The TV thread

Aqua Teen is still on?!?!?!??! It really lost it's steam and I have up a long time ago.

 

Ha, yeah. I still watch, but they haven't done episodes since 2013 - speculation has been that they're releasing another movie, Death Fighter, at some point in 2015, which is why they haven't released new episodes yet. I don't even smoke pot, but I do like the bizarro train wreck shows like ATHF and Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, and since they're 12 minute episodes, that probably helps. Mike Tyson Mysteries just finished its first season, and was similarly insane and excellent.

 

I LOVED Space Ghost in high school. Damn, I need to go back and watch that.

 

One of the first episodes, the one where the Predator is stalking Sealab, was one of the first things I ever saw on Adult Swim (back in the days of the "swimming pool" bumpers). It remains one of the funniest damn episodes of anything that I've ever seen. I think I have that single episode to thank for 15 years of watching Aqua Teen, Space Ghost, The Brak Show, Robot Chicken, Venture Bros., Too Many Cooks, and damn near anything else Adult Swim has put out.
Thankfully, though, I've only seen one episode of Fishcenter so far.

 

My apologies if it was discussed somewhere in the previous 179 pages, but I recently discovered the Smithsonian Channel, which has a show called Air Disasters. Each week, an hour-long look into big plane crashes. Fascinating stuff, with reenactments (including of the crashes), experts trying to figure out what caused the crash and more. Yesterday's episode was about the Nov. 2001 American Airlines crash in Queens, NY.

 

Started in on "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" this morning and it is fantastic. It has a lot of the sense of humor of 30 Rock which with Fey's involvement is understandable. About a dozen off-the-wall quotable lines per episode.

 

Holy hell, I was laughing pretty much nonstop. In general, Luke shooting up in height the last couple of years has been a detriment to his impact on the show. Instead of being the lovable dumbass/goofball, he's this awkward sprout with a cracking voice...the D.J. Connor Curse.

 

If you have DirecTV and haven't watched Billy and Billie yet, I highly recommend it. Two episodes in and I can't wait for the third. You can catch Episode 1 on OnDemand and Episode 2 will be re-run a number of times before Ep 3 next Tuesday.

 

Now that I'm convinced the Audience Network has some really good stuff, I've recorded the 10-episode first season of Full Circle and watched the first two. Really interesting. It ran about a year and a half ago with the second season beginning soon. Anyone else watched this?

The first two episodes featured Minka Kelly, so they were well worth the time.

 

I loved 'Space Ghost: Coast to Coast' when I was in my 20s and still smoking pot.


FYI, 'Last Man on Earth' is terrible.

 

"Last Man on Earth" really isn't the last man on earth. They're up to four people now through seven half-hours. By the end of the season they'll be up to a small city. I suppose that all makes sense since Will Forte filling the half-hour by himself would get old by the second episode.

January Jones is the only reason to peek in on it. Otherwise I'm still waiting to laugh rather than cringe.

 

Anyone watching Secrets and Lies on ABC?