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[–] dil@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Man Seeking Woman, Sureal Romantic Comedy with eric andre and jay baruchel, hitlers still alive, cupid is real, and other weird sht is just super casually accepted

Review, Andy Daly Comedy Central show, starts with a man reviewing normal things, goes off the rails and breaks the 4th wall with the reviewers life going to sht because he keeps reviewing fked up things, its one of the funniest shows I've seen, hard to explain, it just spirals

Animals, Animated Show about animals with humans issues, gets really dark, has some funny ass moments, has an asap ferg and rocky cameo as a bodega cat music video, it like makes me uncomfortable in a good way

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[–] anonymous111@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Monkey Dust (2003). It was a very dark animated comedy series on BBC3.

It isn't easy to find as it was very dark (joking about terrorism etc.) and isn't in streaming services. But it was great satire and had many memorable characters.

The producer died in a car crash which did for the show.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Dust

[–] BackwardsUntoDawn 3 points 1 week ago

Kingdom (2014)

It’s a drama that follows this family of mma fighters. It aired on a small network and never really promoted. It’s actually really well written and entertaining. You really care for some of the characters. One of the characters is gay, the series finale has an interaction related to that had me crying.

[–] haris@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ghosts. The British version, not the American remake. It is a heartwarming comedy about some ghosts that haunt a mansion.

[–] mental_block@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Soo good. It's amazing to see the cast being silly with intent, dedication and love.

The caveman immediately climbed my "best written and portrayed character" list of all time. Perfect depiction of an enlightened being. Childish and wise in beautiful harmony.

Btw, the US version has grown on me. It starts as really really "American" with the extra-ness but over time it mellows out with some really heartfelt moments, interesting questions and wacky antics. I usually hate this cliche but.. "it gets better after the first season". Would recommend if you have time to kill and want to watch something light.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven't caught the UK version yet, just some of the US one, definitely interested now.

The US one's British character, Nigel (of course, "Nigel"; US writers seem to be pathologically incapable of not naming a male British character "Nigel"), has an accent so bad I'm genuinely starting to feel it qualifies as racist. :D

[–] mental_block@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 week ago

Haha the accents are quite heightened. My benefit of the doubt reason is that it's meant to be old timey so has to be extra. I am not in the US so I still can't believe that Alberta's accent is a real accent.

The show is a really good example of UK vs US humour and styles. Both quite well done so it's nice to see the positive differences. One is a quiet, mind your business deal and the other is a huge celebration of character and emotion.

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The Middleman. Without a doubt one of the funnest comic book series adaptations. Natalie Morales and Matt Keeslar on a ridonkulas romp of silly yet intelligent adventures. Poor show only got 13 episodes but each ones a gem.

nobody has probably heard of it but capitol critters was awesome :(

[–] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Profit

I passed on a lot of NBC shows after the canceled this and didn't even show us the episodes they'd already made.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that was dark. Loved the few eps I did catch on the NBC Super Channel (free satellite/cable channel in Europe) back in the day.

[–] VirtigoMommy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Danger 5

South Australian tv show that is a “what if Charlie’s angels tried to kill hitler” presented as a bad Spanish soap opera from the 70’s in the first season and a shitty action drama from the 80’s in the second.

Deliciously bizarre, infinitely quotable, phenomenal soundtrack, very hard to explain. Think power rangers levels of drama with tastefully absurd offensive elements (blackface, misogyny, nazis) played for perfect comedic effect. Seriously one of a kind show.

Both seasons are posted as one 6hr video on YouTube. - https://youtu.be/vFzCQcHglFA

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea.

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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Primo. A show about a teenager, his mom, and six uncles. Nothing groundbreaking but well done. Really wish it'd got a second season.

[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Tales from fat tulip's garden.

The Count of Monte Cristo (2004).

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Space: Above & Beyond and Earth 2.

The former is a gritty wartime drama against an unknown alien species, and follows a Marine squadron.

Come for the cool spaceships, stay for the great storytelling.

The latter is about the colonization of another planet that we thought was uninhabited and also never visited by humans.

Come for the wagon train, stay for Tim Curry saying “poppet”

Both only lasted a season.

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