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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 03, 2008, 11:14:06 PM

Title: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 03, 2008, 11:14:06 PM
Eric P sent me Peep Show and I started watching Season 1.

It's like the Britcom for people who think The Office is too cheesy and upbeat.

The characters are impossibly unlikeable.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 03, 2008, 11:21:27 PM
just wait. 

just.

wait.

(mwhahahahahaha)

in other britcom news, i have started watching In the Thick of It, which follows cabinet ministers.  It's funny but i feel that a lack of specific uk gov't knowledge forestalls a bit of my enjoyment.

i have also started to watch Gavin and Stacey, which won some awards (which is how i heard of it).  The production values are ace, but the content...well it's very...safe i guess.  Though admittedly i've only gotten 2 out of 6 episodes in.

the latest season just started but thanks to a package filled with kungfu films, i haven't had a chance to watch it

Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 03, 2008, 11:28:39 PM
yeah, I'm sure it gets much worse than where I am (halfway through season 1)

but it's already excrutiating to watch Mitchell/Webb interact with others, esp. women.

Wow just wow.

I love how Britcoms are so short - it's very tempting to try to polish off the whole thing this weekend. I can do the first two seasons without blinking, at least.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 03, 2008, 11:31:17 PM
it allows them to remain focused.  and in most cases is a good thing
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: TVC15 on May 03, 2008, 11:36:21 PM
mmm black books.  Just hearing the name of the show makes me want to watch the first season ep The Blackout.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 03, 2008, 11:43:32 PM
I've seen Black Books, yeah
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 03, 2008, 11:56:05 PM
black books, while good, didn't really maintain its quality throughout the show's lifespan.  the third season is certainly the weakest, while i feel that the first season is the best. 
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: TVC15 on May 03, 2008, 11:58:49 PM
black books, while good, didn't really maintain its quality throughout the show's lifespan.  the third season is certainly the weakest, while i feel that the first season is the best. 

Same.  The first season is the only one Graham Linehan did.  He's why I ended up trying Father Ted, and it blessedly had the same sort of absurd feel as the first season of Black Books.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 04, 2008, 12:01:44 AM
but my god Father Ted is excellent from start to finish.

it is nearly as perfect a comedy can get.  though having catholic roots certainly didn't hurt my enjoyment of it at all.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 04, 2008, 12:08:43 AM
father ted is one of the few shows i can watch over and over and over, the only other one is blackadder seasons 2-4
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 04, 2008, 12:18:35 AM
i also add 30 rock to that list.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 04, 2008, 12:52:57 AM
I am waiting til 30 Rock season 2 is done to watch it -_-

just finished 1.4 - cooking dinner now (STEAKS), then'll finish up S1
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 04, 2008, 01:00:57 AM


i've rewatched the I'm Alan Partridge series a few times too - also awesome.
and Brass Eye/The Day Today never get old.

Father Ted can never be ruined - it's 3 series of perfect.

i couldn't get into alan partridge nor could i get into saxondale.  oh man i couldn't get into saxondale.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 04, 2008, 01:06:15 AM
yeah i think i started with the last series and reading wiki entries gave me the idea that i was really going about it the wrong way, but then there were YEARS of the show in various incarnations to catch up on.

OH!

I snagged That Mitchell and Webb Sound Radio series.  ZOMFG.  Too Funny.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 04, 2008, 01:40:39 AM
I love Partridge! ...a-ha
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: aoi tsuki on May 04, 2008, 01:48:00 AM
^^^
Thanks for reminding me about their radio show. i've had it downloaded for a while but haven't listened to it.

First episode of series five is on The Pirate Bay. :)

dcharlie: Super Hans.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 04, 2008, 04:11:59 AM
finished S1

never before has a show so clearly delineated the depression and self-loathing driving most sexual encounters
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: FatalT on May 04, 2008, 05:40:20 AM
My favorite episode from Peep Show was "The Bad Thing."
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 04, 2008, 08:29:38 AM
finished S1

never before has a show so clearly delineated the depression and self-loathing driving most sexual encounters

mwhahahahahahahaha

just wait
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 11, 2008, 12:19:58 AM
season five so far is so very painful

Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 12:20:56 AM
I finished S2 last week ... gonna try to polish off S3 this evening, I think
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 11, 2008, 12:23:19 AM
yay
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 12:24:38 AM
yay

it's that, or get ready for my trip

and who can pack for a Tuesday morning shuttle on Saturday? come on
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 11, 2008, 12:33:28 AM
i know someone who packs a week before she goes anywhere

fully packs

everything.

a week before she goes anywhere

she's like....mengele on vacation
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 12:47:53 AM
in my defense (?) my Monday is totally shot, but, uh

a full day of tomorrow should be sufficient, right???

okay time to Peep my Show on
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 11, 2008, 12:55:36 AM
yeah should be fine.

Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 12:58:04 AM
whyyy do I waaaatch this shoooooow

every season the relationships get somehow even more awkward
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 11, 2008, 12:58:43 AM
*cough*

yes

about that.
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 01:28:58 AM
god, 3.1 was probably the most depressing episode yet

I am starting to wonder if this show can even be classified as a "comedy"
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 11, 2008, 01:30:10 AM
god, 3.1 was probably the most depressing episode yet

I am starting to wonder if this show can even be classified as a "comedy"

tragedy is when it happens to me
comedy is when it happens to you
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 01:33:02 AM
but the first-person perspective of Peep Show means it is happening...to me
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Eric P on May 11, 2008, 01:41:03 AM
i usually have to pause the episode several times

they're masters at their craft
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 01:41:23 AM
poor Sophie, whose dating life is so without prospects she continues to endure Mark -_-

"I suppose doing things you hate is just the price you pay to avoid loneliness."
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 02:54:19 AM
Big Suze is hot <3 <3
Title: Re: Peep Show
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 11, 2008, 04:16:19 AM
S3 done. not sure where they can go from here.