ElRenoRaven
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Nope nada. Not even a chuckle.
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F is for Family |OT| Bill Burr puts the F back in Family. On Netflix Dec. 18th
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Nope nada. Not even a chuckle.
I don't know what you mean by not laugh out loud, because I lost it at the dinner scene after Bill was under the bed.
The Kevin parts are pretty great, though.
SDCowboy
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Glad I wasn't the only one getting King of the Hill vibes from the show.
shadowsdarknes
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Funny how a baggage handler is capable of raising 3 children with a mortgage. That'd be a pipe dream today.
whitemex88
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I don't know man, my father in law makes 60k doing baggage for united.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I was looking up stuff about Bill's dad, just seeing if there were any stories from his sets about the guy, and I found this clip from a storytelling revue from over a decade ago that is actually pretty emotional. He tells about a time where his dad fucked with him pretty bad, and he gets pretty choked up. Boy...
http://youtu.be/S8Ho1WWDECM
http://youtu.be/S8Ho1WWDECM
Do you chuckle at King of the Hill? This is key to knowing where you're coming from, a lot of people think that show isn't funny.
Admiral Woofington
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King of the hill and I have a relationship where most of the time I'm not laughing but I loved the charm of the show so much I didn't have to laugh to enjoy it.
Love Billy Burr but this show is a solid 7, I'm not a fan of the art direction (looks so cheap compared to say The Critic, and the character designs like little Bill's friends feels like it belongs in another show) but it had enough for me to watch another season and the voice acting is good.
I really really liked this season. For the first time in my life I have true emotions for cartoon characters. This isn't like the Simpsons or king of the hill where each episode is just another day in the life. The season told a story and gave a look at life in an era that I wasn't born in with obvious exaggeration. I really dig it
Every time frank just goes apeshit I would get a smile on my face. Show has real potential
Every time frank just goes apeshit I would get a smile on my face. Show has real potential
PrimaNocta
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I'm more interested in the fact that you watched 6 episodes of a comedy show you never laughed once at. Do you not value your time?
Remember, you can always hit stop.
Ninja Scooter
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Watched the first two episodes, and apart from the cursing it feels very paint-by-numbers.
Admiral Woofington
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I'll agree with the fact that the family is just shitty. It seems like they wanted to make a show about bill screaming and then made it a family show.
DXB-KNIGHT
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Liked the show, I love the premise,I could see myself with the magnet TV thing, I used to do these things at home.
internetwolf
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this was a lot better than I thought it was going to be
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I thought it was the opposite of Seth McFarlane's brand of (shit) comedy. This tells a story with some warmth to it, with relatively believable characters. I'm glad they didn't go over board with the jokes. I hate Family Guy, I don't like American Dad either, but I managed to sit through this. Reminded more of King of the Hill.
Admiral Woofington
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It's not really a Seth MacFarlane formula. Because his formula is more cutaways in family Guy and in American dad his team is just having fun with the characters making jokes.
This is closer to king of the hill where they aren't making the characters say witty jokes but depending on the situation you'll laugh
Psychoward
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Watched the first 3 episodes and enjoyed it. Disappointed it's so short.
I just like to hear Bill scream in general tho so I might be biased
I just like to hear Bill scream in general tho so I might be biased
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Watched three episodes so far. I was born a few years after this show is supposed to take place and my family was a lot poorer than the one on this show, but except the part where they buy a big color TV it was like a documentary about my life, down to the smallest details. The biggest differences were that the dad works at a civilian airport and my dad worked at a Navy airfield and that I heard all the stories about guys who had gotten mulched by aircraft but didn't actually see video.
Man, just when it was starting to get into a groove, it ends. I really enjoyed the series. I thought it was funny and it had some great characters.
I hope they pick this up for another season.
Also, Billy got the short end of the stick twice (bathroom and bedroom scenes).
I hope they pick this up for another season.
Also, Billy got the short end of the stick twice (bathroom and bedroom scenes).
Eyemus Lutt
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So, I watched the first 4 episodes but I'm giving up. I just haven't really laughed at all and Bill Burr is one of my favorite comedians ever. I can relate to what is going on in the show, but nothing really funny happens.
samuelfortner
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My thoughts exactly. I wanna like it because of my favorite comedian but I just cant do it. Part of the reason is that any moment where the main characters kids are on screen just isn't funny.
ElRenoRaven
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Yup that was my problem. Bill Burr is a funny guy and I can relate to the show but you keep watching going ok I'm going to laugh. I know it. I'm going to laugh. Then final episode hits and bam you haven't. Also as someone else mentioned it seems to start to get in a groove and then the show just ends. It's just weird. It's like there were supposed to be more episodes but there aren't.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
I felt the same way. It was a year in the life of a dysfunctional family and while it was raunchy it also had a lot of heart.
Chiaroscuro
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I was born in 72 and raised in the 70s/80s, so I can relate to most of the stuff that happenned when the series took place (while I am not from US most things are quite universal. Color TVs, music, church, etc. Even sort of abusive father.
I liked the series more for its settings than for the funny moments, which are overtaken by the dick moments. It is like a memory lane show, not a funny show.
Also, the continuity between episides is great, the season told a story as a whole, a moment in the period of a family.
I liked the series more for its settings than for the funny moments, which are overtaken by the dick moments. It is like a memory lane show, not a funny show.
Also, the continuity between episides is great, the season told a story as a whole, a moment in the period of a family.
Douglas Quaid
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A lot of characters aren't even characters but just archetypes of characters. Some lazy writing going on, a lot of easy jokes and low roads taken over cleverness or depth, which is probably what bothered me most, very generic indeed. Like you can see hints that it could have been a better show but perhaps it was rushed. There were good parts but overall pretty low quality stuff. 6/10
EricTheCleric
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Punished myself through this season. At best some episodes are mediocre, though the last episode was the "best" so it might be gaining steam if there are more seasons. Though with so much content available elsewhere I probably wont be coming back to this series.
chicko1983
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really liked it, but wished there were more episodes.
adamsappel
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I thought it was quite funny and relatable. I grew up with '70s sitcoms and this had a similar vibe.
Man, that was really good (the video). Is there any more of that?
Ultimadrago
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Who's the voice of Phil (that kid with asthma)?
Frankenstrat
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Really enjoyed it. Sam Rockwell in particular was hilarious.
According to Wiki, Debi Derryberry.
Ultimadrago
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Thanks! My sister called that they sounded like Jimmy Neutron.
On the show, it's certainly no Bojack Horseman, but it's okay. I would watch a second season for kicks. Maureen's Jetsons' themed "Meet Lord Jesus~" had me rolling.
PeakPointMatrix
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Haven't jumped in yet to Season 2, waiting to visit home to watch with my dad like the first season.
Glad to hear it's still good.
Lord Frieza
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I finished season 2 this morning. As solid as the first season, they really ramped up the vulgarity to an almost distracting degree though. Not enough to deter my enjoyment really, but you can tell they went out of their way. Last 15 minutes of the finale was so fucked up lol.
Chiaroscuro
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I still have 3 episodes to go, but I feel the same way. The vulgarity surpassed the cinical family critique. The went out of their way really.
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