Seriously ILX, call Kenny Loggins cause you're in the DANGER ZONE over Archer (on FX)

So, super funny show. Renewed for new season. All available on Netflix Watch Instantly.

love the art on this thing too

http://smallscreenscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/archer-fx-480x360.jpg

this show is like the Pelé of anal

actually what i mean is that this show is great yet indefensible

What makes this show great is the very thing that makes it indefensible!

A much more satisfying Arrested Development reunion than Sit Down Shut Up, that's for damn sure.

Was anyone else kind of disappointed they didn't get more mileage out of Chris Parnell, though?

eh not rly feelin it. this is FX? figured it was an adult swim show

apparently this comes back really soon!

was kind of amazed at how funny i thought the bomb-defusing scene on the blimp in the first season was. it's really drawn out in a way i didn't really expect from FLASHY CYNICAL QUICK-CUTTING CARTOON SHOW #243 (not that this show isn't just fine at being that too, when it is). plus it is Actually Suspenseful!

so yeah excited for this, also it is nifty-looking.

i think this comes back tmmrw nite!

I like this,tho could be a bit samey.will dl.

I find archer being mean to his butler far funnier than it probably is.

when i watch this show i get the same feeling i do when i watch rob dyrdek's fantasy factory, where i am constantly expecting the next joke to be the one where to make me realize what a bad show it is. but i never do.

so this is back and it is hilarious

last episode was great.

i love this show so fucking much

The LSD strips and the Modified Ludovico had me ROFLing.

"You only need one doll for that!"

"Not if it's a gang rape."

with the fingers crossed!

Interview with Adam Reed: http://www.avclub.com/articles/adam-reed,52336/

Dear ILX, plz tell me u are watching this show bc it is fucking hilarious.

Of course.

Last episode was the best yet really. Nothing happened!

was the last 1 the fan boat/gator ep? yea p good

lol @ this

We did have to tweak the season opener. The girl was originally 14 because I did a bunch of Wikipedia research and found out that that is the age of consent in Germany. They said they didn’t care where it was the age of consent, it wasn’t the age of consent on FX. The only other one was Archer threw an infant, really a newborn, to disarm a villain. They said that was going a little too far. The baby was going to slam into the guy’s chest, which I’m sure is terrible for a baby.

I <3 Pam

Captain Beefheart reference? Check.
Charles Mingus reference? Check.

But naming the rabbit Robert Klein? FUCKING GENIUS.

i feel like with heavily dialogue-driven comedies, especially these animated adult swim-type shows, the rhythm of the dialogue is really important. and i really like the rhythms of Home Movies or Venture Bros, but the rhythm of the dialogue on these Adam Reed shows is really exhausting and irritating to me. now and then they do make me laugh really hard, but half the time i'm just tuning out or feeling actively annoyed by the way the characters are hectoring each other.

this is a p dumm show

oh i went there

1960s

hahaha

The two cancer episodes were pretty awesome. Why do so few comedies neglect the boffo of a baby getting a tattoo?

it's consistently better than it has any right to be

a show starring H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Chris Parnell and Judy Greer has a right to be way better than this imo

it's pretty funny. one of the better animated shows currently running (tho maybe not as good as venture bros, at least as good as bob's burgers)

it's funny, and it's been growing on me this season because my wife really likes it, but Bob's Burgers is much more my speed. even Sealab i dug more (although Frisky Dingo was the worst shit ever).

i don't hate frisky dingo, and my brother swears by it (he actually thinks it's funnier than archer). sealab was good when it was really weird (the WHAT episode in particular was a highlight). the best of these imho of recent memory are venture bros, the last season of metalocolypse, moral orel. frankenhole isn't as good as moral orel which is really a special show. so brilliant. um -- maybe we should poll all these. some big american animation of the last eight years poll?

Actually, I was thinking that a full old-style ILX animation poll could be fun too.

well, we did kinda do that:

BEST ADULT SWIM ORIGINAL PROGRAM
WORST ADULT SWIM ORIGINAL PROGRAM

also the end-of-decade TV poll kind of had a de facto animated top 10 within it

Moral Orel got robbed!

"i don't hate frisky dingo, and my brother swears by it (he actually thinks it's funnier than archer)"

Your brother otm. I loved Frisky Dingo. Archer is funny enough I guess.

I don't think it's even close to as good as Bob's Burgers but I still like it.

Frisky Dingo is great, Frankenhole is great, Archer is great, Moral Orel is great in certain dosages, Venture Brothers is all time, Metalocalypse is great, Home Movies is all time, Sealab is great, Bob's Burgers is bleh.

for shame

S2 of Archer has been pretty consistently awesome, a step up.

only seen first 7 of s1 but i love this show.

brace yourself: it gets even better

yeah this is the funniest thing on TV. by, like, a lot.

love bobs burgers too. what else should i be searching out?

have you seen Home Movies? that's the greatest H. Jon Benjamin cartoon of them all imo.

things i like archer better than: parks and recreation, inside the NBA, tower defense puzzle games, steamed green beans, greeting cards

will search out home movies, thanks sd

interview with Loren Bouchard: http://www.avclub.com/articles/loren-bouchard,56250/

This pseudo Sealab 2021 crossover is excellent

something something DANGER ZONE?!

I'm really looking forward to finally meeting Bub someday.

seems apropos to post here

did kenny loggins die?

http://www.geekosystem.com/starcher-trek/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7HkG6OSo3E

Has anyone seen the 1st ep of the new season? I was under the impression it aired on monday. I wanna know if the writers were telling the truth about the [spoiler I wont mention to do with the plot arch]

hrrm, I might buy this sucker online and get back to you later

Its not up on justanimedubbed yet so I havent seen it. Itchin' to!

