your favorite episode of party down

god, so hard --top 5

1. Sin say shun
2. Ricky sargulesh
3. Joel munt's
4. Stennheiser-pong
5. Constance Carmella wedding
6. Taylor stiltskin sweet 16

Steve Guttenberg

guttenberg was my first instinct, but then i looked over the list and hmmm

need to rescreen series one

<3 the hell out of the school reunion ep

xp yeah I went with my first instinct, otherwise I'd be contemplating this all week.

I think it's Guttenberg for me too -- but so many strong ones. from S2E4 and onward it was basically a perfect show. i wasn't in love with Not On Your Wife Opening Night the first time I saw it, but that episode actually repays repeated viewings a lot. it's a really densely constructed ep.

Ricky Sargulesh is probably my favorite overall. Everything about that one was pitch-perfect, from the murder plot to the Henry/Girlfriend dynamic to being Constance's send-off episode (at least until S02E10).

Which is the one where Megan Mullally gets stoned? That one.

gotta be one of these:

S1E8: "Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh"
S1E9: "James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion"

I'll vote the latter because it's an amazing Ron episode

^ good picks

S1E3: "Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar"

^ pretty dope too

have to say, i think s1 rules over s2, if only for jane lynch. i like megan mullaly too but lynch is like next-lev genius

i agree with slocki -- also jane lynch's replacement in s1 >>>> megan mullaly

mullaly's character was kind of inherently unfunny... altho i think she brought some more lols towards the end of the season when they had her playing the airhead role ("what is the flank on a human? vagina?") as opposed to the stage mom role

she was funny but like... it got a bit samey... and she just couldn't compete with shit like "slingin' some dervs"

i know that particularly appeals to me but

i lol'd just reading it tbh

investors dinner underrated imo

that has the best henry casey banter at least

really i want to choose like favorite scene--for example, henry and constance and ed begley jr getting high in the bathroom

such a great scene

"i don't want to"

i think my favorite scene is the "don't shit where you eat" one

the pancake woman is my favorite bit from investors dinner, esp the payoff when henry goes in to almost kiss casey and is like "wait"

max otm about pancake lady genius

my second favorite scene is in the rick fox episode when they're all in a circle and roman and casey are arguing and casey inadvertently reveals to everyone that she and henry banged

also the kyle/constance/ron "team building"

top 5:

taylor stiltskin
sin say shun
california college conservatives
cole landry's draft party
steve guttenberg

i think one thing that the show really lost w/out constance was the AMAZING kyle/constance dynamic

I voted the reunion episode because that's the one where the show really reaches full steam as a funny-but-actually-kinda-sad show in the vein of The Office (the British version). I actually think the show owes a fair amount to The Office.

i think one thing that the show really lost w/out constance was the AMAZING kyle/constance dynamic

― max, Monday, July 5, 2010 11:27 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

otm, fucking glee

I dug Constance a lot - her character struck me as one of the more original ones on the show.

scared to rewatch high school reunion ep - I get too embarrassed for Ron!

i have to re-screen season one as well, but since this poll will be closed before i am able, i'll give it to the one that made me realize i was watching a great show: the Sin Say Shun Awards After Party

agree that lynch > mullaly. always felt like she was on a slightly different wavelength than the rest of the cast. otoh that can definitely be what it's like for the new hires at any job...

i felt like kyle and roman came into their own more as characters in season 2. i haven't rewatched any season 1 eps for a while though. <3 ron so much throughout both seasons. another favorite scene is him with henry in orgy ep, sitting on the curb, drinking whiskey, talking about their gfs... then uda calls and they look at each other and start cracking up. so perfect!

hands down Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh

this is really tough, probably shoulda been 2 seperate polls for each season imo.

tough poll. i went with "ricky sargulesh."

i feel like everyone is otm on this thread

i voted draft day party, but yeah i could vote any of abt 5 eps

i didn't like "draft day party" that much -- the gay thing seemed really hokey

i thought the whole thing was super cringeworthy -- it reminded me of when the sopranos ran that storyline about the 50 cent rapper

wrt party down & sports coverage

torn between:

S1E5: "Sin Say Shun Awards After Party"
loved this one because it was the first time they really showed they weren't gonna pull punches w/ Roman so he could be the lovable nerd

S1E6: "Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen"
J.K. Simmons, nuff said

S2E5: "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday"
should rewatch s2 but this is definitely the standout

S1E4: "Investors Dinner"
loved how they got to solve a mystery Scooby Doo-style in this one but it still had a very typical anticlimactic story arc. also I think this is the one with the scene w/ Kyle quietly blowing off a guy for making fun of Constance, weirdly the most heartwarming moment of the whole series for me.

S1E8: "Celebrate Ricky Sargulesh"
unfuckwithable, obviously

S1E9: "James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion"
WS Molly Parker

for me the hokey bum note in the show was the super predictable nerd-fawns-over-Star-Trek-cast-member plot in the S1 finale

Holy shit that was Molly parker

you went to high school with her too, didn't you

huh idk the draft coverage they were watching seemed chintzy but idk i thought it was nicely kinda campy and gave all the characters enough to do throughout

for me the hokey bum note in the show was the super predictable nerd-fawns-over-Star-Trek-cast-member plot in the S1 finale

true but it was redeemed for me by "it's the...talking" in the bathroom scene. especially when in a later episode roman gets all self-conscious when someone else is trying to talk to him while he's trying to piss.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/netflix-cancels-party-down-too,42936/

Watch this a.s.a.p. while you have a chance.

i have to admit i couldn't make it thru the pilot of this. i'll have to try again.

