Undergrads

Thanks to MTV's moronic habit of shifting schedules around, I was only able to catch the first few episodes of this before it was cancelled. I can only say to the MTV execs...YOU D+*#HEADS! You just can't leave a good thing be, can you? This was a show so hilariously familiar, it was disturbing. It reminded me of Henry Rollins' rant on seeing a good movie about disturbed people with a big audience. "I know that psycho!" says the guy next to you; farther back in the theater, you hear: "Know him? Hell, I AM that psycho!" Yes we ALL knew (or know) somebody like this gang from our earlier days. I just hope that I and a whole lot of other folks can--someday--catch the whole series on dvd.

I just started watching undergrads a few months ago and have seen almost all of the first seasons 13 episodes, which I hope will not be the only ones. Some people may say that the characters on the show are stereotypical, but they have much more depth than mere stereotypes. I see parts of myself and my friends in all four of the main characters (Nitz is so much like me it's frightening). The four main characters (Nitz, Rocko, Cal and Gimpy) are so good it's hard to pick a favourite. It also has a fabulous supporting cast too. One thing I admire about the show is that it depicts friends who are seemingly so different from each other but still remain friends, and that it shows that clicks and groups sometimes overlap into each other. I sincerely hope that MTV decides to keep the show going.

After having just seen the last episode for the first season (perhaps the last ever) I realize what a great show Undergrads truly is. The characters are so rich and entertaining that you find yourself laughing at their antics but also seeing a little bit of you and your friends in each of them. This makes for a rewarding experience in television viewing.

The story focuses on four friends (members of The Clique) Nitz, Cal, Rocko, and Gimpy who all attend different colleges in the same town, they've been friends since birth and nothing is going to change that now. Each of the characters fits a stereotype but also breaks it. Nitz is the nice quite nerdy guy that always feels a constant embarrassment towards the friends he has but also a great bit of love towards. Rocko is the tough guy that basically excels at being an ass, especially to Cal who truly steals the show as the quiet annoying yet good looking babe magnet...its Cal that comes in with the great lines that cause you to burst into laughter "Sorry guy time for my late afternoon sex". Another true gem in the show is Gimpy the shut in from Techerson Tech college, he barely ever leaves his room and lives his life according to Star Wars.

Nitz is constantly the folly of his friend's exploits but also of his own lust for Kimmy Burton, the girl that he's had a crush on for four years. The season truly comes full circle at the end.

The secondary characters also bring out the best in Undergrads, from wise ass Jesse to movie talking Brodie and the $@%@ing trash talker Kruger, the show's writers truly display their abilities of interpreting real life into an animated sitcom. I see everyone of these characters in every day life and truly hope to see the show continue next year..so please MTV execs listen to my call...as well as the call of many fans..keep Undergrads on the air.

I catch this show almost every night on Teletoon up here in Canada. Nitz is the character that I really relate to. A mixed up kid with no social life and few friends and friends from high school that he can barely deal with.

I almost always laugh at Rocko. The poor guy never really gets a break from anything. Ending up in jail for being drunk and disorderly, smashing things. It's almost as if Rocko's only goal in life is to get drunk and smash things.

It's a great show and it should continue. :)

Some of you might boast about how this show is hilarious, and pretty good for a cartoon, but it is just so much more. This glorious show not only manages to have me quoting every line and laughing, but thinking about the characters after i watch it. I relate to every character in their own way, and thats how all shows should be. Not many cartoons can make me cry at the last episode, or make me fiend out the songs from every episode from crappy music download site to crappy music download site.

i love this show..i hope you can too

Enjoy