Comments on: In Praise of Half-Hour Comedies http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 14 May 2026 10:22:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steph http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141&cpage=1#comment-16647 Steph Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:30:37 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141#comment-16647 I'm with you on essentially all of these (some I haven't seen - namely, Better Off Ted). HIMYM and The Office are weekly must-sees at our place, and 30 Rock we marathon on weekends after a few episode have passed (for some reason, I feel no need to watch it on a weekly basis. I find it really funny - sometimes laughing so hard I have to pause the episodes - and yet it somehow doesn't grab me the same way the other two do.). I've only seen the pilot of Parks & Rec, which I didn't think was that great, but it was the pilot so I intend to watch the more recent eps at some point to give it some time to grow (after all the first episode of the US Office wasn't exactly stellar either). Only other half hour comedy we watch is Flight of the Conchords, which I think is no longer for this world, which makes me sad, but it had a great run while it was going. Unrelated largely but having to do with tv, I'm still watching Dollhouse. I think the show is improving and I'm still interested in seeing where certain plotlines are going, but there are still elements about it that feel off... I’m with you on essentially all of these (some I haven’t seen - namely, Better Off Ted). HIMYM and The Office are weekly must-sees at our place, and 30 Rock we marathon on weekends after a few episode have passed (for some reason, I feel no need to watch it on a weekly basis. I find it really funny - sometimes laughing so hard I have to pause the episodes - and yet it somehow doesn’t grab me the same way the other two do.). I’ve only seen the pilot of Parks & Rec, which I didn’t think was that great, but it was the pilot so I intend to watch the more recent eps at some point to give it some time to grow (after all the first episode of the US Office wasn’t exactly stellar either). Only other half hour comedy we watch is Flight of the Conchords, which I think is no longer for this world, which makes me sad, but it had a great run while it was going.

Unrelated largely but having to do with tv, I’m still watching Dollhouse. I think the show is improving and I’m still interested in seeing where certain plotlines are going, but there are still elements about it that feel off…

]]> By: dawn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141&cpage=1#comment-16646 dawn Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:22:09 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141#comment-16646 Me too! I was singing Night Cheese to myself as I made a sandwich this morning... sans Slanket, though. Me too! I was singing Night Cheese to myself as I made a sandwich this morning… sans Slanket, though.

]]> By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141&cpage=1#comment-16645 carolyn Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:07:50 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141#comment-16645 pretty sure Better Off Ted has been cancelled. I guess I'll watch it on DVD. I'm loving The Office and HIMYM both a lot this year but 30 Rock just lost me with its first five or so episodes just being absolutely unfunny. Have not been able to get back into it. And so not interested in Parks & Recreation! This week's HIMYM? I was laughing straight through the entire thing! pretty sure Better Off Ted has been cancelled. I guess I’ll watch it on DVD. I’m loving The Office and HIMYM both a lot this year but 30 Rock just lost me with its first five or so episodes just being absolutely unfunny. Have not been able to get back into it. And so not interested in Parks & Recreation!

This week’s HIMYM? I was laughing straight through the entire thing!

]]> By: v http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141&cpage=1#comment-16644 v Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:16:58 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=2141#comment-16644 Have you tried "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS? Comic/BSG/geek quotient is high, for better or worse. Have you tried “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS? Comic/BSG/geek quotient is high, for better or worse.

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