Bored To Death [**Spoilers**]

Basq

Just when I thought I couldn't possibly love HBO any more than I do already, they give me 'Bored To Death with Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEM5B4P8PIg

Seriously, me ♥ HBO.. roll on September!

Bored to Death stars Jason Schwartzman (The Darjeeling Limited) Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover).

Bored to Death is a comedy about a man with a drinking problem who pretends to be a private detective.

Jason Schwartzman portrays a struggling thritysomething Brooklyn writer with a drinking problem. He decides to emulate heroes from classic private detective novels after a painful breakup with his girlfriend. Pretending to be an actual private detective, he starts taking cases – solving some and making others worse.

Executive producers for Bored to Death are Jonathan Ames, Sarah Condon, Dave Becky, Stephanie Davis and Troy Miller. The series will debut on HBO on September 20, 2009.

dubmick

looks excellent, I am big fan of Jason Schwartzman and I thought Zach Galifianakis was brilliant in the Hangover. Definitely will be looking out for this one.

Mossy Monk

Looks interesting. I look forward to giving it a go.

ixoy

Could be good, although I find something a little off about Schwartzman. I thought 'The Hangover' was incredibly over-rated but that Zach Galifianakis was the best thing out of it. It's also interesting that they cite their own "Curb Your Enthusiasm" for Ted Danson rather than the slightly more famous role he had some years before that...

Premise itself - I imagine he'll be a tad neurotic so I wonder if it'll be "Mr. Monk Becomes an Alcoholic"...

Will definitely take a look - CYE and the Larry Sanders Show are good examples of how they do comedy right (rather than 'Entourage'...).

SuperInfinity

"A New Comedy Series Coming In September"

What makes you so sure this isn't going to suck horribly? You "love" a company over a series that you've never even seen??? Topic creator you're a nut and seeking attention for people like errr... "Zach Gali...fian...akis"

chalkitdown1

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You "love" a company over a series that you've never even seen???

They rarely get it wrong, to be fair. I'd struggle to name 5 below average shows they've made in the last 10 years.

Basq

SuperInfinity wrote: »

"A New Comedy Series Coming In September"

What makes you so sure this isn't going to suck horribly?

Indeed.. goddamn me for being so optimistic!

SuperInfinity wrote: »

You "love" a company over a series that you've never even seen???

Hmmm.. I didn't say I love them over a series I've never ever seen..

Some of their past programming is enough to make me want to have their little sex-obsessed-filthy-language-ridden-but-always-brillant children!

SuperInfinity wrote: »

Topic creator you're a nut and seeking attention for people like errr... "Zach Gali...fian...akis"

I am a nut..

And somehow I think "Zach Gali...fian...akis" has no problem getting attention since he was probably the only worthwhile thing about 'The Hangover'!

And I think he's absolutely f*cking brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0QtJMKt1s

JP Liz

looks good

Basq

Watched the first episode last night.. it was good, but far from great!

Galifianakis was under-used.. and although I like Schwartzmann, it really wasn't much of a stretch of his acting muscles.

Decent.. but I sincerally hope it improves over further episodes.

J-blk

basquille wrote: »

it was good, but far from great!

Hmmm, that's kinda how I've felt about "Hung" all season long, right up to the finale. Still, it's HBO, so I'll give the first few episodes a go anyway...

Basq

Hmmmm,.. was Hung worth sticking with J-blk?

Got to the 5th episode and kinda lost interest.

J-blk

basquille wrote: »

Hmmmm,.. was Hung worth sticking with J-blk?

Can't really say it gets much better and even the finale was pretty low key IMO. I just expected the premise to be funnier (closer to early seasons of "Weeds" - the core idea of an ordinary person turning to dodgy means to get by seems similar) and that things would progressively get worse for Ray rather than better over time, bringing some good drama into the mix.

But nope, none of that really happened TBH. It's not funny enough, it's not dramatic enough, Tanya is a completely useless character and things are moving too slowly.

I still can't call it a terrible show and I'll probably watch it next season too, but I can see it relegated to "filler" position in my queue of shows, to watch when nothing else is really on, rather than following it week to week...

dubmick

I'd have to agree completely with you about Hung.

