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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 05:20 PM Oct 2014

Has anyone been watching the new season of Alpha House??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_House

Alpha House is a television series released in 2013 produced by Amazon Studios. The show stars John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy and Mark Consuelos as four U.S. Senators who share a house in Washington, D.C. It was created by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau.

The series is inspired by real-life Congressmen who share a home in D.C.: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Representative George Miller (D-CA).

The series has a number of cameos from celebrities such as Bill Murray (as Senator Vernon Smits) and politicians such as Schumer as himself. Amazon Studios offered the first three episodes of Alpha House for free, with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter for Amazon Prime members on Amazon Instant Video.

On February 11, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season. Production for the second season began filming in July of 2014, and will be released on October 24, 2014.
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This season, it features:

-Singing Senators

-Koch(esque) Brothers Drones

-their childrens' reality show

-SuperPACS

-FoxNews-coached RW Authoritarian senators

I could go on and on...
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Has anyone been watching the new season of Alpha House?? (Original Post) Cooley Hurd Oct 2014 OP
I didn't know it was out. Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #1
that gun toting blond woman playing a GOP senator procon Oct 2014 #2
How does one access it? femmocrat Oct 2014 #3
It's an Amazon original, so I'm guessing Amazon Prime maced666 Oct 2014 #6
I don't know what that is, sorry! femmocrat Oct 2014 #7
I disagree. It's VERY funny and spot-on! Cooley Hurd Oct 2014 #8
How 'bout that catering company's name LOL PuraVidaDreamin Oct 2014 #4
Great. I enjoyed their first season. nt valerief Oct 2014 #5
"oReilly, Hannity and all the Fox blondes" NMDemDist2 Oct 2014 #9

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
1. I didn't know it was out.
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 05:34 PM
Oct 2014

I LOVE that series. I just got notified that Season 6 of Sons of Anarchy are now on Netflix.

I foresee blobdom in my future.

procon

(15,805 posts)
2. that gun toting blond woman playing a GOP senator
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 06:08 PM
Oct 2014

Is a hoot. I was laughing at her staged gun confrontation in the capital when John Goodman just walks right pasr all thr timid security cops and takes her gun away. Priceless!

 

maced666

(771 posts)
6. It's an Amazon original, so I'm guessing Amazon Prime
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 06:38 PM
Oct 2014

I've heard it's a poor man's Veep, from HBO.
Full of potential (Trudeau production, star power) yet just falls flat.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
7. I don't know what that is, sorry!
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 10:14 PM
Oct 2014

Do you have to buy the series, or is it a subscription... or is it like Netflix?

Thanks!

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,099 posts)
4. How 'bout that catering company's name LOL
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 06:20 PM
Oct 2014

name on the side of a van- 'Special Interest'
Might have been the last episode from last season.
(That I watched last week)

Amy Sedaris as a Mormon Wife of Morman senator! Ha!

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