the new boss. But the last scene with Andy was very nice and set a nice tone for the season, so, you know, PROVE ME WRONG, THE OFFICE! And then Whitney was on and after anyone said anything there was a laugh track and after a while you get used to it but it’s like do I WANT to object myself to getting USED TO THAT??? No! I don’t! Because it is terrible! What did you guys think, hellooooo, hello guys?!
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“Hehehe! I don’t know what you mean, but it had the cadence of a joke.” Parks and Rec won the night.
“You’re the opposite of Batman”
~ People who disagree and think that, in fact, Community won the night.
Concert Addict. You’re here. Thank the gods.
“Youre the pizza burn on the roof of the worlds mouth!”
I just noticed that Meredith was in the men’s restroom. Your gif is both funny and informative!
I for real thought the show was called “Whitey” until like four days ago.
Ahem…
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/a-vote-for-rich-whitey/64641/
Did you guys see this super-flinchy thing about “NBC’s snobby sitcoms” from Whit(n)ey’s executive producer?
http://www.tvguide.com/News/NBC-Whitney-Cummings-Betsy-Thomas-1037903.aspx
I can kind of tell you didn’t because you’re not saying, “Whaaaaa-aaat???”
Yowza. She really accused the other Thursday night shows of not trying to be funny? Is that based on her needing a laugh track to be told where the jokes are?
Every night she goes home and hugs her cardboard cutout of Chuck Lorre and sings “There’s a Place for Us”
“We’re just making comedy, that’s all we’re doing……It’s not rocket science, you know.” Ummmm……what a bitch!?!?!
jerry’s giant penis.
Between 2001, Cougarton Abbey and Inspector Spacetime, Community was tickling my nerd spot pretty hard last night.
So Great! So Great!
YES!!!!!!!
Perhaps this is the best thread to post this jpg I made:
I didn’t watch TV until 11:30 last night, but “Sweet Genius” seemed like a really fun cooking show!
OMG how about the judge on that show? I kept thinking it could easily be a scetch from SNL. Were we all being punked?
It was like Dieter from Sprockets meets America’s Next Top Model with gelato. Amazing.
“Your dessert ingredient challenge is… BONE MARROW, and you are to create a dessert inspired by SAND”. – a real thing that real pastry chefs had to make to win their challenge.
Concert Addict?
Sorry I’m late.
Here’s my favorite gif of the night:
You’re back! I missed you!
Won’t be able to catch up until tomorrow. Too busy with work/school/not having an actual TV anymore.
did i just detect a subtle “i don’t even own a tv” in there?
His apartment is too tiny to fit one.
Anybody else think it’s sort of weird that we haven’t had more updates on the new TV shows this week? No Gabe telling us what we have to start watching, or why some new show is terrible. How am I supposed to have opinions if Gabe isn’t giving them to me?!
I still have my fingers crossed for Gabe to write an angry scathing review of Whitney ala Outsoucred, The Jay Dunham Show and The Jeff Leno Show.
Lest we forget: The Paul Reiser Show
Gawker has been doing reviews of the new shows. I think they have said that most of them are terrible? Maybe there was one that was good, but I don’t remember right now.
I can’t wait until they tear into Whitney.
I kind of like the Secret Circle on the CW and I think I do actually like Revenge. Both seem totally insane and the blonde leads are pretty interchangeable but it’s vaguely entertaining TV if you’re
drunkreally exhausted from work and stuff. I’ve also heard good things about the Grimm show on ABC (the one about fairy tale characters stuck in Maine, not the procedural crime drama one based on Grimm stories on NBC). Good Christian Bitches is supposed to be good too, but that’s mid-season.Community should win it for me. It had everything. Jokes, Omar, Annie’s Boobs, that guy who voiced Sully on Monsters Inc. But your picture reminds me that I am a HUGE fan of Danny DeVito smashing his face into a sea-soaked rum-ham.
Annie’s Boobs wasn’t in last nights episode, but Annie’s butt was!
High fives. everyone. all around.
“that guy who voiced Sully on Monsters Inc.”???
His name was John Goodman.
His name was John Goodman.
His name was John Goodman.
His name was John Goodman.
#ABRFC – Always Be Referencing Fight Club
His name IS John Goodman.
Did it really have everything?
as a person who openly whined about the serious lack of quality for the entirety of last season’s Always Sunny, i take it all back after last night’s episode.*
that was so goddamned funny. all of it.
*actually only some of it.
