I know! Its a god damn shame! That show is amazing and breaks my heart! My fiance got me started on it, really liked Sarah Lynn. When they killed her off by over dosing he was crushed, not 3 years later my fiance passed away by overdose. It reminds me of our good times and of our bad times. It's crazy how a cartoon of personified animals depiction of life is so raw and so real...
I don't think Bojack horseman is the right show for this example. Sure it's got wacky humour but there's also the obvious dark tones to it as well These adult animated sitcoms are just your average family guy knockoff
I’m like 99% sure that Netflix’s “Show Approval” team is just that cat named Orlando that beat Wall Street traders by walking on stock notecards back in 2012
There is exactly one good joke in the series, cause I bothered to remember it. When there was a cop in the last episode, they asked how they were gonna get to the aunt. And the cop immediately was like oh her, she was my first arrest. I was really nervous and she helped me through the whole process.
There was a joke that made me cackle. Diane is sitting on the curb and her boss is breaking some bad news to her and says "I'm sorry I can't do anything about it, my hands are tied". And Diane sighs sadly and says "Kinky."
@@Coolbassist 1. Someone being arrested is helping a newbie cop with his first arrest 2. The second line references pregnancy with 'he helped me through it all. it was my first time and I was really nervous'
It's almost like the showrunners wanted to make a sincere slice of life/character drama, but Netflix forced them to make it a comedy and this is their revenge for that.
that sounds even more boring then the show we got....instead of the BONE series adaptation, arguably one of the best modern day comic series, which had its greenlight from netflix revoked the second chicago party aunts team asked for multiple seasons. keep that in mind.
It's funny the divorce, her son, and how she started going to the coffee shop could have definitely been their own funny episodes while introducing and bonding with the characters. Also it's overwhelming to introduce everyone on the first episode. Build some familiarity around the ones you first see as a starting ground/ safe place to work from and build around that
Honestly it makes me wonder if this is their first sitcom or something. if the situation is supposed to be funny too then you wanna pace yourself and introduce why things happen in a funny light over time. Hell if they took the drama angle instead I don't think ppl would complain about watching episodes where these terrible things happen back to back and see the characters get to realize how far down the drain things are going
Or make the job and apartment stick, and then you could do something with the fact that her life has suddenly become hugely unstable, which a) gives you plenty of jokes and b) gives you at least an episode each on divorce, job hunting, and moving house
@@kylefrank638 yeah which is a step up from most modern “adult comedies.” This show looks great compared to its peers and mediocre compared to anything else
It sounds like the writers didn't really have faith in their characters and world building and instead used cheap comedy to disguise their insecurities. I kinda hope this one at least gets a second chance, because it still has heart and soul. They just gotta learn that they don't need to be scared that it has the makings of a good cast.
"The art style isn't completely rancid either" You're right. Instead, it's just pretty bad. Better animated than expected for what it is and no strange, ugly, consistent body part as part of character design, but I still don't like looking at it all that much.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; it’s like one step above Family Guy’s style, instead of the usual several steps below you get with Netflix adult animated series.
Its kind of weird, like someone putting lots of effort and detail into a stick figure drawing. The animation is smooth and fluid, but instead of putting in the effort to have it really nicely animated, I think it would have been better if the art style was better even if that means sacrificing some of the animation quality.
I really appreciate that you mentioned how the characters actually feel like people, the episode about the boss and his sexuality was actually a good episode, I feel like this show could've dropped the comedy label and been pretty damn good
@@scottjondansteve9343 Because I'm tired of smart, powerfull, overly capable female characters and I would like to see one be a bumbling buffoon for a little while.
Yup this bothered me too- the actress is actually from Canada. I’m offended they didn’t actually get an actress born and raised in Chicago. UNACCEPTABLE 😂 jk but in all seriousness I do wish they’d picked an actress actually from Chicago lol
tbf bojack was legitimately kinda bad in S1, at least until the last episode. maybe not as bad as this, but if bojack can go from that to being what it became, i'm sure chicago party aunt can redeem itself too, if it tries.
@@JH-ty2cs it wasn’t bad in any sense. I loved season one. The show was just taking its time trying to figure out what it wanted to be, so it wasn’t as solid or emotional as the later seasons
I think this show deserves one other thing: the character design style is slightly more interesting than in most of these types of shows. Most of these shows look like the characters were designed by people who can’t draw and are just doing slight variations on Family Guy’s style. When they deviate from this, it is only to make a character very, very ugly. Diane is one of the few protagonist I’ve seen that looks unique without also looking hideous. The general style is still similar to those other shows, but some of these characters look like they were designed by somebody who was allowed to use their sense of style and creativity for once.
I personally hated when Diane found out her boss was gay and outed him to his conservative mom. She acts like the victim when he gets understandably upset. She ruined his relationship with his mom and gives a half-assed apology, which he accepts for some reason. She has a gay nephew for god's sake, she should know it's dangerous and rude (and also not her place) to out someone!
He doesn't forgive her. Which I understand why, if someone outed me to my family (who will never know I'm bi) I'd be furious. He kind of just tolerates her.
@@TheOneArmedViolinist It’s a cartoon, yes, but it’s also a situation that can (and does) happen in real life. Mice cannot talk in real life. Your comparison is as bad as this show’s jokes, and I really hope you don’t need me to explain why.
I think instead of party aunt being more of a comedy they could make it more a show about this lady having to learn the way she acts harms her and others and over time she becomes more of a better person and throughout the story they can add some comedic effect.( kinda like bojack horseman)
One of my English professors told me about a novel she was publishing: after weeks if not months of re-writing, editing, and jumping through publisher hoops, her advisor recommended that she completely obliterate the first several pages. She felt that they were necessary because they outlined her characters and locations before the story really got started, but the advisor stressed a point you’ve touched on here: this isn’t technical communication, it’s an art of fiction. It’s unfair to the audience (who willingly picked up the story) to assume that they 1. Will not be able to understand or 2. Will not want to build their own concept of the characters based on their conversations and actions alone. Well-written characters don’t need the author to preemptively label and explain their motivations: we just see who they are and decide what that means to us, if anything.
why the fuck is bojack always the go to when talking about these types of shows. bojack isn't focused on comedy like these shows, a better example would be south park or family guy. comments like these are as unoriginal as the show they're critiquing
@@wool578 it's because people think bojack is a comedy. I'm pretty sure it was marketed as such, I remember seeing it labelled as a comedy a few times and when I started watching it it was because it was under the comedy page on Netflix.
