# Cougar Town **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605 "2009-09-26T01:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/1 "2009-09-26T01:56:35Z")
Okay, I’m halfway through watching ABC’s encore showing of this. This is crap. Not just regular crap, but sad crap. The only noncrap think I’ve seen so far is that hot guy in his boxers Courteney Cox had sex with. Oh and the actor playing the son (Collier Sims from Any Day Now) is cute. Sad, sad, crappy, crap. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/2 "2009-09-26T02:08:19Z")
I watched both Modern Family and Cougar Town. The first was getting great reviews and Cougar Town was getting slammed. But I hated Modern Family and liked Cougar Town much more than I expected. They’re both about the comedy of embarrassment and parents driving their kids crazy. The difference is that Courtney Cox is self-aware. She may embarrass her kid but she’ll try to avoid it. The parents in Modern Family have no self-awareness at all and think they’re cool. Instead they turn out to be idiot stereotypes that are supposed to be modern but have already been driven into the ground. Cougars are a stereotype, too, but a knowing stereotype is a different animal. Two full-length shots of Courtney Cox in just bra and parents for those of that persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/3 "2009-09-26T03:58:07Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Two full-length shots of Courtney Cox in just bra and \*\*parents \*\*for those of that persuasion. Your psychoanalyst must love you! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/4 "2009-09-26T04:00:30Z")
Oedipus loved his mother! bra and panties. bra and panties. bra and panties. bra and panties. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/5 "2009-09-26T04:53:01Z")
Cougar Town wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I’m definitely going to watch more of it. However, I don’t think it will last past the season. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/6 "2009-09-26T12:09:49Z")
I didn’t hate it and I’ll give it another shot. It had its moments. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/7 "2009-09-26T12:37:05Z")
I was expecting to hate Cougartown but my husband, after seeing promos with sexy 40-somethings acting fresh, had to watch it. I was pleasantly surprised that I did not want to climb into the TV and punch Courtney Arquette in the throat. I even laughed out loud more than once. What hooked me in the end was that they let Ms Cougar have her immoral fun. No network TV-type righteousness at the end. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/8 "2009-09-26T14:08:08Z")
I’m still holding out for NBC’s MILF Island. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/9 "2009-10-23T15:27:46Z")
Not sure if this thread qualifies as a zombie, but – and I can’t believe I’m saying this – I was going to start a thread on this show if there wan’t already one. The premise sounded slightly less pleasant than a 4-hour root canal, but I watched it because my wife wanted to, and so help me, I like it. It’s silly, a little bit surreal, and actually pretty funny most of the time. Anybody still watching? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/10 "2009-10-23T16:20:19Z")
I shotgunned the entire season recently. It’s a decent show and I think fans of _Scrubs_ will like it. Christa Miller and Bill Lawrence brought over some of the vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/11 "2009-10-23T16:28:27Z")
Has Courtney Cox gained any weight? She was looking awfully skinny last time I paid any attention to her. Scary skinny. ---
**Author:** ![Neverending\_Elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cougar-town/511605/12 "2009-10-23T16:34:03Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Has Courtney Cox gained any weight? She was looking awfully skinny last time I paid any attention to her. Scary skinny. Here, judge for yourself: [http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/08/27/the-morning-link-cougar-town-might-be-worth-watching/](http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/08/27/the-morning-link-cougar-town-might-be-worth-watching/) (potentially NSFW, Courtney Cox in undies) Looks OK to me. Wouldn’t hurt her to gain a few kilos, but I don’t think she’d scare anyone.