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Sluggr-3 — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 10:24 AM)
Not only was The Job funny, but it was meaningful. The episode where everyone descended into their personal addictions was seriously powerful. It was the first of the Leary trilogy, with Rescue Me and Sirens completing the first-responder trifecta.
My all-time favorite overlooked black comedy is Testees, about two ne'er do wells who subsist as guinea pigs for a horribly evil pharmacology testing firm. As a medical researcher who partially funded graduate school as a test subject (yes, I had nine, count them 9, bronchoscopies as a means of paying rent, who then went on to administer similarly evil tests (intradermal capsaicin anyone?), the creators and writers got this one down pat. It is slightly crazier than Black Books and Peep Show if that can even be imagined. I am cracking up at the moment just thinking back to the new erection drug.
Also, don't know if Documentary Now can be considered overlooked as it is still new, but it is a brilliant low-key mockumentary effort. Hader deserves an emmy for his many different portrayals as classic documentary subjects. And you can tell he and Armisen are also having a blast making the shows. The pilot where they play a pair of crazy spinsters was Monty Python level brilliant, as was "Juan likes Chicken and Rice" (the one which will win an emmy).
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aRealCoolGuy — 13 years ago(June 21, 2012 11:07 PM)
I don't watch TV; I don't even own one but 'Community' is genius and is what led me to 'Party Down'. 'Arrested Development' is in the same vein but, personally, I never really connected with that show. I've also heard very good things about 'Cougar Town' but I haven't started that one yet.
"That's pretty dangerous; building a road in the middle of the street."
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NamedFabio — 12 years ago(August 03, 2013 10:54 AM)
Workaholics. Definitely not super clever; but once you get used to the style/humor it's really good. Mitchell Hurwitz(Creator of Arrested Development) guest stars in a great episode.
Parks and Rec is also great.
NewsRadio is pretty amazing too. People mentioned that earlier. It wasn't the same show when Phil Hartman passed. That goes without saying though. I couldn't even get through Season 5. It was too painful, ironically enough, since I didn't know Phil personally. But Bill McNeal is one of the greatest fictional TV characters of all-time in my opinion. Definitely recommend this show if you haven't seen it. -
JKDahl — 11 years ago(July 01, 2014 06:12 AM)
Since no one else mentioned it I'll have to: Grandma's House. http://www.imdb.com/board/11706532/ I'd say it's on par with Peep Show.
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skyhawk0 — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 04:27 PM)
Beggars and Choosers
Pushing Daisies
The Yard
imagine
Oz
set in a schoolyard; freakin' brilliant!
Titus
The Newsroom
the Canadian one, which was big here and got the BBC backing other projects by Ken Finkelman, but should have gotten more respect elsewhere. I still say
The Office
cribbed much of its approach from it.
Foreign Objects
the CBC/BBC co-pro Finkelman series. The Jesus episode is the funniest half-hour of television ever made.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Veronica Mars
Slings & Arrows
Pond Life
the British cartoon
The Job
Studio 60
Sports Night
(before they added that damned laugh track)
Twitch City
Misfits
(this side of the pond)
Harvey Birdman
And I wouldn't have put
Community
or
Archer
as 'overlooked' so much as 'underappreciated', but I see others are listing it.
All roads lead to truth if you're willing to travel honestly.