It was funny?Watched this based on this thread. I chuckled a few times and might give it one more shot but I have no clue WTF you guys see in this show. It wasnt really funny. The scenes with the kids were funny but thats about it.
I had forgotten this. Who the hell brushes their teeth whilst crapping? That might have been the funniest part of the episode to me.I still think that this is some of the funniest stuff I have ever seen on TV, the humor is right down my alley. The girl with the Herp on her lip is priceless. I thought it was pretty funny that he told his SIL and Brother that he had his jet ski was jacked while on the lake. Dunno maybe it is my humor, but I thought the stealing of the toilet paper was funny.
Just freakin hilarious/nasty when he spits his toothpaste between his legs into the toilet.I had forgotten this. Who the hell brushes their teeth whilst crapping? That might have been the funniest part of the episode to me.I still think that this is some of the funniest stuff I have ever seen on TV, the humor is right down my alley. The girl with the Herp on her lip is priceless. I thought it was pretty funny that he told his SIL and Brother that he had his jet ski was jacked while on the lake. Dunno maybe it is my humor, but I thought the stealing of the toilet paper was funny.
:( "I saw your ####."Just freakin hilarious/nasty when he spits his toothpaste between his legs into the toilet.I had forgotten this. Who the hell brushes their teeth whilst crapping? That might have been the funniest part of the episode to me.I still think that this is some of the funniest stuff I have ever seen on TV, the humor is right down my alley. The girl with the Herp on her lip is priceless. I thought it was pretty funny that he told his SIL and Brother that he had his jet ski was jacked while on the lake. Dunno maybe it is my humor, but I thought the stealing of the toilet paper was funny.
I dunno. Will Ferrell doing the 'wooo!' thing and the slapnuts had me cracking up.I'm iffy on the show. It has moments, but I definitely can't see fresh jokes lasting an entire season. To me, Will Ferral is beyond stale, the less of him the better.
That was original and funny...loved his white long hair wig he was wearing.I dunno. Will Ferrell doing the 'wooo!' thing and the slapnuts had me cracking up.I'm iffy on the show. It has moments, but I definitely can't see fresh jokes lasting an entire season. To me, Will Ferral is beyond stale, the less of him the better.
Hated the woo, loved the ball-grabbing.I dunno. Will Ferrell doing the 'wooo!' thing and the slapnuts had me cracking up.I'm iffy on the show. It has moments, but I definitely can't see fresh jokes lasting an entire season. To me, Will Ferral is beyond stale, the less of him the better.
Nothing about that was original. He's pretty much playing the same character that he has been in his last four or five movies. To me its like a kid has found an act or line that made people laugh and they just keep beating it to death until everyone wants to scream "ENOUGH ALREADY! WE GOT IT THE FIRST DAMN TIME! IT WAS STILL FUNNY THE SECOND BUT THIS IS THE ####### EIGHT-HUNDREDTH-AND-FOURTY-THIRD TIME YOU BLOATEDLY YELLED SOME CHAUVANISTIC NONSENSE!"That was original and funny...loved his white long hair wig he was wearing.I dunno. Will Ferrell doing the 'wooo!' thing and the slapnuts had me cracking up.I'm iffy on the show. It has moments, but I definitely can't see fresh jokes lasting an entire season. To me, Will Ferral is beyond stale, the less of him the better.
Thanks, I don't have on demand and didn't see the first one. Def better than the 2nd episode."What's his ####in' name? Shrek?Your Mother said:
Good premise, but they need better writing.Watched this based on this thread. I chuckled a few times and might give it one more shot but I have no clue WTF you guys see in this show. It wasnt really funny. The scenes with the kids were funny but thats about it.
Thinking more about this show and if they had episodes when Kenny Powers was a star (flash back episodes) that could add legs to the show. It could be funny to see the stuff he did / went through after winning the World Series.Funny but can't see how they'll keep it going more than a half dozen shows. Will get old really quick.