I think the 2nd series of Parks & Recreation is starting tonight. It thought the first series was fairly funny.

J-blk

dubmick wrote: »

I think the 2nd series of Parks & Recreation is starting tonight. It thought the first series was fairly funny.

It starts tomorrow (Thursday nights) so we won't get to see it until Friday. Looking forward to it too, I enjoyed the first (short) season.

User45701

and theres 2 episode out already - nice

Basq

With a horrid watermark.. don't bother!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Watched the first 5 minutes or so of Bored to Death, but couldn't cope with the huge HBO across the screen, so I'll probably wait until it airs legitimately.
I stopped watching Hung about episode 5 or 6 with the intention of going back to look at it at a later stage, but I don't know if I will.
Will definitely give Bored To Death a chance though, as it is HBO and apart from Sex and the City I don't think I've disliked any of their shows.

DeWitt

Epic casting.

Saying that I'd like to see Schwartzman play a different sort of character for a change.

Mr E

Thread renamed to something more meaningful (sorry basquille)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

This was actually better than I thought it would be. Very funny. Loved the whole hotel room scene. Looking forward to the next episode.

J-blk

CaptainNegative wrote: »

This was actually better than I thought it would be. Very funny.

+1 - I didn't have huge hopes for it, but it wasn't bad at all. Zach Galifianakis was criminally underused though so hopefully they fix that in subsequent episodes. Jason Schwartzman does a great job in the lead though and he really does seem "bored to death" coasting through his life... looking forward to seeing where it goes.

L31mr0d

J-blk wrote: »

Zach Galifianakis was criminally underused though so hopefully they fix that in subsequent episodes.

+1 The best parts of the episode where the ones with Galifianakis in it.

In general, I like most of the quirky stuff Schwartzman has been in. But he's never been the main reason why I liked it.

I liked Bill Murray more in Rushmore, surprisingly I thought Wahlberg did an excellent job in I heart Huckabees, and the Darjeeling limited, well Owen Wilson stole the show for the majority.

Bored to Death seems to be the same. I've a feeling I'm going to like Galifianakis a lot more. Hopefully they will give him more, if not equal air time to Schwartzman in the coming episodes.

Also... my god does Danson look old now.

basquille

basquille wrote: »

With a horrid watermark.. don't bother!

Ugh, that was horrible. I tried watching one episode and didn't bother watching the other with that HBO sign over the whole thing.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Deleted User wrote: »

Ugh, that was horrible. I tried watching one episode and didn't bother watching the other with that HBO sign over the whole thing.

Unwatermarked version is now out and about.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Second episode was pretty decent. Some solid humour in parts. I'm still hoping it will get better, though.

Basq

Haven't watched the second, but heard the third is a big improvement.

L31mr0d

CaptainNegative wrote: »

Second episode was pretty decent. Some solid humour in parts. I'm still hoping it will get better, though.

Yeah it was good. It's watchable. But, like the first episode, I only found myself smiling when Galifianakis was on screen.

The comic drawing of the guy saying "I will find all your treasures"

The scenes with Danson are still throwaway, he's adding nothing to the show for me.

JP Liz

HBO's slacker-noir detective comedy Bored to Death has been renewed for a second season.

J-blk

Wow, HBO is really handing out the quick renewals this year - first with "Hung", now with this. Haven't watched the third episode yet but the first two were just ok, still hasn't really grabbed my attention...

L31mr0d

basquille wrote: »

the third is a big improvement.

The 3rd episode IS a big improvement, guess why though? There's a lot more of Gala... Gali... eh... Gallimimus Galifianakis in it. The guy is comedy gold, every scene he was in was hilarious.

It also had nothing to do with Schwartzmans Unlicensed Detective shenanigans.

J-blk

Maybe by season 2 they'll kill off Schwartzman's character and make Galifianakis the lead instead?

L31mr0d

J-blk wrote: »

Maybe by season 2 they'll kill off Schwartzman's character and make Galifianakis the lead instead?

