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Quick everyone, mock his relative youth! Pandy's so young his class taught him fingerpainting!

Happy Birthday El Pandarino, outlaw, vigilante, scourge of the bit of the a43 between Kettering and Brackley! Stand and deliver, lest he fling another impression at you that sounds a bit like Michael Caine but isn't actually supposed to be him! 50 silvers to the man who gives information leading to the capture of the elusive El Pandarino! Edit- Can't believe I missed the obvious Pandy Highwayman joke.

Whilst I agree that it doesn't have to be I would say lot of the best comedy IS about something, there's an essential joke or dynamic or statement built into it. That's what makes it memorably funny. I guess I regard a lot of McFarlane's work as disposable. I was a huge pre-cancellation Family guy fan but going back it's not nearly the classic I thought it was at the time. edit: to clarify my thoughts, theres nothing wrong with off the cuff agendaless comedy. That's MST3K in a nutshell. It's just that, if you make a science fiction show it needs to be making as larger point about science fiction beyond 'funny star trek door joke #6' or weird alien sex gags. Again, see Galaxy Quest or Red Dwarf. Red Dwarf is damn near profound at points.

I agree he's talented, but his bits and style are so hackneyed right now. It's just nostalgia and observational stuff, his comedy isn't really about anything.

Pass. It's hardly Galaxy Quest. And Seth McFarlane ran out of jokes years ago. The ones had were good, he just burned through them too fast.

Could be interesting. I hope it's successful.

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I had a real soft spot for Crazy/beautiful at the time. But yeah, Interview, Bring it on and a modern one. Cruise and Pitt don't need Interview for their episodes. Oh Eliza...(music plays)...

Please make it super creepy.

Tremendous.

Oh wow, that's awesome! I'll keep an eye out for her.

Alas, I'm not that clever.

Iron fist was a good show. The early reviews were way off base. Not like it changed my life but it was one of the more consistently good shows, no outrageous highs but none of the lows the DD2 and Luke Cage fell into in the second half. This looks good. I'm sufficiently hyped.

Well yes. The show pace is literally dictated by the pattern of raiding on the English coast. Each raid is multiple episodes per season and requires similar lead up and recover periods. It's what drives the entire thing. I was being very literal.

Loving Vikings. Just good old fashioned Game of Thrones methadone with a slow but not ponderous pace dictated by seasonal raiding cycles. It's not really into its sexploitaton either, sex is there but doesn't feel like a focal point for the show. It's mostly just about culture clashes, responsibility and violence. It's not a can't miss show but it does what it does well, and to a higher standard than I expected.

Haha! Vindication! It's 2-1 Kellen, a result that wins me the three stages of debate about that match. Not gonna lie, Clumsy is now on my ipod.

Glad you're all OK. Sudden car faults whilst in motion can be terrifying.

My friends kid is now older than we all were when I first met them.

Aw. I was hoping it was you.

The Cable Guy remains one of the more unfairly maligned films of the 90s. The duel scene alone is classic.

Will, expelled from the womb but not from our hearts. Happy Birthday.

If you'd been paying attention, Ian already released a picture of himself hard at work on the new episode.

Haven't listened yet. But Mandy Moore is my favourite Scrubs small arc love interest. I will hear nothing bad about her!

I'm sure this at least partially belongs in the 'I feel old' thread.

Ditto. Honestly, it was always way too schmaltzy. It suffered from what I like to call The Grease Effect. It's when you take a source that was highly critical of the past, hand it to someone who then sands the rough edges of and now it's a loving look at a bygone age. It doesn't help that Forrest is infallible in the film which gives Tom Hanks little to work with as far as putting out a nuanced performance. It's also a film where they're clearly way too impressed with the technology involved. Stuff that was a selling point in the 90s looks pretty bad now.