If by "spoiler" you mean they got Kenny Loggins to record a country version duet of "Danger Zone" with Cheryl...then yes:

http://www.avclub.com/article/archer-creator-adam-reed-talks-about-blowing-up-hi-200818

Does this mean season 4 is up on Netflix now, finally?

Not yet.

OK so if the Cheryl becomes a country singer thing is true (which is the bit I thought was most trolly-sounding!) then I guess the rest of the "what happens to ISIS" bit is too (I dont wanna spoil it.. but its been spoken of in interviews)

cheryl performed a fine rendition of 'baby please don't go' in this last ep

It should be pointed out for anyone who cares abt that stuff that the AVClub link above spoils the shock of S5. I already knew/dont care but others might.

The episode has already aired!

yeah, I watched it Monday night... if you've heard rumors about where they're going with season 5, they seem to be true. the first episode isn't really a very good episode... it just sets up season 5. a third of the episode is like a reverse clip show.

...or IS IT!?

OK I just saw it, and that was aamaaaaaaziiiiiinnnnggg. But I'm left wondering if that whole storyline, with the montage, is some dream sequence. Hm. Be interesing to see how next week pans out. For some reason my instincts are sniffing red herring.

Mainly because of the montage!

To wit: at the end of S4, they had to escape from underwater and Archer had to be revived afterwards cos he'd been unconcious. I mean... it could work...

WHEN SEASON FOUR NETFLIX WHEN :(

srsly this has become one of my favorite comedy shows. i have rewatched the first three seasons multiple times now, whenever i can't figure out what else to watch.

ian - check out justanimedubbed.tv if you dont want to wait. They have all of S4, as far as I know (the only bits they seem to be missing is "arch of darkness" storyline for some odd reason).

arch of darkness was in season 3, no?

also :THANKING U

Yeah it was, what I meant was afaik none of S4 is missing (if it is, I wouldnt know haha)

oh :D

LOL I didnt realise they were calling S5 "Archer Vice", by the way. hahahaha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Archer_(season_5).jpg

Carol/Cheryl waxing ecstatic about being tased while Pam had her hand down her skirt was one of those "I can't believe I'm seeing this/I can't stop laughing" moments.

Hahah yeah that made me do a doubletake.

lol at you guys thinking Archer's montage of fantasy is in any way a reflection of the rest of the season

I mean, lol at me if they do it, but I thought it was a fun one-off gag. Completely possible they do something with the cocaine sale angle, but I doubt it's that

Yeah thats what I was saying. I think Reed has red-herringed everyone, and it was just thatone episode. Cmon the start was a blatant dream sequence!

Mind u, them as drug runners would fit fine with the overall feel of the show anyway.

even if it's an actual trailer, as they're claiming it is, when the hell have Archer's daydreams been anything close to reality? not sure about that as a framing device

Wait, who is claiming the whole episode is a trailer?

Um.

Wait nm I get what you mean, mis-parsed it.

Hannibal Montana.

Poor Woodhouse in the empty pool!

lol at you guys thinking Archer's montage of fantasy is in any way a reflection of the rest of the season

lol at u mh!

(and me too, tbf)

I'd not read a lot of interview spoiler crap

still think it was a little weak

can't wait for more burt reynolds pastiche

The montage was def unnecessary. I liked ep2 fine enough. Pam zipping back and forth off her head was hilarious.

I just finished watching season 6, this series has gone kinda soft, hasn't it? But I like it, they couldn't have the kept the whole ultra-cynical approach going without sacrificing character growth, and looks like they do actually want the characters (well, at least Archer and Lana) to evolve. Which I think is the right choice, as funny as the first couple of seasons were, I'm not sure if I'd wanted to watch those same jerkasses for four seasons more.

I found the whole Archer/Lana/AJ situation surprisingly touching, but I don't think they can stretch it much more, so I'm kinda hoping season 7 will be the last one. The whole thing is like Rachel/Ross in Friends (right down to them having a kid without being in a relationship), but if Friends thought us anything, is that you can't milk a "will they or won't they?" situation for years without it getting extremely tedious. Also, while the other characters have settled into niches of their own and are still funny, they should get their own character development too, like Archer and Lana got. I guess the episode with Pam's sister's wedding was going into that direction, but I'd like more of that.

I got about halfway thru season 6 and stopped keeping up, mainly cos my other half, rather bafflingly, HATES this show. He loves crude cartoon shows like Bojack and whtnot, so I honestly dont get it, but eh.

That's kinda funny, considering that season 6 is closer to BoJack than any of the previous seasons (in that it isn't all cynical black humour anymore, and some of the asshole characters are actually showing some personal growth).

He said he found the humour puerile. Its baffling, he loves puerile humour.

Archer: Danger Island

This season of the animated spy comedy finds Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) as a semi-functioning alcoholic seaplane pilot — a lush on the lush South Pacific island of Mitimotu. It’s 1939, and while the rest of the world is concerned about the looming Second World War, Archer is concerned only with who’s buying his next drink. Along with his trusty co-pilot/sidekick Pam (Amber Nash), Archer must navigate quicksand, cannibals, super-intelligent monkeys, poison darts and pirates in this dangerous and mysterious land.

So, drawing on Casablanca, Only Angels Have Wings, and Panama Lady?

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