The Dick and Jane Show S02E02 “Pipe Poker” Pt.2

PIPE POKER!

In this episode, it’s the conclusion to the most talked about story line on the web. Pipe Poker!

3 Swirlies.

In this chilling episode we finally see who dies from the deadly game of pipe poker. Will it be Dick? Or does Dick find a way out of it? Only his tell will tell.

“You guys can call me the chef. Cause I’m always shakin’ and bakin’!”

I don’t get this show.

At least, this episode is clearer to me than the first episode. But I’m still not really clear on what it is about. This is the continuation of the previous episode about the Pipe Poker game. At least I have figured out who Dick is.

There’s a scene after the credits roll that’s really, really funny! If you skip to 5:40 or so, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

The rest of the episode has some chuckles, but I spend most of the time squinting at the screen with my head tilted to one side. I wonder if it is mostly the laugh track that throws me off. The canned laughter seems to come in at random moments.

But I did like this one better than the last. Who knows, maybe it will grow on me?

The Dick and Jane Show S02E01″Pipe Poker”

Pipe Poker – In the season opener of The Dick and Jane Show Jane is with her friends and their all worried sick. Dick and the guys are playing the deadliest game known to man….PIPE POKER! Will Dick survive?

2 Swirlies

Weird.

I’m not sure what’s going here. This seems to be a parody of old school 70s or 80s sitcoms with a laugh track and everything.

It’s certainly meant to be an absurd take on sitcoms, with non-sequesters and that laugh track that doesn’t always seem to have to do with what is going on in the episode.

I gotta tell you, the production isn’t great. The sound is poorly recorded, and as a consequence is quieter than the laugh track. The only way I could hear what was going on was to use my earphones and crank up the volume. And the editing is a little sloppy. Is it intentionally so?

I don’t really get what is going on, story wise. There’s guys somewhere else playing pipe poker, because they’re in gangs but they don’t know what gangs. And pipe poker is deadly, but we’re not told what it is. I guess maybe they’re saving that for future episodes?

I saw where the jokes are, but I didn’t actually laugh at any of them. On the plus side, the show’s creators got the rhythm and feel of 70s sitcoms down. I wonder if we’re meant to enjoy it ironically? That’s something I could never learn to do.

It makes me want to go back to the beginning of season one and see if any of it makes any more sense.