Is Portlandia funny?

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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    I watched 15 minutes of the first episode and thought it was humorous. Is it actually laugh out loud funny? It was funny to me how it captured Portland weirdness. Opinions?
     
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    mostly just odd quirky humor. I chuckle a lot but lough out lough very little.
     
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    Might be worth watching drunk?
     
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    It's hit and miss.
     
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    I enjoyed what I saw of it, but I stopped watching about mid way through season 2. I don't know, maybe I'll start watching it again.
     
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    Better stoned than drunk. Lots of subtle humor youll miss if your drunk. Hit and miss is a good discription. Some episodes are complete brilliance, others not so much.

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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    No drugs but I'll sit 5hrough (why can't android realize I meant through ) some boring stuff to get to brilliant.
     
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    Nah, I don't find it funny at all
     
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    Solid ratings and was recently renewed for two more seasons.
     
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    like others have said. hit n miss.
     
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    There's a few mildly amusing bits but as was said there's a lot of misses.
     
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    Think I'll keep watching Xfiles until season 7 or so and then start Airwolf with some Knight Rider mixed in.
     
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    I watched a few, seemed pretty lame.

    To me it seemed to be mocking Bay Area types, but I guess that's who has taken over Portland in the last 15-20 years.

    It's pretty much the opposite of Portlanders I grew up with.
     
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