And we’re back! Tuesday night was the night of half hour comedies. Sadly, there were quite a few less laughs than there should have been. So let’s not waste any time.
Tuesday Night
Go On: One of my highlights for the night. Keeps improving every week.
The New Normal: WHY AM I STILL WATCHING THIS?!?! I thought I quit. This week’s sermon was about how liberals are more principled and conservatives are all racists. UGH!
New Girl (#1): A solid opening to the new year. We’re continuing directly with storylines from last year.
Ben & Kate: Sadly, this get a “meh” from me. Wasn’t bad, but not great either.
New Girl (#2): Still funny despite one ridiculous storyline (which had some good moments) and one really bad one.
The Mindy Project: This is the most I’ve ever liked Mindy Kaling. Granted, that’s a low bar but this show was a pleasant surprise.
Tosh.0: A decent episode but the Prank of the Week made the entire half-hour worth it.
Parenthood & Vegas: Recorded but not watched yet.
Let’s start off on a good note with Go On. The show is doing exactly what I wanted it to. We got an entire storyline focused on another of the group therapy people. Thankfully, it was my favorite one. This was easily my favorite episode since the Pilot and that is a big reason. If we started rotating through the characters weekly for B plots, I’ll be fine with that for a while. However, the show is funniest when they are all together and I hope they play to that more and more. There’s not a whole lot else to say other than you should be watching it. Then, you might understand my post title.
The New Normal is getting pity from me. It’s so bad that I’m just watching to see if a miracle happens. After last night’s episode though, I don’t know that I can stand it anymore. This one was like getting preached at and bludgeoned with an….I don’t know. Something bad that you wouldn’t want to be bludgeoned with. Although, I guess by definition you wouldn’t want to be bludgeoned with anything. Regardless, this show is awful and I’m now officially done. For real this time.
The first episode of New Girl was pretty good. I realized last year that I kind of have to be in the mood for this show but it can be really enjoyable when you are. The 4 roommates have really gelled together at this point and watching them banter is the most enjoyable parts of the episode. Max Greenfield who plays Schmidt was freaking robbed at the Emmys this year. Jon Cryer getting it instead is pretty much a slap in the face, followed by a knife to the stomach, then a candlestick to the head, a wrench to the kidneys, a gunshot to the leg, a lead pipe to the kneecap, and then a hanging by a rope to quality television. Schmidt’s Douche Jar should have had an Emmy next to it. Morons.
Ben & Kate received a lot of cautious optimism from me. I wanted it to be good but the premise just seemed a little meh and unfortunately, that meh feeling pretty much encapsulates my feelings about the show. It had some funny moments and even some sweet ones too but I don’t know that it had enough to bring me back week after week. The comedy was a little too goofy for my tastes. It was almost like watching a real life Homer Simpson mess things up. I half expected a “Doh!” to come out of Ben’s mouth at one point. I’m going to give it a few more episodes to see if it can grow on me. Hey, if I did it for New Normal that pretty much obligates me to watch as many of any new show just to make sure.
The second episode of New Girl I thought was a little more in line with the regular show. We had Nick being an idiot, Schmidt being a pig, Winston being annoyed, and in the one random aspect of the episode, Jess being a bit of a whore. I wasn’t a huge fan of “Bearclaw”. He was a little over the top for my tastes. I like when this show underplays the comedy a little bit more. For instance, in the first episode, Schmidt having his Douche Jar money ready before he even said something Jess about how she was cooking a frittata. I laughed at that. Bearclaw having a nervous breakdown in the bathroom, not so much. This show will be a permanent fixture on my DVR probably for as long as it runs. I enjoy it, but it’s certainly not for everyone.
Now we come to The Mindy Project. This show looked really funny and then I heard a lot of critics saying it needed work and then now it’s getting good reviews again so I don’t know if they tweaked it between Upfronts and now but I really enjoyed the show. Obviously, I don’t know a lot about the dating world from a woman’s perspective but I know enough about my own experience to know the dating world can be a beat down. It was nice to see a comedic and honest approach to how skewed our views can get of what romance is based on all the movies out there that make it look like it should be so easy. There were a couple of stereotypes out there but most of them were given something a little out of the norm to do. Overall, I was really impressed with the show and I look forward to seeing where it goes. I rewound the last quick scene in the elevator because it really made laugh and if nothing else, that would have been enough for to at least give it another go.
Just a quick word about Tosh.0. The breakdown video was disgusting and I just closed my eyes and listened to the jokes which also made me almost gag a couple times. Thankfully, the Prank of the Week immediately after had me rolling. The front of an 18-wheeler was getting towed backwards and looked like it was going the wrong way. A man’s wife was sleeping in the passenger seat and he started speeding towards the 18-wheeler and screamed that the truck was going to hit them. Her reaction was priceless. Are they still married? Who know but man it was a solid 10 seconds of comedy for me.
Alright everyone, that’s all for today. You’ve got the rundown for tonight in the previous post. As always, please feel free to post any thoughts or questions in the Comments section.
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