"Watch out Atlanta, SouthSide is coming for your neck. "
Man this Comedy Central's southside is the funniest black ish I have seen in a long time. Only 2 episodes in, but if it can keep up at this pace, it will be very worthy competition for Atlanta.
To be fair, they are very different shows. Atlanta is more high end, slower pace and artsy, but Southside got joke on top of joke and really seems it was written for us by us.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79555 posts
Wed Aug-07-19 05:30 PM
6. "Thanks for the reminder" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Aug-07-19 05:34 PM by legsdiamond
I’ve been hearing clips on the radio and it sounded like it might be funny
Reader listed him 15th in the under 13 South of 22nd street.
Yooooo!! Lmao. Watching this tonight.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
7. "Went to school with Bashir" In response to Reply # 0
So happy to see his come up. He used to be a writer on Jimmy Fallon. Dude is hella smart. Last time I saw him, we were kids, I thought he was going to be a doctor or lawyer....cut to... he is doing skits on The Tonight Show. I think he has another show coming out too on another network...IFC, I think.
But yeah, like ATL, it feels homegrown and the writers know the city and its people well. The punchlines/jokes don't stop....it keeps hittin' you back to back.
It trips me out because at one point Bashir, Kanye, and I were all on the same bus as kids. Seeing them do there thing at different points makes me proud and the talent that continue to rise out the city is amazing. Despite some of the negative 'statistics', I am hella proud of this city and look forward to seeing more of my experiences/stomping grounds getting put out there for the world to view.
34. "Sherman's Showcase!!" In response to Reply # 10
>I haven't seen that one, I don't have IFC, but they're both >on Wednesday nights.
I stumbled into this over the weekend. It is wonderfully absurd.
Charade and Time Loop should be enough to earn it a 2nd season. I was laughing out loud but for real. And yeah, it's aging/old black people stuff. I had a blast.
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22. "I really liked Detroiters" In response to Reply # 8
It had a lot going for it. I will say that the show did seem a bit, underdeveloped. Leads were awesome but they weren't great at developing the motley crew of other characters (epsecially women characters) and b storylines were weak. I think given more time all that would have developed.
Compare that to Southside which out the gate has baller mom and crooked hood chick cop which are two of the funniest black women characters in comedy I've seen in a minute.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
9. "I meant to make this post as soon as we came back online" In response to Reply # 0
Then I remembered after watching last night's episode. Then I come check and there's already a post. Absolutely love this show. I don't see Comedy Central giving them another season... Black doesn't play well for their audience.
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79555 posts
Thu Aug-08-19 02:53 PM
17. "When the cop said “what dudes in your house?”" In response to Reply # 12
after he slid her a hundred I cried.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79555 posts
Sun Aug-18-19 07:48 AM
33. "When she grabbed the gun I fell out" In response to Reply # 23
This show is awesome.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
37. "She invented a whole new type of character. " In response to Reply # 28
I've never seen the Ratchet Corrupt Lady Cop before. And she plays it in type a way you pull for her.
Even the Tom Black Cop is kind of interesting once you see his homelife. Never seen before a black character who was a Tom not necessarily out of malice, but because they trying to hard to be color-blind (like his wife). It's funny because I know those types of Toms.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
45. "Episode 7 - Chi-Town" In response to Reply # 0
Man, this just fucking fire every week. When Zenobia and Shaw were playing spades with those two elders, and the civil rights icon was talking about Z's zoot suit, i fuckin lost it. Then when they were getting Simon's stepping outfit together. Bruh.
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
48. "last one was a bit uneven to me. but "I'm calling BETTER police" was " In response to Reply # 47
a keeper line.
>Lots of laughs but it is kind of falling into a typical >sitcom formula of an A nd B storyline that's resolved in 30 >minutes. > >The Drug Dealer Dude is starting to sound a lot like Darius >from Atlanta.
yeah. he is kinda veering off into darius territory. and there's only one darius. i still like the character, though.
> >Still a big fan of the show though and enjoy it but would love >to see an ongoing season-long storyline that is pushed a >little further every episode. >
i think that's where the ATL comparison breaks down. i think Southside is what it is and at it's best its a 30 minute excuse to fire off mad jokes and crazy inside cultural references. i'm more than good w/ that.
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
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