trying to think, but really, it's quirky like the office and arrested. story lines aren't as nuanced, but the cringe comedy is there throughout.
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it's a love story really about gavin and stacey (nothing close to ned and stacy, which i watched
) but the side characters steal the show. ness, the female version of dwight i would say, is a ****ing crack up. so dry it would make paint peel off the wall. then you have an awkward tension between an uncle, (tobias) and his gay nephew and their 'fishing trip' years ago. corden is the glue between all storylines singing in every entrance in some way or form. you have chinese allen, who isn't chinese at all (one of many of 'the gang'). then you have stacey's mother, always cooking when someone pops by, and it is ALWAYS an omelet of some kind
it's not pg rated, but not nearly as rough as say shameless.
the only thing i had a hard time getting past is stacey's damned voice. it's like listening to peggy bundy only higher pitched voice