NTSF:SD:SUV

What can you expect from a NCIS parody which has 11 minute episodes and a very low budget? Well, nothing much but this show atleast somehow delivers it. It has weak and cheap jokes but they are atleast makes the people laugh. The humour of the series is the most enjoyable when you are familiar with the source material and have seen the original versions of the parody. Suprisingly NTSF also make fun of other shows as well for example Fringe, NCIS and 24 rather just focusing on the NCIS part for all the short airtime. Its so bad and dumb on purpose sometimes that it feels good. Some part of it are wasted potential and feels tired as hell. Its a show that only has one purpose which is to ease the fatigue and stress after a long day. Mindless chaos for 11 minutes.

Spoofing all those stupid cop shows was a great idea and they executed it perfectly. There's even tons of cameos by people who are actually famous. Good stuff.

Great actors and comedians clowning around. The writers are brilliantly funny and amazingly talented and probably working full-time for other series but having a lot more fun getting together and writing this one. And nailing it. Probably only care that they're cracking each other up and not going for the lowest common denominator in the audience. They're going for the lowest common denominator in the writing room room and I love it. A lot of high-profile big budget comedies try harder and screw it up (Avenue five being a prime example).

I do not claim to be an expert in csi type shows or cop shows but one thing I can assure you is that the amount of gags in this show are so sarcastic and idiotic that it is by far the most surreal wana be reality show I have ever seen.

You know how people quoted Borat for years and years...? Well this show has lines that top Borat's best! I don't even like Paul Scheer, I have seen many of his old works, from "The League" to "Human Giant" and even his guest appearance on "Party Down" I have always found him the least interesting character in each show, yet, he as seriously surprised me in how perfect he ended up being for NTSF SD SUV!!

If you can enjoy ridiculous infantile post-modern humour than this show is for you. Give it a few episodes to get into, some people's gut instinct is to reject the silliness but trust me its worth watching more and getting into the mind frame of Trent!

Ps: Another great thing I personally have found about the show is that when you watch it sober it is hilarious but if you watch it drunk it it takes on this much more dramatic tone!! I can watch the same episode twice in a different frame of mind and interpret the episode differently. Like I said this show is something special, it's the Shakespeare of the ADD generation.

Seriously. Who paid for this and why? It's supposed to be a parody of shows like CSI. Or so I read. You wouldn't know from whatever is going on on the screen. Specific problems:

Lack of story. Each episode takes a familiar script - the movie Speed for example - and hacks it up into short joke setups so limited and disjointed that the underlying story is completely lost. The net result is thoroughly unsatisfying sequence of beats that never add up to anything. Even if you've seen the source material on which the episode is based.

Formulaic attempt at humor. Every "joke" is exactly the same formula: if they do something on a show like CSI, do it more. It they pull their weapons on CSI, this show has them shooting everyone. If a person gets shot on CSI, this show has the person explode. And so on. And on. And on. And on. The problem with this joke formula is it so obvious that it wears out its welcome before the first punchline. Young children may laugh at this type of humor, but this show is not suitable for a young audience.

Lack of humor. I love parodies. I love comedies. This is neither. I'm an easy laugh and I Never. Laughed. Once. I never chuckled, smiled, or grinned. Not once in the first three episodes. I did laugh during later episodes, but only because I started rewriting the jokes in my head to actually have comedic effect.

Ironically, I watched this show because I enjoy Paul and June in the How Did This Get Made podcast. The podcast is about lousy programs, and the only reason this show isn't at the top of Paul and June's hit list is they are in it. Three stars.