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We watched Better Off Ted last night. I liked the show but the dialogue seemed to come fast and furious almost like they were trying to set up everything in 30 minutes that could have been done over a couple of shows.
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The show is doomed because I actually liked it.
I liked the over the top products. This is set in my world which probably makes it funnier to me than others.
Favorite lines from last night:
"We need a mouse that can survive at 190 degrees"
"Computer mouse or live mouse?"
"I'll have to get back to you"
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I watch a lot of television - probably
way too much.
Well, I'm probably in the minority here but I thought the show was
absolutely dreadful. It tried to take the theme from several other shows (
The Office, Mad Men and
Testes come to mind immediately and I'm sure there are many others) and put it together in a format that appeared to me as trying to be cutting edge and trying too hard. To me it was derivative drivel. As I mentioned in another ABC thread, this is the first time I ever remember cancelling my DVR "Season Pass" while watching the premiere episode. The very capable cast (the reason I was enthusiastic about its debut in the first place) deserves a lot better than this.
But what can we expect from
ABC? Remember, this is the network that has killed
Life on Mars,
Eli Stone and
Pushing Up Daisies only to substitute this garbage?!?
Big time.
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Due to its pedigree, I so wanted to like this that I gave it a lot of leeway. In the end, it was just okay (I didn't snort or guffaw even once) but I'll try it again next week. Sometimes it takes shows like this a few episodes to really find itself.
And for the record, I didn't mind the precocious daughter at all. Perhaps because I have one myself.
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I enjoyed last nights episode. I hope this show does well enough to at least stay for a full season.
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Eagle cry!
I loved it. Didn't know there was a second episode airing so soon, I just saw the premiere episode the other day,
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i'm kinda liking this show even though it's not very original. as much as i like Portia de Rossi (especially in Arrested Development), i find her acting/character the weakest on the show. it's the most unnatural. hopefully she develops it, or her lines get better.
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i'm kinda liking this show even though it's not very original. as much as i like Portia de Rossi (especially in Arrested Development), i find her acting/character the weakest on the show. it's the most unnatural. hopefully she develops it, or her lines get better.
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Her character is supposed to be odd though -- unable to do small talk, amazing at having no sense of morality in business, unparalleled vanity, etc. I think she will indeed grow on us as her character starts to have other known traits.
But these sorts of humor shows are ALWAYS canceled very soon after they start. Andy Richter Controls the Universe was like this too. Pushing Daisies was a bit like this (except Daisies was more of a drama). Networks executives always get scared that this kind of humor isn't what they vaguely remember having watched on tv back when they still watched tv, and they axe them.
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I just loved that Blobby tasted like despair. That sounds exactly like what lab grown meat would taste like.
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How did I get wet?
No one knows. Perhaps you urinated.
In my face?
*shrug*
And that was the last time I really laughed. But hey, it's one more laugh than the pilot.
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I'm glad I stuck with this show (although more out of inertia than anything else since I record it after Scrubs anyway), because episode four was HILARIOUS. Actually, three was pretty good, but four was as good as any Andy Richter Controls the Universe episode. If it stays this funny, it's sure to be cancelled.
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I just caught it online. "Operation White Shadow" HAHA! This was the best episode so far.
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This show is pleasantly funny. The pacing is what makes it fun to watch.
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