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Originally Posted by Reaper16
It's simply one of the worst comedies on TV. Its sole point of value is that no other show on TV depicts academia as accurately. But for the most part it is so unfunny that it makes me angry. Many of the jokes aren't jokes at all; they are simply references to nerd culture or science dressed up in sentence structure & syntax that makes it come across like a joke - basically only finding a more clever way of saying "have you heard of ComicCon?" *cue laugh track* "Do you, audience, know what polymer is?" *cue laugh track*
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I really don't even see the show as a punchline machine. The 'humor,' or more accurately jovial tone, comes more from the interplay of a set of defined personalities. An eye roll from one character or a fussy harrumph from another generates more amusement than a wicked one-liner.