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Did you Saw??? :P
Not to get too high-and-mighty, but don't we have enough of a problem with conservatives, teabaggers, Palinites, Beck-watchers and evangelicals all distrusting education? Isn't it bad enough that "elite" is code for "reads books and knows stuff" rather than "rich?"
Making fun of reading literary journals and newspapers? Really? Isn't that the job of people with truck nuts, beer guts, and McCain/Palin bumper stickers? Of course, when they do it, they call us "fags."
*sigh*
Had it been a skit lampooning pretension, that would be one thing. But the thrust of the skit seems to be that the very act of reading a lot is something ridiculous, and that's not really all that funny. More than anything, this seems to be Larry the Cable Guy humor in hipster drag.
I do hope Portlandia does well and is better than clips we've seen so far, though. There is a lot to make fun of here, but so far (with the exception of the lines "you put a bird on it and it's art" and "where young people go to retire") they haven't hit their target.
Also, Todd is right- who the hell reads the Portland Monthly?
A lot of people are getting worked up over nothing. And probably you deserve it most cuz there´s a high chance that you are not getting the point in the skits. Am not saying that I am comprehending it to it`s full extent, but I did find it funny and intelligent. As well as awesomely shot.
So somehow you are undermining what they are doing, without understanding or getting their grasp on the "issue". Nor even trying. Your confounded.
If by causes like this (cretin reviews or confused public responses, cretin TV focus groups), are that my Fav series, TV shows, and movies are getting cancelled (or were) in the first seasons or getting a "make over", just like music albums, am not ever speaking to yous again. Leaky.
Thunder Ant just got awesomer and powerfuller.
33% of viewers will think it's well observed and funny.
33% of viewers will think it's well observed but not funny.
33% of viewers will think it's neither well observed nor funny.
The first 33% will claim endlessly that the other 66% either aren't smart enough to get it, or are upset because it strikes too close to home. They will be correct approximately 0% of the time.
The remaining 10% of people can't count.
1) If you dislike this, that is the same thing as being Offended by it.
2) If you are offended by it, this is due to deep-seated, unresolved something or the other.
3) If you and your issues cannot somehow come to terms and like this show, you're ruining it for people who Do like the show, somehow.
4) To say you do not like it is to get "all worked up."
5) ...And this is because you're exactly who is being made fun of. Am I right? AM I RIGHT?
6) To dislike the work of people you do not know is to undermine it, despite the fact that they are people who are famous and have a contract with a television network.
7) There is apparently a talking-about-reading-too-much "issue" that you don't get.
8) This is because you're not trying enough. And with something this important, you must try.
9) Something that belongs to you is confounded.
10) Stating your opinions somewhere leads inevitably to shows that someone somewhere likes getting cancelled.
11) We will never hear from Leaky again.
12) Shit, like the thing about Thunder Ant even needs to be said...
The (hopefully) subtle note of competition in liberal well-readedness was a good topic. I've been in tons of conversations like that, or similar ones where we all instantly realize we're just recycling recent NPR pieces at each other, and we laugh that we're all getting the same information about the world from three or four primary sources.
AND WE LAUGH.
THEN WE DANCE. WHILE LAUGHING. UNDER A 40 FOOT PORTRAIT OF A STERN FRED ARMISEN.
And then the "did you read on boing boing" with another friend.
And so, for me, funny.
But where was it filmed?
ALSO I WRITE/WROTE FOR AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE THINGS THEY MENTIONED.
So this show is about me, is what I am saying.
Also, I agree with Rich Bachelor.
Solely based on this skit I am giving up reading completely.
The question though.
Is.
Based on the sentance structure above, I can't tell whether I gave up reading completely or gave up reading, completely.
and I can't go back now to check out if I have stopped reading or if I am just not going to finish any books.
Dear God.
WHAT
HAVE
I
WROUGHT!
Although most of it is 'Top Rated Pediatricians' and 'Top Rated Schools' and other things that might as well be in Klingon.
Me? I'm the type who's drawn to weeklies that allow you to be a dick in the comments section.
I'm constantly doing this with friends. I've even started intentionally mumbling, because I realize I sound like a ridiculous broken record, "Did you read that article about the Koch brothers in thrmynyrner?"
Like, another commenter said, it would have been way funny if they waited dutifully for the walk sign.
Also, this clip isn't about people who read too much. It's about, as Commenty Colin stated, dropping names and common knowledge through shared sources.
And am a dude who gets really mad at pedestrians/cars who aren´t "Bicycle Educated", in the streets, and sidewalks!!!
And I must add that am really happy about what CC stated.
@leaky It's a comedy show - why do you want controversy? It's just a lampoon, man. Also, re: your reply Joe Streckert above, I'm pretty sure he wasn't offended by it; he just thought it was a dumb idea and wasn't funny. He's allowed to think that!
Who would have preferred a two minute clip with exactly one HILARIOUS joke per topic? Whoever they are, I bet they have a DVR full of M*A*S*H & Cheers.
(S*N*A*P)
And Cheers is your idea of hilarity? Now that is funny, but more in the this-fish-smells-funny way.
And apparently Reymont and I are the only geezers here that still read Portland Monthly.
I bet you hooligans would read it if they rebranded it "PoMo."
Because Abusive gets no credit for just praising a comment.
Do you actually live here? Portland is a city of jaywalkers!
I read Portland Monthly (as should y'all) mostly because my beautiful visage was once featured in its pages.
No, I'm not one of the areas top 100 phlebotomists but I sure do wish!
2. I don't like it when producers use the sped-up feet shot to indicate running. It's cartoony but not in an interesting way. I'm pretty sure the shot would have been more funny if both actors were filmed really running all-out and jamming each other against the kiosks. (same thing with low-fps action shots during battles. Shit's weak)
( I.E- nerd culture is so gay. Geeks are overblown. This band is this or that. Hipsters are sooooo overactors. I can play and sing better than that band that tours 3 years straight, and so I go and tell em what to do... - ). I know, I know. Stop hating.
Am sticking with what I know and keeping going ahead. Screw the easy parts.
I PLACE IT HERE CUZ MORNING NEWS HASN´T COMED UP YET AND HAVE TO GET THIS HATERS FEELING OF MY CHEST!!! STOP SPREADING!!! I´LL GIVE YOU ALL FLOWERS IF YOU DISSENT FROM THAT DELUSIONAL HATE!!!
-this isn´t directed towards no one in particular. Kinda -
"Hyuck hycuk, look honey, smart people gettin' hit by cars!"
Portlandia: It's the formula for comedy without the funny parts.
Olive Garden is funnier than anything in this thread.
My favorite part about Portlandia is it gives Portland-ers the long-past-due chance to laugh at ourselves. And frankly, let's be honest. We need to. I love Portland. I am a proud caricature out of many of those skits as well... but I think we all need a reminder sometimes that we aren't better than anyone else. Everyone is a product of their culture, at least to some degree, we just happen to be products of a post-modern Portland culture... and we are about as unique as our entire demographic.
So being Portland-y? Count me in. I'll swear off chain restaurants and wear owls all day long. Just cross your fingers I don't forget to look at myself with some perspective and a sense of humor.