Just recently got into this show thanks to a friend's recommendation.

By far the funniest show since the sudden demise of the great Arrested Development. The thing that makes the show click so well is the improvised feel it possesses, plus the fact that it has the balls to be gross and offensive despite being on cable TV. Danny DeVito joined the cast in season two, and he definitely adds a lot of laughs, but Charlie Day is by far the standout on the show.

I'd recommend it, it's like a cross between Seinfeld and Arrested Development.

I'm surprised that this topic hasn't garnered any responses because I understand the show has quite the cult following. I haven't seen it yet, but also heard about it through a friend's recommendation.

The clincher was when he described a Rashomon styled episode where characters were recollecting the same events differently and one character supposedly remembered a conversation he had with a young lady as a conversation with a llama. It goes without saying that they filmed a conversation between him and the llama.

This show has been one of the funniest shows on television that not enough people have seen. It is twisted and awkward as hell but they pull no punches and always go for the laughs no matter what dark places their material may take them. Charlie Day is the highlight without question but each cast member ads their own comic sensabilities to the the show. Check it out if you haven't but give it a few shots as it takes some getting used to.

I have the strangest complaint to lodge:

Because the show passes FCC muster after the "decency cut-off" of 10pm, the script (as well as the scripts for early Breaking Bad episodes as well as other shows I'm sure) is riddled with "shit" and variations thereon. I have no problem with this except for the attention it draws to the allowance of "shit" without allowance for "fuck" and its variants. As such, the conversations feel kind of edgy while still maintaining an obvious PG-13 gloss. I think it'd be smarter to wipe out all uses of "shit" (or at least the overuse of that word) in order to give the show a more organic feel. They have the acting, the energy... they need to work on the writing.

That was a great episode. It's actually between an ostrich and the guy - and the ostrich has dialogue.



Good observation, I noticed that too. Maybe they should have gone HBO or Showtime?

I have some knowledge here and they garnered little interest outside of FX when they were shopping the pilot, and FX was looking for edgy shows to compete and has been very good to them. They have renewed them for several seasons and committed to their vision of the show. The sprinkling of "shit" is meant to be conversational though at times it is a little over the top(quite intentionally).

I've been watching since episode 1 aired. This show has an incredible backstory as the pilot was shot by the three leads Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McEhlenney for around 200 dollars on a handheld camera and then shoppped around to studios before f/x finally picked it up. If you notice in the credits, these three have maintained a great deal of responsibility and ownership of the show as writers, executive producers, and directors. If you're a fan of the show, take a few minutes and watch the making of documentary on hulu or youtube. I'd link to it but both sites are blocked here at work. Damn you webfilter!