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Excellent. Golden. Haven't Laugh out Loud this much off a show in a whil


This show is top-tier. The pilot didn't doit it justice. all the other episodes are way better.

It's smartit's edgy *beep* it's completly different fromt he rest. I'm reading all the comments on this board and people just weren;t ready forthis type of show. It's zany as hell and over the top offensive. I lOVE it. I was even on the same boat as others when it first came out. i hated it. I gave it another chance and lovedit!. Now i;m rewtahcing it again and man oh man. it's gold!

People complaining that jeremy was taken away by a gay sexual predator and he'shis victim. lol that's the joke. I suppose it's way too new or something. Also someone said "onlypeople i know who like this shw are douchebags" well I guess I;m a big ol douche then ain't I.

This is some good stuff. The episode with havier and allen trying to fire him. gold. the episode where his mom comes back. "if i wanted to hear the sound of a grown women's tears hitting her high school year book i'll come over"

gutted that people just weren;t ready for this type of show and had to get moral white-knight on it. I laugh at all the negative reviews I see of this and there reasons whythey think it's an abomination. All the stuff they see is just themnot being ready for this level of humor.

not sounding like i'm way up there or anything and Im not looking down on anyone but this show is one of a kind. Samewith sit down shut up. these cancelled fox shows are GREAT (cept napoleon)

it's a pity though. since these shows never took off and died in the ratings noone else is probably gonna take the risk anymore. brickleberry is alright-ish and takes a few steps forward but nothing on this level.

anyway, great show and I just think people weren't ready for a show so out there an unconventional. Nuclear families will be around for a long time more until netflix picks up a good hit.

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Now if you needed a back flip I'd be up that wall in a second bro.

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Well here's the thing. It wasn't about the jokes themselves, it was about the arc.

We laugh at Cartman saying racist things. We laugh at the gang on It's Always Sunny being terrible people. The difference is that those people get what's coming to them. Neither ever win. The jerks on Allen Gregory do. And that's where the problem lies.

A show where the jerks win and the good people get treated badly doesn't work because the audience has no one to root for. These aren't even anti-heroes. There is genuinely nothing redeemable about them. So why would I watch a show where I don't care about anyone on the show?

Sometimes, Just Sometimes, the joke's on you.

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Agreed. It had one good episode, but then went back to crap. The episode where the father was reveled to be an idiot no one took serious was great comedy.

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I agree I really liked this show. I guess we are in the minority lol.

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