So what have you guys been watching lately?

[Jrecee]

I loved Seinfeld as well and thought kramer entering a door was hilarious. Just the way he bust through and his facial expressions crack me up.

There were times when his physical comedy was funny, but other times he would just walk in and the laughter and applause was endless, mostly in later seasons.

[MrPopo]

I like Seinfeld, but I never found Kramer entering a door to be funny. It's that typical hype around a character that has nothing to do with whether they're funny or not that develops on many sitcoms. The characters get reduced down to a quirk or catchphrase, and then the writers constantly fall back on it. I remember Mad TV had a character called Stuart who I despised. He'd show up on screen and people would applaud for 2 minutes straight. Then he'd say "I don't wanna say!" and the audience would laugh for 2 minutes straight whie the actors struggled to maintain a rediculously long comedic beat.

Ugh, Stuart was basically everything that was wrong with MadTV in a single sketch.

[TSTR]

The "Big Pants" sketch from MADTV is still hilarious to me.

[Luke]

Ugh, Stuart was basically everything that was wrong with MadTV in a single sketch.

Makes for a cheap and recognizable Halloween costume though.

I put Key and Peele at Madtv levels of funny.

SNL! Last night was a big step up after the pretty terrible season opener. Chris Pratt was okay on the opener, but you could smell the cast's nervousness. Timing was off, and the skits may have had on read through with zero edits. Seemed very amateurish.

But again, last night's episode made sizable improvements. Hader got a bit too "Hadery" as the show progressed, however all in all it was a good show.

[Luke]

It's always sunny in Philadelphia is quite great.

ah ha! yes, though I'm 2 seasons behind or so I do quite like Sunny. Yeah, that gives me five since the 90s

Kids in the Hall?

[dsheinem]

It's always sunny in Philadelphia is quite great.

ah ha! yes, though I'm 2 seasons behind or so I do quite like Sunny. Yeah, that gives me five since the 90s

Kids in the Hall?

88-94, not a sitcom

[Luke]

88-94, not a sitcom

Damn. And Roseanne started in the 80's too.

News Radio was pretty good, but far from great. Eh, I like multiple viewings of the few short seasons. Hartman was great.

Blasto!

[prfsnl_gmr]

I can count the number of sitcoms I've watched with regularity since the 90s on one hand. I can only remember, in fact, actively watching three ...

The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Development

...and I started watching Mike Judge's Silicon Valley last year, which is pretty good.

Otherwise, TV sucks at comedy. So does much of film for the past decade or so, too.

You don't watch Louie? If not, then you should...

[dsheinem]

I can count the number of sitcoms I've watched with regularity since the 90s on one hand. I can only remember, in fact, actively watching three ...

The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Development

...and I started watching Mike Judge's Silicon Valley last year, which is pretty good.

Otherwise, TV sucks at comedy. So does much of film for the past decade or so, too.

You don't watch Louie? If not, then you should...

Oh shit! Yes, i do - religiously. Didn't feel much like a sitcom this year, though

[Luke]

You don't watch Louie? If not, then you should...

Spoiled for nsfw stuff...

The first time I watched Louie, I was in a room with people who were...a bit "Christiany". The first scene was Louie and his wife in bed, his wife obviously wanting to sleep. Louie prattled on, and on, and on, and on about his problems, and soon we see his wife give Louie a under the sheets handjob. He comes, he shuts his mouth, and the wife gets her sleep.

Even in a well diversified group, we all laughed, and even more, related to that situation. The "WTF do I have to do to get you to shut up?" situation.

It could have been the wife complaining and Louie giving her a back rub, but the way the show handled it (chuckle chuckle) was perfect.