Can confirm. I've also seen Danger 5. Nothing quite like it, except for maybe their other projects.
What are some lesser-known TV series you like, and would recommend?
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Perhapsjustsniffit 7 points 2 years ago path: 0 15615727 15616946, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 0
NigelFrobisher 5 points 2 years ago
The bit with the Italian submarine crew being stereotypically obsessed with coffee is gold.
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Majorllama 30 points 2 years ago
Idk if it's "lesser known" exactly but it's a comfort show that I can have on in the background at all times: Psych.
It's got a specific pacing and humor that tickles my brain just right. They will let some of the funniest jokes you have ever heard just fly right by if you aren't paying attention.
Not super complicated or deep thinking. Just cheesy fun.
Thassodar 9 points 2 years ago
If you like Psych I'd recommend High Potential. Very similar but stars Kaitlin Olson (from it's alway Sunny) as a single mom with high IQ helping the police.
I used to love Psych but, after binging a season or two, it was too "one note" for me and couldn't keep my interest. Similarly, for High Potential, it couldn't keep my attention once I found out that it's almost another take on Psych's formula.
Iamsqueegee 6 points 2 years ago
But, pineapples!
ClanOfTheOcho 4 points 2 years ago
I've heard it both ways
thejoker954 3 points 2 years ago
I loved Psych when it was airing and enjoyed the movies, but binging the show just makes me dislike Shawn.
The way he treats Gus stops being funny for me when it's just constant.
adhocfungus 2 points 2 years ago
I had the exact same response. I still love it, but Shawn's so incredibly narcissistic that's it's tough to love him. I treat it the same way I treat Bojack Horseman: I can hate his character and still find him hilarious and compelling.
Majorllama 7 points 2 years ago
"I don't lose things. I place things in locations which later elude me." Has become part of my normal vocabulary.
My dad thought it was so funny that it got him to watch the show and now it's one of his favorite shows too.
BradleyUffner 8 points 2 years ago
That scene where they are trying to have a meeting about developing a bomb with Ted's daughter in the room may be one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my lifetime.
clay_pidgin 4 points 2 years ago
I still think about the episode where one of the scientists can't use the water fountain or automatic doors because they can't "see" black people.
BradleyUffner 3 points 2 years ago
There is just so much gold in every episode.
BradleyUffner 22 points 2 years ago
I can't recommend "Better Off Ted" enough to people looking for something smart and witty.
ClanOfTheOcho 8 points 2 years ago
The Veridian Dynamics commercials alone would justify this show's existence. Not that it needs it. It stands on its own merits.
clay_pidgin 7 points 2 years ago
So it was YOUR fault!
clay_pidgin 4 points 2 years ago
Amazing show. I loved it very much.
charade_you_are 20 points 2 years ago
Not sure if Black Sails is not well known. The fact that Patriot ended after 2 seasons makes me think it's not well known since it was a truly great show.
EDIT: Patriot ends fine. You can see where it could have continued but where it stops isn't an issue
charade_you_are 3 points 2 years ago
Yeah, that's the one. Might be time for my 5th rewatch now that I think about it
rylock 3 points 2 years ago
The two exact shows I was going to mention.
Patriot's depressing humour and quirkiness seems to turn a lot of people off, unfortunately.
For Black Sails, I don't get it. Comparable to HBO quality yet overlooked.
charade_you_are 2 points 2 years ago
I don't get Black Sails either. Maybe people didn't actually want a realistic depiction of pirates for some reason? What you say makes sense about Patriot. I sometimes forget my type of sense of humor is a niche thing.
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MimicJar 5 points 2 years ago
The Day of the Jackal is a weird name for a show (or book, that it's based on), but a fun show.
I wasn't sure Eddie Redmayne would be able to be a believable international assassin, but he's got the quiet killer vibe down.
I also liked Lashana Lynch and her "complex hero character".
