What TV Show Should I Rent Next?

[JonFromMaplewood]

 And Newsradio. A very good sitcom.

When it was on NBC I was a ceaseless proselytizer, but a couple of years ago I bought season 1 and found it didn't quite hold up as well as I'd imagined. Good but not great.

Same with Larry Sanders. Started watching it again and it did not really hold up.  Still good, but not great...probably because so many shows have copied its style since then that it now looks formulaic. But to be fair, it may have something to do with me getting mad each time I see Jeremy Piven, knowing that he would leave the show and become a rug-wearing asshole.

[Me!]

Rent Twin Peaks.   

[Wes]

I third Homicide.  Do not watch after the Big Departure.  You'll know what I mean when you get to it.

To be fair, very few shows could survive after losing Max Perlich. 

I know people usually consider it the beginning of the end for Homicide, but you have to admit that the revelation that Luther Mahoney was a shapeshifter and that he'd infiltrated the Homicide Unit in his Brodie form was seriously shocking at the time. Plus, there were plenty of clues in retrospect, like Brodie and Mahoney never being in the same scene, and that huge pile of jeff caps in Mahoney's apartment.

[nec13]

I third Homicide.  Do not watch after the Big Departure.  You'll know what I mean when you get to it.

To be fair, very few shows could survive after losing Max Perlich. 

I know people usually consider it the beginning of the end for Homicide, but you have to admit that the revelation that Luther Mahoney was a shapeshifter and that he'd infiltrated the Homicide Unit in his Brodie form was seriously shocking at the time. Plus, there were plenty of clues in retrospect, like Brodie and Mahoney never being in the same scene, and that huge pile of jeff caps in Mahoney's apartment.

 

[nec13]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4k238Qy3wo[/youtube]

Great scene.

[Chris L]

I third Homicide.  Do not watch after the Big Departure.  You'll know what I mean when you get to it.

To be fair, very few shows could survive after losing Max Perlich.  

I know people usually consider it the beginning of the end for Homicide, but you have to admit that the revelation that Luther Mahoney was a shapeshifter and that he'd infiltrated the Homicide Unit in his Brodie form was seriously shocking at the time. Plus, there were plenty of clues in retrospect, like Brodie and Mahoney never being in the same scene, and that huge pile of jeff caps in Mahoney's apartment.

I always thought it was kind of odd that no one on The Wire ever commented on Luther Mahoney all of a sudden turning up as a sullen medical examiner.  I attributed it to the apparently high turnover rate in the Baltimore PD (which also led to Col. Barnfather quitting and running a strip club) but now I'm beginning to think there was more to it than that...

[nec13]

I third Homicide.  Do not watch after the Big Departure.  You'll know what I mean when you get to it.

To be fair, very few shows could survive after losing Max Perlich.  

I know people usually consider it the beginning of the end for Homicide, but you have to admit that the revelation that Luther Mahoney was a shapeshifter and that he'd infiltrated the Homicide Unit in his Brodie form was seriously shocking at the time. Plus, there were plenty of clues in retrospect, like Brodie and Mahoney never being in the same scene, and that huge pile of jeff caps in Mahoney's apartment.

I always thought it was kind of odd that no one on The Wire ever commented on Luther Mahoney all of a sudden turning up as a sullen medical examiner.  I attributed it to the apparently high turnover rate in the Baltimore PD but now I'm beginning to think there was more to it than that...

Yeah, that was a bit strange.

[Steeley Chris]

The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Sadly, like UCB, season three is not available on DVD. Shameful.
But, great music, great guest stars (Iggy Pop, David Johansen, Gordon Gano, Kristen Hersh, LL Cool J, etc.), filmed in NJ.

Oh, Big Train (British sketch comedy staring Simon Pegg, Mark Heap and others), and Spaced (British sitcom staring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Mark Heap and others) are really good.

[fonpr]

Space Ghost Coast to Coast.   

The one with Laurie Anderson in particular she explained the current economic crisis years before it happened.

[Julie]

Father Ted is what you should rent next.

[Pidgeon]

The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Sadly, like UCB, season three is not available on DVD. Shameful.
But, great music, great guest stars (Iggy Pop, David Johansen, Gordon Gano, Kristen Hersh, LL Cool J, etc.), filmed in NJ.

For a long time, there was a rumor that the guy who played Artie wasn't an actor, but just an eccentric weirdo who wandered onto the set one day doing that persona. Either way, that guy was awesome. Agreed that the music was awesome, most of it from Stephin Merritt's projects.

[nec13]

The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Sadly, like UCB, season three is not available on DVD. Shameful.
But, great music, great guest stars (Iggy Pop, David Johansen, Gordon Gano, Kristen Hersh, LL Cool J, etc.), filmed in NJ.

For a long time, there was a rumor that the guy who played Artie wasn't an actor, but just an eccentric weirdo who wandered onto the set one day doing that persona. Either way, that guy was awesome. Agreed that the music was awesome, most of it from Stephin Merritt's projects.

Don't forget about Polaris, which was basically a reformed version of Miracle Legion.

[Julie]

 And Newsradio. A very good sitcom.

When it was on NBC I was a ceaseless proselytizer, but a couple of years ago I bought season 1 and found it didn't quite hold up as well as I'd imagined. Good but not great.

Same with Larry Sanders. Started watching it again and it did not really hold up.  Still good, but not great...probably because so many shows have copied its style since then that it now looks formulaic. But to be fair, it may have something to do with me getting mad each time I see Jeremy Piven, knowing that he would leave the show and become a rug-wearing asshole.

I like colonel sanders. is that the same guy?

[nec13]

I like colonel sanders. is that the same guy?

I think they're distant cousins.

[Pidgeon]

The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Sadly, like UCB, season three is not available on DVD. Shameful.
But, great music, great guest stars (Iggy Pop, David Johansen, Gordon Gano, Kristen Hersh, LL Cool J, etc.), filmed in NJ.

For a long time, there was a rumor that the guy who played Artie wasn't an actor, but just an eccentric weirdo who wandered onto the set one day doing that persona. Either way, that guy was awesome. Agreed that the music was awesome, most of it from Stephin Merritt's projects.

Don't forget about Polaris, which was basically a reformed version of Miracle Legion.

How could I forget about Polaris? The episode where Little Pete becomes a fan of theirs after watching them play in their garage was what made me into a music fan at a young age.

"Waiting For October" is my favorite song my them.