(This is our first guest post we have ever done and it is brought to you by our French friend, Le Foosk.)
The majority of television shows that focus on high school tend to be worthless. There are of-course exceptions like “Friday Night Lights”, the best show on TV right now, “Freaks & Geeks”, the best show on TV ever and very underrated “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” Seriously, if you are not watching “Secret Life” you need to start doing so immediately. This show is the definition of “it’s so bad it’s good, perhaps even great.”
Time to add a much needed fourth to the list.
“The In-Betweeners” (BBC America, Wed @ 930pm) is like the original “American Pie”, i.e 4 loser-ish high school dudes who only want to get laid and drink, crossed with the cringe humor made famous on the original version of “The Office.” Sound good? Add in the fact the guys curse like crazy, make fun of each other constantly, never get laid and are always on the verge of getting beaten up and you have comedy gold, as well as horrible flashbacks to some of your own high school experiences, unless you were one of those cool guys and if so, go fuck yourself. Oh, and it’s a British sitcom, meaning right off the bat it will be better than roughly 80% of the shows currently on TV.
Do yourself a favor and check it out online since the Season 2 finale is tonight.
