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Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio (2016)
Love it, clearly not for everyone
Seems like there's a lot of hate for this on here, but I for one really, really love it. It's amazing how resentful people can be if you don't make them laugh.
After 6 episodes there's only been a couple of skits that didn't raise some amusement in me and quite a few that made me do that hard sought after response comedy writers seek- laughing out loud.
The nature of the show means ideas are dispensed with as quickly as they are established, and quite often it's the suggestion of these ideas being more fleshed out that is hilarious in itself. Pre-teen with a Predator Head? Amazing. Polygamists of the Trees? Brilliant. Other sketches are fully formed jokes, or catchy, absurd songs. Looking forward to the release of Fruit Bloods album.
So yeah, don't let the terrible reviews put you off. You might just love it as much as me.
The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour (2011)
Only one review, and it's bad!?
Stumbled across this having devoured all the TPB stuff i could find and needing something funny to fill the hole. Felt compelled to write a positive review to balance things out a bit, as there is only one review at the time of writing.
I found the show itself initially baffling, until Pat Roach runs in telling the boys they've been drugged, and so has the rest of the cast, who now believe they are the characters they're being paid to play. The show jumps between genres, one moment a mob flick , then an old-school WWII story, or superhero gang, or mutinous pirates, the list goes on. The impressive thing is that they manage to weave the overlying story of a Mad Scientist drugging everyone throughout all the absurd genre changes; so a compelling mystery\thriller emerges amongst the mix of fantastic subtle humour and lots of c*ck\sh*t jokes.
I think the other review says they don't have the acting chops to pull off the characters, but i'd have to disagree. The mob characters were particularly fantastic. Mike Smith as the grand-daddy was down right scary. Of course you can tell it's them, and of course they hammed it up at times with certain characters, but that's where some of the humour comes from, as was the way much more prominently in TPB.
I'm not saying everybody should love this, or if you don't find it funny then you don't "get it". But I found it hilarious, creative story telling, that was different enough from TPB so it didn't feel like they were coasting on past success. I have no idea if there will ever be any more Happy Funtime Hour, but i certainly hope so.