This month’s TV series is Party Down (2009-2010).
The comedy is about a group of
actors and writers in LA trying to make it in the industry, but in the meantime
they work for a catering company. The show was created by John Enbom, Dan Etheridge, Paul
Rudd, and Rob Thomas
(Enbom and Etheridge wrote on Veronica
Mars, which was created by Thomas, and Rudd guest starred in an episode).
The series has a fantastic comedic cast with Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, Martin Starr, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch (season one), and Megan Mullally (season two). It
also boasts a great guest appearance list highlighted by Kristen Bell, Ken Jeong, J.K. Simmons, and Steve Guttenberg. Airing on
Starz during its run, Party Down is one of the funniest cable shows of the last
decade (and probably one of the most unheralded). What works so well is that the
comedy is these actors trying to make it having to deal with the almost
dehumanizing mundane existence of menial unskilled labor and being treated
essentially as lepers. I highly recommend checking it out for fans of Veronica
Mars (at least the humor in VM) and series like Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office and Extras. Check out the trailer.
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