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'You, Me and the Apocalypse' greets the end of the world with brilliant wit and wisdom
Chicago Tribune ^ | January 27, 2016

Posted on 01/28/2016 8:03:45 AM PST by SMGFan

Just when it seemed the television renaissance had become more about quantity than quality, NBC's "You, Me and the Apocalypse," co-produced with Britain's Sky 1, sends a meteor across the heavens to destroy Earth and blow the narrative bar another notch or two higher.

Yes, this is a show you really need to see. Those already feeling overburdened may take some comfort in the fact that it's a 10-part miniseries. Though it's not difficult to imagine calls for a sequel, starting with mine.

Brawling, sprawling, absurdly ambitious and ambitiously absurd, Iain Hollands' black comedy pushes its many characters and fabulous cast across a high wire held in place by opposing forces: It's the end of the world, yet life goes on.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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British sitcom, end of the world? Pass.

I remember late 1980's TV show "Woops"

1 posted on 01/28/2016 8:03:45 AM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Extended trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnFTbj7QyBE

[Will probably check out the first episode On Demand.]


2 posted on 01/28/2016 8:42:31 AM PST by TomGuy
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What is originally a great idea will be weighed down by the message of the leftist agenda.

Look for anti-gun McGuyver-types fashioning hand grenades out of pine cones and tree sap.

Oh, and don’t forget the Strong Independent Woman.


3 posted on 01/28/2016 8:42:56 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

From what I saw of the previews, it looks pretty irreverent as well. Casting Rob Lowe as a priest is surely a sign that the end times are nigh.


4 posted on 01/28/2016 10:57:33 AM PST by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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Casting Rob Lowe as a priest is surely a sign that the end times are nigh.

That's irreverence at its highest. I'll tune in tonight.

5 posted on 01/28/2016 11:55:11 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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