Portlandia is my new favorite show and Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are my new favorite sketch comics. (Louis CK is still tops in stand up) Did you know they were musicians first? They did a great piece on them on CBS Sunday Morning.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > On 01/17/2012 01:16 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@> wrote: > >> Nice shots of the San Francisco with scenes shot in Vancouver, BC > >> standing in for SF. Hint: SF does not have a range of mountains. > >> There is one small peak to the north (Mt. Tam) and the Oakland > >> Hills to the east (hardly mountains). Of course scenes the > >> foliage was totally wrong for the Bay Area. > >> > >> But don't waste your time as this is another formulaic TV cop and > >> sidekick series using the "villain of the week" gimmick. > > Sadly, that sentence pretty much nails it. > > > >> It confirms that broadcast TV is indeed being used like a drug > >> for the "great unwashed." I guess after "Lost" we expect more > >> from J.J. Abrams but I fear it's all about the money these days > >> and a paycheck for the creators. Not even Jorge Garcia (Hurley > >> on Lost) can save this one. > > He's the only reason I watched the two opening episodes. > > As you say, he's probably not gonna save this one. > > > > As for "Being Human" ( the series, not the condition :-) > > I haven't gotten to that one yet, so I reserve judgment > > until I do. > > You might find the 2nd episode of the 2nd season of Portlandia > hilarious. It has to do with Battlestar Gallactica and I think I posted > the first segment link here a week or so ago. It's where a couple > decide to watch the first episode of BSG before they go to a party and > wind up watching the whole series finishing a week or so later. But > wait there's more! Two more segments in fact with the third being the > most hilarious. >