Fuck his face off, and when he picks it up off the floor, fuck him in the ass!

i gave my brother-in-law the season 1 DVD for Xmas on a hunch that he would love it, since we have similar senses of humor, gonna see him soon and find out what he thought

keep us posted

I still need to watch the 2nd season.

i have to admit i couldn't make it thru the pilot of this. i'll have to try again.

― goole, Friday, February 4, 2011 11:36 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, you gotta stick w/ it, don't think I was totally onboard till eps 3 or 4

it started getting into a black-guy-getting-fried-chicken joek and i checked out

o man wait till you get to ron talking to the rapper about soup n crackers

just skip everything and watch "Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen"

if it doesn't sell ya you're free to go

goole you are just the worst

dont even bother

you dont deserve this show

*shrug*

"Jackal Onassis Backstage Party"

^ also can't believe this one doesn't get more love, the sight alone of roman in that one was killing me

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/party-down-jackal-onassis.jpg

ron talking to the rapper about soup n crackers

that part is amazing

in retrospect the rapper was the most level-headed character of the show's entire run

that guy who plays the rapper, i don't remember his name, but some kids at the college where I work were watching some comedy video of him going up to people in Wal-Mart and trying to get people to buy his DVD, and it was weird because I only knew him from the few episodes of "Undeclared" he was in a long time ago and from this one Party Down episode, had no idea he was a guy that college kids like I guess?

It was Kevin Hart, right? I'm not familiar with his stand up but I think he is pretty popular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Hart_%28actor%29

yeah Kevin Hart is a pretty big deal on the standup circuit these days, funny dude xpost

miss u party down

i'm guessing at least one of those new Rob Thomas shows in development will be on the air this fall, so there's that to look forward to

this show is the best. started watching it last week and just saw Sin Say Shun. so great to know it's still ramping up

In 2010, Hart appeared in Air Jordan commercials(with a booger in his nose) alongside Dwyane Wade.

i have to admit i couldn't make it thru the pilot of this. i'll have to try again.

― goole, Friday, February 4, 2011 10:36 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the 1st ep is def one of the weakest in the run -- i think there's something sorta played-seeming about the 'im the regular dude amongst the crazies' set-up, but it pays off for the rest of the show

are we having fun yet?

"Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen" may be the g.o.a.t.

PEOPLE CARE WHAT I THINK...I HAVE A PRESTIGIOUS BLOG, SIR

it may be for the g.o.a.t. solely for making kevin hart funny

I had never seen Party Down but heard so much good stuff I was sure I'd like it and I got both seasons as an xmas gift. Just recently finished watching. Best show ever. I can't pick a favorite but Steve Guttenberg might be it.

xp harsh mang, kevin hart's usually funny.

I had never seen Party Down but heard so much good stuff I was sure I'd like it and I got both seasons as an xmas gift. Just recently finished watching. Best show ever. I can't pick a favorite but Steve Guttenberg might be it.

haha i am so used to internet comments that start this way ending w/the person complaining abt how terrible the show is

WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE

they are undeserving

i should probably watch this again, will get the seratonin flowing.

I don't think I'd ever heard of this show until right now, but I loved V Mars. I'm def gonna have to be on the lookout...

it's not much like veronica mars, but it's damn good.

think that the opening scene of the investor's dinner in S1 might be the funniest scene in the entire show

- constance's elaborate explanation of the "character" she played in "baretta" who was actually just a hooker

- this exchange:

roman: i'm a writer like einsten was a patent clerk, you asshole"
kyle: uh, pretty sure einsten was never in the army.
roman: http://i.imgur.com/WjQUe.jpg

loool

You guys were right btw, I loved the investors dinner episode

Investors Dinner is so great, love the Henry/Casey dynamic in the early episodes... "well, the pancake lady sounds like a whore"

think that the opening scene of the investor's dinner in S1 might be the funniest scene in the entire show

- constance's elaborate explanation of the "character" she played in "baretta" who was actually just a hooker

― J0rdan S., Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:51 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"i looked it up online, louie baretta was his dad, it's a family name"
"that's weird, why would they call his dad that?"

the pancake woman is my favorite bit from investors dinner, esp the payoff when henry goes in to almost kiss casey and is like "wait"

― max, Monday, July 5, 2010 11:21 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i should've read the thread again

Investors Dinner is my favorite, I think. I found Kyle's loyalty to Constance genuinely touching.

yes, great moment

Watching it with a sense of what it's supposed to set up and how the structure of the episode itself is supposed to pay off, the first ep is actually really well constructed. Maybe not as funny as other ones, or with any really great standout moments (although Enrico Colantoni's freakout in the pool is pretty awesome), but there's so much tension built up over almost-recognizing Henry among other things -- still stand up imho.

"slingin' some dervs" is so completely classic

"and then I was a rodeo clown, until I got gored in the scrotum and that was IT"

this show holds up really well

It's hard to argue with any of the top five. anyone who didn't vote for sargulesh must wear glasses because eyes, like heart, is weak.

is it streaming anywhere rn? would love to watch it again.

Hulu

:( @ Stormy Daniels episode