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Originally Posted by roachboy
i really like stuff like strangers with candy
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It's a shame that the movie prequel was kinda mediocre.
Do you like Hugh Laurie? He's the reason that House, M.D. is pretty great instead of mediocre. The show's tons of fun. Typical House line:
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Dr. Cuddy: I can't even imagine the backward logic you used to rationalize shooting a corpse.
Dr. House: Well, if I shot a live person, there's a lot more paperwork.
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I'd also recommend Scrubs, which is a much goofier and much more comedy-oriented hospital show. J.D.'s unconsciously self-deprecating effeminate straight guy shtick and his bizarre imagination sequences are the centerpiece of the show. And then there's Dr. Cox, who is Scrubs' version of Dr. House (though technically, Cox came first by a few years), and is notable for smoothly-delivered lines like this:
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Boy, that's a great story, really. And I'm sure you were just a horrible big brother, but I'm afraid you have me confused with somebody who gives a crap. And it's okay, you don't need to be embarrassed, turns out it happens all the time. For instance, my father actually made the same mistake on his death bed.
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Also, I get this odd feeling that you'd appreciate the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, ever watch either? The former is a general satirization of the news with a definite left-wing bent, the latter is a satire of the O'Reilly Factor with Colbert taking the spot of "Papa Bear" O'Reilly.
If you're interested in quirky detective shows, USA has two great ones: obsessive-compulsive germ-phobic detective Monk (Tony Shalhoub) and the quick-witted detective-pretending-to-be-a-psychic lead character on Psych.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
Invader Zim - Moderately subversive for something that originally aired on nickelodeon
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Oh, duh. Seconded.