Despite it being unfunny, the rest of the show is fine and the story's kinda catchy. I hope that if this continues ever, it could progressively get better and better. Though there's a low chance it could ever happen and Netflix will treat it like most Adult Animated comedies. We may never know for sure right now.
Though I haven't watched it, it's clear that unlike a lot of other adult animated "comedies", this show has a comprehension of what makes a good basis for a show. The only problem is that the season just didn't have good jokes to carry the experience. But hey, if Paradise PD somehow managed to get 3 seasons, then I have some hope for this show getting renewed.
From the analysis it seems like it could have been a good show if they didn't try to make it a comedy and instead focused on telling stories with these characters. But making an animated Netflix Original that wasn't a "comedy" would have been too Original an idea for Netflix.
16:30 Know what's sad about this? This could have actually been funny if they'd set up the obvious thing, then it doesn't happen. She doesn't cut off his ponytail, he happily pays and leaves, then we hold a few beats and someone says "wow, good thing you didn't cut that guy's ponytail off, huh?" "Yeah, wouldn't THAT be awkward? Like a bad sitcom, or something." A little self awareness goes a long way.
Or the characters walk past his obviously-fated-to-fail attempt to win back the ex in a later scene. Maybe one of them notices and comments something like "probably should have seen that coming". It's just classic, easy-as-it-gets cheap comedy and they somehow still picked a lower-effort choice. Sad.
I feel like you should review Inside Job. It feels the same sort of genre of adult cartoons that you've done a lot of reviews but it has a lot more meat on its bones and I'm sure a critique of a show that has more positive traits would feel different while still comparing it to worse shows
I was really surprised when I watched that one and it was actually kinds good and fun. Still suffering from most of the problems this genre has and at some points obnoxious, but fun.
You forgot the trait “funny accent” as Dianne has an exaggerated Chicago accent relative to the other characters. Of course the whole concept of a “funny accent” is relative as well.
What disappoints me is that it's not even the worst designed show. The animation is pretty generic for an adult comedy but it's not as ugly as Rick and Morty, Hoops, or Paradise PD, the principle idea behind it could actually work for an adult comedy, and the voice actors are great across the board with some characters that are at least moderately fleshed out compared to the Prince or Hoops. It has potential, it's biggest problem is that the writers just don't know what to do with the script and like most adult comedies of this day and age are making their main character Peter Griffin.
I actually like watching this animation. The character designs are like… Pleasant. It’s very much an “adult animation” style but not in an ugly way. I am unreasonably happy about this. The backgrounds are NICE! There’s actual lighting sometimes! The bar is on the FLOOR!
Honestly the show is funnier when it’s focusing on Daniel trying to be an adult and his cousin trying to please his girlfriend (who came out of nowhere at the end of the season) and her parents. Those two should be the main characters while the mothers and dads be the side characters who pop in to interfere with their goal of the episode.
I'm really cautious when it comes to new shows and stuff, and I usually need other people to tell me it's good, or familiar creators, for me to even consider checking any out. You just helped me in that regard. I'll give Inside Job a look.
@@creed8712 At least in the west it seems so, aside from some exceptions such as a few independent projects taking off like Helluva Boss most of the good shows currently are all made by a often closely linked set of pre established creators. Flapjack definitely was a central landmark as it had such a large number of future big names on it, as it was an earlier series that had people like P.Ward and A.Hirsh working on the same project. Over on the East however from what I've heard there's a bit more variety as well as also having a group of reliable go tos.
7:27 the absolute whiplash I felt when I heard this character's voice for the first time and realized it's Ru Paul??? It'd be nice if shows started having actual voice actors again instead of depending on random celebrities' shitty performances for name recognition alone.
I mean if anything, I could probably get at least some small amount of joy from each episode just from getting to hear Scorpia roleplay as a drunken aunt
I liked the story about how and why she’s in the coffee shop because it’s a place someone like her would never go, a fancy healthy juice place, but putting her out of her comfort zone adds to it
I think my favourite part of this video is that I realised that putting in big block text, "Something bad happened to these men", after getting me repeatedly with it in your review of "The Prince" is unironically far more funny than the "joke" its pointing out. Getting blindsided by it in this video and hearing that guitar riff again put me into an uncontrollable chortle spasm.
This show is kinda funny when thinking about Chicago stereotypes. I will say though the way they drew the buildings is spot on. The Halloween episode when they go to Roscoe's, that's exactly what Roscoe's looks like
this show is like the netflix producers went "hmm, that Eda lady from the owl show sure is popular in the fanbase, let's take her arbitrary traits and make a boring show"
I think depending on the joke, a lot of the "I say this, then the opposite thing happens" can be made a lot funnier simply by expanding the time between the two halves. Of course it not as simple as just filling it in with 10 minutes of silence then delivering the final half, but I think these kinds of jokes can be funny, just not when the opposite thing happens directly after. Also it helps if it isn't the only type of joke being used.
Essentially, you can use those lines as set up for later reveals, "set up / pay off" style. Timing the gap between can elevate the humor, because the events in the gap take your attention away from the set up to allow the payoff to subvert expectations. But in all the examples in this video (and the other examples in other contemporary adult comedy animation), the 'payoff' happens nearly immediately, and the most common thing inside the small gap is just silence that helps an audience better anticipate the 'payoff' (when the gap is supposed to make the audience worse at anticipating it) EDIT: interestingly, I think shortening the gap into the negatives could also work. Take the line example in this video. Character A starts explaining that there is never a line, and while they go into detail about that, both characters stop in place at the end of the line. Then the reveal to character A happens after their explanation. Audiences might focus on the words and not immediately notice they've stopped, and also might not immediately notice they've stopped at the beginning of a waiting line (depending on how the shot is framed)
The "beat it" is the "see now that's a good joke" because I'd assume Daniel is saying that to the blonde woman. The 9 in 10 dentists one causes the cringe, solely because I think youd assume wed think the cringey joke would be a bad pun. So I'm going with the other one
My thought was the other way around because of the delivery. The dentist is trying to say it confidently and the guy covered in beet powder isn't even confident in his own joke.
