Are either of these two even from Portland? I know the gal is from Seattle, but Fred Armison?

Who cares. They're brilliantly mocking the domineering aesthetic of this city and proving that Portlanders are too sensitive to handle comedy.

I guess. Seems random though. The only people that are going to get this show are people from Portland.

Obvs D stands for Douchebag.
Kind of a pussy for not going yourself Humpo.
Also, why is she un-ironically making the duck face in that pic?

Thank you Abusive for again proving my point.
HA

"They're brilliantly mocking the domineering aesthetic of this city and proving that Portlanders are too sensitive to handle comedy."

Right. Because all of Portland talks shit about how much they read and eats only organic produce. Yep, all 500,000 of us.

And "domineering aesthetic" is the most ridiculously pseudo-intellectual, haughty term I've read in a long time. Congrats.

I'm rooting for Portlandia to get funny. So far I'd rather watch YouTube or 30 Rock reruns.

I just watched the complete episode. It seems to harbor a real affection for Portland's, er, quirkiness. All the same, it kind of misses the mark. I've not figured out where it skips off the rails, yet.

If you don't get the humor of it. You maybe need to get out a little more. We live in a quirky city and a goodly number of folks in my personal life don't really understand why I've been here since '93; watching this show might give them a little insight.

It's "cute" but I doubt I will ever watch it again or tune in when it's on cable.

I only deal in human clocks and human calendars, so I have no advice to give on human comment threads.

I'm in. Except....it might rain, you know. And meanwhile, WSH will be in some warm cubicle somewhere getting spatchcocked. So maybe not.

They should make fun of beer snobs and Voodoo Donuts.

...and bikes, at least two episodes dedicated to clowning bikes. Mercilessly.

Showstopper:

1. I was rounding, and wanted to give the lower rounding so as to not oversell it. The current count I'm aware of is about 582,000.

2. The show isn't called "Portlandia and surrounding municipalities."

Following on humanclock´s idea, I have one for the human thread.

If your prone to get passionate about one issue, and want to comment in the fore mentioned before, just go to your local Radio Shack store, and buy a stance and a LCD panel. If you intend on commenting more than twice, buy more than one. Hook it up to your computer, and program what u have to say, and keep a buddy on the look out for the latest threads. Walkie Talkies are too expensive but cool none the less.

You can get creative with the panel and invent new emoticons that haven´t been invented before, or create new interesting ways of making your comment stand out. Be bold and organized or it won´t work out.

Clearly, as D states so eloquently, anyone who doesn't find it funny must be too sensitive. Similarly, anyone who doesn't like Jackson Pollock paintings must be overly-protective of the whims and fashions of the 18th century. And anyone who doesn't like the music of the Justin Bieber must hate Canada.

So I take it all of you guys are gonna be out there tonight holding up these comment signs?

Yeah, we'll all be there WSH. If you don't see us, then just wait a bit longer. And wear one of those bachelorette-party penis nose gags, so that we can pick you out of the crowd.

Uhm, if it would be up on like Youtube or sumthing it would be so easier for me to see. My connection is dead slow and it buffers to a dead stop...bad luck I guess.

I'm boycotting this show until Armiston reprises his Parks and Rec role by having Venezuelan parks department vice director Raul Alejandro Bastilla Pedro de Veloso de Morana visit Portland. Until then, pass.

My comment was pretty mean, so... yeah.. probably not.

The first episode wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen. That honor still belongs to this: http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/Blogto…

Spoiler Alert!:Bleven Sluscemi is in the first episode

I won't be there because I'm preppin' for the mighty Kurtis Blow which I found out solely because of this very blog.