I want to talk about my dads Television Snobbery and his taste which I find hilarious. My Dad is really hard to impress when it comes to sitcoms. I want to start with how much my dad hates friends and tries to compare it to Seinfeld. A friend is a fun show it may not be brilliant or comedic genius. It’s comforting and has its moments where it’s funny. It’s not a hard show to like. It’s a show you do not need to take serious. You just sit back relax and have fun watching friends. It does not need your full attention because it’s broad. Friends may have borrowed storylines from other shows. But it’s not the same type of show as Seinfeld sure it’s a group of 30 something friends in New York with flaws. However a friend is more about the fun and the laughs. Seinfeld was more about its creativity and edge. A friend is more comforting and easy to watch. Seinfeld and friends are completely different shows. Seinfeld also avoided the heartfelt moments. Friends did not. Seinfeld is also about horrible people.
My dad’s new found snobbery is toward NBC's current Thursday night line up. In Which I have pointed out many times that NBC Thursdays are the best shows on TV right now. Well except for community. Which I think is the poor mans arrested development but we will get to that later. (Side note thank god outsourced got cancelled.)
My Dads haltered for NBC Thursday night line up started with the US office. He liked it at first when he watches episodes from the first season. I would sit there in the room while he was laughing loudly during the show. But than after not watching the second season and episodes mixed together. He started to hate the show mostly because he did not find Michael Scott believable. My dad thinks that nobody that stupid could keep a job for that long. Michael Scott is not stupid or a bad boss. He just a guy who desperately wants to be liked where he tries way too hard to the point where he makes people feel uncomfortable. He also thinks he is a comedic genius and he is not and he tries way too hard to prove that he is funny. My Dad also hates that Michael has a good heart. He thinks it’s more believable if he were just a jerk like David Brent.
My dad watched the UK office after the US office like me. I agree the UK version is better. But I still love the US version as well. I think both Versions of the office are believable. I think people can have a boss like David Brent for years and be miserable working for him. If I had to work with Either Michael Scott or David Brent...I would pick Michael Scott. I can tolerate him more. David Brent I would come home miserable and want to down a bottle of wine of whatever I have in the house to drink. Although I do think my dad secretly likes the US office because I always catch him laughing really loud during the show.
Another show my Dad is a snob about is 30 rock. His reason for not wanting to watch is because of that phone call that where Alec Baldwin yelled at his daughter. My dad will also not watch 30 rocks because Alec Baldwin got a divorce Kim Basigner. My Dads Direct Quote “Anyone to leave somebody that beautiful is an idiot. Also my dad hated SNL since bill Murray left. It’s also the same thing as the office. I watched weekend update one time with Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey on it. He was laughing at Tina Fey’s jokes, but he will act un-impressed. But I know my dad too well to know that he is not impressed with anyone to come from SNl up from the late 80’s to 2000’s. Do not get me wrong SNl goes through its up and down stages but there is always someone good on that show.
My dad strangely enough loves flight of the conchords. I like them too but the style of show they did was done before in UK. It was a show called the mighty boosh which is also a band. It was flight of the conchords influence for he show. Now the mighty boosh is on adult swim. I like flight of the conchords but they only had one good season. The second season even though it did have some good moment’s it was not as good as the first. I have not watched the mighty boosh so I can not judge there show. But the same style and idea of the show was what flight of the conchords used as there idea of what they wanted their show to be like. Music wise I do not think they steal from the mighty boosh there music is all theres. I do like that show but I disagree with my dad the second season was not well done. It fell flat and got a bit lazy.
My dad’s haltered for Will Ferrell I know I will not argue with him SNL. But Will Ferrell is a different story. How can you watch anchorman and not find Ron Burgundy Genius. He is just a horrible person. And will Ferrell was that character during that movie. How can you love David Brent or Enjoy Ari Gold on Entourage and hate Ron Burgundy. How can you love the humor of south parks so much and hate will Ferrell, It’s the same Humor. Oh yeah how come you love super troopers but you hate will Ferrell same type of humor.
Also My last thing I want to give my dad a hard time about is not finding apatow funny. He does not like Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The ironly is he has seen episodes of freaks and Geeks and Undeclared and he like Undeclared more. Even though, it’s the same type of humor. He also did not remember that Jason Segel was on freaks and geeks. But he claims he liked Undeclared more than Freaks and Geeks. I know he’d enjoy Freaks and Geeks more.
Although dad I am not saying you have bad taste in shows. You can be a bit of a snob we all get it from because we all can be snobs about shows even I. I will give you some props because you do like Seinfeld, Arrested Development and Edger Wright Films. Like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and, Scott Pilgrim. But next time you judge a show you might want to watch a first season. And also know this that sometimes shows can have a really good season but after its second season its not as good. And some shows like the office and Parks and recreation can get better in there later season. It’s rare that a show is good. It’s also best to put full attention into the shows that you are watching as well. Dad also your being a snob about TV is one of the annoying things I love about you. So I do not mean this to bash you. It am just poking fun about how ridiculous you sound at times
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