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Arrested Development, Curb or Sunny.. Let us decide!

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Mr Jared said:
Arrested Development is essentially the perfect comedy. It can be blindingly brilliant and yet do retarded slapstick better than any other show. You grow so accustomed to all the characters habits and the show is so well acted that pretty much every line is funny ... I don't know any other show you can say that about. I remember barely making it through episodes of AD the first time through because my stomach hurt from laughing so hard, so constantly.
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Right.

Mr Jared said:
And yeah, I second the get the fuck outta here with that Community garbage. I was hyped for it just like everyone else since it has such a great cast (I LOVE Joel McHale) but it is not funny. At all. I nerd rage every time I see the Community thread pop up around here claiming to be the next Arrested Development. It's about as funny as Hope & Faith. Real talk.
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Wrong.
 
Community is great and all, but it's shit in comparison to AD.

Not even close.
 
For mine I would say that AD is humourous and Curb is witty.
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You got it backwards, friend, AD is the very definition of witty.


I've tried a few episodes of Community but it just hasn't clicked for me.
I like Chevy Chase and McHale though, so maybe someday if it doesn't get canceled soon I can get into it.
...but if we're listing great NBC comedy shows that aren't in the OP 30 Rock is what we should be talking about. Smartest and funniest comedy show since AD, in my opinion.
 
chicko1983 said:
For mine I would say that AD is humourous and Curb is witty.
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...and I'd say AD is a fantastic mix of both, especially the stuff you'll discover with repeat viewings.


AD triumphs here, no contest :D
 
chicko1983 said:
so which show do you think is witty and which one do you think is humourous?

For mine I would say that AD is humourous and Curb is witty.
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I think the exact opposite.

Curb is centered around David's psychology. The comedy doesn't rely on clever word play. Instead you identify with the pathos of the character.

By contrast, so much of Arrested Development is centered around twists in language just off the top of my head "I think I blue myself" "Solid as a Rock" "Bob Loblaw". So much of the comedy is "the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation". In this respect it's pretty much the wittiest show ever.

I prefer Curb overall btw.
 
Costanza said:
Community hate :lol
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I like all three of those comedies, but come on! AD wins easily.
 
Community is really really good, but it's limited from reaching the levels of AD because of its structure.
 
When I saw this thread, I knew Costanza was going to come in and tell everyone Community should win.


Even though I expected it, I'm still disappoint.
 
I think that part of what makes Arrested Development great is that it was canceled so early.
Sure, I would have liked at least a couple more seasons of it, but it's like a talented musician who dies young - they end at their peak, we never have to hear their flops or sit through their decline in quality, in a way it preserves it's legacy as a great show.
Take the Simpsons for example, at it's peak it was the greatest show ever but the extra 10 seasons or so of mediocrity have sort of soiled it for me, that never happened for AD.
 
Wow, this is hard.

Curb is easily third. It's good, but over-praised by a lot of people.

AD>> Sunny>>>>>> Curb
 
threenote said:
seriously. community doesn't even deserve to be in the same sentence as Curb, AD, and Sunny.
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community is the best sitcom.

curb, AD and sunny are also amazing.

hey, you're right!
 
chicko1983 said:
in AD, none of the main characters (besides Michael) could be real, hence they could be portrayed in a much more fictitious and comical way and the actors did this brilliantly (Tobias and GOB are awesomely acted). You dont ever hear people say that Michael was their favourite character and that is because he was the most 'normal' and the jokes revolving around him werent as memorable as some of the stuff involving Tobias and GOB.
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Michael is the straight man... he's supposed to be the "grounding" for the show. While few will say he's their favorite character, any AD fan will tell you he is absolutely essential to the show. That said, a lot of the jokes involving him are just as memorable as anything else in the show because they're a reaction to everything else going on. The other characters wouldn't be as comical or funny without him being there.


Costanza said:
community is the best sitcom.
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Look, Community is fine, but it's not in the same league. Compared to AD it's like going from prime rib to weird brother of prime rib.
 
community is the best sitcom.

curb, AD and sunny are also amazing.

hey, you're right!
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Even if Community does turn out to be a classic sitcom, it doesn't even have one season under its belt right now. Chill out meng.
 
Its a testament to how good the show is that we've only had 20 episodes but it feels like we've known these characters for 5 seasons.
 
Personally, AD, Sunny and then Curb.

I still wonder whether AD would've taken off much better had it been released closer to when the US version of the Office became more popular, and also if it had been given to a channel that cared about it :/

Also, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, and Office 1-4 are some epic shit.
 
Now if you want real trolling you'd say Glee was the best comedy show.

I like the show but man sometimes... I don't even care if it's on purpose sometimes.
 
