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post #31 of 50
10/28/11 at 11:37am
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This is rapidly turning into my favorite season of the show, with the "Shadynasty" episode the only real dud. If DirectTV removes the channels mid-season, I will be quite pissed.
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post #32 of 50
10/28/11 at 2:01pm
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This is rapidly turning into my favorite season of the show, with the "Shadynasty" episode the only real dud. If DirectTV removes the channels mid-season, I will be quite pissed.


I'm a Directv subscriber and I have to admit watching this last night was the first I'd heard about this contract squabble.  It was actually kind of funny seeing scrolling text of the network version of it right on top of Directv's version.  If it happens, I have to say this will be one time I think it would be completely acceptable to download a show by any means necessary.

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post #33 of 50
11/1/11 at 8:07am
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Looks like Fox and DirectTV have ironed out their differences.

Also, rewatching this one the other night, I loved all of the little asides the gang used in place of profanity. At one point I heard Dennis yell in anger, "Bedsheets! Sheets on a bed!!"

I must play "Chardee MacDennis," stat. My favorite bit has to be the classy wine and cheese, followed by the death metal war-dance before each new level.
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post #34 of 50
11/4/11 at 9:07am
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This week was less consistently-hilarious than "Chardee MacDennis," but I enjoyed it a lot. The old woman who collects hair killed me, but the expressions Mac and Dennis had at the end really put this episode over the top for me. I fear for V-Neck, Tall Mac, and Wider Dee.

(I'm not sure if V-Neck's group were actually supposed to be counterparts to Dennis, Mac, and Dee, but I feel it's possible. I guess it's more likely, however, that there are just a lot of chubby guys with facial hair and skinny blonde women in the U.S.)
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post #35 of 50
11/7/11 at 7:36am

 

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(I'm not sure if V-Neck's group were actually supposed to be counterparts to Dennis, Mac, and Dee, but I feel it's possible. I guess it's more likely, however, that there are just a lot of chubby guys with facial hair and skinny blonde women in the U.S.)


I was wondering the same thing, as it somehow reminded me of the Bizarro Jerry episode of Seinfeld.

 

 

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post #36 of 50
11/7/11 at 7:46am
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Do you guys think The Gang will eventually be responsible for somebody's death? I think the show, if it wants to keep topping itself, is going to come to that point eventually.

In the season premiere, they already ditched a body in a hallway without any ceremony**, Frank left that dog-hole in Cricket's throat, and -- let's face it, guys -- the Shusher was probably locked in the Y2K bunker without food or water.

Then again, who knows. After all, they've pretty much manage to fuck up every other plan they've ever come up with.


**except for Frank's eulogy of, "You were a good whore!"
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post #37 of 50
11/7/11 at 9:05am
"Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games" was written by Charlie Day & Rob McElhenney and "The Anti-Social Network" was written by Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton. It's nice to see the core guys writing more episodes again.
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In the season premiere, they already ditched a body in a hallway without any ceremony**
To be fair, they called the cops afterward. That takes class.
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post #38 of 50
11/10/11 at 8:35pm
Instant classic. I was laughing out loud pretty much from beginning to end. The finale scene, culminating in the fate of the vase, was just pure gold.
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post #39 of 50
11/11/11 at 11:58am

I couldn't get enough of Charlie constantly annoying Mac about getting some chips, as everyone is trying to figure out a plan.

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post #40 of 50
11/11/11 at 3:29pm
The fat jokes with regard to Mac were absolutely shameless this week. And I loved all of them.
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post #41 of 50
11/11/11 at 8:04pm

Didn't much care for this episode, but I give them credit for doing something different.  Definitely some very funny moments (Mac at the drive-in was hilarious, and the asian family), but it just seemed way out there as a whole.

