Things To Check Out: Peep Show

First things first, when I recommend something, understand that in no way am I suggesting that I liked it before it was popular, before it sold out, before anything. I am not suggesting anything like that when I say people should check something out. In most cases, I am coming to the party late, or at the last minute, and it turns out litchrelly (you'll see, you'll see) everyone else has heard of whatever I'm getting into long before I have and I just haven't talked to them about it. There is only ONE thing I liked before it got popular, and that is putting Thousand Island Dressing on spaghetti (it'll be popular . . . someday . . . and then people will like me . . . someday)

Anyway, today I'm recommending a television show that I was introduced to through the ol' ball'n'chain (who, incidentally supplied the photo in my last post AND the Hill Valley observation). It's a show called "Peep Show."

No, it is not a porn.

"Peep Show" is about two guys, Jez and Mark, who share a flat in Croydon, South London. Jez is a musician who is consistently out of work, thinks he's going to make it big someday (and that clearly will never happen) and is generally the laid back one of the duo. Mark, of course, is a loan manager and is, naturally the uptight one.

Wow, describing it like that makes it sound like a run-of-the-mill-will-be-cancelled-after-four-episodes-crap-that-shows-up-on-every-major-network-every-fall show, but believe me, it is far better than how I just sold it.

Okay, okay - it stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb, a hilarious comedic duo known from shows like "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and "Bruiser" and - wait, you haven't heard of them? Shit.

Okay, let me try this again.

"Peep Show" is a show where every shot (save location-establishing shots) is from a character's first-person POV.

Wait, damnit, that makes it sound gimmicky. Okay, another chance!

"Peep Show" is a show where you hear the running thoughts of the two main characters at all times, providing what are consistently the funniest one-liners you can imagine that are unfortunately too damn long to text to someone as a quote.

Run-of-the-mill, gimmicky, unquotable show. Fuck, I'm really blowing this, aren't I?

It's British! That's gotta score some points, right? Where can you watch it? Shit, I have no idea what channel it's on, especially here in the Colonies, but it IS on Hulu, so you can watch all seven seasons on there! Seven seasons! Yeah!! That's a lot. And there's at least two more due sometime . . . in the future. Oh, but, uh . . . every season is about six episodes long. So that's, what - 42 episodes for you to watch? Damn, that's like two seasons tops in American numbers. Aw hell.

They've introduced ME to new ways of saying things. Examples:

Literally - Litchrelly (See? Told you I'd bring it back!)

Urinal - Your-I-null

Weekend - Weak-END

Sick Day - Sickie

And . . . shit, they're all eluding me now . . . goddamnit. I suck at recommending, clearly. I need to rethink my angle for next time. Anyway . . .

Look: it's hilarious. It's quotable (if you're willing to spend a lot of time typing). It's free on Hulu. On-line! That means no commercials to slow you down!

Wait - shit, Hulu has non-stop commercials these days. Fuck it, I give up.