{"id":1606,"date":"2014-08-28T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2015-01-19T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T14:49:54","slug":"5-cult-tv-shows-you-need-to-check-out-3-comedy-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/5-cult-tv-shows-you-need-to-check-out-3-comedy-special\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Cult TV Shows You Need to Check Out #3 (Comedy Special)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of the month again: time for us to recommend 5 top cult TV shows, and you to check them out.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve decided to do something a bit different this month and focused entirely on comedies from across the pond and a little bit closer to home.<\/p>\n<p>So, check them out. If you need any cash to do so, <a title=\"The Top 10 Traded DVDs\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/08\/20\/the-top-10-traded-dvds-2\/\">sell one of the DVDs in our Top Traded list<\/a>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Eastbound and Down<\/h4>\n<p><i>Eastbound and Down<\/i> tells the tale of a washed-up baseball player called Kenny Powers, who is forced to become a supply PE teacher in his hometown after retiring from the game because of his own \u201d\u02dcjerkiness\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of 4 seasons, Powers attempts to engineer a comeback. Needless to say, his attempts often fail miserably<\/p>\n<p>The show is the brainchild of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, which should tell you everything you need to know about the humour. Powers is arrogant yet weirdly lovable, similar to Ron Burgundy or <i>Step Brother\u2019s <\/i>Dale Doback, while the jokes wouldn\u2019t be out of place in a Ferrell comedy either.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t seen the show before, you\u2019ve probably seen Ferrell\u2019s cameo as a car salesman&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hPp4dgmrc8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Ren and Stimpy<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TCGEUDa8hB0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Ren and Stimpy<\/i> has been around for ages and is often mistaken for a kids\u2019 cartoon (mainly because it was shown on Nickelodeon along with the likes of <i>Kenan and Kel<\/i> and <i>Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>Watching it now, though, through the eyes of an adult, is like re-reading a book you loved as a kid and realising it was <i>50 Shades of Grey<\/i>. <i>Ren and Stimpy<\/i> is one of the weirdest programmes ever made, with surreal and often terrifying humour present throughout (fans of <i>The Mighty Boosh<\/i> will love it).<\/p>\n<p>Even if it doesn\u2019t sound like your cup of tea, it\u2019s worth watching again just to try and figure out why this show was shown to kids&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NFTaiWInZ44\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although most of us in the UK haven\u2019t heard of them, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are comedy heavyweights in the States thanks to their cult show <i>Tim &amp; Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! <\/i><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to describe the concept of <i>Awesome Show, Great Job! <\/i>in words: it\u2019s deliberately unfunny, which makes it funny. It\u2019s surreal in the extreme, with sketches that frequently don\u2019t make any sense and amateur actors who seem to be crushed under the weight of their own awkwardness.<\/p>\n<p>In a word, it\u2019s weird. Very, very weird. But, if that\u2019s your kind of thing, then you\u2019ll probably love it. You really have to see it to believe it.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and it\u2019s got quite a lot of famous people in it too, including Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd and John C. Reilly.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Nathan Barley<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AwTzPnWsz20\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Written by professional grouch Charlie Brooker and reclusive satirist Chris Morris, <i>Nathan Barley<\/i> follows a young man, who\u2019s only purpose in life is to be an overly-trendy berk, and a journalist who works at a trendy magazine but would really rather be dead.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a brilliant pastiche of the desire to be cool that strikes all of us at some point. And, thanks to the rise of social media, it somehow seems more relevant today than it did when it was first released.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QZuOKUrwoys\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/i> is a classic American sitcom, with 5 kooky characters regularly meeting in a set location (in this case, a pub they own in Philadelphia) to exchange witty jokes and get into all kinds of silly scrapes.<\/p>\n<p>Except, well, that\u2019s about all it shares in common with classic American sitcoms. As explained by <i>Entertainment Weekly<\/i>, the <i>It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/i> gang have, over the course of the show, smoked drugs, composed a rock opera about a troll and killed someone with a chain-saw.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, it\u2019s gained quite the following despite having a ridiculously low budget.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Got any cult TV shows you\u2019d like to suggest? Share them with us in the comments and we might include them in a future post (with credit to you, of course!).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of the month again: time for us to recommend 5 top cult TV shows, and you to check them out. We\u2019ve decided to do something a bit different this month and focused entirely on comedies from across the pond and a little bit closer to home. 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