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lirazel ([personal profile] lirazel) wrote2011-02-01 08:51 pm

can we please talk about Miranda?

And how all of you should watch it this very moment? BECAUSE YOU SHOULD.

I am not a sitcom fan. The genre doesn't really do it for me, Designing Women and That 70s Show aside. But Miranda is flawless, because Miranda Hart is the greatest person who ever lived.

Miranda is a thirty-something Brit whose mother thinks she's a failure because she owns a joke shop instead of having a real job and she hasn't ~found a man~. But she has the greatest sense of humor ever and hilarious friends and is basically my favorite, most awkward, most delightful person alive, okay?

The first episode didn't win me over, but once I was three or four episodes in I COULD NOT STOP WATCHING. And now I'm going into withdrawals and wondering how I'm going to survive while waiting for a new series which I need NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW.

I am wholeheartedly in love with the show (thanks to everyone pimping it on tumblr *coughelyssacough*) and have now made it my mission in life to convert as many people as possible to Mirandaism.

Possibly the best thing about me telling you to watch the show is that YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO. No, really! You don't have to do anything! You don't have to download! You don't have to buy DVDs! You don't have to find a streaming site! You just have to go to...youtube!



That's the first part of the first episode, but all of the episodes are ON YOUTUBE. SO GO FORTH AND WATCH AND BASK IN THE GLORY, OKAY?

Funniest thing: last night I wanted to show my mama and my aunt, who were visiting me, just a one minute clip that I knew they'd find funny. This one minute clip was at the beginning of an episode, so I showed it to them, they laughed, and then I went to close the window. And they were both like, "NO! THAT'S FUNNY! LET'S FINISH THE EPISODE!" So the three of us finished the episode and laughed and I was delighted that they loved the show as much as I do. Family bonding time, y'all.

[identity profile] dollsome.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
♥!!!!!!!!!!!

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I KNOW RIGHT????

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AND LOOK AT YOUR ICON!

[identity profile] ever-neutral.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
OK fine I'll go watch it.

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
HAHAHA I LOVE YOU MARRY ME.

[identity profile] aragons.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
I AM SO PLEASED WITH WHAT I HAVE WROUGHT, MAKING ELYSSA WATCH THIS SHOW OVER CHRISTMAS = SPREADING THE MIRANDA GOSPEL FASTER. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. MIRANDA IS JUST THE BEST. I CAN'T, I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS ON THIS SHOW AND MIRANDA AS BOTH CHARACTER AND REAL HUMAN AND JUST, IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT IT'S JUST BRILLIANT AND PASSES THE BECHDEL TEST EVERY WEEK AND IS JUST HILARIOUS AND I LOVE IT SO.

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
OH SO IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? OF COURSE YOU HAD TO SHARE THIS BEAUTY WITH US ALL. I FEEL LIKE IF WE MADE EVERY PERSON ON EARTH WATCH THIS SHOW THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE. ALSO I LOVE HER BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS FALLING OVER AND IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT BEING A GIANT KLUTZ. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.

also, your icon is gorgeous.

[identity profile] aragons.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
HAHAHA NO-ONE IS SURPRISED LAUREN. MIRANDA: THE CURE FOR ALL ILLS. IT'S JUST, IT'S SO HEARTWARMING AND SILLY AND YES, IT'S CONTINUITY IS UPON OCCASION SUSPECT BUT I LOVE THAT IT'S A FEMALE FRONTED COMEDY THAT FUNCTIONS IN A FEMALE-FRIENDLY PLACE THAT SUBVERTS FEMININE EXPECTATIONS IN A NATURALISING WAY. IT'S JUST, SHE MAKES A FOOL OF HERSELF AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE ALL DO AND UGH. LOVE IT.

I know, I know, ugh Waterhouse is always so gorgeous

[identity profile] mollivanders.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
&hearts SUCH FUN SUCH FUN SUCH FUN! &hearts
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[personal profile] silverusagi 2011-02-02 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Someone else on my flist mentioned this show just the other day. It's like the universe is trying to tell me to watch it....

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
EXACTLY!!!!!

How did I miss that you watch it????

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's exactly what the universe is doing....

[identity profile] mollivanders.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
*hangs head* I keep meaning to do a OMG WATCH THIS post but I keep getting distracted by other things. But you found it! :)
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[personal profile] silverusagi 2011-02-02 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
BTW, where is the title of your journal from?

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay! I just didn't know, and I'm glad I do now so that we can ~share our glee~!!!

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
It's from a silly little song Craig Ferguson made up about Doctor Who. It's very silly but very spot-on.
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[personal profile] silverusagi 2011-02-02 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I thought!

[identity profile] mollivanders.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
How excited are you for this link? ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR9A1bMMem8

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
OMG DELIGHTFUL!

[identity profile] angearia.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
OMG THIS WAS HYSTERICAL! WHERE ARE THE REST LOL4EVER!

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
OMG WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT!

You can usually get to the rest in the little side bar "related videos." Or I think this list (hopefully the link works for you) will lead you right to them! GO FORTH!

[identity profile] ever-neutral.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
You're just saying that.

(In any case, I believe I have already accepted previously!)
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SUCH FUN.

[identity profile] eldritchowl.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
i love how much of tumblr has claimed miranda as their GPOY.

oh my goodness. i love that the more you watch it, the funnier it gets. i love all the weird relationship moments between the characters and how i can actually buy they are all friends. so many sitcoms just feel like people existing in the same space kind of inexplicably/inauthentically.

[identity profile] gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I was choking with laughter while I watched this...and then I might have finished the episode and watched the second as well. I don't know how many I could watch in row before the secondhand embarrassment tolerance peaked, but this will definitely be a fabulous pick me up this semester. It really is convenient that it's on Youtube. That's so awesome that your family liked it too. :) There are few better feelings than introducing a favorite TV show or movie to family or a friend and realizing they love it as much as you do. Thanks for sharing!

[identity profile] anythingbutgrey.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)


THIS FUCKING SHOW. stars in my eyes. my brother and i watch it together. we have two episodes left 2getha~ but i've clearly already watched the show all the way through five or six times. #questionable life choices

#awesome life choices

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, here's the thing--I have the world's biggest humiliation squick. I cannot watch The Office. I have had to stop movies in the middle and not finish them because my embarrassment has overtaken me. And I had a hard time getting into this series because it hit me a few times.

Actually, I got a few episodes in and stopped for about a week. I can tell you the exact part, too--the dance class (I won't say more in case you haven't got there). But I finally decided to battle through it, and after that it never bothered me again! Really! From that point on, I didn't feel a twinge of the secondhand humiliation! So maybe you'll have the same experience? I hope so!

At any rate, I'm so pleased you like it! I'm so happy to be able to spread the love! Yay!

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2011-02-02 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
AWESOME LIFE CHOICES INDEED.

I'm sitting here thinking I'm going to start the whole thing all over again myself. THANK YOU FOR PUSHING IT.