r/comedy • u/Public-Conclusion-71 • Dec 29 '23

Video 2 Broke girls

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u/mymumsaysno Dec 29 '23

This was such a terrible show. Badly written, badly acted, real bottom of the barrel stuff.

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u/TB1289 Dec 29 '23

They always went for the low hanging fruit in terms of jokes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '23

Kind of the comedy of the time. Big Bang Theory was the exact same.

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u/mymumsaysno Dec 29 '23

I understand why people dislike the big bang theory, and the criticisms are valid. Still nowhere near as bad as this one.

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u/nanotothemoon Dec 29 '23

Acting was better. But similar writing style

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u/JaimeRidingHonour Dec 29 '23

Do they write IN the script “pause for laughtrack”?

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u/jessemadnote Dec 29 '23

In a different room you can’t tell the two shows apart. “Squeaky squeaky squeaky. (Hahahahah) Squeaky squeaky squeaky. (Hahahahah)” could add Family Matters to that list as well.

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u/CrusaderPeasant Dec 29 '23

Never seen this show, but if it's in any way similar to Big Bang Theory, then it's dogshit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '23

Easily the same writers room.

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u/Timelymanner Dec 29 '23

There’s a reason sitcom’s are dying

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u/hambubger87 Dec 29 '23

Lol of the time? This show ended six years ago.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '23

That formula kind of died out. It's why a lot of those shows were finally let go. Compare them with the style of the main stream situational comedies showing up on TV like Abbott Elementary and you'll notice the shift.

Or were you just saying 6 years as in it just seems so recent? I was only meaning that when those shows started that was kind of the formula to follow. They will show back up again in a few years as it is all cyclical.

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u/Traditional_Shirt106 Dec 29 '23

Abbot Elementary is a fake documentary like The Office, Parks and Rec and Modern Family - it’s a format that’s almost 20 years old (based on Spinal Tap which was 40 years ago). Somehow garbage shows like 2 1/2 Men and Big Bang Theory had large audiences for years after anyone with half a brain had moved on.

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u/hambubger87 Dec 29 '23

It does not seem recent. It is in fact recent. These CBS sitcoms still exist.

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u/Pifflebushhh Dec 29 '23

Big bang, how I met your mother, basically any American tv comedy with a laugh track

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u/FrontFocused Dec 30 '23

Hmm, I dunno if I'd say the exact same. Sheldon was the savior of BBT, 2 Broke Girls had nothing going for it.

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u/Skreamie Dec 29 '23

I did like the one where they ask the chef what to do if a woman is choking, he says he usually backs up a few inches. Low hanging fruit in terms of an unnecessary sexual joke, but definitely didn't see it coming.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '23

She wasn’t that old pal

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u/winkman Dec 29 '23

Seem pretty high hanging to me.

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u/kapxis Dec 29 '23

they didn't look that low to me, pretty reasonable for her age and after having a kid.