"The Comedians" on FX, starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

Anyone else watching this? It airs every Thursday at 10pm on FX, right before "Louie".

Episode #3 was tonight. I came in with reasonable expectations, but it's been funny so far. Not the greatest comedy show you'll ever see, but certainly worth your time.

 

[Fennis]

Not much of a Billy Crystal fan, but I thought episode 1 was very funny. Probably let them pile up for a while before I watch more.

 

[badmojo1006]

I watched the first 15 minutes of the pilot episode. Extremely unfunny

 

[Raider Nation]

I watched the first 15 minutes of the pilot episode. Extremely unfunny

Well that's definitely a fair sample size. I'm just glad you made it past the opening credits.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

If I've never found Crystal funny in anything, I probably shouldn't bother right?

Shout out to Olaf though!

 

[belljr]

Enjoying it

 

[Righetti]

This looks extremely not funny from the few ads I have seen, but with the slightly better than lukewarm reviews it is getting here, I may give it a shot in a cross-country flight or a night battle of insomnia

 

[Long Ball Larry]

It's not funny. It's not fun.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Gotta admit, this is pretty funny most weeks. Crystal and the fat kid make a good duo.

 

[rockaction]

I stopped watching simply because the technique of the fractured first-person narrative in the style of a video documentary has been done before, and I never liked it when it was. (Unless Christopher Guest is doing it. Then it's usually funny and subtle throughout.) That's not to say the show doesn't have its moments; I think it does, and I find it funny sometimes, if often painful.

eta* The Muppets send this narrative technique up in their new commercial. I had no idea. Awesome.

 

[cockroach]

I just watched this over the past few days and I really liked it.  Not a fan of Crystal at all, but he was good in this.  Sort of fitting it got cancelled but I'm disappointed to have just read that.