“If I wanted to run a monkey hotel, I’d install a banana buffet…….I’d use vines as elevators, I’d put tailholes in all the bathrobes, and I’d lower all the shower heads.”
Everything else is nothing.
I’ve only watched Parks and Rec, but man that was great! And I’m really excited about Patricia Clarkson as Tammy 1. Also:
“That man has the biggest penis I have ever seen.”
haha yes! respect for Jerry finally!!!
Yeah, I was happy they threw him this bone, so to speak
i don’t want to sound like a creepy low-life, but that flash of alison brie’s underwear in the opening number of community was the greatest thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life.
Because I want all of the upvotes….
you deserve them. brava, alison!
Waiter, get this man a million rum hams.
rum ham is a thing? That sounds wonderful.
Goddamn it Frank. Eating your Drinks? That is Genius!
At first, I was kind of creeped out that so many people noticed the butt flash since I was oblivious. But after watching that .gif, it’s all appreciation.
you kinda did, but you’re OUR creepy low-life, which makes it OK!
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Okay, so maybe hate was too strong a word. They just felt a little weak.
You can’t dislike a show whilst profiting off of its female lead’s ass. You have to pick a side.
I can have it all!
Profit = upvotes? If that is true, then I have a plan to get out of this recession. Monsters, prepare your finest movie-based puns. Tonight we solve the world economy.
I wasn’t the biggest fan? And I love Community. I felt like something was missing the entire time, like it was all thrown together real quick just to tie up some loose plot lines and give Jim Rash some more screen time. Not that there weren’t plenty of funny moments, but overall, meh.
And it very much pains me to say that.
I’m mostly with ya Molly.
I really liked the episode, still my fave show, but those two gags weren’t great. Haha british TV is different. AND its Abed, how wouldn’t he know about those shows, especially Inspector Spacetime since its been on since 1963!!??
However, I LOVED how Jeff was the villain. Compare that to series premiere two years ago, what other show would do that.
I still love the show, obviously, but that gag fell flat. There weren’t any specific things said about either british show, just that they exist.
Last year’s premiere wasn’t that strong either, and season 2 turned out to be the tits. I’m pretty sure everything will be fine.
Also, I completely identified with Abed’s state of panic when he didn’t have a favorite show to watch.
The space in between is the worst.
aye, a harsh first world problem to be sure
Bothered me a bit too, but here’s how I’ve rationalized it.
Until fairly recently, British television had been far harder to acquire. With Cougartown to sate him, Abed may have never needed to turn to netflix or whatever to be fulfilled, so while he might have been aware of ersatz Doctor Who, he may have never gotten around to watching it.
Someone else who hated it!! I hated it too. Couldn’t stand how Pierce was just reset into part of the group after he was the biggest jerk for a whole season.
When Ron told Leslie to clear the meat out of his desk and then fled, I was SUPER AFRAID he wasn’t going to be on the show this season. R<3n Swanson 4-eva!!!!
I also loved James Spader's talk with Andy about doodling on The Office. "All the houses are colonials, and all the penises are circumcised." LOLZ!
Yes, I watched all of these, and I loved them all but….
Vampire Diaries anyone? Seriously that show is the tits.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
As a PR Flack, I more than appreciated this bon mot from Perd Hapley: “There you have it…where it is the thing Leslie Knope just said…about this situation.”
Anyone who saw the Season 3 gag reel knows Leslie has wanted to blow Perd Hapley for a long time.
I’ve been watching this GIF over and over just looking at Tom’s face and it is making me the Happiest.
Funny Story about Downton Abbey: When I was watching the Emmy’s (Emmys?) last weekend my friend asked “Why doesn’t he just call it Downtown Abbey?” and I said “Because that’s not what the show is called.” Funny story, indeed.
Downtown Abbey is an HBO show about a hooker with a heart of gold.
Ho my. I did not know it was Downton Abbey until this moment. I thought the “Cougarton Abbey” thing was poking fun at the odd pronunciation.
Downtown Abbey is an HBO series about a hooker with a heart of gold.
Fake and Silver Lake
Always Sunny won it for me last night, if for the Drop Zone scene alone and anything about the RUM HAM, but overall it was a solid night.
I don’t know if they’re just plugging Whitney in for a couple weeks to buy time for 30 Rock or WHAT, but just bring 30 Rock back and NBC will finally get it right.
I know The Office is stale, but Stanley’s “shove it up your butt” joke had me ROLLING. That shit was hilarious!
And, of course, I would marry the entire casts and crews of Community and Parks & Rec, especially Jerry and his giant wang.
