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[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

I just really love comedy. I mainly watch television to laugh.

My favorite comedies are the single camera sitcoms of the 2000's and 2010's, in this order:

  • Arrested Development
  • 30 Rock
  • It's Always Sunny
  • The Office
  • Community
  • Brooklyn Nine Nine
  • Parks and Rec
  • Veep
  • Silicon Valley
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Seinfeld (not single camera but still great)
  • Abbott Elementary is climbing the list for me, too

I also love the weirder stuff:

  • All the Nathan Fielder produced stuff that is kinda unscripted (Nathan for You, The Rehearsal, How To With John Wilson)
  • Review (the Andy Daly one, never saw the original Australian one)
  • All the Tim Robinson absurdity: I Think You Should Leave, Detroiters, The Chair Company (Friendship if we're counting movies).
  • Broad City isn't quite as absurd as some of the others, but it was the right kind of quirky.
  • Adult Swim animation, including the early low budget shows like Sealab and Aqua Teen, through Frisky Dingo, Tim and Eric.
  • Peep Show
  • Mainstream/network animation, like South Park, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty. I've fallen out of love with Futurama and Simpsons, but used to love those shows.

I enjoy sketch comedy: SNL, Key and Peele, Chappelle's Show, and MadTV all have plenty of sketches that have stayed in my brain forever.

Even with more serious shows, I like comedic elements:

  • Fallout is legitimately hilarious at times
  • Patriot is the most underrated show of this century
  • Fargo is just great, and happens to have had occasional moments where I unexpectedly just blurt out with laughter.
  • Is Atlanta a dramedy? Or just a comedy? Either way, it's funny to me.

There are a bunch of shows I once loved but never went back to rewatch, either:

  • The League
  • Scrubs
  • The New Girl
  • Mindy Project
  • The Good Place

I imagine they still hold up, though.

I'm working my way through Hacks and Righteous Gemstones while I have an HBO subscription, and suspect they'll be in my "liked it but probably won't rewatch" category.

And overall there are probably dozens or hundreds of others I liked well enough. I just like to laugh.