I am mad I might have to watch this to answer. I thought it was the beat too. Simply because that one didn’t make my laugh but got a slight twinge in the corner of my mouth.
I went to watch both episodes. Those jokes are from different episodes. I made the sacrifice so others might be saved. Daniel laughs at the 9 out of 10 dentists joke and says "see? now that's a good joke." For anyone wondering, the dentist joke is in episode 5 and the beet joke is in episode 7. Part of the reason why the beet joke isn't funny is probably because it's made by Daniel's father. And dads are only allowed to be cringey, I guess.
Ok, my bet is on the "We should beat it" as being the appreciated joke, because it made one corner of my mouth raise very slightly (so I am partial to corny puns, so sue me). But given the stereotype that puns are bad it might be that this was the cringe inducing one for characters... Aaaaand now I am gonna go down the Vizzini-like spiral of logic around that concept...
Those jokes are from different episodes. I watched them so others don't have to suffer. Daniel laughs at the 9 out of 10 dentists joke and says "see? now that's a good joke." If you were wondering, the dentist joke is in episode 5 and the beet joke is in episode 7.
@@MissCookieThief Thank you for saving me looking up those clips. I’d hate for the UA-cam gods to think that I actually want to watch more content like Netflix Adult Comedy
15:50 There's that joke in the Simpsons where Burns and Smithers go through all these security doors, only to get to a room with a crappy, unsecured door to the outside and wild animals wandering in. If they said "but why didn't we just use the door?" instead, it would have drained the humor from it.
Maybe a second season of this show is something it ACTUALLY needs, just as a way it could improve on the things that worked and ditch the ones that didn’t
Having just binged Moral Orel, Xavier Renegade Angel and Metalocalypse I'm really surprised at the lack of quality animation in modern television. Or creativity. Or originality. Why does everything feel like a sterilized, corporate carbon copy of each other?
With the ponytail bit I was excited with the quick cut because I thought they'd do something subversive and only tease the loss of the ponytail before shes too distracted to do anything. Only for her to hold the tail up and disappint me.
The Netflix trailers for these awful shows have become trailers for Jay Exci videos- I see them, and I get hyped for the review rather than the show in question lol
Haven't cared to watch the show yet, but I still have some slight hope that this basis for a story won't be cancelled after one season and will get renewed for another attempt. Lord knows that if Paradise PD somehow managed to get 3 seasons, then the sky's the limit.
This is actually a really, really good review. It takes the time to actually point out that this isn't a *bad* show. It just lacks anything that makes it necessarily *good*.
Haven't seen the show, but I'm pretty sure I heard Daniel putting the lid on the cup he was holding in the Beat Powder scene, so I'm guessing he says "See now that's a good joke" to "Let's beat it"
I put this on for three minutes last night and sat there dumbfounded, absolutely in awe this was a genuine show someone put effort into writing, producing, and releasing. Very impressed you could watch it longer than that
its sad because the characters look so fun to explore! it had potential! the character designs arent that bad either! i wish it just took time to make a quality over quantity project
Kind of a shame that a solid foundation basically has a half-assed dollhouse built on it. This really could have been the more successful version of Mission Hill.
impossible. name a single adult animated show that is unfunny. its literally the pinnacle of comedy every time its executed. like blackberry and tacoma f.d and scoops and The Prints, the adult animated comedy about a funny haha forensic investigator
@@denyeazadini corporation make bad adult animated show -> jay make video on bad adult animated show -> i update copypasta about bad adult animated show -> jay heart my comment its all going to plan boys
Every children cartoon I've seen in my life has more adult and thought out jokes (as in funny to adults, not sexual necessarily lol) than these "adult comedies" lmfao
@@Jenna-in4br nobody looks like _this_ though. Her proportions are just not right anatomically and since they stand out so bad they aren't right artistically either. It's not terribly egregious, but it still looks wierd.
Wow, you’ve covered like all of the most prevalent of these awful Netflix cartoon comedy originals. Except Big Mouth. Please review Big Mouth Edit: See, you even included a lot of Big Mouth clips. Please make a video ripping this show a new one because it deserves it
Yeah I was amazed at how many people liked Big Mouth. I was recommended it by so many friends with similar tastes when it came out and I was just baffled that this was the show that everyone was raving about. I enjoy clever low-brow humor and like Kroll and Mullaney and was disappointed that Big Mouth was something they put effort into.
I haven't even been able to watch it to know if I don't like it or not because the animation just makes me feel so unwell to look at that I never tried. I was so surprised to find out people actually like it because it just seems... Gross.
I like Big Mouth and despite a couple low brow characters the overall show has a great message. I also want to point out that the children’s character designs are most likely intentionally ugly so pedos aren’t into it.
03:27 I'm sorry, I can't help but love this joke. I know it's because *I'm* so easily startled - like, jumpscared-by-the-toaster levels of easily startled - the absurdity of her reaction and great delivery just speaks to me lawl. Cause in the immediate aftermath of that split-second where my heart exploded, I do find myself tryna blame my breau for startling me like that. When in reality, he's forced to announce his approach like he's attending his own debutante ball all around the house - and then sometimes *that* startles me.
What keeps me awake in the shower is knowing that the reason these shows keep getting produced is because there is a large enough audience that's actually watching. I wonder what life must be like for these people...?
Just wanted you to know that I really appreciate you giving us little reminders about Another Life. It would be all too easy to think that you'd just forgotten about it or decided to not do it, and little bits like in this video help me keep the faith that that video is coming.