The slapnuts was original or I haven't seen a show before where one guy did that to another. I think he grabassed him as well.Kendall said:Nothing about that was original. He's pretty much playing the same character that he has been in his last four or five movies. To me its like a kid has found an act or line that made people laugh and they just keep beating it to death until everyone wants to scream "ENOUGH ALREADY! WE GOT IT THE FIRST DAMN TIME! IT WAS STILL FUNNY THE SECOND BUT THIS IS THE ####### EIGHT-HUNDREDTH-AND-FOURTY-THIRD TIME YOU BLOATEDLY YELLED SOME CHAUVANISTIC NONSENSE!"Walton Goggins said:That was original and funny...loved his white long hair wig he was wearing.Reg Lllama of Brixton said:I dunno. Will Ferrell doing the 'wooo!' thing and the slapnuts had me cracking up.Kendall said:I'm iffy on the show. It has moments, but I definitely can't see fresh jokes lasting an entire season. To me, Will Ferral is beyond stale, the less of him the better.
But it looks like he might be going a different way in Land of the Lost, so I could give him the benefit of the doubt.
I don't know how you can compare the trainwreck that was John from Cincinnati with this show. JFC wasn't even a comedy.johnnycakes said:And., so far, fwiw, John from Cincinnati had more (and better) one-liners than East Bound and Down... that show didn't make it, and this one will be a one-season wonder, too, if it doesn't pick up.
I still can't figure out how JFC was ever given the green lightI don't know how you can compare the trainwreck that was John from Cincinnati with this show. JFC wasn't even a comedy.johnnycakes said:And., so far, fwiw, John from Cincinnati had more (and better) one-liners than East Bound and Down... that show didn't make it, and this one will be a one-season wonder, too, if it doesn't pick up.
Moe Green said:This show is freaking awesome.P.S. MEH, :hi:
Yeah, they should've brought in some stunt doubles for when he throws. His mechanics are pretty awful.Although IIRC, John Rocker wasn't a picture of beauty on the mound either.One thing I'm noticing is that he kinda throws like a girl. Well, maybe not that bad, but not athletic at all, and definitely nothing like a former MLB star.
It a pseudo popular game amoung people I knew many moons ago. I'm sure it was garnered from some stupid movie or show, therefore, unoriginal in my eyes. I just feel like Ferral playing a loud, pompus ### is played out. We get it. He's basically carried his Robert Goulet sketches from SNL over to his movies for the past 10 or so years.The slapnuts was original or I haven't seen a show before where one guy did that to another. I think he grabassed him as well.Nothing about that was original. He's pretty much playing the same character that he has been in his last four or five movies. To me its like a kid has found an act or line that made people laugh and they just keep beating it to death until everyone wants to scream "ENOUGH ALREADY! WE GOT IT THE FIRST DAMN TIME! IT WAS STILL FUNNY THE SECOND BUT THIS IS THE ####### EIGHT-HUNDREDTH-AND-FOURTY-THIRD TIME YOU BLOATEDLY YELLED SOME CHAUVANISTIC NONSENSE!"That was original and funny...loved his white long hair wig he was wearing.I dunno. Will Ferrell doing the 'wooo!' thing and the slapnuts had me cracking up.I'm iffy on the show. It has moments, but I definitely can't see fresh jokes lasting an entire season. To me, Will Ferral is beyond stale, the less of him the better.
But it looks like he might be going a different way in Land of the Lost, so I could give him the benefit of the doubt.
Generally I agree with you about this. However I finally saw this episode last night and the whole thing, including Ferral's performance, had a darker, nastier edge to it than I was expecting. It didn't seem like Ferral was trying for funny in this one so much as he was trying to be a richard, and he pulled it off well I thought. This episode was better than the first, I guess because it seemed darker and nastier and didn't go for quite as many cheap/slapstick laughs. I'd somewhat like to see them go a different direction than playing up the unrequited love thing with the high school ex as it's pretty cliche and predictable, but it has set up some of the best scenes in the show (I thought the dance scene was the best part of the episode), so they'd have to come up with something to fill the gap.I just feel like Ferral playing a loud, pompus ### is played out.
