So much hate for a show that was never meant to be a cinematic masterpiece of comedy? I don’t get it. It’s not supposed to be deep. I watched it for a while, it was funny in its dumb way, and then it just didn’t go anywhere so I quit watching. It was fun for a while. No need for the hate.
Edit: wow. Triggered some people who want to equate themselves to centuries-long oppressed minorities and slaves, over a TV show. Know what? Oppressed minorities will still be oppressed tomorrow, shot by cops, profiled, and live with systemic racism. You get to change the channel. Get over yourselves.
A lot of people grew up being bullied, turned on a show that was supposed to appeal to them, only to be bullied again. 90% of the jokes are “hey look how fucking stupid these nerds are for liking nerd things.” The remaining 10% is sexist or ignoring Penny’s crippling alcoholism.
It was an attack on a culture of people, rather than the celebration of that culture it pretended to be. That’s why people hate it.
The weirdest thing is it didn’t seem to start out that way. I remember the first season actually having strong jokes. I specifically remember one about spherical chickens that was truely hilarious because it was a nerd joke on a prime time tv show. Then came season two, with it the show tried to become more relatable to the ‘average viewer’ and it was just bullying on TV.
can’t believe how underused she was in the show.
Harley is one of the funniest shows from the last decade, how the fuck was a show with her as a lead was so unfunny!!!??
The whole show was only funny to people that think sitcoms are high comedy to begin with.
Mind you, anyone that enjoys them are welcome to! Humour is a very personal thing. I’m just saying that sitcom humor is not universal as a whole, and that this sitcom played to a narrow audience that heavily favors that style of comedy show. If you aren’t the sort that really grooves on that template and style, the show just won’t hit right.
It’s like how people with really dark senses of humor tend to not be prone to liking cartoon style humor.
Sitcom specific fans know what they like, and tend not to like things that aren’t similar
Oh yeah, sure. People with dark senses of humor don’t watch Rick and Morty, family guy, American dad, Archer, metalocalypse, bobs burgers, yeah. Dark senses of comedy never watch cartoon type shows. Cause none of those exist.
Edit:forgot the Simpsons, South Park, frisky dingo, aqua teen hunger force, the Xtacles…
the Xtacles
You got my hopes up that there was a frisky dingo spinoff show…
There was… Sorta. Only a few episodes got made before the company collapsed. The jokes about rapier ape and the potential of a rapiest ape… Omfg I almost died laughing.
Good to know it’s still good. I just saw two episodes and got disappointed
Archer is the spiritual successor and is much, much better imo.
the good thing about sitcoms is that they are comforting. if you start liking the characters then you get to enjoy their lives vicariously.
my point isn’t about sitcoms, but that Kaley Cuoco is incredibly funny (Harley is so funny and nerdy). yet all she did was being the “normie blonde”. If she was given more freedom The Big Bang theory might have been actually funny.
I remember early in the run of BBT, when I had already decided the show was not for me (not helped by people comparing me to Sheldon – yay, neurodivergence), I saw Jim Parsons on the Craig Ferguson show. He picked up Craig’s TARDIS from his desk and giggled, saying “This is so cute! What is it?”
I think Kaley Cuoco would have recognized the fucking TARDIS.
Honestly, given my age at the time, she was probably my main reason for watching the show at the time. My second being the science and third the jokes.
Yeah, she is way better than that show let her be. I’m not even a huge fan of hers, but she’s definitely got great comedy chops.
Yeah? What else has she shown those quality comedy chops since then? Her Harley Quinn show exists, or did, I don’t know if it’s still a thing. But nothing else she’s done has lasted more than 2 seasons.
Dude, I’m having way too shitty a week to deal with some rando being a dick.
Go somewhere else for an argument.
Sorry for your shitty week bro. 👊🏼
I will die on this hill. BBT was 6 seasons of a quality sitcom dragged out over 12. If a skilled editor went through and cut out all the filler, it would be a much better show.
Stupid hill to die on lol
Regardless of how good / bad the show was, what a fuck ass meme is this. Did you crawl out of 2010?
Analyzing the jpeg situation: at the very least
Rude
i don’t think that’s how it works omg, boobies
People think I’m weird for not enjoying this show, and many others like it. I’ll laugh a good joke but it’s just a constant quip of bad jokes and insults with a laugh track. Friends, the office, parks and rec… I just can’t enjoy them.
laugh track
names 4 shows with no laugh track.
2 of them don’t even have a studio audience.
EDIT: Apparently they “sweetened” the live studio audience in Friends and BBT, so there’s that.
Office and Parks & Rec both famously have no laugh track.
I liked The Office, at least the earlier seasons. I do hate anything with a laugh track though. Always found them a bit creepy.
Live studio audience
You just listed a bunch of very different shows
The show’s creepy vibe and the creepy audience and the creepy jokes aside Penny had to work for that free food. I mean these guys were not getting anything and she’s basically an adult entertainer for these nerds the same way that a sugar baby is not a prostitute but damn it’s just food that’s low.
lol ❤️
Oh wow you guys let me back. I thought I died in this community …
have a funny short. 😪🤗