Lashana Lynch mild character spoilers
Since Eddie Redmayne is our main character, and he's a villain, it means Lashana Lynch had to be our villains antagonist. She's the "hero" of the show, but a deeply flawed one that I found interesting to watch. I think she makes choices that are human and realistic and justifiable...but not ones a hero would make.
metaStatic 19 points 2 years ago
Lexx is just ... great. yeah that's the word.
Albbi 16 points 2 years ago
I've been really loving the British show Taskmaster.
Basically you take a bunch of comedians and have them perform various inane tasks. Some of my favourites are:drive this barge down a canal and spear 5 rubber dinghies with a lance attached to the barge. Fastest wins. Or draw the rainbow with the correct colours. In the dark. There's often some tricks in these tasks and watching the contestants figure out their own way to solve the task is the best part of the show.
PixelTron 6 points 2 years ago
After watching every Taskmaster season so far, I’ve moved onto Would I Lie To You, plenty of compilations on YouTube but full episodes are paced better, can’t recommend it enough. Although it’s a panel show so not as varied as Taskmaster, but some similar comedians & panelist’s & some funny stories to enjoy…
idiomaddict 9 points 2 years ago
I discovered cats does countdown during the pandemic and holy shit, a show with anagrams, math problems, and comedians? It’s perfect
clay_pidgin 3 points 2 years ago
It's very good. The international versions are good too, as is Junior Taskmaster, surprisingly.
clay_pidgin 2 points 2 years ago
It's really fun, but a warning I have found it to be more vulgar than the UK version. Very funny still but perhaps less appropriate for all ages.
thejoker954 2 points 2 years ago
Taskmaster and would I lie to you are staples in my playlist. Also 8 out of 10 cats does coutdown is good, but not a lot on youtube.
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SaveTheTuaHawk 14 points 2 years ago
The Newsroom on HBO, 2012-2015. Jeff Daniels. It's about a TV cable news show trying to stick to integrity and real news while losing market share to FOX and CNN. Many, many story lines about the Republican news anchor warning Republicans about the Tea Party and the Koch brothers. If watched in 2012-15, it would all seem dramatic hyperbole but the show warned about far , far worse things to come. This is pre Alex Jones and Donald Trump.
Doctor_Satan 2 points 2 years ago
Alex Jones was around back then, but he was very fringe. His biggest thing was being a "9/11 Truther". It's funny, because so many people associated him with the Left back in the early 2000s because of that. I know a lot of normally Left-leaning people who got sucked into his nonsense back in the day.
Trump was around too, but he was very much just a joke. We kinda fucked that one up.
Voroxpete 14 points 2 years ago
I have a bad radar for what is "Well known" so we'll see how this goes...
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was weird, wonderful, and deeply touching. Great performance from Elijah Wood.
Maniac is by the director of True Detective, and its a fucking surreal (literal) drug trip of a show that earns a high spot on the "Holy shit, Jonah Hill is a great actor?!" list.
SAS: Rogue Heroes is a bonkers fun historical drama that feels like a Guy Ritchie movie, and yet is somehow often understating the insanity of the real events. By the creators of Peaky Blinders.
Too Old To Die Young is a collaboration between legendary director Nicholas Winding Refn (Driver, Only God Forgives, Neon Demon, Valhalla Rising) and legendary comics writer Ed Brubaker (Daredevil, Captain America, Sleeper, Criminal). You either have no idea why you should give a fuck about that, or you desperately need to go change your pants right now and are seriously worried that the erection is going to last more than four hours. If you're the latter person, yes, it's everything you're hoping; unbelievably slow paced, weird, dark, contemplative, surreal, and brutally violent. This is NWR in full bore "They gave me too much budget and too much runtime and by God I intend to abuse the fuck out of both" mode. Watch it while high.