11:50 I literally thought of a better joke on the spot. Make that nobody is standing in a line, but all the toilets are occupied. And they stay occupidied for the entire episode. I didn't say it was funny, just better.
I'm not gonna lie, but I was very much surprised to hear, after watching your video on Paradise PD (and the Brickleberry Part 1) that unlike those shows, this show has characters that are...characters. I was shooketh!
my guess on the end: "9 out of 10 dentists are gay" is supposed to actually be funny, and "i guess we should beet it" is supposed to be cringe-inducing. this is because these comedy writers are very bad, so they probably liked the worse joke.
I actually dropped it half way through episode one. Kind of impressive how many shows manage to be shit enough in the first few minutes to get dropped immediately
After 2 years i now know that the "funny joke" is the second clip Not because of the jokes themselves, they are at the same level But because of the background noises ! Man it feels good to finally know
Bojack Horseman walked so thousands of these 'Adult Animated Sitcoms' could drunkenly stumble out the gate and fall down an open manhole.
I know! Its a god damn shame! That show is amazing and breaks my heart! My fiance got me started on it, really liked Sarah Lynn. When they killed her off by over dosing he was crushed, not 3 years later my fiance passed away by overdose. It reminds me of our good times and of our bad times. It's crazy how a cartoon of personified animals depiction of life is so raw and so real...
@@PanicLedisko sorry for your loss friend. But yeah bojack seems super ridiculous and silly but it's it's very emotional and relatable show
I don't think Bojack horseman is the right show for this example. Sure it's got wacky humour but there's also the obvious dark tones to it as well
These adult animated sitcoms are just your average family guy knockoff
@@pancakelover5285 Dark? Oh yeah, I can agree with that. Very depressing at times.
@@pancakelover5285 What shows work best here, then? Brickleberry, Paradise PD, and Family Guy come to mind.
I’m like 99% sure that Netflix’s “Show Approval” team is just that cat named Orlando that beat Wall Street traders by walking on stock notecards back in 2012
For reference for anyone that’s confused by my comment lol
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_(cat)
Thanks
You're hired
Orlando would do better
Yea, but sometimes it works.
There is exactly one good joke in the series, cause I bothered to remember it. When there was a cop in the last episode, they asked how they were gonna get to the aunt. And the cop immediately was like oh her, she was my first arrest. I was really nervous and she helped me through the whole process.
That is genuinely funny and I'm a little upset
Yeah I laughed out loud of this one when I watch the show
There was a joke that made me cackle. Diane is sitting on the curb and her boss is breaking some bad news to her and says "I'm sorry I can't do anything about it, my hands are tied". And Diane sighs sadly and says "Kinky."
I dont get it
@@Coolbassist 1. Someone being arrested is helping a newbie cop with his first arrest
2. The second line references pregnancy with 'he helped me through it all. it was my first time and I was really nervous'
It's almost like the showrunners wanted to make a sincere slice of life/character drama, but Netflix forced them to make it a comedy and this is their revenge for that.
That actually sounds much more interesting I want that show
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that sounds even more boring then the show we got....instead of the BONE series adaptation, arguably one of the best modern day comic series, which had its greenlight from netflix revoked the second chicago party aunts team asked for multiple seasons.
keep that in mind.
Maybe
@@vengeful_bonnie_333w fnaf pfp
It's funny the divorce, her son, and how she started going to the coffee shop could have definitely been their own funny episodes while introducing and bonding with the characters. Also it's overwhelming to introduce everyone on the first episode. Build some familiarity around the ones you first see as a starting ground/ safe place to work from and build around that
Honestly it makes me wonder if this is their first sitcom or something. if the situation is supposed to be funny too then you wanna pace yourself and introduce why things happen in a funny light over time. Hell if they took the drama angle instead I don't think ppl would complain about watching episodes where these terrible things happen back to back and see the characters get to realize how far down the drain things are going
Or make the job and apartment stick, and then you could do something with the fact that her life has suddenly become hugely unstable, which a) gives you plenty of jokes and b) gives you at least an episode each on divorce, job hunting, and moving house
“Netlix’s ______ isn’t Funny” is my favourite UA-cam series.
But Another Life is hilarious
Soon, we'll have an entire generation that can't remember "painfully unfunny" lol
But Inside Job is good
isn't good* more like it, because they've put out plenty of non-comedy original content that also misses every mark
I hope he makes an Inside Job video
The "something bad happened to these men" text coming in was a funnier moment than probably any moment in this entire show
That was brilliant, had me dying
I was trying to work out where I recognised the music stinger from
11:55
@@Evanz111 I can't find it either ;-;
@@egghamilton7205 It's the old intro from a channel called VisualPolitik, or at least that's where I recognize it from
The art and animation also don’t make everyone a horrifying gremlin person, which is much appreciated.
Looking at you, Big Mouth.
It would be nice for these shows to at least diversify in the direction of looking nice rather than slightly-gross flash animation.
Are... we looking at the same show? They look like every other Rick and Morty Bob's Burgers Big Mouth Lower Decks character.
@@kylefrank638 yeah which is a step up from most modern “adult comedies.” This show looks great compared to its peers and mediocre compared to anything else
@@Grunk369 Well I think all those shows make characters look like "horrifying gremlin persons" too, so I don't see a difference.
It sounds like the writers didn't really have faith in their characters and world building and instead used cheap comedy to disguise their insecurities. I kinda hope this one at least gets a second chance, because it still has heart and soul. They just gotta learn that they don't need to be scared that it has the makings of a good cast.
The only time the "Are they behind me" joke has ever worked that I can think of is when the punchline was "No, I'm in front of you"
Futurama again proved its superiority.
The art style isn't completely rancid either. And the animation is surprisingly smooth and dynamic which is really odd for one of these
Exactly!
"The art style isn't completely rancid either"
You're right. Instead, it's just pretty bad.
Better animated than expected for what it is and no strange, ugly, consistent body part as part of character design, but I still don't like looking at it all that much.
