This show is off the rails. Ricky is either the most stupid human on planet earth, or...the Tom Thumb of dope horticulture. Either way Ricky is a fantastic character that makes me laugh. Julian would be a standard issue Tom Jones suave ladies man, but he also got hit only slightly less hard with the stupid stick. That kind of makes him a mastermind within his circle. Mastermind of what? Petty crime with few holds barred centered in life in a trailer park. Then there's the brilliant parlor trick that makes Julian rise to the level of Ricky. That would be he is only ever seen with a cocktail of rum and coke in hand as if it's an appendage. Speaking of hat tricks. Perhaps the totally accidental are the best? Mike Smith as the Bubbles character is like...ahh, really. His intentions and actual pauses to think are lovable. But, he's also in a universe of his own making - one more cool layer of the TPB's onion. The coke-bottle glasses seal the deal - along with the breathy high pitched sing/songy voice So off the charts funny!
All "superheroes" need villains to be, well, more super. As the show revolves around everyone's life at the Sunnyvale Trailer Park it's fitting that eternal drunk and ex-cop Jim Lahey is a perfect foil. Even Batman needs Robin and so it goes with Jim Lahey. He's got "Randy". Just the name is a riot, but the reality with bloated belly and no shirt really rocks. For good measure these villains are in a homosexual relationship.
Never does the show actually say the phrase "trailer trash" because that would be so one dimensional loser. These guys are like the Royal Family of trailer trash. And in this mix there is brilliance. Like a show that fears to go where no show ever went. It makes The Office look like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (i.e. A perfect one). Laced with vulgar language and depictions of any crime as justified survival this is a treasure of alternate comedy TV. It makes me wonder can these guys who dreamed this and made it be this lucky, this funny, or this brilliant? Well, I'll go with 50/50 all of that plus amazing luck that they got the chance to find all of us weirdos who think this is a masterstroke of comedy TV. I haven't even mentioned the documentary style which seems so seamless. No wonder it has lasted over two decades in episodes, specials, and movies. As such I can only think of just two other TV shows to achieve something similar. Those would be Dr. Who and Top Gear/The Grand Tour. Kind of makes one think.
All "superheroes" need villains to be, well, more super. As the show revolves around everyone's life at the Sunnyvale Trailer Park it's fitting that eternal drunk and ex-cop Jim Lahey is a perfect foil. Even Batman needs Robin and so it goes with Jim Lahey. He's got "Randy". Just the name is a riot, but the reality with bloated belly and no shirt really rocks. For good measure these villains are in a homosexual relationship.
Never does the show actually say the phrase "trailer trash" because that would be so one dimensional loser. These guys are like the Royal Family of trailer trash. And in this mix there is brilliance. Like a show that fears to go where no show ever went. It makes The Office look like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (i.e. A perfect one). Laced with vulgar language and depictions of any crime as justified survival this is a treasure of alternate comedy TV. It makes me wonder can these guys who dreamed this and made it be this lucky, this funny, or this brilliant? Well, I'll go with 50/50 all of that plus amazing luck that they got the chance to find all of us weirdos who think this is a masterstroke of comedy TV. I haven't even mentioned the documentary style which seems so seamless. No wonder it has lasted over two decades in episodes, specials, and movies. As such I can only think of just two other TV shows to achieve something similar. Those would be Dr. Who and Top Gear/The Grand Tour. Kind of makes one think.