He was on Jimmy Kimmel and he said, that himself and the writers no nothing about sports, they just were playing off baseball stereotypes.So he really has no clue how to throw a proper pitchOne thing I'm noticing is that he kinda throws like a girl. Well, maybe not that bad, but not athletic at all, and definitely nothing like a former MLB star.
I wouldn't let that bother me. A substitute teacher dropping the F-bomb over the P.A. and still having a job isn't exactly realistic either.One thing I'm noticing is that he kinda throws like a girl. Well, maybe not that bad, but not athletic at all, and definitely nothing like a former MLB star.
The HBO On Demand feature has a 15 minute video about the making of this show, and they said that each episode has only about one scene where they did it as it was written. They said there is a crazy amount of ad libbing and impromptu stuff. That may be good for laughs around the set and occasionally may make a scene funnier than it was written, but it's bad news for anything that wants longevity IMO. If I want that I'll watch Whose Line Is It Anyway?Good premise, but they need better writing.Watched this based on this thread. I chuckled a few times and might give it one more shot but I have no clue WTF you guys see in this show. It wasnt really funny. The scenes with the kids were funny but thats about it.
LinkGenerally I agree with you about this. However I finally saw this episode last night and the whole thing, including Ferral's performance, had a darker, nastier edge to it than I was expecting. It didn't seem like Ferral was trying for funny in this one so much as he was trying to be a richard, and he pulled it off well I thought. This episode was better than the first, I guess because it seemed darker and nastier and didn't go for quite as many cheap/slapstick laughs. I'd somewhat like to see them go a different direction than playing up the unrequited love thing with the high school ex as it's pretty cliche and predictable, but it has set up some of the best scenes in the show (I thought the dance scene was the best part of the episode), so they'd have to come up with something to fill the gap.I just feel like Ferral playing a loud, pompus ### is played out.
Curbs that way and it is very successful. I've always thought improv comedy has more potential than anything scripted.The HBO On Demand feature has a 15 minute video about the making of this show, and they said that each episode has only about one scene where they did it as it was written. They said there is a crazy amount of ad libbing and impromptu stuff. That may be good for laughs around the set and occasionally may make a scene funnier than it was written, but it's bad news for anything that wants longevity IMO. If I want that I'll watch Whose Line Is It Anyway?Good premise, but they need better writing.Watched this based on this thread. I chuckled a few times and might give it one more shot but I have no clue WTF you guys see in this show. It wasnt really funny. The scenes with the kids were funny but thats about it.
No doubt that Curb is successful, but then again these people aren't Larry David, Richard Lewis & company. Besides, if the teasers and commercials are any indication, EB&D is trying to bill itself as a sort of raunchy sitcom with quirky characters, and not simply an ad lib session about bathroom humor. I think at this point people are going to expect more continuity out of EB&D if it's going to make it more than one season. Continuity comes from good writing and advancing the storyline.Curbs that way and it is very successful. I've always thought improv comedy has more potential than anything scripted.The HBO On Demand feature has a 15 minute video about the making of this show, and they said that each episode has only about one scene where they did it as it was written. They said there is a crazy amount of ad libbing and impromptu stuff. That may be good for laughs around the set and occasionally may make a scene funnier than it was written, but it's bad news for anything that wants longevity IMO. If I want that I'll watch Whose Line Is It Anyway?Good premise, but they need better writing.Watched this based on this thread. I chuckled a few times and might give it one more shot but I have no clue WTF you guys see in this show. It wasnt really funny. The scenes with the kids were funny but thats about it.
