Jon Benjamin Has a Van

I am a huge Jon Benjamin fan. Archer is on my weekly watch list, and I have all the episodes recorded so I can continually watch. Benjamin was also brilliant in Important Things with Demetri Martin, so my hopes were pretty high for this new show.

At first, things started off pretty badly. The first two sketches were dull and overdone; kind of like a high school writing class, the show was telling rather than showing.

After those however, the show just took off. The "You can't shoot here" sketch had me crying; Benjamin's voice mixed into awesome subtitles and an overall hysterical sketch made for the hardest laugh I've had in a while. The ongoing "Push the producer over the border" sketch was incredibly original and funny, nothing else to it. Benjamin's line, being in the pilot episode, "As you surely remember from our last episode," had me crying.

To fans of Archer, you will not be disappointed. Just about every line could be a possible Archer quote, which obviously sweetens the deal. To people who have not yet heard of Jon Benjamin, give this show a chance; some sketches may be too dry and repetitive, but I guarantee that as the show goes on, you will grow to love it. This show is not meant for the Tosh.0 audience who enjoys watching random videos with homosexual jokes (I grew tired of Tosh after the first season), so not the best show for Comedy Central to have it slotted after.

For 20-50 year olds however, this show has the possibility of being an instant classic with quotable lines and sketches that will no doubt be repeated by college kids everywhere.

I'm tempted to be become filthy rich and just give inhumane amounts of money to all the people engaged in making Jon Benjamin Has A Van.. I'd even buy a van if necessary. Fortunately I'm not filthy rich, not even slightly rich, and I would never be able to watch what they would come up next, which should probably contain dead hookers and real children torture, which is not bad and not unexpected at all.

Maybe I still have a glimmer of hope for restarting this show, but first most people that are vocally against this show need to be removed using all my riches made from investing in a brilliant show like Jon Benjamin Has A Van early, when it isn't getting enough support.

It deserves to come back. It's funnier than the shows that Benjamin voices without a doubt. At least release a blu ray please.

Like so many other great shows, Comedy Central decided this wasn't good enough to run in the 2 hours a day they're not playing South Park or Futurama. If you can find this, watch it.

I agree with the first review, it was funny and quirky, i enjoyed it. i also did not laugh out loud at all. it is more of one of those shows where you just think in your head, yeah that was funny. it is full of a lot of actors who put on some good performances as bit players in some funny movies. i really like the big read head guy who was in old school and role models, he is consistently funny. i'm not sure but is this john benjamin guy also a voice character on the show the life and times of tim? the one skit i really enjoyed was the cash stall one, would have liked to see more of them. based on this episode i can't see this standing the test of time, but it might be one of those that are better of just having one or two great seasons and being done.