Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

I just downloaded and watched the whole of season 1 back to back.

Absolutely hilarious and touching! Titus Burgess's character was fantastic. Really looking forward to season 2.

Forgot to say that Jane Krakowski was also amazing in her role.

Absolutely one of the funniest shows I've seen, as of late. I'd assume Dl'ers would love it.

not watching that outdated crap

Love it--absolutely hilarious. Some of the best dialogue ever.

The celebrity dermatologist parodied by Martin Short in "Kimmy Schmidt" committed suicide.

I almost peed myself when bats flew in during the Pinot Noir video shoot.

Funniest sitcom in years.

Can't remember when I laughed that hard.

Thank God it's nothing like the cringeworthy sitcoms on broadcast TV today.

Really, r6??? No one here knew that!

You can watch the 1st episode HERE on YouTube (in a wonky picture frame format) if you don't have Netflix.

Hurry before it's pulled down.

Tina Fey?

Pass.

[quote]not watching that outdated crap

Do you even know what you're bitching about?

"Pretty traditional sitcom" sounds awful. I hope it's not that.

It's anything but R13.

At its core, it is totally a traditional sitcom. Naive young woman moves to big city, encounters wacky natives, learns and grows.

exactly, R15, that's why I'm not watching that outdated crap

You're missing out then, R16.

It has more rape than the "traditional sitcom".

tina fey bores me

I watched the first ten episodes. I'd say that's giving it plenty of chances.

Bored to tears with the desperation of it. And I'm a Tina Fey fan.

[quote]You're missing out then

Not missing much of Tina Fey

R21 had better stick to Antenna TV.

I feel sorry for R21. His idea of female comedy is acting like a baby and screaming a lot, a la Lucy.

Totes Funny. Binge it Biotches.

I watched 5 episodes just hoping it would get funnier. I think maybe it's more for Americans? I love comedies, but I didn't get it. It was very boring.

Tina Fey owes her success to the millions of ugly girls and fat gays who got tired of looking at model-type people becoming famous (but don't want to deign to see themselves in, say, Melissa McCarthy). They thought- finally, a woman who isn't being praised for her looks, but for her talent.

The only problem is the talent is minuscule.

And Tina, hon, we all know you have a wonky eye. You can stop trying to hide it by looking to the side in every glamour shot you take. Trust me, with your fans, the eye would give you cred.

R26 is just babbling bullshit.

Tina Fey's fame and success is due to a clique mentality.

30 Rock struggled endlessly in the ratings but the network kept it going because this 'aren't we so special' clique. Other promising shows were jettison just after a couple of episodes but not 30 Rock. I watched 30 Rock and it was the most badly edited and forced network sitcom in the history of broadcasting.

There's nothing special about Tina Fey. Nada.

[quote] Tina Fey owes her success to the millions of ugly girls and fat gays who got tired of looking at model-type people becoming famous (but don't want to deign to see themselves in, say, Melissa McCarthy). They thought- finally, a woman who isn't being praised for her looks, but for her talent.

Slut!

[quote]I watched 30 Rock and it was the most badly edited and forced network sitcom in the history of broadcasting.

Such bullshit.

[quote]There's nothing special about Tina Fey. Nada.

Yet you've posted about her four times in this thread alone.

Oh so there's a quota of posts now in a discussion? Lame argument R30

I watched four episodes and I really tried to like it but when just about every single character is a ridiculously overblown cartoon, it just gets exhausting.

[quote] Yet you've posted about her four times in this thread alone.

Yeah, that's called a conversation.

I just watch the pilot and hated it. Does it get better?

Love the age argument. Like Tina Fey is huge among the teens and early twenty somethings!!

PUHLEEZE!

I love this show, but could do less of the uber gay room mate.

R36 he's the best part!

It could do less with the Asian boyfriend though...

I watched to episode 4, just long enough to see the Dr.. Really the show sucks.

I don't mind the Asian guy at all.

[quote]Trust me, with your fans, the eye would give you cred.

NOW you tell me!

R32 is right---"I watched four episodes and I really tried to like it but when just about every single character is a ridiculously overblown cartoon, it just gets exhausting."

Some very funny stuff, now and then. But overall, trying waaaaa-aaaaay too hard, like a lot of shows these days. It gets annoying real fast.

R28 - I am curious what were all the other worthy shows that were jettisoned in favor of 30 Rock?

It has its moments. But there's something "off" about it I can't quite pinpoint.

Maybe the characters aren't nice enough for me to like or grotesque enough for me to revel in them saying the unsayable. Maybe its because the plotting and stories each episode are really erratic and unfulfilling. Maybe it just feels a little too pleased with itself when it's not doing anything new.

I'm a gay woman, so perhaps not my place to judge, but the gay flatmate seems such an outdated cliche and so devoid of rounded personality or light and shade.

What Asian boyfriend?

I love the gay roommate. He's the breakout star of the show. And Carol Kane is hilarious.

I finished the first season last weekend and I enjoyed it.

I truly don't understand the hatred some of you old folks have for Tina Fey.

[quote]I just watch the pilot and hated it. Does it get better?

Yes, it absolutely does!

I wasn't impressed with the pilot, but gave the next ep a chance and was hooked!

I defy anyone to withstand any more than five minutes of 'Pompidou' -- a new series just out on Netflix. I mean, WTF!?

*bumpity-poo*

SOOOOOOOO L.A.M.E!!

It's fun. I do agree a lot of Dataloungers would enjoy the show if they weren't such grumpy, old, know-it-all-cunts.

"Peee-nooooooooh noir!"

Tina Fey is a good writer. Her Weekend Update stuff was clever and consistently funny. Mean Girls was an entertaining movie due to the script and the actresses who played the Plastics. And of course Lizzy Caplan as the ostracized "weird girl". I wondered then why I could never get into 30 Rock. I couldn't get past the first five minutes of any episode. I think r28 has it right. A clique of smug, mostly marginally talented, and very unattractive actors who play even smugger, untalented and very unattractive characters. Anyone who thinks Tracey Morgan is funny must have a rare, inoperable brain tumor. Even Baldwin managed to bore me. I'll give Kimmy Schmitt a chance though. I'm a sucker for comedy.

R28 is nowhere close to being correct.

"Smug" is a term people use when they don't get the jokes.

Guess I touched a nerve;) I read r55's in Alec Baldwins voice. Now THAT was funny.

Ironic

It’s hilarious. I loved Dr. Fraannfff. Too bad about the real one though