I still enjoy the Office, but it’s fully transitioned into a sitcom — all of the verite has washed away. James Spader is fun. And I think I would’ve been unsurprised by any boss pick, with maybe the exception of Hank.
The Office is stale and weak and not as good as the others BUT it still gets some of the biggest lulz from me every week.
I’m not young & hip (I feel like Community is young & hip? I dunno, I don’t watch it yet), but I’d like to defend The Office for a sec. I thought last season was very strong, and now the challenge is to somehow reinvent the show sans Michael Scott, and episode 1 set a good tone for a very watchable show. Andy as the new manager makes almost too much sense in hindsight, as he is something of a Michael Scott-lite. Adding “Robert California” is perhaps the real stroke of genius. I loved every line Spader uttered last night. So I don’t know. I didn’t find it stale. Seemed like they might have successfully figured out how to get a few more seasons out of this show.
I tend to agree with you, although I am young and very very hip (I am neither young nor hip). But The Office is funny, and I don’t want to have to qualify that every time I talk about it by prefacing it with, “Well, I know it’s old and stale, but I still laughed out loud through the entire thing.” Ok then! It’s not old or stale! It’s just funny!
Good points, both peeps and waiting! funny show!
and the transition has gone better than expected, I agree. BUT putting Andy in that roll is kind of a cop out, because he has Hangover under his belt AND because e basically played Michael Scott: buffoonish, not really doing any work, but ultimately caring deeply about the people in the office and making a big speech to bring them all together.
But yes, funny show! stop the pretentious analysis Bill!
I actually thought the cold open of The Office was pretty great. The rest was okay? The planking jokes were the best.
Wait, did the writer who specializes in writing about TV say something about never having watched The Wire? That was a joke, right?
RIGHT?!?!?
Thursday Night TV Open Thread: What did you all think of Jersey Shore?! Was it great? Was Snooki obnoxious? Is that kind of the reason to watch it? Yes, to all of the above.
As always, Vinny and Pauly D’s bromance is the best part of that show and should be featured more. The Situation’s vulture stare at the clubbz has always and will always creep me out. I also think Jionni is kind of an idiot. For example, Snooki calls him and says “I got into a car accident.” “What do you mean?” Uh, she means she got into a car accident. There are very few things that can mean.
You all know what I’m talking about.
I hope for your sake that you’re making these things up… but I watch more TV than Abed and I just space out at anything Jersey Shore. I really do. Even when it’s on The Soup, I space out. Just now? My mind wandered to wondering what Community .gifs would await me later on in this thread.
But hot damn if Sunny wasn’t amazing on the Jersey Shore last night. The waitress only being nice because she was on ecstasy? The doctor at the hospital? All of it. All of it was great.
I’ll admit I watch Jersey Shore. I thought season one was amazing, but season 2 and season 3… they were just nightmare material. Season 4 (I ran out of TV shows to watch!) where they are in Italy is kind of great again.
Season 3 was great at first, until it devolved into that Sammi-Ronnie mess. Season 2 was similarly affected by Sammi-Ronnie. I’m sure season 4 will somehow be ruined by them too.
The Office was super hilarious and, in my opinion, “won” or whatever, but I’ve never really watched it before so… all I know is PLANKING. Awesome.
Community was, I hate to say it, a little tired? I hope they bring something fresh to the 3rd season.
P&R awesome as always. I see great things in this season’s future.
Whitney was UGHGHGHGHGH. I left it on, and then realized the blonde goes to my bootcamp workout, so I continued to leave it on, and then I took a hot poker from the fire and gouged my eyes and ears. I don’t even know how I’m typing this right now.
I thought Zach Galifianakis was really good this week.
I’m a big Whitney fan! Just kidding? I didn’t like the pilot, probably because it was weak writing. It had nothing to do with the multicam format. Halle Kiefer’s Splitsider write-up is great (http://splitsider.com/2011/09/whitney-recap-pilot).
Halle Kiefer said something mean about Pokémon on tumblr so I unfollowed her and now she’s dead to me.
How cute was Andy last night:
SO cute!! His song was hilarious!!!!!
Which one? All of the Thursday Andys are the cutest Andys.
I agree!
Ughhhhh April, I love you.
Do you have an image of Andy’s reaction when he figured out it wasn’t a hilarious accident? His belated reaction was the best visual gag of the night.
This one?
I got through more of Outsourced last year than Whitney.
Guys, there was a BNPG in Community… POOP MOVIES.