Almost as if animators get paid to make animations
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; it’s like one step above Family Guy’s style, instead of the usual several steps below you get with Netflix adult animated series.
Its kind of weird, like someone putting lots of effort and detail into a stick figure drawing. The animation is smooth and fluid, but instead of putting in the effort to have it really nicely animated, I think it would have been better if the art style was better even if that means sacrificing some of the animation quality.
I swear the Twitter drama was more interesting than the actual show
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What..
i am begging you to elaborate
Here’s a video by LS Mark that explains the drama pretty well ua-cam.com/video/ZVix7Ccu-FI/v-deo.html
@@IcyDiamond thank you
"raunchy, irreverant, adult animation" is how Netflix tells you not to waste your time
hey, Inside Job has been pretty good!
@@rhaeven thank you for saying it! Saves me a comment. Because IJ is awesome! It real spoke to me.
@@jacobc8036 inside job is just like the rest of them. Insufferable and not self aware. Just garbage. Wastes of money
@@jacobc8036 no it didn't save you a comment cus you still commented
@@modablesfr got me angry for no reason
This is one of the shows of all time. The voice actors acted, and the characters were animated. Truly a show made by a streaming service.
How very
Truly
omg boomerang monkey i'm such a huge fan
wanna hook up
@@GoreSpattered Glaive Ricochet moment.
thanks nigga
I really appreciate that you mentioned how the characters actually feel like people, the episode about the boss and his sexuality was actually a good episode, I feel like this show could've dropped the comedy label and been pretty damn good
It's really a shame because "Female Homer Simpson" is a character type I've desperately wanted for a while.
They already did that in the Simpson’s lmao
@@neonwaffle3327 Yeah sure, as a one-off joke. Not as a separate show.
Kind of a weird thing to "desperately" want
Just a drunk, gluttonous, dumb woman is want you need? Because that's Big Simpson for ya
Why?, Male Homer is a pain in the ass, and has been for about 26 years at this point.
@@scottjondansteve9343 Because I'm tired of smart, powerfull, overly capable female characters and I would like to see one be a bumbling buffoon for a little while.
This is probably the "best" show in the "Not Funny" category you've reviewed. I couldn't get past a few episodes to be honest.
I couldn't even watch the first 10 minutes of episode 1
@@superfelipestudios8104 I made it through the entire season, while simultaneously wishing I hadn’t watched past the 2 minute mark of episode 1
Same
I watched the first episode and came here
As someone who was born and raised in the Chicago area her accent drives me nuts.
As someone who was born and raised in Chicago, her accent is exactly how I describe the Chicago accent.
The duality of man right here
The same duality that racial accents deal with
@@VagabondTE ehat
Yup this bothered me too- the actress is actually from Canada. I’m offended they didn’t actually get an actress born and raised in Chicago. UNACCEPTABLE 😂 jk but in all seriousness I do wish they’d picked an actress actually from Chicago lol
These adult “comedies” are getting so bad that characters acting like actual people and not caricatures is a big thing.
The biggest laugh I got out of Chicago Party Aunt is I dated a woman who looked EXACTLY like her.
I'm sorry to hear that.:(
Netflix: let's do a next Bojack with no charisma, original setting, cynism and character development.
It is genuinely hilarious how much Bojack completely outclasses this in comedy, and don't even get me started on characters and emotion
Netflix should've stopped at 1. Bojack is miles better than any other adult animated comedic show they've made since then
Superior for liking bojack yes I see.
tbf bojack was legitimately kinda bad in S1, at least until the last episode. maybe not as bad as this, but if bojack can go from that to being what it became, i'm sure chicago party aunt can redeem itself too, if it tries.
@@JH-ty2cs it wasn’t bad in any sense. I loved season one. The show was just taking its time trying to figure out what it wanted to be, so it wasn’t as solid or emotional as the later seasons
I think this show deserves one other thing: the character design style is slightly more interesting than in most of these types of shows. Most of these shows look like the characters were designed by people who can’t draw and are just doing slight variations on Family Guy’s style. When they deviate from this, it is only to make a character very, very ugly. Diane is one of the few protagonist I’ve seen that looks unique without also looking hideous. The general style is still similar to those other shows, but some of these characters look like they were designed by somebody who was allowed to use their sense of style and creativity for once.
I personally hated when Diane found out her boss was gay and outed him to his conservative mom. She acts like the victim when he gets understandably upset.
She ruined his relationship with his mom and gives a half-assed apology, which he accepts for some reason.
She has a gay nephew for god's sake, she should know it's dangerous and rude (and also not her place) to out someone!
He doesn't forgive her. Which I understand why, if someone outed me to my family (who will never know I'm bi) I'd be furious. He kind of just tolerates her.
@@caitlincheney4358 He was still way too nice imo, she doesn't even feel too sorry about it, she's just scared to lose her job
You do know its a cartoon, right? Mickey Mouse isn't real either, but I wonder how you'd explain a talking rat to your mom
@@TheOneArmedViolinist now you’re just being dense on purpose. It doesn’t make you seem smarter or cooler
@@TheOneArmedViolinist It’s a cartoon, yes, but it’s also a situation that can (and does) happen in real life. Mice cannot talk in real life. Your comparison is as bad as this show’s jokes, and I really hope you don’t need me to explain why.
I think instead of party aunt being more of a comedy they could make it more a show about this lady having to learn the way she acts harms her and others and over time she becomes more of a better person and throughout the story they can add some comedic effect.( kinda like bojack horseman)
you mean the good place?
One of my English professors told me about a novel she was publishing: after weeks if not months of re-writing, editing, and jumping through publisher hoops, her advisor recommended that she completely obliterate the first several pages. She felt that they were necessary because they outlined her characters and locations before the story really got started, but the advisor stressed a point you’ve touched on here: this isn’t technical communication, it’s an art of fiction. It’s unfair to the audience (who willingly picked up the story) to assume that they 1. Will not be able to understand or 2. Will not want to build their own concept of the characters based on their conversations and actions alone. Well-written characters don’t need the author to preemptively label and explain their motivations: we just see who they are and decide what that means to us, if anything.