Costanza said:
Its a testament to how good the show is that we've only had 20 episodes but it feels like we've known these characters for 5 seasons.
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I felt that by the 3rd episode.
It isn't better than Arrested Development, though. Nothing is.
 
Chipopo said:
I think the exact opposite.

Curb is centered around David's psychology. The comedy doesn't rely on clever word play. Instead you identify with the pathos of the character.

By contrast, so much of Arrested Development is centered around twists in language just off the top of my head "I think I blue myself" "Solid as a Rock" "Bob Loblaw". So much of the comedy is "the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation". In this respect it's pretty much the wittiest show ever.

I prefer Curb overall btw.
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well, this is a description of Curb's plot structure from wikipedia:

"In many episodes, Curb—like its predecessor Seinfeld—ingeniously tied together apparently unrelated events woven throughout a given episode into an unforced climax that resolves the story lines simultaneously, either to Larry's advantage or detriment."

By that description and your definition of wit being "the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation" I would say that Curb is very witty also.

Im not trying to get in an argument as I love both shows, but I think AD is full of cheap laughs which do not have a lot of thought behind them but that is why I enjoy it.

The majority of Curb jokes are quite a bit more complex; one has to understand what has gone before and how it relates to something else, seemingly unrelated, later on in the show in order to understand the jokes.
 
Costanza said:
community is the best sitcom.

curb, AD and sunny are also amazing.

hey, you're right!
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I can see why people enjoy it, but the comedies in this thread are in a different league in comparison.
 
threenote said:
I can see why people enjoy it, but the show's in the comedies in this thread are in a different league in comparison.
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agreed.

god tier

community

lesser tier

arrested development
sunny
curb
 
Yeesh, man, I do not like being contrary and I respect your opinion, but I just can't agree with this:
I think AD is full of cheap laughs which do not have a lot of thought behind them
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So much of the humor is based on self references and re-occuring jokes, it's kind of the exact opposite of what you said, almost all the laughs have a lot of though behind them. It's entire appeal mostly comes from the great and clever writing.
 
Arrested Development.

By far the best written, most witty, most thought out show I've ever seen. There is foreshadowing for plots so far in advance, and jokes so deeply woven into the script that it's hard to imagine how they came up with the stuff.
 
Costanza said:
Its a testament to how good the show is that we've only had 20 episodes but it feels like we've known these characters for 5 seasons.
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It's much easier to pretend that you know the characters when you stalk their real life twitter accounts, and rewatch episodes up to 5 or 6 times
 
Costanza said:
agreed.

god tier

community

lesser tier

arrested development
sunny
curb
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God tier? It's not a bad show, but I just don't understand what makes it so much better than these. It's just getting annoying how much you like Community.
 
Eltacoman said:
God tier? It's not a bad show, but I just don't understand what makes it so much better than these. It's just getting annoying how much you like Community.
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It's just personal opinion. I totally love AD, Curb and Sunny but the setting, characters and style of humor on Community just connects with me more.

I like things more when they're relatable. *shrug*
 
Costanza said:
It's just personal opinion. I totally love AD, Curb and Sunny but the setting, characters and style of humor on Community just connect with me more.

I like things more when they're relatable. *shrug*
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Did you go to Community College and join with a varied group of people who provided the joy and friendship necessary for you to graduate with nary a dull day in memory? Did you eventually hookup with that attractive brunette/blond you saw every week? Because that should be the only reason why.
 
timetokill said:
Look, Community is fine, but it's not in the same league. Compared to AD it's like going from prime rib to weird brother of prime rib.
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Meh, I like both shows, & Community has a very AD vibe to it. I like it better.
 
Snuggler said:
Yeesh, man, I do not like being contrary and I respect your opinion, but I just can't agree with this:

So much of the humor is based on self references and re-occuring jokes, it's kind of the exact opposite of what you said, almost all the laughs have a lot of though behind them. It's entire appeal mostly comes from the great and clever writing.
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yeah I agree some of the jokes in AD were well thought out and are brilliant e.g. "loose seal" had me cracking up for a while.

But the majority of the jokes were not on the same level as this. I mean all of the Tobias gay inuendo jokes are hilarious, because the character is portrayed so well by the actor, but the jokes are that funny by themselves. Same goes with GOBs failure of evey magic trick, Buster's dependancy on his Mum, Maebe and George Michael's cousin love, to name some recurring jokes off the top of my head.
 
Sunny all the way :D
was watching "the gang gets held hostage" and "bums making a mess in the city" on fx last week, soooo good
:lol Serpico and agent Jack Bauer cat
:lol Frank doing Die hard
 
Arrested Development by a mile.

Curb is funny but doesn't have the heart of AD.

Sunny is too hit-or-miss to be in the same league.
 
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