Schwartzman is like a Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry was never the funniest character in the show, he was more the background observer that commentated on what was happening around him. If you think back to your funniest memories from Seinfeld, none of them will have anything to do with something Jerry was doing, it's usually something he was watching happen.

imo, they've got the roles mixed up in Bored to Death, they have Galifianakis as the observer, watching and commentating on Schwartzmans actions. He should really be the lead. Just little things he does had me in tears like in Episode 3 when he's

sitting at the table holding a normal conversation with his girlfriend then he gets up and he's dressed the top half of his body but he's still only in his underwear.

It's just so random and hilarious.

L31mr0d

Have to say I'm really enjoying this show. It's been getting consistently better since the first few shaky episodes.

The last episode was really good. The cast has levelled out thankfully with nearly equal screen time for all the leads. Its the kind of show you watch with a smile on your face for the entirety but you never really laugh out loud.

Danson has really grown on me after last weeks episode when he was high on pot.

Overall one of my favourite new shows this season.

Bugg

Been watching this every week and I really like it, since around the 4th episode I think its been getting better with every episode. Like L31mr0d said, the cast has levelled out and I think this has really improved the show.

The last three episodes have been brilliant, loved the

stolen sperm episode when there trying to track down the two lesbians.

chalkitdown1

Bit of a low key end to the first season this week. Hell, I didn't even know it was the final episode until I read it online afterwards.

Good series, though. Episodes 6 & 7 were brilliant.

JP Liz V1

HBO announced the return date for Bored to Death starring Jason Schwartzman. It will return for a second season on Sunday, Sept. 26. at 10 p.m.

BopNiblets

*bump*
New Season has started, anyone watching?

Still good stuff I think.

KeanSeenan

Yeah, I've enjoyed the last two episodes, I also like how Schwartzman writes the music for it.His band is really good.

chalkitdown1

Yeah, I thought the first two episodes were great. It's really kept up the high standard that it built up towards the end of the first season.

That was the real Jonathan Ames(creator and writer of the show) playing the naked boyfriend guy at the end.

JP Liz V1

HBO confirms that it has renewed two Sunday night comedies. Bored to Death, the private detective comedy starring Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, and Ted Danson, and Eastbound & Down, the Danny McBride comedy, will each be returning for a third season.

FreudianSlippers

I'm starting to watch the second series now. I didn't really think the first was that great, but I'm actually really enjoying the second series so far (I'm at episode 5).

dr.bollocko

I just stumbled across this show. Finishing off series 1.
Beautifully shot, well written, great cast.
Just all round great TV from HBO.

Makes me wonder what else I'm missing tbh!

Boom_Bap

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I just stumbled across this show. Finishing off series 1.
Beautifully shot, well written, great cast.
Just all round great TV from HBO.

Makes me wonder what else I'm missing tbh!

Season 2 is far better than the first so you're in for a treat.

The first half on season 1 was a bit experimental and the characters where not fully rounded. Once they figured out how best to use the characters it really took off for me.

I think it's been renewed for a third season as well.

deepeedublin

this was a highlight of our week, so sad it was such a short season, love ted danson....

Boom_Bap

deepeedublin wrote: »

this was a highlight of our week, so sad it was such a short season, love ted danson....

Ted Danson was one of the characters that blossomed as the show went on. Towards the end of S2 he was getting more and more screentime when initially it looked like he was going to only have small cameo's per episode. Ted and Zach have some scenes together what are comedy gold .

deepeedublin

great, they would be a brilliant combo alright

Richard Dower

Season 3 kicked off last night (or was it Sunday night?), any thoughts?

dr.bollocko

Richard Dower wrote: »

Season 3 kicked off last night, any thoughts?

Feckin' brilliant.

(haven't seen it yet. Just delighted it's back.)

squonk

Looking forward to catching it tonight too. I've loved this show from day 1! Delighted to see it back!

Boom_Bap

Season 3 has been excellent so far.

FreudianSlippers

3rd season has been excellent so far. Episode 4 was hilarious: "holy ****... it smells like fur and jizz in here"