things users liked tagged "comedy" at lik.io http://lik.io/tag/comedy 2012-02-11T10:17:36+01:00 text/html 2009-06-29T15:21:23+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/588 A sweet and slap-happy mix of indie coming-of-age drama and Judd Apatow’s scatological but heartfelt manchild comedies, Greg Mottola’s Adventureland is a winning look at the pleasures and frustrations of dead-end jobs and teenage kicks as viewed through a filter of mid-‘80s pop culture.]]> text/html 2009-06-29T15:19:45+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/587 Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiance, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?]]> text/html 2009-06-12T14:13:06+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/578 The universal experience of teenagehood as lived by the regular old freaks and geeks in a Michigan high school, circa 1980, is the subject of this wistful comedy-drama executive-produced by Emmy-winner Judd Apatow and series creator Paul Feig.]]> text/html 2009-06-11T21:26:31+01:00 erin http://lik.io/like/577 In this hilarious series set in a real Australian high school, actor/comedian Chris Lilley stars as three different characters: a vain drama teacher, a self-absorbed boy, and a haughty female exchange student. Hysterical, absurd and frequently shocking, Summer Heights High reveals a world where small issues become huge, social groups are critical, young minds are molded, hopes are shattered and dreams are realized.]]> text/html 2009-06-05T14:30:16+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/573 Peter (Jason Segel) is a struggling musician who finds his world turned upside down when his TV celebrity girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), dumps him for a tragically hip rock star.]]> text/html 2009-06-05T14:27:13+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/572 In 1998, four childhood buddies with a shared love of all things Star Wars reunite for one final, hilarious odyssey. Their insane plan: a cross-country road trip to storm George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch and steal a copy of Episode I before it’s released. With the police, a crew of angry Trekkies, and a crazy pimp hot on their trail, what could possibly go wrong?]]> text/html 2009-05-15T01:59:30+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/542 "Party Down" follows a Los Angeles catering team - a sextet of Hollywood wannabes stuck working for tips while hoping for their "big break." Each episode of this half-hour comedy finds the hapless catering team working a new event - and inevitably getting tangled up with the colorful guests and their absurd lives.]]> text/html 2009-03-13T12:15:41+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/432 Jerry Seinfeld is a very successful stand-up comedian, mainly because the people around him offer an endless supply of great material. His best friend is George Costanza, a bald, whiny loser who craves the kind of success Jerry has but is never willing to do what it takes to get it. Jerry's neighbor Kramer often barges into his apartment and imposes onto his life. In the second episode Jerry's former girlfriend Elaine Benes comes back into his life, and the four of them are able to form a friendship together. The episodes were rarely very plot-heavy, focusing more on mundane conversations and situations that could be found during everyday life in New York.]]> text/html 2009-03-13T00:41:00+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/427 Liz Lemon, played by Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey, is the head writer of the fictional TV show, 'The Girlie Show.' When her old boss dies and a new boss comes in, Liz must try to run a successful TV show without losing her mind.]]> text/html 2009-03-13T00:38:33+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/426 Based on the popular British series of the same name, this faster-paced American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at paper company Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch via a documentary film crew's cameras.]]> text/html 2009-03-12T18:32:27+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/421 Scrubs focuses on the lives of several people working at Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced dialogue, slapstick, and surreal vignettes presented mostly as the daydreams of the central character, Dr. John Michael "J.D." Dorian.]]> text/html 2009-03-12T18:28:54+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/420 The Emmy Award-winning comedy series Arrested Development revolves around Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the “normal” one in a family of crazies, who is forced to stay in Orange County and run the family real estate business after his father, George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), is sent to prison for shifty accounting practices. While George Sr. spent the last year in the slammer discovering his newfound Judaism and recording inspirational tapes, Michael spent it picking up the pieces and trying to teach his offbeat family how to live without an endless expense account.]]> text/html 2009-03-12T14:45:01+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/419 A weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show broadcast live from Studio 8H at the GE Building in New York's Rockefeller Center. The show is one of the longest-running network programs in American television history and and has launched careers for many major American comedy stars of the last thirty years.]]> text/html 2009-03-05T01:56:34+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/264 Raunchy, but not nauseating, Role Models is an exceptionally funny slacker comedy co-written by Paul Rudd.]]> text/html 2008-11-07T20:07:31+01:00 brandon http://lik.io/like/45 Get Smart - The Complete Series Gift Set: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Robert Karvelas: Movies & TV]]>