User Reviews

I got through 4 episodes and couldn't watch anymore for a multitude of reasons. Namely it's not all that funny, I caught a glimpse of this show as my GF was flipping through channels and saw Ed Gamble, I've listened to his podcast Off Menu and seen him on many other forms of British content. He was the only draw to this show for me but even he couldn't save this one. He genuinely put in an effort to make this show similar to the British versions by adding some banter and some personality. But the majority of the American comedians and I have to mention I never have seen even one of them before appearing on this show and I watch a lot of comedy content. The irony is that in one of the shows there were 4 British panelists out of the 6 and this is supposed to be an "American" Comedy show. The reason this doesn't work maybe is American comedy is highly polarized, there is no middle common ground to relate to and after a while it's just pandering to people you know will watch just because you share the same hive-mind not because the jokes are funny. I wouldn't mind if they actually were well crafted and not lazy. One of the comedians even did a Robin Williams rip-off joke, it was cringy and stuck out like a sore thumb. Maybe the target audience didn't notice but I did. Laughter seamed canned and the presenter although she is likable puts on such a performance in trying to make everything hilarious when it's not. She's actually really good at the job, wish it was a more laid-back and less scripted show and could be shown without bleeping things out, maybe then it could have a chance. I mean let crappy jokes fizzle and let the audience decide if it's funny rather than force it on the viewers, if they actually studied British panel shows they'd see how they let poor comedy get roasted on the spot, they tried a bit of that but it felt like even that was planned. I know British panel shows are also edited and have multiple takes but they don't feel like every setup and punch-line was rehearsed. Maybe I got it wrong and these people actually do put on a 1-2 minute set on the spot with random subjects but it doesn't feel that way. I will mention I liked seeing Tom Allen and Hugh Dennis but it wasn't enough to save this show and I'll reiterate this is supposed to be "American" comedy. How many times will they try this and not realize you can't just import British content and assume it will work here just because it was successful over there. Be original for a change.

Usually I prefer American copies of British shows, but this one is really bad. Sure, there were some good jokes, here and there, but overall it's a yawn fest. When jokes are really intelligent, they seem to go over hosts head, who goes for a very vulgar and simple ones. The host was obviously a bad choice, because that person ties everything together. Guests are mostly some washed up comedians that try to stay relevant by catering to "smart and progressive" crowd. There is nothing funny in reiterating beliefs of an echo chamber. There are exceptions but they just can't help raise the show's quality. Great example is Matthew Broussard, who had a great bit about IUD, which was funny and provoking but Dulce gave a win to Alonzo, who was just like "I BELIEVE(like it's a religion) in medicine. How stupid are antivaxxers?". I think I'll just watch reruns of original British shows for now. Check ya later.