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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Come on, Jason on May 11, 2009, 07:05:55 PM
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Anyone here besides Jouster and me watching this show? It's maybe the best comedy going right now, but it's on a network I always forget exists.
Excellent cast, especially Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, and Lizzie Caplan (swoon).
Here's episode 1:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSs-pJ5qX6c[/youtube]
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It's a really great show, my wife and I have been enjoying it immensely.
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Thanks for the heads up. I hope all the episodes are this funny.
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Breathtakingly funny, I agree. I've been watching on ninjavideo.net, because I don't have Starz. The ensemble is amazingly talented, and every cameo has so far been gold.
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Thanks for the heads up. I hope all the episodes are this funny.
They are. This is my current favorite show.
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It's available on Instant Netflix.
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Is that the guy from The state who likes to dip his balls in things? Now I gotta see this show!
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yeah! billybro!
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ive been watching this online. the roommates i live with now refuse to shell out the clams for real cable.
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i love this show too.
just got picked up for a second season! yay!
this despite the twin inconveniences of 1. being on starz and 2. airing late on fridays.
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I was looking forward to the show for awhile and thought the pilot was only so-so, but since then it's felt like every episode is even better than the last. The show might have Jane Lynch's funniest performances yet. I also think the show has had a lot of excellent guest stars that work well (JK Simmons, Rick Fox, etc)
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I was looking forward to the show for awhile and thought the pilot was only so-so, but since then it's felt like every episode is even better than the last. The show might have Jane Lynch's funniest performances yet. I also think the show has had a lot of excellent guest stars that work well (JK Simmons, Rick Fox, etc)
Sources tell us exclusively that Starz has renewed Rob Thomas' hilarious half-hour dramedy about cater waiters in L.A. for a second season. With the possible exception of Jane Lynch, who is over on Glee now, all of the main castmembers, including Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen and Martin Starr, are expected to return.
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b123445_party_down_renewed_season_two.html?sid=twi%20%20tterfeed_kristin&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=twitterfeed&utm_campaign=twitterfeed_kristin
I mirror the positive sentiments of the thread. Ken Marino has been terrific in this show.
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i just discovered party down after seeing an ad on encore for it. pretty amazing. marino is incredible. Go State Alum! I've been catching up, just watched the 'Sin Say Shun' episode. really looking forward to the seeing rest of'em.
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I watched the first two episodes on the netflix last night. It's very good. Thanks for the heads up. I'd never heard of it. I like it a lot even though it hits a little too close to home. Great cast! I noticed Paul Rudd is an executive producer on it as well. And Ken Marino does a great job of carrying a show. Too bad he's probably getting paid a thousand bucks an episode or something.
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I like it a lot even though it hits a little too close to home.
Have drunken mobsters forced you to say, "I have a fast business" over and over?
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Not to mention Fred F'ing Savage.
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I like it a lot even though it hits a little too close to home.
Have drunken mobsters forced you to say, "I have a fast business" over and over?
hee hee. No, but all the frustration is very very relatable.
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I like it a lot even though it hits a little too close to home.
Have drunken mobsters forced you to say, "I have a fast business" over and over?
hee hee. No, but all the frustration is very very relatable.
I just rewatched the commercial - now I half get this joke. Pretty good, Barnas.
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Pleasantly surprised to find this on NetFlix Instant Watch and have DEVOURED the first 9 episodes. Fantastic writing, cast, and premise. Very happy to hear it was a relative success and getting another season.
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This show has been fantastic. I followed mainly on the advice of my favorite TV critic (well the only one I read on a daily basis) Alan Sepinwall (sepinwall.blogspot.com) and also all the fantastic people in it (Martin Starr!). Also, it was co-created by Rob Thomas who made Veronica Mars.
Also, Lizzie Caplan is currently my biggest celebrity crush.
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Also, Lizzie Caplan is currently my biggest celebrity crush.
Major babe.
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This show has been fantastic. I followed mainly on the advice of my favorite TV critic (well the only one I read on a daily basis) Alan Sepinwall (sepinwall.blogspot.com) and also all the fantastic people in it (Martin Starr!). Also, it was co-created by Rob Thomas who made Veronica Mars.
Also, Lizzie Caplan is currently my biggest celebrity crush.
Same for me, down to the inspiration from Alan Sepinwall.
I've also been loving the guest appearances. Steven Weber was terrific (something I didn't think I'd ever say before he almost made Studio 60 watchable).
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This show has been fantastic. I followed mainly on the advice of my favorite TV critic (well the only one I read on a daily basis) Alan Sepinwall (sepinwall.blogspot.com) and also all the fantastic people in it (Martin Starr!). Also, it was co-created by Rob Thomas who made Veronica Mars.
