Good Vibes (I) (2011)
7/10
An early-2010s Comedy Movie Divided into 13 Parts
20 January 2024
By the powers combined of the writer and directer behind Rob Schneider's earlier movies (The Animal and The Hot Chick), one half of Carsey Werner, albeit the lesser one (Are You There, Chelsea?, Hank, Happy Hour) and David Gordon Green (the modern Halloween movies, The Righteous Gemstones and Pineapple Express), you get a fairly decent show for its time, and if you happen to be a fan of dumb stoner comedies it's worth a look.

Good Vibes had been floating around for a while, before MTV got the rights to it, around the time they revived Beavis and Butthead for the first time, and needed something to add to a block of animated programs. This was typically put between two episodes of the new Beavis and Butthead, which was a fairly smart choice to keep people tuned in, at least on paper.

The show covers all the key aspects of stoner comedies from back in the day, while also featuring a big collection of pop culture references indicative of the time. While references can harm a show by making it outdated, if done right it can also be nostalgic, especially if you happened to be part of the era it represents, better times and all that. At the very least they don't always beat you over the head with the references, at most using them as a springboard to a grander plot.

It's also a good place for some edgy humor, if you want to go back to when comedy had no filter, give credit to a show that doesn't try to stifle itself. Even among adult sitcoms, at the very least this doesn't revolve around a dysfunctional family or full grown adults, so it's something relatively different.

Worth it for some early-2010s nostalgia, and even then you can do far worse than this.
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