If you haven't watched Portlandia before then, while I'm not surprised, I'm quick to state that you are missing out. The show is relatively unknown to those who aren't big Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein or even Saturday Night Live fans but it really is worth a watch if you like more observational comedy.
Unlike anything else on telly at the moment, Portlandia is part sketch-show/part sitcom as it flits between characters and their continuing storylines throughout the whole series. It plays out almost like a stand-up comedians routine, showing sketches that satirise so many different types of people and situations that we are so aware of in modern day life.
It makes you go, 'I'm like that!' or 'I know people who do that' and most of the time that's what makes it so intelligently funny. Take the Netflix sketch for example, 'One More Episode', which depicts a couple so addicted to their Battlestar Galactica on the streaming website that they stay up for days watching each and every episode.
The series often has celebrity guests which is also an added bonus and makes for even more hilarity. Throughout the whole series, we've seen the likes of Kristen Wiig, Kyle MacLachlan, Maya Rudolph, Kirsten Dunst and Olivia Wilde as well as other names and it never fails to be a surprising treat whenever a famous face crops up!
It's silly on the surface, but in reality Portlandia is very well-written and ends up becoming flawlessly executed comedy based on real-life trends and typical experiences where everyone will be on the in-joke.
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