Wilfred on FX

[Freelance Hack]

Catching up with my DVR. Probably should work today, but dammit, when you only have 3 1/2 months left to work, you should spend as much of the day as you damn well please.

So, I watched the premiere of Wilfred from last week. Absolutely hilarious. Might be the best comedy I've watched all year.

Looks like it's adapted from a British show. Anybody ever catch that?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I've got it Tivo'd and can't wait to watch it finally. My favorite, FAVORITE, thing on any TV show or movie is a talking dog. I have no idea why. And not cartoons, either. Now there's a whole show about a talking dog. This is going to be gold.

 

[doubledown68]

Haven't seen it, but the promo with him peeing on a tree and singing the line "This land is my land" over and over had me chuckling for a good minute.

 

[T2]

Looks like it's adapted from a British show. Anybody ever catch that?

It's adapted from an Australian show (16 episodes shot on 16mm film). The same Aussie actor plays Wilfred in the American version.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Just watched the first four episodes on the DVR. Funny stuff. Definitely worth watching. I'd like to see more jokes about the guy in the dogsuit doing dog-like things, like when he first met Elijah Wood and stood in front of the couching making circles before he sat down.

 

[spikechiquet]

Funny, but not 'OMG WTF LOL'. I am DVRing it, but sort of just get through it, it's not must-see-TV for me.

 

[Precious Roy]

Just watched the first four episodes on the DVR. Funny stuff. Definitely worth watching. I'd like to see more jokes about the guy in the dogsuit doing dog-like things, like when he first met Elijah Wood and stood in front of the couching making circles before he sat down.

They listened to you last week with the rug and peanut butter stuff. One of the funniest episodes so far.

 

[shockey]

i posted on the 'louie' thread that 'wilfred' had yet to impress me. this thread feature such powerful endorsements i suppose i should keep paying attention. maybe i need to dvr it so i can check it out when i'm fresher. it certainly won't kill me to give it another 30 minutes of my precious time. :

 

[sgreenwell]

I like the show, but I wonder about its staying power. It definitely seems like something that should only go a season or two, otherwise it'll start to get stretched. How many ways can you have a guy acting like a dog? Still, it fights in perfectly with the other FX shows in that time slot - Always Sunny, Archer, The League, etc. Crude humor, but surprisingly funny and intelligent in its crudeness.

 

[spikechiquet]

Funny, but not 'OMG WTF LOL'. I am DVRing it, but sort of just get through it, it's not must-see-TV for me.

I take this back...I now realize after some jokes I made at work tonight...that I am a 100% total perv whose sense of humor is so twisted that "dirty funny" shows like Wilfred don't shock/make me laugh.


...and that my co-workers do not share in my humor...and I need to keep my mouth shut more.

 

[Batman]

This show is now about six episodes in, and holy **** is it great. The episode tonight, where Wilfred is cheating on his stuffed bear with the stuffed giraffe, had me freaking rolling.
Wasn't sure about the show at first. I couldn't tell if I was laughing at the actual jokes or the sheer absurdity of a 6-foot-4 Australian guy in a dog costume.
It's the jokes. It's definitely the jokes.
Awesome, awesome show.

 

[Suicide Squeezer]

This show is now about six episodes in, and holy **** is it great. The episode tonight, where Wilfred is cheating on his stuffed bear with the stuffed giraffe, had me freaking rolling.
Wasn't sure about the show at first. I couldn't tell if I was laughing at the actual jokes or the sheer absurdity of a 6-foot-4 Australian guy in a dog costume.
It's the jokes. It's definitely the jokes.
Awesome, awesome show.

I've been meaning to catch up from the beginning on On Demand, but finally caught the show tonight for the first time. Excellent episode to come in on, I think. It was fantastic.

 

[Freelance Hack]

DVR'ing tonight's show while I'm traveling, but I'll add that the last couple weeks were very, very funny.

Best line from last week's show: While Elijah Wood and Chris Klein are playing ping pong, "I've seen more aggressive ball playing in airport men's restrooms."

 

[Batman]

DVR'ing tonight's show while I'm traveling, but I'll add that the last couple weeks were very, very funny.

Best line from last week's show: While Elijah Wood and Chris Klein are playing ping pong, "I've seen more aggressive ball playing in airport men's restrooms."

The last three weeks, the doggy daycare episode and last night's in particular, have definitely been the best of the run so far.
I wasn't able to watch it because of work, but IFC was showing a marathon of the original Australian show last Sunday. Wonder if they'll do that again sometime.

 

[spikechiquet]

"Right rabbit...wrong hole"

BAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA!

Great guest star by Jane Kaczmarek.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

Once the show shed its easy and lame dog jokes, it's starting to soar. The most recent episode and the one where they volunteer at the hospice were tremendous. Jason Gann's delivery is so, so on.

 

[Batman]

Once the show shed its easy and lame dog jokes, it's starting to soar. The most recent episode and the one where they volunteer at the hospice were tremendous. Jason Gann's delivery is so, so on.

And yet, it still hits those easy dog jokes at exactly the right times. Like the previous episode, where Ryan smacked Wilfred with the newspaper. Or this week's, where Wilfred is pissing on the kid's big wheel. The whole "relationship" with Bear is one big dog joke that's taken to another level and repeatedly well-executed.

Oh, and before I forget to mention it, the stuffed giraffe sex montage was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long, long time.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

Once the show shed its easy and lame dog jokes, it's starting to soar. The most recent episode and the one where they volunteer at the hospice were tremendous. Jason Gann's delivery is so, so on.

And yet, it still hits those easy dog jokes at exactly the right times. Like the previous episode, where Ryan smacked Wilfred with the newspaper. Or this week's, where Wilfred is pissing on the kid's big wheel. The whole "relationship" with Bear is one big dog joke that's taken to another level and repeatedly well-executed.

Oh, and before I forget to mention it, the stuffed giraffe sex montage was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long, long time.

You're right on re: dog jokes. When Wilfred smelled his ass before approaching the giraffe ... or having to tell his dog twice about the Monopoly money were perfect.

And I love the righteous indignation with which Wilfred always corrects Ryan.

 

[spikechiquet]

So anyone else feel like this has taken a sick twist toward really sad tale of a insane person more than just a comedy about a guy that can see a talking dog.

Man, today's episode was dark.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I can't bring myself to watch three minutes of this show. I might be missing something, but ...