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post #42 of 50
11/17/11 at 8:34pm
I remember reading an article from just before the season premiere that mentioned an episode shot during season 6 would air during the current run, and I wondered how it would work considering Mac's big size difference. It looks like they cannibalized it to make tonight's episode. Since everything in the confessional was far and away the funniest stuff in the episode, that was A-OK by me. It was clever how they intercut between Dennis and Charlie's weird fume-induced trance dance that was obviously shot for the original episode and the newly shot conversation that Fat Mac imagined Frank and Dee having in the same room.
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post #43 of 50
11/18/11 at 11:25am

So-so episode.  Frank putting up the two extra stop signs thinking it would stop all traffic was funny.  What was up with Charlie being the smart one in this episode?

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post #44 of 50
11/18/11 at 11:56am
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Charlie's mesmerizing techno-dance was a huge standout for me, last night.

So, they actually did film all that stuff long before filming for the main season began, and then shot the rest after Fat Mac had reached his peak? Just the commitment alone makes this episode amazing. And was the bar really busy, or was that just bullshit for Mac's story? Was it all a "Usual Suspects"-esque ruse in order to blame the gang for his obesity?

"Glory unto You, Ghost-Man in the sky..."

Delighted by the "crevice"-bit. Also, Huffer Charlie looks like a lost McPoyle-brother.
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post #45 of 50
11/18/11 at 12:49pm
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So, they actually did film all that stuff long before filming for the main season began, and then shot the rest after Fat Mac had reached his peak? Just the commitment alone makes this episode amazing.
Not exactly. They'd shot an extra episode during Season 6 that didn't air, for whatever reason. I remember promos for the sixth season as a whole with footage that appeared to be filmed for the episode. It looks like they chopped it up and mixed it with newly shot footage to turn it into a story about Mac's weight gain. AFAIK, everything with Dennis, Charlie and skinny Mac was shot for that original episode. Only the confessional booth framing device and Mac's imagined conversation between Frank and Dee at the end were shot this season.
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post #46 of 50
12/8/11 at 9:35pm
When you wait 7 years to reveal a character's full name, it better be awesome. And Mac's name definitely way.

I wonder if Nikki whatsherface is the Waitress?
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post #47 of 50
12/9/11 at 9:05am
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Goddammit, Adam, I just came in here about to post the same theory (re: The Waitress). Ninja'd! (by about 11 hours, but still ninja'd)

"Don't tell me how to mix my own inhalants. I know how to do inhalants."

And I can't decide if I want next week's episode to more of the gang getting shit on, or if I want them to get their revenge -- it could go either way on this show.

Looking forward to "Plan B."
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post #48 of 50
12/9/11 at 11:44am
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Goddammit, Adam, I just came in here about to post the same theory (re: The Waitress). Ninja'd! (by about 11 hours, but still ninja'd)
Just when I was feeling all smug, but then Glenn Howerton tweeted this:

Sorry, but the Waitress' name is not Nikki Potnick. If u wanna know who N.Potnick is, re-watch S.1 Underage Drinking. First 10 mins.


Sure enough, found the clip here, and Nikki Potnick is the classmate whose car they drove into a tree on Kelly Drive, while Sweet Dee was in the backseat puking all over the headrest.

So either they wanted to keep one character's name a mystery, or we've got an even better reveal in part 2.
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post #49 of 50
12/9/11 at 12:02pm

If Glenn Howerton says it, I suppose it has to be true, but I don't know how that clip proves it's not her.

 

Pretty funny seeing a much skinnier (and younger) Mac.

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post #50 of 50
12/11/11 at 7:50pm
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Sorry, but the Waitress' name is not Nikki Potnick. If u wanna know who N.Potnick is, re-watch S.1 Underage Drinking. First 10 mins.

Interestingly enough, IIRC, Someone referred to Mac's name being Kyle in that same episode.

Wonder why Fatty Magoo doesn't seem to be present at the reunion so far.

As far as the Waitress's name, feeling stupid that the thought that Nikki Potnick was her name went over my head. But my thought going into the episode was that how would they explain no nametag for The Waitress (assuming her name was not going to be revealed). So when she said she couldn't find her's, I just assumed the description of her being so forgettable was the excuse. But, I guess in the end, I was right.
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