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Title: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on March 18, 2009, 05:26:27 AM
This looks great!  I want a job at this place.  Show starts tonight (3/18) on ABC.

Better Off Ted Teaser (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2MjAcd3Ys#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: sheldor on March 18, 2009, 05:35:39 AM
:roflmao
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Post by: Geekyfanboy on March 18, 2009, 08:13:52 AM
OMG.. that was way too funny... I have heard about the show since I watch The Ellen Degeneres Show and her wife Porsha De Rossi is one of the stars of it and she talks about it.. but man this looks like a must see for me.
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Post by: billybob476 on March 18, 2009, 08:47:32 AM
This looks great. Kind of reminds me of a cross between Big Bang Theory and The Office.

As Zaboo would say...PVR'd!
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Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on March 18, 2009, 09:07:17 AM
Haha, I can't wait to watch it.  It looks like a good comedy.

King
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Post by: moyer777 on March 18, 2009, 09:33:07 AM
That does look funny!
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Post by: billybob476 on March 19, 2009, 05:42:05 AM
Well I really enjoyed the first show. It's very witty. I like the fact that while Ted definitely is a 'comapny man' he seems to have some humanity which makes me relate to him. Also usually I don't like smart-alecky kids on shows but I do like his daughter who seems to act as his moral compass.

So overall, fun characters, good gags and some heart.

Keeping this on the PVR for the foreseeable future.
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Post by: sheldor on March 19, 2009, 07:18:11 AM
That was hilarious - Eureka meets Office Space.  The killer pumpkin - OMGorshk !!
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on March 19, 2009, 07:43:09 AM
Enjoyed it a lot too.  Kind of cool that Ted stood up for the guy they wanted to fire at the end.  I liked Portia a lot in it too - very good comic timing.  Definitely keep watching.
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on August 14, 2009, 08:50:38 AM
If anyone doesn't know, this series has been showing some new episodes the last few weeks.  Here's a great part from a recent one.  (So many big, corporate presentations are just like this.)

Jabberwocky Moment 8-11 - Better Off Ted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0tCtXwekk#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq-hd)
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Post by: Geekyfanboy on August 14, 2009, 09:41:31 AM
I love this show.. so funny

I love how they open each show with a commercial for their company.
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Post by: sheldor on August 14, 2009, 12:23:18 PM
Quote from: Rico on August 14, 2009, 08:50:38 AM
If anyone doesn't know, this series has been showing some new episodes the last few weeks.  Here's a great part from a recent one.  (So many big, corporate presentations are just like this.)

Jabberwocky Moment 8-11 - Better Off Ted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0tCtXwekk#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq-hd)

oh - jabberwocky.  The dancing - too much!!  Yes - I have been in these kind of meetings.
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Post by: billybob476 on August 14, 2009, 12:24:09 PM
Is it me or is this show on very sporadically?
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Post by: sheldor on August 14, 2009, 01:04:39 PM
Summer season - usually programming is like that.  Thank goodness for dvr because I never know when the show is new.
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on August 14, 2009, 01:06:23 PM
Quote from: billybob476 on August 14, 2009, 12:24:09 PM
Is it me or is this show on very sporadically?

I'm not sure about Canada airings.  It had a trial run here in the spring for maybe a couple of months, then went away for a bit but has been airing every week for the last month or so here now.  I think these are episodes from season one that didn't make it on the air in the spring.  They are showing them now since it got renewed for a second season.  Another reason I love TIVO Season Pass.  I never miss things with that.
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Post by: billybob476 on August 14, 2009, 04:02:34 PM
Yeah my Rogers DVR isn't that smart. If a show isn';t on when you say it is, no recording.
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on August 14, 2009, 04:17:52 PM
Quote from: billybob476 on August 14, 2009, 04:02:34 PM
Yeah my Rogers DVR isn't that smart. If a show isn';t on when you say it is, no recording.

Do they have TIVO in Canada?
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Post by: billybob476 on August 14, 2009, 04:28:50 PM
Quote from: Rico on August 14, 2009, 04:17:52 PM
Quote from: billybob476 on August 14, 2009, 04:02:34 PM
Yeah my Rogers DVR isn't that smart. If a show isn';t on when you say it is, no recording.

Do they have TIVO in Canada?

They do...but it really (and I mean REALLY) never caught on very much.

http://www.tivo.com/promo/canada.html (http://www.tivo.com/promo/canada.html)
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Post by: jedijeff on August 14, 2009, 09:21:25 PM
My PVR from my cable company has picked them all up, even after the break, even when I moved and they switch my cable over to my new house, that night it recorded one. I record them off the Seattle ABC channel, so I got all the ones that were showing in America. The Jabberwoky presentation was great, I think some of the ideas the promote around my work have no more substance then Jabberwoky
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on December 02, 2009, 05:12:38 AM
Yeah!  Returning next week with new episodes!

New Better off Ted Promo no 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvKwXSQvWRc#)
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Post by: billybob476 on December 02, 2009, 05:32:37 AM
woot!
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: sheldor on December 02, 2009, 06:51:08 AM
cool
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on January 02, 2010, 11:48:20 AM
Last night's episode had the lab guys go down to a lab of abandoned robots.  Doctor Who fans might notice a familiar sight in this clip I captured.

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Post by: Feathers on January 02, 2010, 11:52:12 AM
Where did they get that from? Must have been left over from the Dalek experiments in New York. ;)
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Post by: Geekyfanboy on January 11, 2010, 11:00:30 AM
Loved that scene Rico.. when I saw that I pointed at the TV and said to Harry.. OMG there's a Dalek..
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Post by: celestialteapot on January 14, 2010, 07:35:49 PM
I've just started watching it, and loving it so far! :))
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Post by: sheldor on January 14, 2010, 08:58:17 PM
Last two episodes were a riot.  I hope there are some smart execs left at ABC who will keep this show on the air.  Its like a live action Dilbert.
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Post by: Geekyfanboy on February 02, 2010, 09:00:29 PM
Sadly they just official canceled this show. :(
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Post by: Darkmolerman on February 02, 2010, 09:01:57 PM
Quote from: Geekyfanboy on February 02, 2010, 09:00:29 PM
Sadly they just official canceled this show. :(
ABC just ruined my day :( how can anyone cancel the show?
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: sheldor on February 02, 2010, 09:09:39 PM
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Darkmolerman on February 02, 2010, 09:12:49 PM
You....err Chris said it well
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: KatzeKitty on February 03, 2010, 05:11:23 AM
Oh, sure, just when I started watching it.  :'(  Figures.  (I suppose that could have been the problem; I didn't know it was worth watching until a few months ago)

~kk
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: Rico on February 03, 2010, 05:15:29 AM
Quote from: Geekyfanboy on February 02, 2010, 09:00:29 PM
Sadly they just official canceled this show. :(

Frak! 
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Post by: billybob476 on February 03, 2010, 05:51:37 AM
That stinks. However, based on how sporadically it has been playing up here I'm not completely surprised. It really is too bad though. How was the advertising for this show down in the US? I rarely ever saw an ad for it here.
Title: Re: "Better Off Ted" - new comedy
Post by: sheldor on April 12, 2010, 12:10:26 PM
Season 1 on Netlix for instant viewing!!!