"Viva Laughlin"?
"Viva Laughlin"?
#1"Viva Laughlin"?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:25amDespite its less-than-stellar review in the NY Times this morning (I am being generous), who is planning on watching tonight?!?
#2re: 'Viva Laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:31am
Didnt they say it was the worst show EVER? That's the way I read it.
I'm a no.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#2re: 'Viva Laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:35amNot ever doodle, EW still says coprock was worse.
#3re: 'Viva Laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:44amNo, the NY Times said that CopRock was better.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#4re: 'Viva Laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:46amI was qouting Entertaiment Weekly. Let's call it a draw.
Fenchurch
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/16/06
#5re: 'Viva Laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:50am
It's a watered-down version of the great BBC show "Viva Blackpool"
That show was good, this one (like the American "Coupling") will suck.
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual." - muscle23ftl
#6re: 'Viva Laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:53amI'm going to give it a go ...
#7re: 'Viva Laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:55amYou're brave DBP. You will be our canary in the cave as it were.
#8'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 11:58amhow dare you, billy! didn't you see that fenfenla'anatullahchurch has decreed it terrible? he doesn't even need to watch it to be able to determine it's worthlessness and by ignoring his decree you invite death to your door you foolish infidel!
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#9'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:04pmI watched the first episode of Viva Blackpool and was bored silly. I had no reason to believe Viva Laughlin would be any better.
#10'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:06pmapparently, mister matt, you don't get it.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#11'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:33pmOh, I got it. But that didn't make it suck any less.
#12'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:39pmtaz, I may not be a good test case; I liked "Cop Rock."
#13'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:47pmI have actually always hoped they would put CopRock out on dvd. I am beyond curious to see it.
#14'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:41pmAll I remember about CopRock is a scene where a female drug addict just sold her baby and sings a ballad on a park bench. It was actually quite good.
#15'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:19pm
You mean this scene, Matt?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCyZ9njjPww
ETA: taz, there's a whole slew of clips on YouTube. Some better quality, too.
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Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
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#16'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:35pm
Love Kathleen Wilhoite in that scene...and love the song "Sandman".
Written by Randy Newman, who wrote many of Cop Rock's numbers.
It was originally written for his Opera "Faust".
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#17'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:53pm
Taz, check out the "Baby Merchant" clip...that's what most of the numbers were like...what a plot!
The pilot was the best...cheesy, bad, and wonderful.
It was the "Carrie, the Musical" of television.
Until tonite! 
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#18'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 6:01pm
Taping ER & watching this.
It will be on Sunday night from now on.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#19'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 6:34pmCop Rock had Peter Onorati's chest. Reason to watch ANYTHING he's in.
#20'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 7:41pm
First off, thanks so much for pointing me to youtube and suggesting Baby Merchant.
Secondly, I mean, there simply are no words to describe that. How has this not become a absolute cult classic with episodic midnight screenings is beyond me.
If Viva Laughlin is even one third as bad/brilliant as that I am going to have a new favorite show.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#21'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 8:40pm
I watched every episode of Cop Rock. Onorati's "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down" was homoerotic heaven.
And the final episode, when a fat soprano descends from above the stage, well, that was some fanfriggintastic stuff.
#22'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 8:58pm
I have now seen pretty much every clip on youtube. I want more!
This is one of those things where you just don't believe what you're seeing/hearing and yet there it is.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#23'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 9:02pmThere was a huge marketing campaign, big heavy stock inserts in Rolling Stone with the tagline: Law, Order, Rhythm & Blues.
#24'viva laughlin'?
Posted: 10/18/07 at 9:32pm
I bet if you were to watch these shows over and over you would become innured to their awfulness. I can see myself saying (after maybe the 10th viewing):
"how was this not a hit? It's so fresh and innovative".
Sort of like the way a flop's cast album becomes a fan favorite.
And:
It won 2 Emmys!
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