I sure hope some can see this!

  • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 days ago

    I just really love comedy. I mainly watch television to laugh.

    My favorite comedies are the single camera sitcoms of the 2000’s and 2010’s, in this order:

    • Arrested Development
    • 30 Rock
    • It’s Always Sunny
    • The Office
    • Community
    • Brooklyn Nine Nine
    • Parks and Rec
    • Veep
    • Silicon Valley
    • Curb Your Enthusiasm
    • Seinfeld (not single camera but still great)
    • Abbott Elementary is climbing the list for me, too

    I also love the weirder stuff:

    • All the Nathan Fielder produced stuff that is kinda unscripted (Nathan for You, The Rehearsal, How To With John Wilson)
    • Review (the Andy Daly one, never saw the original Australian one)
    • All the Tim Robinson absurdity: I Think You Should Leave, Detroiters, The Chair Company (Friendship if we’re counting movies).
    • Broad City isn’t quite as absurd as some of the others, but it was the right kind of quirky.
    • Adult Swim animation, including the early low budget shows like Sealab and Aqua Teen, through Frisky Dingo, Tim and Eric.
    • Peep Show
    • Mainstream/network animation, like South Park, Bob’s Burgers, Rick and Morty. I’ve fallen out of love with Futurama and Simpsons, but used to love those shows.

    I enjoy sketch comedy: SNL, Key and Peele, Chappelle’s Show, and MadTV all have plenty of sketches that have stayed in my brain forever.

    Even with more serious shows, I like comedic elements:

    • Fallout is legitimately hilarious at times
    • Patriot is the most underrated show of this century
    • Fargo is just great, and happens to have had occasional moments where I unexpectedly just blurt out with laughter.
    • Is Atlanta a dramedy? Or just a comedy? Either way, it’s funny to me.

    There are a bunch of shows I once loved but never went back to rewatch, either:

    • The League
    • Scrubs
    • The New Girl
    • Mindy Project
    • The Good Place

    I imagine they still hold up, though.

    I’m working my way through Hacks and Righteous Gemstones while I have an HBO subscription, and suspect they’ll be in my “liked it but probably won’t rewatch” category.

    And overall there are probably dozens or hundreds of others I liked well enough. I just like to laugh.