Try hard....
... a lot of basketball references across episodes.... which I found a tad odd (one of the writers must REALLY be into basketball).... I think at least 4 of the 6 episodes features some basketball storyline to a great degree.
If I had to describe season one in brief terms.. It would be "Thirsty" or "Try Hard". CLEARLY there were a lot of attempts at jokes, but a good 90%+ of them landed flat to me. Nothing very funny.
For the most part, it's just "stupid comedy" that is to say.. Set up .... then... if CharacterX was a complete moron.. here's how Scenario A would play out. After a few sketches, it's clear that every single one of the sketches takes the "stupidest" character turn in the hopes of a laugh. Sketches aren't really about creativity or the unexpected.
The longer sketches seemed to just go on too long with little payoff.. the shorter, more crude sketches seems to be crude for the sake of being crude.
The ONLY good idea was the blind superhero.... That was a fantastic concept... not sure it was utilized to its fullest (I mean they made other characters the "stupid character" so the blind hero could play a part), but that idea was the only spark of comedy in the entire series. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear until the last episode.
Maybe I just didn't get this series.
In short - this ain't no Kids in the Hall or anywhere close to it. Just because McCulloch produced it, it doesn't mean he had any part in writing any of it.
If I had to describe season one in brief terms.. It would be "Thirsty" or "Try Hard". CLEARLY there were a lot of attempts at jokes, but a good 90%+ of them landed flat to me. Nothing very funny.
For the most part, it's just "stupid comedy" that is to say.. Set up .... then... if CharacterX was a complete moron.. here's how Scenario A would play out. After a few sketches, it's clear that every single one of the sketches takes the "stupidest" character turn in the hopes of a laugh. Sketches aren't really about creativity or the unexpected.
The longer sketches seemed to just go on too long with little payoff.. the shorter, more crude sketches seems to be crude for the sake of being crude.
The ONLY good idea was the blind superhero.... That was a fantastic concept... not sure it was utilized to its fullest (I mean they made other characters the "stupid character" so the blind hero could play a part), but that idea was the only spark of comedy in the entire series. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear until the last episode.
Maybe I just didn't get this series.
In short - this ain't no Kids in the Hall or anywhere close to it. Just because McCulloch produced it, it doesn't mean he had any part in writing any of it.
- NullUnit
- Jul 14, 2023