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What's a funny show that I should watch

PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited May 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey guys so I'm out of funny shows to watch. I'm all caught up with Venture Bros., Metalocalypse, Reno 911, Burn Notice and Family Guy and I need to be amused. So what's worth watching out there that will ideally make me also giggle

I'm in the process of getting caught up on Mad Men but it's kind of a little slow and serious sometimes. Movies are also good if they don't suck. I just watched Zombieland and loved it.

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    FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I like scrubs. House is supposed to be good. You may enjoy the office... Though I'd recommend the UK version first. If you like that, move to Extras.

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    HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Community

    Modern Family

    Archer

    EDIT: Parks and Recreation (second season)

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    Ramen NoodleRamen Noodle whoa, god has a picture of me! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Community

    Modern Family

    Archer

    EDIT: Parks and Recreation (second season)

    30 Rock also.

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    ZampanovZampanov You May Not Go Home Until Tonight Has Been MagicalRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Community

    Modern Family

    Archer

    EDIT: Parks and Recreation (second season)

    Parks and Rec has really found out what it's doing. Holy shit it's good now.


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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Spaced.

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    CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Psych, Californication, Always Sunny in Phili, Breaking Bad, Better off Ted, Steven Seagal: Lawman, Hyperdrive

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    I watched the UK Office and cringed half of the way through it. The American Office I watched up until they got engaged or whatever and fell out of habit with it. Dwight got pretty awesome though.

    Scrubs I thought was hells of funny when it first came out but man is that still ongoing? Does it not run out of steam?

    House is just silly. The character is fine, the show on the whole is just dumb. What's this Parks and Rec?

    Also I thought Wondershowzen was really awesome until they decided to just be obnoxious.

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    MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Drawn Together

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    Oh, seen Spaced and Always Sunny is totally awesome.

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    NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hacksaw wrote: »
    Archer

    Limed so hard.

    Its on hulu now. Watch it you will enjoy it

    (its written by the same guy(s) behind Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo.

    You should also watch Frisky Dingo if you haven't yet. The first episode is a little bland, but by the 2nd and 3rd episode things get glorious and stay their for the remainder of the series.

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    noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Arrested Development, Frisky Dingo, Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog(Not a show perse, but still awesome)

    If you liked the sensibilities of Scrubs, you might dig Cougar Town as it's by the same folks. Don't let the name throw you off. In fact, while at it watch Better of Ted and Modern Family.

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    MadnessBAMadnessBA Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    ... arrested development? but you've probably already seen it since everybody should have.

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    DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Archer

    How I Met Your Mother

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    Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Be like me and catch up on your classic British comedies. I managed to get a lot of old VHS tapes for free, though.

    You need Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister, and I guess Red Dwarf. Red Dwarf is probably the weakest overall for pure laughs, but it's charming enough.

    Slightly more recent I would suggest The Day Today. After that you owe it to yourself to catch up with Alan Partridge: first Knowing Me, Knowing You, then I'm Alan Partridge. The first series of I'm Alan Partridge especially: it's got to be, minute for minute, one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The writing is astounding.

    Also, and this is a long shot, People Like Us. The humour is so dry that some people I show it to don't even realize it's a comedy for the first 20 minutes of an episode, and they're really hard to find. I think most of the episodes are on youtube.

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    BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    30 rock! it is up for live streaming on netflix if you have it

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    mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Brass Eye
    Big Train
    I'm Alan Partridge
    Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

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    Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Black Books.

    Comedy quiz shows:
    Never Mind the Buzzcocks
    QI
    Mock the Week (lot of jokes based on Brit news, so actually probably not that great an idea)

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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Chuck and Castle, as far as shows currently airing. You could just start watching Castle without any major issues, but for Chuck you'd be a lot better off watching at least the major episodes of the first 2 seasons before watching what's on now.

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    Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    echoing Community, Modern Family, 30 Rock, and Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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    bentbent Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Off the top of my head are Mr. Show, Arrested Development, Garth Marenghis Darkplace. Also another vote for Spaced, back when Simon Pegg was great.

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    SliderSlider Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Page- wrote: »
    Be like me and catch up on your classic British comedies. I managed to get a lot of old VHS tapes for free, though.

    You need Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister, and I guess Red Dwarf. Red Dwarf is probably the weakest overall for pure laughs, but it's charming enough.