Also, Lizzie Caplan is currently my biggest celebrity crush.
Same for me, down to the inspiration from Alan Sepinwall.
I've also been loving the guest appearances. Steven Weber was terrific (something I didn't think I'd ever say before he almost made Studio 60 watchable).
I saw Steven Weber as Leo Bloom in The Producers on Broadway a couple of years ago. He was pretty fantastic.
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I finished season one tonight. The series really hits its stride in episode 9.
BLLEEEHHHCALLANAMBULANCE BLEEHHHHHHHCALLANAMBULANCE.
Episode 10 is really good too.
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I finished season one tonight. The series really hits its stride in episode 9.
BLLEEEHHHCALLANAMBULANCE BLEEHHHHHHHCALLANAMBULANCE.
Him in the huge puddle of puke repeatedly asking for an ambulance was pure hilarity. Just the seriousness with which he asks for help raised the disturbing level. Plus, the widow, Alma Garret!
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Like Eastbound and Down, Delocated, and 30 Rock, I've been re-watching every episode of this show a third and fourth time, trying to figure out exactly what it is about those shows that I love so much more than other shows on TV. Party Down is the most uneven of the four, which is understandable given that it's a first season and was done on the super-cheap/fast, but the weaker episodes are still charming and enjoyable, and the Porno Awards episode is BRILLIANT!
A ton of hilarious moments in that one, my favorite being Henry's reaction to seeing Ron Donald's injured penis. The way he fell backwards on to the sink, it was so incredibly broad and dumb, but I saw it with three friends and we re-watched that two-second moment about ten times in a row. Hilarious! That combined with the Roman/Cramsey exchange makes that episode one of the better half-hours in TV history.
I can't wait for season 2! Also, I saw Lizzie Caplan first so all of you jerks back off.
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Lizzie Caplan. uhhhhhhghhhhhh....
I just finished ep. 3, which I though was Hi-Larious. I agree with jamesp that Jane Lynch is especially great in this. If only I'd seen this before the party I was at that she was at a couple weeks ago. I still probably wouldn't have talked to her.
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holy cow. i just saw the porno episode. craziest, funniest, half hour of tv i've seen in a loooooooooooong time.
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Party Down is the most uneven of the four [the other three being Eastbound and Down, Delocated, and 30 Rock], which is understandable given that it's a first season and was done on the super-cheap/fast.
But Eastbound and Down and Delocated were first-season efforts as well. I'm confused.
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Delocated was great.
"Fire up the fire up chainsaw! New York Ci-teh! Now, now now now now now now now now now, we're goin' down to New York City! Owwwwwwww!"
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holy cow. i just saw the porno episode. craziest, funniest, half hour of tv i've seen in a loooooooooooong time.
Yeah, me too. I really like the characterization of Roman. Having a nasty, arrogant nerd is refreshing, and it's a type that has become under-represented in movies and television. Nerds aren't all shy and sweet - lots of them are fucking assholes!
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The end of Episode 9, where Ken is screaming "Call an ambulance" through a sheet of puke - I laughed so fucking hard.
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And it's the first comedy these dudes have ever done. Krazy.
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delocated was definitely a show i wish i was associated with in some way.*
*read: i wish i had written it.
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Party Down is the most uneven of the four [the other three being Eastbound and Down, Delocated, and 30 Rock], which is understandable given that it's a first season and was done on the super-cheap/fast.
But Eastbound and Down and Delocated were first-season efforts as well. I'm confused.
Fair enough, but Eastbound had HBO money behind it, and Delocated had fewer episodes.
I don't know why I made that distinction, either. All 3 shows kick ass. Enough said.
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I am six episodes in and I like it. I worked for four years as the bar manager at a private yacht club in the Bay Area. We did around 60 - 80 special events a year. I can relate to this show in more ways than I care to admit.
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I've been meaning to watch this for awhile and THEN I FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A CHARACTER NAMED RON DONALD. Which is the name of a character for a comedy thing I've been working on. BUMMER, DUDE.
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unrelated to party down, but on a "new" show im just getting into note, i saw my first episode of it's always sunny....
i get it, but i havent figured out where danny devito comes in yet. or the bar. and i never wouldve known about the twin thing until it was explained. i have a feeling this is going to be my LOST.
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unrelated to party down, but on a "new" show im just getting into note, i saw my first episode of it's always sunny....
Not totally unrelated - "The Wonder Years" star Fred Savage is a producer and director on both.