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Looking for other absurdist TV and Film

posted 12 years ago by Mtaco
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So I am in love with this type of media, and I just want to know what you guys feel are the best?

My favorite absurdist works are...

Film
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (and to a lesser extent Larry Blamire's other films)
The Jerk
Black Dynamite
The OSS 117 Series

TV
Childrens' Hospital
Eagleheart
The Mighty Boosh
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Stella
Strangers with Candy

I suppose you could lump Arrested Development and Community in there but I don't know that I would quite call them the same thing.

What would you guys recommend? Any of the other Adult Swim shows on par? I was thinking about marathoning Delocated.

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[–] movielover2011 9 years ago

Reviving this to add a few more and so that I can tag this to come back and watch some of the shows suggested.

OP mentioned Black Dynamite the movie, there's also Black Dynamite the cartoon, just as ridiculous and funnier.

Also, Mike Tyson Mysteries, another cartoon that is ridiculously stupid but funny.

And an oldie but goodie, Drawn Together, about retired cartoon characters who live together in a Big Brother style TV show within a show.

[–] dedoc1967 8 years ago

New entries: Angie Tribeca and Schitt's Creek. The first season of Danger Five is ... amazing.

[–] 8 years ago

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[–] joenscott 8 years ago

If you liked Stella, Strangers With Candy, and Black Dynamite, you'll like these movies:

The Baxter (with the Stella guys, Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux, Paul Rudd...)
Lower Learning (with Corddry, Nat Faxon, Will Sasso, etc.)
The Saddest Music In The World (with Mark McKinney of the Kids In The Hall)
The In-Laws (the one with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin)
Danny Roane: First Time Director (with Andy Dick, Michael Hitchcock, etc.)
Puff Puff Pass (with Danny Masterson, Mekhi Phifer, Darrell Hammond, etc.)
Fatal Instinct (with Sean Young, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, etc.)
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist (with Steve Oedekerk)
Reno 911!: Miami
Hot Rod
HottieBoombaLottie
UHF

Ignore the imdb ratings on all of them, because getting absurdism isn't something most imdb voters even do.

[–] Lee733 8 years ago

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