The only way I see this show working is through the ad lib part...I can't see how it could be fully scripted to the T and it work. That said, they better do something or this show won't last more than a season. I think they should alternate at times and show him during the years he was a baseball star which would make for good comedy.No doubt that Curb is successful, but then again these people aren't Larry David, Richard Lewis & company. Besides, if the teasers and commercials are any indication, EB&D is trying to bill itself as a sort of raunchy sitcom with quirky characters, and not simply an ad lib session about bathroom humor. I think at this point people are going to expect more continuity out of EB&D if it's going to make it more than one season. Continuity comes from good writing and advancing the storyline.Curbs that way and it is very successful. I've always thought improv comedy has more potential than anything scripted.The HBO On Demand feature has a 15 minute video about the making of this show, and they said that each episode has only about one scene where they did it as it was written. They said there is a crazy amount of ad libbing and impromptu stuff. That may be good for laughs around the set and occasionally may make a scene funnier than it was written, but it's bad news for anything that wants longevity IMO. If I want that I'll watch Whose Line Is It Anyway?Good premise, but they need better writing.Watched this based on this thread. I chuckled a few times and might give it one more shot but I have no clue WTF you guys see in this show. It wasnt really funny. The scenes with the kids were funny but thats about it.
I'm sure that part (the flashback to his major league days) is probably coming.The only way I see this show working is through the ad lib part...I can't see how it could be fully scripted to the T and it work. That said, they better do something or this show won't last more than a season. I think they should alternate at times and show him during the years he was a baseball star which would make for good comedy.No doubt that Curb is successful, but then again these people aren't Larry David, Richard Lewis & company. Besides, if the teasers and commercials are any indication, EB&D is trying to bill itself as a sort of raunchy sitcom with quirky characters, and not simply an ad lib session about bathroom humor. I think at this point people are going to expect more continuity out of EB&D if it's going to make it more than one season. Continuity comes from good writing and advancing the storyline.Curbs that way and it is very successful. I've always thought improv comedy has more potential than anything scripted.The HBO On Demand feature has a 15 minute video about the making of this show, and they said that each episode has only about one scene where they did it as it was written. They said there is a crazy amount of ad libbing and impromptu stuff. That may be good for laughs around the set and occasionally may make a scene funnier than it was written, but it's bad news for anything that wants longevity IMO. If I want that I'll watch Whose Line Is It Anyway?Good premise, but they need better writing.Watched this based on this thread. I chuckled a few times and might give it one more shot but I have no clue WTF you guys see in this show. It wasnt really funny. The scenes with the kids were funny but thats about it.
To last more than a season and stay fresh...it's hilarious but talking about longer term.I don't get all the "the show needs to do this, the show needs to do that"? It is a freakin' hilarious show!
Yeah, I think this last episode was the best yet. And April, who appeared - at least to me - as a pretty face, but a little chunky, in previous episodes, was lookin' pretty darned good in this last episode. And... she's softening up, too... KP appears to be making some progress. Gives ol' JC here some hope. Teaching the kids to kill each other in gym class was hilarious, too. As was his reaction towards the high school pitcher... "he's trying to be me!"I'm now on board!!!!!Going to go back and watch the first ones again.
We want the same things... he's my competition.Keep the receipts, your going to have to float this for now...That whole exchange in the hallway cracked me upYeah, I think this last episode was the best yet. And April, who appeared - at least to me - as a pretty face, but a little chunky, in previous episodes, was lookin' pretty darned good in this last episode. And... she's softening up, too... KP appears to be making some progress. Gives ol' JC here some hope. Teaching the kids to kill each other in gym class was hilarious, too. As was his reaction towards the high school pitcher... "he's trying to be me!"I'm now on board!!!!!Going to go back and watch the first ones again.
Red (McBride): You just got killed by a Daewoo Lanos, mother******!Wish I still had HBO. Saw Pineapple Express yesterday and McBride stole the movie. I want to see everything he's in now.