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  1. 22 hours ago, Fud said:

    I'd watch the two dozen or so very good British murder mysteries, or the OG Twin Peaks, before that 

     

    I like the British shows too, but I thought The Killing was great.  Would watch again.

    And now thanks to @Catdaddyhorn I'm not going to get that comparison out of my head every Sunday while watching MoE.  That and Murder Durder.

  2. On 5/10/2021 at 8:33 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

    No it wasn’t. It was obvious after episode one. Maybe you were surprised when Ross and Rachel wound up together, or Leonard and Penny, but you shouldn’t have been. The whole “Will they or won’t they?” plot line was pioneered with Sam and Diane on Cheers. Seinfeld specifically avoided it because it was so obvious but they still toyed with the idea of Jerry and Elaine winding up together. I couldn’t even tell you the characters names but if you didn’t know who the mother was going to be in HIMYM after the first episode then you sort of suck at sitcoms.

     

    On 5/10/2021 at 9:47 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

    I thought the show sucked but I watched the first episode and I was amazed that anyone acted as though the outcome wasn’t set in stone from day one. Did you or did you not say the outcome was pretty damn surprising? I didn’t put those words in your mouth. You said them. I quoted you fairly and accurately. There wasn’t one thing that was surprising about that ending. I could’ve told you how the show was going to end the day after the first episode aired. 

     

    @longhornmatt said the part with him ending up with Robin was predicable.  He then said the part of revealing who the mother actually was and her fate was surprising, which it was.  It wasn't necessarily a good surprise, but it was kind of out of left field compared to how the last two season had been built up.

    Judging by your bolded comments above, it sounds like you still don't know who the mother was.   That's fine since you probably didn't watch, but FYI, it wasn't Robin, which you seem to keep implying.  It was a new character played by an actress you don't meet until the final season, so I really doubt you guessed who it was nine seasons before the character was introduced.  

  3. 10 hours ago, Etexhorn13 said:

    Honestly, why do y’all still watch this shit? I’m 30, and the good SNL stopped happening before I went to college. I’ve seen skits on YouTube sometimes and the occasional episode but I’d never make it a point to actually watch. None of these people are that funny, and they almost all seem like gigantic bitches  

     

    I think the writing is a bigger problem than the cast.  When it's good, the cast has no problems being funny.  I just can't understand how something like the Iceland skit made it to air unless they just ran out of time and had nothing else to fill airtime with.

    I think Keenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Beck Bennett, and Heidi Gardner are all serviceable cast members that can be put in a sketch and be funny so long as it's a decent sketch.  Colin Jost and Michael Che are very good at Weekend Update, which is still, as it always was, a highlight most weeks.  

    Kyle Mooney and Melissa Villasenior are both funny and very underutilized most of the time.  Pete Davidson and Kate McKinnon are both overused, IMO, and aren't as funny as their airtime suggests.  I guess it's popular since it's a reoccurring bit, but I don't really find the "Chad" sketches funny at all. 

    They do need new blood in the cast though to shake things up.

     

  4. What happens in my brain:

     

    What's 47+28?  Okay.  47.....57....67....what was the other number? Shit...I need to check...oh yeah, it was 28.  Okay, so 47....57....67 plus 8...why does my stomach keep growling?  Have I not eaten?  What am I going to get for lunch today?  Probably tacos.  I need to sneak out of here soon.  Wait...what am I doing?  Okay, concentrate.  Let's see...47....I mean 67 plus 8 is...75?  Yes, 75.

  5. 1 minute ago, BrickHorn said:

    Was Community on the list? If so, I missed it. That show petered out in the later seasons, but had an amazing run that is unmatched by any sitcom I’ve ever seen.

     

    It was.  I can't remember the number, but it was in there.

    Community is like Arrested Development.  Both shows had three perfect seasons before being sabatoged by their networks and then subsequent seasons that were completely disappointing by the original seasons' standards.

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  6. 1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

    Cheers and Seinfeld are in a class of their own. 

     Next group I don't really care how you list them.

     

    I was a little young when Cheers was on the air and didn't watch it until it was streaming on Netflix, but I thought the show took a nosedive in the Kirstie Alley years.  Loved the earlier seasons though.  I thought Frasier was great too.

    Also if you're grading shows based on how good they are overall and not just how good or innovative they were in (insert year) compared to what else was on in that era,  I'd choose Curb over Seinfeld any day.

     

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  7. 20 hours ago, Js1 said:

    McConnell said today their mission is to stop Biden’s agenda at all costs

    Psaki responded (paraphrase) that their mission is to help the American people as much as possible. 

     

    McConnell "Our mission is to stop Biden's agenda at all costs."

     

    Manchin:  "We can't touch the filibuster.  We need to find a way to work in a bipartisan manner with the minority."

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  8. 28 minutes ago, Snacks said:

    in this case it means i don't give a shit about Ted Cruz, but i do find it interesting that he gets so much attention so easily... the "no such thing as bad publicity" thing works for him.

    of course, shaggysurly cloak room interprets that as a reason to fight about whether Ted Cruz is a good Senator.

     

    He gets attention because he spends the majority of his time seeking it through the media and Twitter.  It's mostly all he does.

    This is a political board for the most part made up of Texans, former Texans, or people with some connection to Texas through the university.  Ted Cruz is going to receive our attention and be discussed.

  9. Finally got around to watching this a couple of nights ago since it was leaving HBO Max.  The three fights were cool, and that's about it. Barely anything resembling a story and zero effort spent on developing a single interesting human character.  Will not watch again.

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  10. 9 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

     

     

    I don't see any cause for alarm.  The Big East lasted, what, a good six years after this before throwing in the towel on football altogether??

     

    Baghdad Bob | Adventures in Project Management

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  11. I tried to see this last weekend but it was only in a couple of theaters and sold out at the only time I could see it.  (Weird as hell seeing a movie sold out, but whatever).

    Is it for rent anywhere on streaming platforms yet for less than $20?

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