Possible spoilers ahead, but never fear, you'd never mind.
T&E try soooo hard to make their "comedy" appear to be as low as possible, it's definitely a hipster angle, lets not even try to make that go away. In doing so, they create a lower point, and have to try and top it later. It's a really poor cycle that leads to shows that could be composed entirely of toddlers making nonsense sounds while flapping their arms, as long as they had a wondrously horrible video editor to cut it all together .
Their only saving grace is the occasional appearance of John C Rielly, Jack Black, and god help me for saying it, Alan Thicke. The appearance of a B+ celeb usually brings the only moment of the show worth a smirk, if for nothing other than nostalgia's sake or being a previous fan of their other work.
There's nothing to "get" about their style. Maybe a man flapping his arms and making guttural noises makes you laugh, or perhaps it takes a fake infomercial about plastic pant liners specifically for continuous explosive diarrhea delivered by a senior citizen. That's OK, we're all different. To call the show smart or satirical for it, however, is a grievous misuse of that word.
The show is simply an exercise in vanity by those that can't be bothered to work on either a script or improving their "talent" that was quickly pushed in by execs looking for the next thing to keep eyes on their network. There's a reason it airs when it does, and it's not for the shows 99% mild content. Dick/sex jokes don't land you at midnight and beyond. Having a budget that rivals most hobos daily income and pushing terribly fleshed out skits sure will though.
Don't fool yourself into thinking this is anything but masking weakness with a poignant and forced lack of effort, and for your own sake, don't try to tell others it is.
T&E try soooo hard to make their "comedy" appear to be as low as possible, it's definitely a hipster angle, lets not even try to make that go away. In doing so, they create a lower point, and have to try and top it later. It's a really poor cycle that leads to shows that could be composed entirely of toddlers making nonsense sounds while flapping their arms, as long as they had a wondrously horrible video editor to cut it all together .
Their only saving grace is the occasional appearance of John C Rielly, Jack Black, and god help me for saying it, Alan Thicke. The appearance of a B+ celeb usually brings the only moment of the show worth a smirk, if for nothing other than nostalgia's sake or being a previous fan of their other work.
There's nothing to "get" about their style. Maybe a man flapping his arms and making guttural noises makes you laugh, or perhaps it takes a fake infomercial about plastic pant liners specifically for continuous explosive diarrhea delivered by a senior citizen. That's OK, we're all different. To call the show smart or satirical for it, however, is a grievous misuse of that word.
The show is simply an exercise in vanity by those that can't be bothered to work on either a script or improving their "talent" that was quickly pushed in by execs looking for the next thing to keep eyes on their network. There's a reason it airs when it does, and it's not for the shows 99% mild content. Dick/sex jokes don't land you at midnight and beyond. Having a budget that rivals most hobos daily income and pushing terribly fleshed out skits sure will though.
Don't fool yourself into thinking this is anything but masking weakness with a poignant and forced lack of effort, and for your own sake, don't try to tell others it is.
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