TV 19 - Simpsons Did It

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Emmy noms out. Happy to see Schitts Creek get so much love, along with Succession. Succession has three male nominees alone for supporting actor- go Greg!!

puzzled as to the snubs of bob odenkirk and rhea seehorn though.

 

[SonofSouthie]

Fear City: New York vs The Mafia on Netflix. If you know nothing or next to nothing about the NY mob it's a pretty good take. From the books I've read and shows, movies, documentaries, etc that I've seen there wasn't really anything new. The interviews were pretty cool.
They even had lumpy dump trump and after watching I did a little nosing around and found this,

https://www.esquire.com/entertainmen...ies-explained/

 

[French Rage]

Emmy noms out. Happy to see Schitts Creek get so much love, along with Succession. Succession has three male nominees alone for supporting actor- go Greg!!

puzzled as to the snubs of bob odenkirk and rhea seehorn though.

Also puzzled as to the continued nominations of black-ish.

 

[Handyman]

Schitts Creek takes a bit. I think I originally quit after like 4 episodes but by the end of season 1 it starts to get its feet under it. Seasons 3 and 4 are outstanding IIRC. I am finishing the final season now cause my gf binged it and she had the same issues you did...in fact this is her second time trying and she now is about to cry cause tonight we will finish it.

You have to cut it a bit of slack because it is basically Dan Levy and Eugene Levy (mostly Dan) on their own with almost no budget building this whole thing. I think Dan knew where he wanted to go with it but getting there took turns he wasnt expecting. Once it kind of stops trying to be a sitcom and focuses on how the family is evolving it just gets super good. Eugene Levy really starts to shine with his subtlety and jack of all trades abilities.

It isnt the greatest thing of all time but when it gets good I would put it on equal footing with shows like Arrested Development. (seasons 1-2 of AR are fantastic...the rest are mediocre) The way the family and the town change is pretty awesome.

Man I wish there was an SCTV reunion. I used to watch the re-runs when I was a kid and I liked it more than SNL. (and I LOVED SNL)

 

[Handyman]

Also puzzled as to the continued nominations of black-ish.

Whats wrong with that? The show has definitely outlived its time (as most sitcoms on Network TV do) but I think it earns it just cause they do 1-2 really brilliant (often not funny and not meant to be) episodes a season. I am not sure it was from the last year but the episode where Dre has to give a presentation about a famous Black Person person for the end of Black History Month was fantastic. Speaking as an educator whose gf is also an educator the way it took education to task over the coverage of Blacks in school (Black History month discusses the same like 4 people and nothing else) and how this should be expanded was right on the money. Hell I learned what Juneteenth was because of that show. The episode where Dre and his son call the cops on all the Air BnBers (since they are Landowners) on all the White People but then refuse to on the Black People (and the consequences when they do end up being called) is pretty on point for right now.

I wish it was on FX cause man the fun they would have (the creator is a really interesting guy and much of the stories of the family are based on his family) but it is a pretty clever show especially compared to much of the crap that is out there.

Plus my gfs Trumper relatives hate it because they say, and this is a direct quote "That show is racist against White People!". That alone is worthy of Emmy Noms every year :-D

 

[Kepler]

Succession has three male nominees alone for supporting actor- go Greg!!

Greg had a good season; he's coming into his own as a sh-t in his own right. I assume the other two are Papa and Sad Face? Country Goofball must be sad.

Edit: oh, supporting. I get it now. So basically all the guys got nominated:

Papa
Sad Face
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Country Goofball
Angel's Son
Greg
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6 Feet Under Dude Who Always Plays the President

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Greg had a good season; he's coming into his own as a sh-t in his own right. I assume the other two are Papa and Sad Face? Country Goofball must be sad.

Papa is up for best actor. Kendal and Roman up with Greg.

siobhan is up for best supporting female too

 

[Kepler]

Papa is up for best actor. Kendal and Roman up with Greg.

siobhan is up for best supporting female too

I thought it was:

Best actor (2): Logan and Kendal
Best supporting actor (3): Roman, Tom, Greg
Best guest actor (1): Erwan

Of all the characters on the show Shiv disgusts me the most and strikes me as the most real. That is the sort of hateful, un-self-aware monster which that class creates. The others are comic stereotypes but she's real. Maybe that means the actress is the best of the bunch.

But when a show hauls in a ton of nominations it isn't the acting, it's the writing. Armstrong is the genius in that show; the rest are riding coat tails.

 

[Kepler]

Schitts Creek takes a bit

Episode 2 was better. Once you get outside the immediate family and have interactions between them and the locals, it can breath and grow. I have high hopes based mostly on people from here who I respect telling me they like it.

 

[French Rage]

Whats wrong with that? The show has definitely outlived its time (as most sitcoms on Network TV do) but I think it earns it just cause they do 1-2 really brilliant (often not funny and not meant to be) episodes a season. I am not sure it was from the last year but the episode where Dre has to give a presentation about a famous Black Person person for the end of Black History Month was fantastic. Speaking as an educator whose gf is also an educator the way it took education to task over the coverage of Blacks in school (Black History month discusses the same like 4 people and nothing else) and how this should be expanded was right on the money. Hell I learned what Juneteenth was because of that show. The episode where Dre and his son call the cops on all the Air BnBers (since they are Landowners) on all the White People but then refuse to on the Black People (and the consequences when they do end up being called) is pretty on point for right now.

