Silicon Valley - The Jared/ Zach Woods appreciation thread

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Ok, i bet somewhere on here is a thread for this absolutely absurd comedy show, but i wanted to take my time to open a thread about the main reason for this show to be such a success (IMO). To me personally it is not Gilfoyle's imaginative way of insulting, or Erlich's distorted sense of superiority (and, let's face it, the amount of f-bombs he produces).

No, it is this unpredictable and compassionate little creep, who more than once reminded me of a few of the weird kids i used to spend my time with. Maybe i even used to be a little like him

Zach Woods, the actor portraying Jared, is one of the actors a lot of people see in so many movies and TV shows, but would only call him "this guy, i know him". Whenever he is on screen he delivers a lot of lines that are sometimes very dark in its nature and always spot on.

I love his kind of humor, and i would like to know, if there are any other people on here who appreciate him as much as i do.

Btw, his German skills during his sleep are quite remarkable! A lot of US actors would not pronounce it that well

I saw an interview with the main cast (after the guy who played Erlich left the show) and it turns out that many of Jared's zany one liners about his previous (very sketchy) life are improvised by Zach Woods. It made me love him that much more, because those unprompted little details about his old life that he drops here and there are genius.

He really is the best thing about that show. They are all talented and funny--I like Thomas Middleditch too, and have extra affection for him for appearing in one of the Footnotes episodes of the podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno--but Zach Woods is my favourite and has some of the best comic timing and instincts I've seen in a while.

Also, in that interview I watched they all seemed like genuinely nice guys who really liked each other and got along well, and I think that translates onto the screen and is part of what makes the show work so well.

I absolutely agree! I am actually sad that i had never heard of it until a few months ago, and as soon as found out that a show like this exists, i binged all 5 seasons within four days. I have never laughed so loudly about anything. And all of those reactions were due to Jared's lines, like the infamous gold chain joke, the little bits about his past, speaking (almost proper) German during his sleep, his definition of home, etc. There are too many to count and i seriously don't want to spoil anything for the people that haven't seen any episode of this show yet

It is hard to find good comedians with great timing nowadays, but this guy seriously convinces me in every role he accepts. Even in 'The Office' you could see that he has good comedic timing and a lot of chemistry with the rest of the cast, but in this show he truly knocked it out of the park.

I'm surprised this thread didn't get more replies, I would expect a show like Silicon Valley to have more fans on a forum for autistic people. It's a really funny show about nerds, it's right up our alley!

Me too! I guess, we were the only ones appreciating this creepy individual

I think a lot of people don't have HBO. I love this show but no longer have HBO.

I don't have HBO, I still saw the show.

I think most people don't actually watch TV on their TVs anymore. There are many ways to watch things without buying a cable package.

I'm behind the times

Just know if you have access to the internet (as you must, since you are posting here) you have access to TV shows you want to watch. I don't want to get into detail because some are more officially "legal" than others, but there are ways for those so inclined to find them.

One of the greatest features of the information age is the democratization of the distribution of media and information. All you need is an internet connection and the world is your data library, at your fingertips.

Thank you . I was also thinking many people may be unaware the show exists. Do you know why the actor who plays Erlich left the show?

I just have HBO for a few months because of a good deal they had in addition to my hulu subscription. I guess, i totally forgot that some people might not have it. My bad

@justkillingtime Yeah, i realized. I liked T.J. Miller as an addition to the cast, but he seems to be a rather peculiar fellow off-screen as well.

Apparently he has some alcohol and substance abuse problems that make him hard to work with. That seems to be the consensus from what I've read about him leaving the show.

Didn't he also call 911 in order to make a false bomb threat?

I had forgotten about that particular incident. So yeah, he's got some problems.

http://www.newsweek.com/tj-miller-arres ... ain-879496