New NBC show "Outsourced"

[chuckywang]

Does it look funny or lame? I can't decide.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/149870/nbc-fall-preview-2010-2011-outsourced---full-length-trailer

 

[Connoisseur]

Does it look funny or lame? I can't decide.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/149870/nbc-fall-preview-2010-2011-outsourced---full-length-trailer

oh good lord no.

 

[gorcorps]

Without looking, I'm thinking... NBC = lame

 

[shortylickens]

A show making fun of how America is destroying itself really isnt amusing to me.
I think the only way I will survive in the New World Order is if I stop caring about anything. If I care, I'm not gonna be happy.

Also, after watching that clip, I am reassured there isnt much of anything on TV I wanna watch anyway. It sucked. NBC is way too desperate to find their next Seinfeld.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Did anyone see amdhunter in there somewhere? I thought I did at 0:36, but that might have been his thinner cousin or something.

 

[Connoisseur]

Nothing like exploiting the culture and negative stereotypes of a race on primetime for humor. Gotta love that love triangle with the indian chick and the white dude.

I'm probably the worst example of an Indian (whitewashed) and that still makes me sad.

 

[Aikouka]

It has some potential... mostly in making fun of Indians that don't understand our culture, but it could also fall flat on its face with overused jokes.

 

[TruePaige]

I just watched the trailer.

..

I don't know what to say. Some of the moments look funny, though the premise makes me a little .. peeved.

It's like NBC is praying for another "The Office" and this is their last shot before the show starts a phase out in the next season.

 

[JS80]

If IT Guys couldn't make it on the air, no way in hell this will.

 

[quikah]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425326/

It was OK.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

Nothing like exploiting the culture and negative stereotypes of a race on primetime for humor. Gotta love that love triangle with the indian chick and the white dude.

I'm probably the worst example of an Indian (whitewashed) and that still makes me sad.

I'm probably more whitewashed than you are, or just as bad.


Anyway this looks fucking horrible, it looks like it was conceived by people that think Apu jokes are hilarious

 

[techforums]

This crap reminds me when g4 and tech tv merged. Shows that made people submit questions online so they can tell you on their show popped up and the quality programs faded away. I'm convinced the other networks have invaded NBC.

 

[Fingolfin269]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425326/

It was OK.

Thanks. I thought the premise sounded familiar!

 

[KB]

Actually looks funnier as a movie. It will be hard to keep those jokes going week after week. I give the show about 6 weeks running before the axe.

 

[trmiv]

Actually looks funnier as a movie. It will be hard to keep those jokes going week after week. I give the show about 6 weeks running before the axe.

That's what I was going to say. It looks like a Mike Judge movie to me.

EDIT: OK, I saw above, it was a movie. I'm not seeing it a sitcom.

 

[sswingle]

The movie was decent. This trailer looks like a shitty version of the movie.

 

[BTA]

Can't watch the trailer right now but the movie is pretty good imo.

 

[Jassi]

:facepalm:

The people in my office are going to drive me nuts with the jokes from this show. Thanks NBC, you've just lost a viewer.

 

[pontifex]

Just watched the 1st episode. It was ok. Some funny parts. I'll watch the next episode to see if I like it.

 

[mchammer]

Sucked big time.

 

[bobdole369]

The movie was decent. Definitely netflix streaming worthy, but I wouldn't spend a dime on it.

Spoiler

The significant portion of the movie was a burgeoning relationship/attraction between the main protagonist and one of his progeny (an Indian woman pre- pre-arranged marriage ). So she gets to have fun with the American prior to her wedding to the man she barely knows.

It's probably the most significant portion of the plot, and in the NBC series version, appears to have been gutted for a more "tolerable" attraction betwixt the main protagonist, and an Australian woman in the same call center.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Who wants to hear that accent more than they have to?

 

[ShawnD1]

I'm not clicking the video.

Here's Russell Peters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw6RgIf6epQ

 

[rudder]

Does it look funny or lame? I can't decide.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/149870/nbc-fall-preview-2010-2011-outsourced---full-length-trailer

Very lame... yet had some funny moments. One in particular when the Indian lady asked how was selling missile toe for your belt buckle was a good way to honor your god.

 

[Homerboy]

Very lame... yet had some funny moments. One in particular when the Indian lady asked how was selling missile toe for your belt buckle was a good way to honor your god.

THAT was the "funny moment"? Glad I did not watch.
Shit-can it NBC and get Ron Swanson back on my TV.