Portlandia on IFC

[mook]

Maybe it really appeals to me because, you know, I was totally into Portland before everybody knew about it. Now that's it's sold out and everything I don't live there anymore, but, I still like the show?

Anyway, you've probably never heard about it.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Dwight Jaynes was in tonights episode

 

[chris_in_pdx]

I want to like this show. I'm giving it every damn chance in the world to be funny. But other than about 3 chuckles per episode.... it's not.

 

[MickZagger]

I want to like this show. I'm giving it every damn chance in the world to be funny. But other than about 3 chuckles per episode.... it's not.

Basically how I feel about it.

 

[mook]

Like all sketch comedy, it's hit and miss. I've only seen two episodes, but I loved the one where the folk musician is a cleaning lady. The ultra-hip office new hire was pretty good too, and the scene at the cell phone company is pretty much exactly why I have a crappy cell.

 

[The Professional Fan]

I want to like this show. I'm giving it every damn chance in the world to be funny. But other than about 3 chuckles per episode.... it's not.

Yeah, agreed.

 

[Entity]

It depends on what you like. I have friends who are not from Portland or have even been there tell me it's their new favorite show. I think it's hit or miss myself, but I appreciate the fact that it sometimes makes me cringe, because then I know it's not too far off from the truth.

 

[jlprk]

I don't think the actors are from Portland. They should have hired locally. I don't find big laughs, but the weirdness is supposed to add to the amusing ambience. It kind of invites outsiders to laugh at short-haired hippies and the Portland subculture.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Carry Brownstein is from Portland, fwiw.

 

[Entity]

I don't think the actors are from Portland. They should have hired locally.

This is a very "Portlandia" quote.

 

[jlprk]

I watched 3 2-minute previews Thursday night OnDemand and I thought they talked like outsiders. You know, they had no Portland accent. Sounded foreign, like they came from at least Pendleton or somewhere. Some actor said he or she is from the East. Maybe I'll re-watch the 6 minutes to clarify this important point.

 

[PapaG]

Like all sketch comedy, it's hit and miss. I've only seen two episodes, but I loved the one where the folk musician is a cleaning lady. The ultra-hip office new hire was pretty good too, and the scene at the cell phone company is pretty much exactly why I have a crappy cell.

That was Aimee Mann from 'til Tuesday. Voices Carry? One of he biggest pop hits of the '80s? Hello?

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[mook]

This is a very "Portlandia" quote.

lol. I thought the exact same thing.

It's doubly ironic to me because while I lived there about 2/3 of the people I knew weren't originally from Portland. So "hire locally" is an even weirder concept.

 

[santeesioux]

I tried the show last night, it's just too... "weird" for me. Maybe it's because i'm from Southern Oregon?

 

[Entity]

lol. I thought the exact same thing.

It's doubly ironic to me because while I lived there about 2/3 of the people I knew weren't originally from Portland. So "hire locally" is an even weirder concept.

It's pioneering that has never ended.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I wish I had the IFC channel so I could watch it.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

I wish I had the IFC channel so I could watch it.

If you have comcast, even if you don't have the channel, its free ondemand. I think they are also streaming it on their website.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

THANKS!

 

[PapaG]

New season of Portlandia debuts tonight on IFC.

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/01/hey_portlanders_portlandia_sea.html

I like the show. It's one of those shows where the second and third viewings are better than the first time you see an episode.

Ride Complete!!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I really like the show. It's different. Btw, season one is on Netflix for those who have that.

 

[PapaG]

I really like the show. It's different. Btw, season one is on Netflix for those who have that.

Adam Samberg guests tonight as a barkeep at the Mint. I didn't really get into it until it was on Netflix, even though I watched all the episodes on IFC from S1.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Via O-Live:

That's a 39 percent increase over season 1's premiere in 2011. And the marketing focus on media consumed by younger viewers seems to have paid off handsomely, too, with 399,000 out of the 500,000 total being viewers aged 18-49. That's an 81 percent increase over the season 1 premiere.

Other numbers:

* More than 1.3 million total viewers watched the IFC lineup the night of the season 2 "Portlandia" premiere; that evening's programming included repeats of "Portlandia" season 1.

* If it seemed like "Portlandia" was all anybody was talking about on social media last Friday, that perception wasn't far from the truth. The show was #4 among cable shows and #8 among all shows for total social media commentary on Jan. 6, from 8-11 p.m. >>>>

Btw, they will also be featured in an episode of The Simpsons:

"Exec producer Al Jean deadpanned of Armisen and Brownstein’s casting, “They’re the best thing to come out of Portland since everything our show took out of Portland.”

 

[The Professional Fan]

Via O-Live:

That's a 39 percent increase over season 1's premiere in 2011. And the marketing focus on media consumed by younger viewers seems to have paid off handsomely, too, with 399,000 out of the 500,000 total being viewers aged 18-49. That's an 81 percent increase over the season 1 premiere.

Other numbers:

* More than 1.3 million total viewers watched the IFC lineup the night of the season 2 "Portlandia" premiere; that evening's programming included repeats of "Portlandia" season 1.

* If it seemed like "Portlandia" was all anybody was talking about on social media last Friday, that perception wasn't far from the truth. The show was #4 among cable shows and #8 among all shows for total social media commentary on Jan. 6, from 8-11 p.m. >>>>

Btw, they will also be featured in an episode of The Simpsons:

"Exec producer Al Jean deadpanned of Armisen and Brownstein’s casting, “They’re the best thing to come out of Portland since everything our show took out of Portland.”

Interesting! Thanks for posting. I'll say that through two episodes this season it's more refined and funnier than last season, I think.

 

[santeesioux]

I like the Todd Margaret show more.

 

[Mediocre Man]

This show is so close to being a riot, but like others have said, it's not quite there

 

[julius]

This show is so close to being a riot, but like others have said, it's not quite there

it needs a bigger cast of actors. Carrie and um..the guy from SNL, are funny. But every character doesn't have to be them.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Season two has been great! The Battlestar Galactica episode with Edward James Olmos was hilarious.

Btw, the intro is sick:

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[ABM]

This is friggin' funny!

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