> I'm not sure there was anything in there that was *meant* to be funny.
And me think that part of appeal to Mama Cookie. It just heartwarming slice of life with occasional joke. But she more invested in characters than show being funny. And that pretty easy trap for ostensible comedy show to fall into — past two seasons of Bob's Burgers …
> I'm not sure there was anything in there that was *meant* to be funny.
And me think that part of appeal to Mama Cookie. It just heartwarming slice of life with occasional joke. But she more invested in characters than show being funny. And that pretty easy trap for ostensible comedy show to fall into — past two seasons of Bob's Burgers have gone down that road.
And me agree that broadening horizons little by little always good thing. Me worked in bookstore years ago, and there was one very popular title in romance section that was straight-up porn. (Me not can remember actual title) It was hard to keep on shelf, because people bought it and people stole it. So when people ask for it, me would redirect them to romance author that was salacious, but not straight-up porn.
Then when people would ask for romance recommendations, me would steer them towards "chick-lit" type women's fiction. If me had been in that job long enough, me was confident me could get at least one customer from porn up to Toni Morrison given enough upward moves.
And US Office was postmodern and adventurous compared to American sitcoms that came before. That show debuted in Two and Half Men era, and it was very adventurous by comparison. It only seem watered-down and lowest-common-denominator because we all watched high wire act that was UK Office first.
> I'm not sure there was anything in there that was *meant* to be funny.
And me think that part of appeal to Mama Cookie. It just heartwarming slice of life with occasional joke. But she more invested in characters than show being funny. And that pretty easy trap for ostensible comedy show to fall into — past two seasons of Bob's Burgers have gone down that road.
And me agree that broadening horizons little by little always good thing. Me worked in bookstore years ago, and there was one very popular title in romance section that was straight-up porn. (Me not can remember actual title) It was hard to keep on shelf, because people bought it and people stole it. So when people ask for it, me would redirect them to romance author that was salacious, but not straight-up porn.
Then when people would ask for romance recommendations, me would steer them towards "chick-lit" type women's fiction. If me had been in that job long enough, me was confident me could get at least one customer from porn up to Toni Morrison given enough upward moves.
And US Office was postmodern and adventurous compared to American sitcoms that came before. That show debuted in Two and Half Men era, and it was very adventurous by comparison. It only seem watered-down and lowest-common-denominator because we all watched high wire act that was UK Office first.