Show, don't tell?
@@isiahs9312
Yeah OP did a bit too much telling and not enough showing of the concept of 'show don't tell'.
Every time Netflix releases a new adult cartoon it makes me appreciate Bojack Horseman that much more.
"Horse show made me cry dude"
why the fuck is bojack always the go to when talking about these types of shows. bojack isn't focused on comedy like these shows, a better example would be south park or family guy. comments like these are as unoriginal as the show they're critiquing
@@wool578 I think it’s the second one because it’s a uponBut maybe it’s the second one I’m not sure what do you think
Try Inside Job. It is the only reason I even watch Netflix anymore
@@wool578 it's because people think bojack is a comedy. I'm pretty sure it was marketed as such, I remember seeing it labelled as a comedy a few times and when I started watching it it was because it was under the comedy page on Netflix.
Seeing as this show was based on a Twitter account, it's impressive that it apparently managed to be, like, decent.
That was actually all a marketing gimmick. The Twitter account was started by Netflix
Despite it being unfunny, the rest of the show is fine and the story's kinda catchy. I hope that if this continues ever, it could progressively get better and better. Though there's a low chance it could ever happen and Netflix will treat it like most Adult Animated comedies. We may never know for sure right now.
Though I haven't watched it, it's clear that unlike a lot of other adult animated "comedies", this show has a comprehension of what makes a good basis for a show. The only problem is that the season just didn't have good jokes to carry the experience. But hey, if Paradise PD somehow managed to get 3 seasons, then I have some hope for this show getting renewed.
@@omomori9214 the story probably bumps in the whip
There is so much quality media out there and people are doing this about shitty Netflix animated comedies. That is sad
From the analysis it seems like it could have been a good show if they didn't try to make it a comedy and instead focused on telling stories with these characters. But making an animated Netflix Original that wasn't a "comedy" would have been too Original an idea for Netflix.
@@RoboSparkle I feel like if they focused more on the story the jokes would come naturally
They should watch futurama and take notes
16:30 Know what's sad about this? This could have actually been funny if they'd set up the obvious thing, then it doesn't happen. She doesn't cut off his ponytail, he happily pays and leaves, then we hold a few beats and someone says "wow, good thing you didn't cut that guy's ponytail off, huh?" "Yeah, wouldn't THAT be awkward? Like a bad sitcom, or something."
A little self awareness goes a long way.
Or the characters walk past his obviously-fated-to-fail attempt to win back the ex in a later scene. Maybe one of them notices and comments something like "probably should have seen that coming". It's just classic, easy-as-it-gets cheap comedy and they somehow still picked a lower-effort choice. Sad.
16:45 Well, I smiled at the "Beet it" line, so I'm assuming they laughed at the 9 out of ten dentists are gay.
I feel like you should review Inside Job. It feels the same sort of genre of adult cartoons that you've done a lot of reviews but it has a lot more meat on its bones and I'm sure a critique of a show that has more positive traits would feel different while still comparing it to worse shows
That'd be a good review. Inside Job is almost funny.
I was really surprised when I watched that one and it was actually kinds good and fun. Still suffering from most of the problems this genre has and at some points obnoxious, but fun.
@Wrulol But somehow they make that incompetent dude into a fully fledged character we care about.
@Wrulol it was more of an introvert-extrovert thing, never in the episode were the characters genders used to make commentary
Wait I thought he already did this
Edit: it was a guy called saberspark my B
Whatever this video entails, it was worth it to see Jay mention Another Life season 2 again. I can't wait!!
Yeah. Jay's review of the first season was one of the funniest things I've ever watched.
I've watched S2. There's gonna be a LOT of shit to unpack in this one!
@@Terkiaz you made my day, thx
You forgot the trait “funny accent” as Dianne has an exaggerated Chicago accent relative to the other characters. Of course the whole concept of a “funny accent” is relative as well.
i find it funny how there's 0 requirement or law that every adult animated tv show *HAS* to look like shit.
What disappoints me is that it's not even the worst designed show. The animation is pretty generic for an adult comedy but it's not as ugly as Rick and Morty, Hoops, or Paradise PD, the principle idea behind it could actually work for an adult comedy, and the voice actors are great across the board with some characters that are at least moderately fleshed out compared to the Prince or Hoops. It has potential, it's biggest problem is that the writers just don't know what to do with the script and like most adult comedies of this day and age are making their main character Peter Griffin.
Yeah this!!!
Every one of these shows are made for people in wheelchairs fr
It isn't often I catch a Jay Exci video the minute it's out, but it's always a pleasure seeing a new upload.
You talking, not even joking, just talking, is infinitely funnier than any joke any of these adult comedies could ever make
This genre wasn't always bad. It goes as far back as '90s Simpsons.
@@kimifw58 of course. I meant to say "any of THESE adult comedies could ever make". Stupid Grammer on my part. Lemme edit it
@@kimifw58 The Flintstones started off as an adult cartoon, even if it was later targeted to kids in syndicaton
I actually like watching this animation. The character designs are like… Pleasant. It’s very much an “adult animation” style but not in an ugly way. I am unreasonably happy about this.
The backgrounds are NICE! There’s actual lighting sometimes! The bar is on the FLOOR!
This comment is funnier than the show haha
Smiling friends and BoJack Horseman ironically bingewatching this and laughing like madmen at how unfunny this is
Honestly the show is funnier when it’s focusing on Daniel trying to be an adult and his cousin trying to please his girlfriend (who came out of nowhere at the end of the season) and her parents. Those two should be the main characters while the mothers and dads be the side characters who pop in to interfere with their goal of the episode.
I would like you to do a video praising something you love a lot for like 3 hours straight
*looks at Subnautica video*
@Fen Vulpeus Pathologic did numbers tho
@@kameronjones7139 I actually would have watched that but I'm terrified of open ocean
I mean I’d say a good half of his Doctor Who video was praise of the well written series
@Fen Vulpeus to be fair, pyrocynical gets pretty decent views from it.