Almacca 12 points 2 years ago
Kevin Can Go Fuck Himself. It's a basic family sitcom, laugh track and all, but only when the husband character Kevin is on the screen. Any other time there's a drastic shift in tone to dark and serious, and the wife character trying to figure how to kill Kevin.
miss_demeanour 11 points 2 years ago
Mr. Inbetween
Tremé
eta:
The Corner (predecessor to The Wire (not prequel))
Marthirial 4 points 2 years ago
My man. Let's add Peep Show and the list is excellent.
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clay_pidgin 3 points 2 years ago
That was really fun.
NigelFrobisher 10 points 2 years ago
The Night Shift (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A6turvaktin), an Icelandic sitcom about the staff of a service station - at least at first. It’s pretty deadpan like the Office or I’m Alan Partridge, and their situation just gets more dire and funnier as the series progress. It got a UK DVD release thanks to the BBC, and I just learned there is a movie too.
ClanOfTheOcho 10 points 2 years ago
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If you ever take the opportunity to watch these 13 episodes, be sure to read the "planned episodes" section afterwards to see how cursed the world is for Fox not having learned their lesson with having cancelled Firefly too soon.
A 20-something Niagara Falls souvenir-shop worker finds her life is changed forever when inanimate animal figures - toys, cartoon images etc. - begin talking to her. Their cryptic messages set into motion a chain of events that invariably lead her into the lives of others.
bouncing_blob 7 points 2 years ago
Review with Forrest McNeil, it's based off an Aussie show of the same name that I keep meaning to check out; starts off slow but builds to get pretty wild. I really enjoyed it.
Meltdown 7 points 2 years ago
And then, from somewhere deep and previously unknown, there sprang a reserve of fortitude and courage.
Or was it resignation?
Or fatalism?
Or nihilism?
Or perhaps I simply understood, from the darkest corner of my soul, that these pancakes couldn't kill me because I was already dead..
Folks, I have no more desire to get through the rest of my life than I did to eat those pancakes.
But I ate them.
And the knowledge that I can keep going when all seems lost... that's a great thing to acquire.
Eating thirty pancakes, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Davel23 7 points 2 years ago
The American version (which I assume you are referencing) is just called Review, the Australian version is called Review with Myles Barlow. Fun fact, the final "caller" in the series finale of the American version is Myles Barlow.
bouncing_blob 5 points 2 years ago
You're right, been awhile since I watched it. Going to take this as my sign to finally watch the Aus version!
reallykindasorta 7 points 2 years ago
I haven’t seen it in awhile but I remember the british show Detectorists being surprisingly sweet/moving (I don’t usually enjoy dramas)
12 Monkeys, the show. Really deep dives into the nuances of time travel. Clearly had an excellent science advisor. Not the biggest budget or greatest script/acting but the writers really puts in the work for sci fi fans (The 100 style).
useyourmainfinger 3 points 2 years ago
The detectorists is so good, a gentle watch tbf, but we need more like that I think .
BillSchofield 7 points 2 years ago
- Dollhouse
- Skins
- Being Human UK
- Misfits
- Wonderfalls
+1 to others recommendations for Dirk Gently and Pushing Daisies
hanrahan 5 points 2 years ago
Mr Inbetween
dumblederp 2 points 2 years ago
Is this still lesser known? I really like that it's Australian dialogue.
strongarm 5 points 2 years ago
Rubicon (2010), it's a proper spy thriller based on intelligence analysts as opposed to field agents.
Unfortunately it got canned early, but I loved the story and writing, I have a feeling the show was a little too close to home, but that's a whole other conspiracy theory...
Rogue 4 points 2 years ago
The Day of the Jackal.
It's a captivating thriller about an assassin. It's one of the best shows I've seen in a long time
Rainbowsaurus 3 points 2 years ago
Years and Years. A miniseries, but fantastic, and I never see people talking about it.
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Danger 5. It's an Australian tv show that had two seasons. It's a surreal, screwball comedy about a ragtag team whose mission every episode is to kill Hitler.
If you want to see a TV show that has Nazis, dinosaurs, cigarette commercials, and a talking bald Eagle, then this is your show.
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