The Beauty & The Beast
Inception
Dear John
Titanic
The Firm
There Will Be Blood
Precious
(Based on the novel Push)
The Third man
The Great escape
Splash
That Thing You Do, Big, they already mentioned Green Mile…
Guys, I think Tom Hanks has been playing this game for years.
Forrest Dump (I’ll show myself out.)
He is filming “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” right now…
Some Like It Hot
August Rush
The Big Lebowski
I know it’s way too late to matter anymore, but this thread=all the upvotes. So funny, you guys. Upvote for everybody!
IMAO, I feel like everything except for Community is a little too cloying. I generally like P+R for the funny parts but when it veers into relationship territory, I don’t like it. Same with office, although it doesn’t have Andy and Aziz to balance the little note cutes at the end.
Something that I noticed on second viewing:
So busy she needs two big folders and phones. Classic Knope stuff.
community: i’m more of a fan of the Dean just popping in, saying something gross and leaving, not so much when he’s involved with the plot….but gotta say this: when the show started i was really worried Chang was gunna be this rote, obnoxious jerk that Ken Joeng does 99% of the time, but he’s grown into probably the funniest character…”please don’t tell anyone im living here.”
the office: not all that fresh, but a solid set up to the new dynamic. looking forward to seeing Spader get weirder and darker. him and Ed Helms have a nice chemistry, right?
Parks & Rec: still got it! Ron Swanson: still the best.
Always Sunny: almost stopped watching last season, but i think it won the night…glad to see it back in top form!
That touch! ahahaha
Community Season 3: And rounding out the cast, Dr. Venture!
Oh man, It’s Always Sunny won the night. An episode that started in a rather boring manner grew into a crescendo of chaos and hilarity, as everyone had their “summer fun” at the Jersey Shore in one night. Dee getting her braided hair snapped off in a ride, taking angel dust with Dennis to “be cool” and helping rob banks and stores? Charlie and the Waitress spending a beautiful night together only to have her be on Ecstasy? Fat Mac and Frank eating RUM HAM with guidos?! Genius!
What the hell was Jack Donaghey’s assistant doing on Whitney?
trying to fool people into thinking it was ‘Outsourced’?
hopefully not getting renewed for a second season.
If anyone’s as interested in this stuff as I am, the ratings for last night were as follows:
Community 3.99 million
P & R 4.1 million
Office 7.6 million
Whitney 6.7 million
Source: http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/09/tv-ratings-x-factor-holds-charlies-angels-off-to-modest-start.html
The fact that Whitney beat out Community simply b/c it follows The Office makes me want to throw up!
GUYS, WE NEED TO WATCH MORE COMMUNITY AND PARKS AND REC.
Office/Whitney didn’t have to go up against a double dose of Big Bang Theory. Parks will probably do better in later weeks, and I think NBC understands that Community is in the ‘competitive’ spot of the night.
Some of my favorite lines! That you didn’t mention yet! (You really care!)
Abed: “We’ve registered at Linens & Things. We have plenty of linens; we mainly want the things.”
Shirley: “I don’t wanna push it, but this would be a great time to baptize him.”
Tom: “Andrew, my mandrew.”
Leslie: “That’s terrible. Or good. Full disclosure: I didn’t hear what you just said.”
Leslie & Ann: “Do you need to get that?” / “No, it’s just penises.”
Ron: “If any of you need anything… too bad.”
Ron: “I have the toes I have. Let’s just leave it at that.”
Jeff: “It is a scary, lonely, Chang-filled world out there.”
GIF request: Erin ripping the giant pad of paper to hide the list and reveal the words “business plan”.
AND Kevin walking around shouting “Warning! Warning!!” any time Robert California was coming in.
And Andy’s “pizza party” dance.
Hooray!
“Not my job, not my prob, I’m going to the warehouse to polish my knob” – Andy Bernard
I wish these shows, which are still my favorite shows, would concentrate more on being funny than warm and fuzzy. That bit at the end of the Office with Pam crying about Jim’s note made me shudder, and I could use less of Leslie and what’s his face’s romance on Parks & Rec.
I could use less of Pam crying….but I want more Ben and Leslie than EVER before.
I missed all of these guys so much! So much it might be kind of sad if I think about it too much, which I am steadfastly refusing to do! Can we talk about how kickass April on Parks and Rec is getting to be? I am loving that girl more and more. I was trying to think of a way I could be Janet Snakehole for Halloween.
Archer was really funny too!
Yeah. How did we all forget about Archer? It’s the best show for word play and cartoon asses on TV right now.