Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Workaholics

For those who have fulfilled their appetite for scripted reality TV shows, an endless supply of Law and Order and is currently suffering the painful reality of having The Office on life support- a refreshingly energetic comedy is out there that is a genius blend of the one liner, booze, drugs, sex and bodily function oriented humor.

The ironically titled show Workaholics follows three young recent graduates stuck in the unglamorous career of telemarketing continuing their beer-drinking prank-pulling lifestyle by shirking away from all work responsibilities and pulling the same type of mischievous shenanigans they had done together as college roommates.

The show stars Blake Anderson, an ambitious idiot filled with wild plans; Adam Devine, a long haired goofball hanging around for the ride and Anders Holm, a semi-responsible (but just as dim) narcissist. After having been discovered for their comedic sketches via youtube by Comedy Central, the stars of Workaholics were picked up by the station last year and is already gearing up for its third season.

If your searching for a sophisticated comedy that is boasting of wit and intelligence or a situational comedy that will make you feel as awkward as The Office once did- keep on looking. Workaholics comedic nature revolves around human's most basic instincts. Primarily of sex, drugs and drinking, although genitalia related punchlines are frequent visitors as well.

Season one is worth watching to find out why Blake Anderson's boss puts the fear God in his boner and to discover the hilarity of a poop-dollar for those reasons alone.

There will be those critiques that say their humor is too immature, their language pointlessly obscene and frankly, just too vulgar. On the contrary, its a very honest exposition of pure humor by poking fun at societies barriers and norms while giving hope to the fraternity graduates that the party doesn't have to end at graduation. It does not hide behind clever wit, remain masked behind social norms or mask itself with fancy Mad Men suits.

Want to laugh?

Look at the Adam Devine in a Bear suit, and watch Workaholics.

Lets face the reality- decent comedies that are reliable for a good laugh are difficult to come by. Although a brief 20 minutes (without commercials), this show will provide the much needed laugh during the day and provide quotable one liners you can share on facebook.

The Simpsons has run too long, The Office has tragically lost Steve Carrell and other comedies such as It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia and Family Guy, where once brilliant, is simply not reliable to make you laugh out loud with each new episode.

This show will not be the next great craze that everyone will follow- it has too many boner jokes for that. But for those that don't mind a bit of raunchiness while watching idiots comparable in intelligence to Dumb and Dumber's Llyod Christmas and Harry Dunn avoid drug tests, pull pranks, pursue women and maintain a job- you're welcome for the introduction.

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