I wish it was on FX cause man the fun they would have (the creator is a really interesting guy and much of the stories of the family are based on his family) but it is a pretty clever show especially compared to much of the crap that is out there.

Plus my gfs Trumper relatives hate it because they say, and this is a direct quote "That show is racist against White People!". That alone is worthy of Emmy Noms every year :-D

Maybe I gave up too early but I never saw one of these amazing episodes. All I saw were the ones where Anthony Anderson screams high-pitch about something for 21 minutes. If you want to have an insightful show about hard-hitting societal issues, your first move should not be to cast anyone from Kangaroo Jack.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I thought it was:

Best actor (2): Logan and Kendal
Best supporting actor (3): Roman, Tom, Greg
Best guest actor (1): Erwan

Of all the characters on the show Shiv disgusts me the most and strikes me as the most real. That is the sort of hateful, un-self-aware monster which that class creates. The others are comic stereotypes but she's real. Maybe that means the actress is the best of the bunch.

But when a show hauls in a ton of nominations it isn't the acting, it's the writing. Armstrong is the genius in that show; the rest are riding coat tails.

Yep I had it wrong

 

[French Rage]

It's easier to remember if we refer to Kendall Roy as Kyle Shanahan.

 

[French Rage]

I know it's popular with even some halfway smart people so I will try. I was actually prepared to love it and really surprised the pilot sucked so bad. And like I said I could watch Levy and Elliott all day just whittle sticks -- they are both amazing at what they do. Catherine O'Hara was lame with SCTV and still is but it's very cool to see at least a small part of the Greatest Comedy Troupe Evar !!!111! reassembled. Is Andrea Martin still alive? How about Dave Thomas? (Fun fact, Dave Thomas' dad was the head of the Philosophy department at McMaster). There's no way they're getting Joe Flaherty from those high-paying gigs.

I didn't think the pilot was bad, but it did feel like it was missing a little bit of something, but now that we're 6 or so episodes in it gets rolling more. Just give it some time for the characters and interactions to get more fleshed out. In the meantime, enjoy a glass of fruit wine!

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

It's easier to remember if we refer to Kendall Roy as Kyle Shanahan.

I really hope Jeremy strong wins. His portrayal of Kendal is amazing

 

[Handyman]

Maybe I gave up too early but I never saw one of these amazing episodes. All I saw were the ones where Anthony Anderson screams high-pitch about something for 21 minutes. If you want to have an insightful show about hard-hitting societal issues, your first move should not be to cast anyone from Kangaroo Jack.

Yeah if you dont like AA then it can be hard to watch. His freakouts make me laugh. The episode where he cant swim but gets angry cause everyone assumes he cant swim cause he is Black...which he admits is actually true and even I think chronicles why historically Black People cant swim is still a favorite of my gfs. But yeah if you dont like him you wont like the show until they flesh out the other characters like his Mom or the older daughter. (who now has her own show)

 

[Kepler]

I really hope Jeremy strong wins. His portrayal of Kendal is amazing

Agree. He has fantastic emotional range and he is terrific on that knife edge where you hate him but are also weirdly rooting for him, at least to destroy the others but also to somehow be redeemed.

I don't want Kendal to be happy, but I do want him to be at peace. After he suffers a lot more.

 

[Slap Shot]

I don't mind the occasional time-waster of a show here and there (for instance the first few seasons of Wipeout back in the day) so when I stumbled upon Holey Moley I thought, "Ok, why not?". Ehhhh. Normally I would blame Covid for something this insidious to be getting prime time airplay but it's already season 2? I like that Rob Riggle guy enough but I gave it 20 minutes and turned it off. Do not want.

 

[Handyman]

Oh lord the end of Schitts Creek...perfect! Last 3 episodes are excellent!

 

[Slap Shot]

I had never watched S1 of The League before and thankfully so far it holds up. “Respect the sidebar” is a great line, the ball-hair joint and the Taco birthday song are great reminders why this show rocked.

I finally started The Devil Next Door have watched 2 episodes so far. Beyond the actual trial itself (guilty or innocent) the witness testimony has been extremely moving. It’s not necessarily new in that the atrocities have been well known, but hearing them from people so closely removed from the camps is hard to watch but necessary. 75 years on and sometimes it feels like we’ve learned nothing.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I had never watched S1 of The League before and thankfully so far it holds up. “Respect the sidebar” is a great line, the ball-hair joint and the Taco birthday song are great reminders why this show rocked.

I finally started The Devil Next Door have watched 2 episodes so far. Beyond the actual trial itself (guilty or innocent) the witness testimony has been extremely moving. It’s not necessarily new in that the atrocities have been well known, but hearing them from people so closely removed from the camps is hard to watch but necessary. 75 years on and sometimes it feels like we’ve learned nothing.

The league first three seasons are great