Because (and only because) some of you still want to know these things, Portlandia returns tonight (Friday, Jan 4, 10 pm) for its third season on IFC with two new back-to-back episodes. (Or in other words, twice the not-funny!) Here’s a clip in which the primary joke is about people (presumably Portland people) who get bent out of shape about TV “spoilers”—and is basically a rewrite of the “Did You Read?” sketch from season one. Whoops! That was a spoiler!
Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.) More by Wm. Steven Humphrey
The skit from last season, “Do you know…” was an exact rehash of the “Did you read?” skit. “Do you know Ian? Do you know Zach?” “Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.” Pretty much the exact same idea recycled.
This looks like FUN! They should call it the Independent FUN Channel!
This is a comedy?
Let’s just say it is “comedic”…to be nice.