At least Netflix can have some good cartoons too. Inside Job was, as to be expected with many of the same people behind Gravity Falls, a bunch of fun.
I absolutely loved inside job
So basically quality cartoons have become a sorta dynasty situation. Family tree leads back to flapjack as the common ancestor
I'm really cautious when it comes to new shows and stuff, and I usually need other people to tell me it's good, or familiar creators, for me to even consider checking any out. You just helped me in that regard. I'll give Inside Job a look.
@@creed8712
At least in the west it seems so, aside from some exceptions such as a few independent projects taking off like Helluva Boss most of the good shows currently are all made by a often closely linked set of pre established creators.
Flapjack definitely was a central landmark as it had such a large number of future big names on it, as it was an earlier series that had people like P.Ward and A.Hirsh working on the same project.
Over on the East however from what I've heard there's a bit more variety as well as also having a group of reliable go tos.
Also Q force turned out to be a very ok show
7:27 the absolute whiplash I felt when I heard this character's voice for the first time and realized it's Ru Paul??? It'd be nice if shows started having actual voice actors again instead of depending on random celebrities' shitty performances for name recognition alone.
i liked him in amphibia
I mean if anything, I could probably get at least some small amount of joy from each episode just from getting to hear Scorpia roleplay as a drunken aunt
I liked the story about how and why she’s in the coffee shop because it’s a place someone like her would never go, a fancy healthy juice place, but putting her out of her comfort zone adds to it
I think my favourite part of this video is that I realised that putting in big block text, "Something bad happened to these men", after getting me repeatedly with it in your review of "The Prince" is unironically far more funny than the "joke" its pointing out. Getting blindsided by it in this video and hearing that guitar riff again put me into an uncontrollable chortle spasm.
Fun fact: this video was completed two weeks ago, so the squid game reference is already dying
This show is kinda funny when thinking about Chicago stereotypes. I will say though the way they drew the buildings is spot on. The Halloween episode when they go to Roscoe's, that's exactly what Roscoe's looks like
this show is like the netflix producers went "hmm, that Eda lady from the owl show sure is popular in the fanbase, let's take her arbitrary traits and make a boring show"
I think depending on the joke, a lot of the "I say this, then the opposite thing happens" can be made a lot funnier simply by expanding the time between the two halves. Of course it not as simple as just filling it in with 10 minutes of silence then delivering the final half, but I think these kinds of jokes can be funny, just not when the opposite thing happens directly after. Also it helps if it isn't the only type of joke being used.
Essentially, you can use those lines as set up for later reveals, "set up / pay off" style. Timing the gap between can elevate the humor, because the events in the gap take your attention away from the set up to allow the payoff to subvert expectations.
But in all the examples in this video (and the other examples in other contemporary adult comedy animation), the 'payoff' happens nearly immediately, and the most common thing inside the small gap is just silence that helps an audience better anticipate the 'payoff' (when the gap is supposed to make the audience worse at anticipating it)
EDIT: interestingly, I think shortening the gap into the negatives could also work. Take the line example in this video. Character A starts explaining that there is never a line, and while they go into detail about that, both characters stop in place at the end of the line. Then the reveal to character A happens after their explanation. Audiences might focus on the words and not immediately notice they've stopped, and also might not immediately notice they've stopped at the beginning of a waiting line (depending on how the shot is framed)
The "beat it" is the "see now that's a good joke" because I'd assume Daniel is saying that to the blonde woman.
The 9 in 10 dentists one causes the cringe, solely because I think youd assume wed think the cringey joke would be a bad pun. So I'm going with the other one
My thought was the other way around because of the delivery. The dentist is trying to say it confidently and the guy covered in beet powder isn't even confident in his own joke.
I guessed that gay dentists line was the joke, because gay like sex and sex = funny. Just mention anything related to sex and it's funny.
I am mad I might have to watch this to answer. I thought it was the beat too. Simply because that one didn’t make my laugh but got a slight twinge in the corner of my mouth.
I went to watch both episodes. Those jokes are from different episodes. I made the sacrifice so others might be saved. Daniel laughs at the 9 out of 10 dentists joke and says "see? now that's a good joke." For anyone wondering, the dentist joke is in episode 5 and the beet joke is in episode 7.
Part of the reason why the beet joke isn't funny is probably because it's made by Daniel's father. And dads are only allowed to be cringey, I guess.
@@MissCookieThief I’m glad to know but sad that it’s the worse jokes
Ok, my bet is on the "We should beat it" as being the appreciated joke, because it made one corner of my mouth raise very slightly (so I am partial to corny puns, so sue me). But given the stereotype that puns are bad it might be that this was the cringe inducing one for characters... Aaaaand now I am gonna go down the Vizzini-like spiral of logic around that concept...
An joke in an adult animated comedy being funny? Inconceivable!
Those jokes are from different episodes. I watched them so others don't have to suffer. Daniel laughs at the 9 out of 10 dentists joke and says "see? now that's a good joke." If you were wondering, the dentist joke is in episode 5 and the beet joke is in episode 7.
@@MissCookieThief Thank you for saving me looking up those clips. I’d hate for the UA-cam gods to think that I actually want to watch more content like Netflix Adult Comedy
Honestly, as far as adult animation goes, I liked inside job, I actually laughed at more than one joke, and having Alex Hirsch helps too.
15:50 There's that joke in the Simpsons where Burns and Smithers go through all these security doors, only to get to a room with a crappy, unsecured door to the outside and wild animals wandering in. If they said "but why didn't we just use the door?" instead, it would have drained the humor from it.
Whenever I see the Brickleberry or Allen Gregory style I instantly go "nope, not watching this"
Jay: She's hilarious when Netflix isn't
Watching LS Mark and Jay Exci review these adult “comedies” is my alternative to watching these for myself
Same
ok sure a hazbin hotel profile picture has reasonable opinions on what good animation is
It's like I am a baby bird, and Jay is puking these into my brain
When your randomly generated charecter wheel picked "old" I just knew it was gonna pick 'horny" I just LNEW it.
