Geez, I totally disagree. I didn't see tonight's episodes yet, but the rest of the series is hilarious. One thing tho... This is the way Fred and Bill write. This is their style of humor. It is so freaking funny to me. It could be that it is just not your type of humor.
shareIf you haven't seen the documentary that they parodied, then it wouldn't be funny. I totally get that. My husband and I have the same sense of humor, but he didn't see Grey Gardens, so he didn't find it as funny as I did!
shareI respect your opinion, but I think you're crazy.
Everything about this series (minus the Al Capone episode) is brilliant.
And I don't think you have to see the original documentary to appreciate how great the show is. You just had to have seen some documentaries.
I went back and watched Nanook of the North and a Thing Blue Line. It makes you enjoy DN! even more, but I don't think it's required viewing.
It's kinda like watching the movie and then reading the book.
My favorite episode was The Eye Doesn't Lie. I saw that episode many times. It actually made me LOL and I can pretty much recite the whole damn episode before I watched A Thin Blue Line. So I agree.
It doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the show because you don't know the source material.
This exchange alone left me in stiches.
Pawn Shop Owner: now, I was closing up the pawn shop that night, listening to a Johnny Mathis record. Now, it was a few minutes after 9:00 p.m. When I heard what sounded like a--a pop-pop-pop! [Gunshots] And I thought, "uh-oh.”Maybe there's some kids outside Playing with firecrackers." And then I thought, "Wait, this isn't a time of year for firecrackers."
So I thought maybe some popcorn got popped, but, you know, none of my neighbors like popcorn, so then I thought, "Maybe it's part of this Johnny Mathis track." So I took the LP and looked at the liner notes, and there was nothing about no pop sounds on that LP. So I figured, you know, I better see what's going on.
I--I looked out the pawn shop window, and in between the guitar and the--and the toaster, I could see that sign-spinner lying on the ground and then a car right next to him with a gun sticking out. Now, I remember making a mental note of that, because I distinctly saw the back of that car, a gray ford jabroni and a license plate that said "I heart puss."
Detective Promerance: The pawn shop owner said he saw a gray ford jabroni Speed away after he heard the shots. Now, of course, he was mistaken, because don lentile doesn't drive a gray ford jabroni. Don drove beige Chevy Boca Raton. Fun fact: Robbie wheadlan actually did have a ford jabroni. But anyway... "I heart puss" was Robbie’s plate, but it got us thinking, Why not ask if don's plates rang a bell? It's perfectly reasonable that one could confuse Don's license plate "!Jazz!" With Robbie’s license plate "I heart puss."
Eye witness is your best witness, because the eyes don't lie. Memory knows what it saw, and if your memories confused, then we can give it a little nudge. We said, "look, why don't you take a minute and ask yourself: Is it possible I saw a Chevy Boca Raton?" And he said, "it's technically possible," And I thought we got him. We got don lentile. I was so happy. I called him some other detectives, and we picked up Robbie wheadlan, and the group of us got drunker than a monkey's ass.
Detective Pettibone: We had enough to indict.
Pawn Shop Owner: You know, looking back, maybe I changed my story a bit or--or maybe I said What I thought the police wanted to hear, But, you know, I'ma--I'ma let the police sort that out. You know, that's... That's none of my business. But I was just glad I could help out.
Yeah ...I've seen most of the actual docs. The Vice Spoof and Kunuk spook were amusing, but otherwise, this show is just ... there.
It's spot-on, but not exactly "hysterical" stuff. I feel like it's typical force-fed media critic rave. They say it's great, so we're supposed to say it's great.