    Slightly more recent I would suggest The Day Today. After that you owe it to yourself to catch up with Alan Partridge: first Knowing Me, Knowing You, then I'm Alan Partridge. The first series of I'm Alan Partridge especially: it's got to be, minute for minute, one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The writing is astounding.

    Also, and this is a long shot, People Like Us. The humour is so dry that some people I show it to don't even realize it's a comedy for the first 20 minutes of an episode, and they're really hard to find. I think most of the episodes are on youtube.


    I'm also looking for some good [British] comedies.

    Add to your list, The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd, and Peep Show.

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    DragonPupDragonPup Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'll recommand Archer as well. Check the first two episodes on Hulu, they are.... just the tip

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    mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I came in here to say Sunny in philly

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    Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Slider wrote: »
    Page- wrote: »
    Be like me and catch up on your classic British comedies. I managed to get a lot of old VHS tapes for free, though.

    You need Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister, and I guess Red Dwarf. Red Dwarf is probably the weakest overall for pure laughs, but it's charming enough.

    Slightly more recent I would suggest The Day Today. After that you owe it to yourself to catch up with Alan Partridge: first Knowing Me, Knowing You, then I'm Alan Partridge. The first series of I'm Alan Partridge especially: it's got to be, minute for minute, one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The writing is astounding.

    Also, and this is a long shot, People Like Us. The humour is so dry that some people I show it to don't even realize it's a comedy for the first 20 minutes of an episode, and they're really hard to find. I think most of the episodes are on youtube.


    I'm also looking for some good [British] comedies.

    Add to your list, The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd, and Peep Show.

    The IT Crowd is pretty good, if only for Chris Morris as the boss. Other than that it's just above average sitcom. Like Black Books. Not bad, but not classic.

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    BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I was going to say How I Met Your Mother as well, but that was already taken.

    I would like to recommend J Pod. It was a pretty good canadian show, although very short lived. I don't think it lasted one season.

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    LorekLorek Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    DaemonSadi wrote: »
    Archer

    How I Met Your Mother

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    MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Big Bang Theory.

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    FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    If you haven't seen Frisky Dingo you are missing out. It's the best thing Adult Swim has put out.

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    WileyWiley In the dirt.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    They've both already been said, but Psych and Archer are good. I get a good laugh out of Community also.

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    Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    No one's mentioned Futurama yet.

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    Bartholamue wrote: »
    I was going to say How I Met Your Mother as well, but that was already taken.

    I would like to recommend J Pod. It was a pretty good canadian show, although very short lived. I don't think it lasted one season.

    Is it better than the book? Because I really couldn't get into the book given how much of it felt like an updated retread of microserfs.

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    BiopticBioptic Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Bartholamue wrote: »
    I was going to say How I Met Your Mother as well, but that was already taken.

    I would like to recommend J Pod. It was a pretty good canadian show, although very short lived. I don't think it lasted one season.

    Is it better than the book? Because I really couldn't get into the book given how much of it felt like an updated retread of microserfs.

    I gather it shares the basic setting and a few of the plotlines with the book (which I haven't read, for what it's worth), but is otherwise pretty fresh. I was turned off by the twee concept - 'quirky' IT types dicking around and angsting - but the cast and pacing were good enough to see me through a slightly shaky first episode, and I was solidly hooked after that. Annoyingly, it was another one of these series that just seemed to be getting into its stride upon cancellation, but I'd say the season's easily worth the meagre time investment.

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    WassermeloneWassermelone Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Cabezone wrote: »
    Breaking Bad

    Wat.

    Great show for sure... but... funny? o_O

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    JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    That Mitchell and Webb Look

    it is really good. You have netflix? first season is watch it now.

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    Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'll second Mitchell and Webb. Surprisingly consistent for a sketch show.

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    ElinElin Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    My husband loves Better Off Ted and cackles like a madman while watching it.

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    Mai-KeroMai-Kero Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Archer is hilarious.

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    ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Definitely definitely watch Psych and Community. Chuck is good too, as is Modern Family.

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    Mai-Kero wrote: »
    Archer is hilarious.

    Agreed

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    histronichistronic Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    If you have a subscription to netflix then I definitely recommend Weeds. Also, I'll tack another vote on for Arrested Development.

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