LOL i had guessed "into weird sex" and expected to see the old guy from paradise pd
Maybe a second season of this show is something it ACTUALLY needs, just as a way it could improve on the things that worked and ditch the ones that didn’t
No
Having just binged Moral Orel, Xavier Renegade Angel and Metalocalypse I'm really surprised at the lack of quality animation in modern television. Or creativity. Or originality. Why does everything feel like a sterilized, corporate carbon copy of each other?
capitalism. unironically.
With the ponytail bit I was excited with the quick cut because I thought they'd do something subversive and only tease the loss of the ponytail before shes too distracted to do anything. Only for her to hold the tail up and disappint me.
She shaves it, which leaves a bald fleshy tail waggling on the back of his head.
The Netflix trailers for these awful shows have become trailers for Jay Exci videos- I see them, and I get hyped for the review rather than the show in question lol
Big same.
Haven't cared to watch the show yet, but I still have some slight hope that this basis for a story won't be cancelled after one season and will get renewed for another attempt. Lord knows that if Paradise PD somehow managed to get 3 seasons, then the sky's the limit.
This is actually a really, really good review. It takes the time to actually point out that this isn't a *bad* show.
It just lacks anything that makes it necessarily *good*.
Haven't seen the show, but I'm pretty sure I heard Daniel putting the lid on the cup he was holding in the Beat Powder scene, so I'm guessing he says "See now that's a good joke" to "Let's beat it"
I put this on for three minutes last night and sat there dumbfounded, absolutely in awe this was a genuine show someone put effort into writing, producing, and releasing. Very impressed you could watch it longer than that
its sad because the characters look so fun to explore! it had potential! the character designs arent that bad either! i wish it just took time to make a quality over quantity project
Despite seeing footage of this show, I still struggle to accept that it actually exists.
“Not funny” instead of “Painfully unfunny”? What high praise! Lol
"Chicago Party Aunt" sounds like the name of an Earthbound enemy
the "Something bad happened to___" running joke in these videos is funnier than any of the shows you've talked about
A new episode to the “Jay exci talks about stuff” saga
I'M IRRATIONALLY ANGRY THAT PONYTAIL MAN'S HAIR STAYS IN A TIED BACK POSITION!
Kind of a shame that a solid foundation basically has a half-assed dollhouse built on it. This really could have been the more successful version of Mission Hill.
It was more of a drama to me. Its hard watching her go through her life, but its also kinda heartwarming how she gets by with friends and family.
Honestly despite not laughing once I honestly enjoyed it
impossible. name a single adult animated show that is unfunny. its literally the pinnacle of comedy every time its executed. like blackberry and tacoma f.d and scoops and The Prints, the adult animated comedy about a funny haha forensic investigator
If your comment gets hearted again I'll eat a door
@@denyeazadini corporation make bad adult animated show -> jay make video on bad adult animated show -> i update copypasta about bad adult animated show -> jay heart my comment
its all going to plan boys
I have so many questions
@@denyeazadini LOL. Im eating my door too fuck it
Honestly the Prints doesn’t sound that bad
I cannot wait for Jay’s inevitable longman review of Another Life Season 2 :D
Every children cartoon I've seen in my life has more adult and thought out jokes (as in funny to adults, not sexual necessarily lol) than these "adult comedies" lmfao
At least the art style is way nicer to look at than most adult cartoons. So that's a plus
If I just saw the character design I’d think this was ‘Misadventures of a Pregnant Lady’. Making her 'slim' with a big belly seems an odd choice.
Especially bc her body shape stands out painfully, compared to everyone else's
Wait is she supposed to not be pregnant? Wow... that is a terrible design then
It's not even what a beer gut looks like
Alot of women's body types look like that, it's not really shocking to be skinny and still have wide hips and a belly.
@@Jenna-in4br nobody looks like _this_ though. Her proportions are just not right anatomically and since they stand out so bad they aren't right artistically either. It's not terribly egregious, but it still looks wierd.
i love watching reviews ripping a show i’ll never watch apart
Wow, you’ve covered like all of the most prevalent of these awful Netflix cartoon comedy originals. Except Big Mouth. Please review Big Mouth
Edit: See, you even included a lot of Big Mouth clips. Please make a video ripping this show a new one because it deserves it
I could be wrong but I think Big Mouth has more fans even if it's a very divisive show. Or maybe that's just because I know one person who likes it.
Yeah I was amazed at how many people liked Big Mouth. I was recommended it by so many friends with similar tastes when it came out and I was just baffled that this was the show that everyone was raving about. I enjoy clever low-brow humor and like Kroll and Mullaney and was disappointed that Big Mouth was something they put effort into.
The only thing I can give Big Mouth is that it introduced me to Changes by Charles Bradley and the monster designs are cool. Too cool for it, really.
I haven't even been able to watch it to know if I don't like it or not because the animation just makes me feel so unwell to look at that I never tried. I was so surprised to find out people actually like it because it just seems... Gross.
I like Big Mouth and despite a couple low brow characters the overall show has a great message. I also want to point out that the children’s character designs are most likely intentionally ugly so pedos aren’t into it.
03:27 I'm sorry, I can't help but love this joke. I know it's because *I'm* so easily startled - like, jumpscared-by-the-toaster levels of easily startled - the absurdity of her reaction and great delivery just speaks to me lawl. Cause in the immediate aftermath of that split-second where my heart exploded, I do find myself tryna blame my breau for startling me like that. When in reality, he's forced to announce his approach like he's attending his own debutante ball all around the house - and then sometimes *that* startles me.
What keeps me awake in the shower is knowing that the reason these shows keep getting produced is because there is a large enough audience that's actually watching.
I wonder what life must be like for these people...?
I adore your takes on these ridiculous animated “comedies”. I could rewatch them endlessly
Just wanted you to know that I really appreciate you giving us little reminders about Another Life. It would be all too easy to think that you'd just forgotten about it or decided to not do it, and little bits like in this video help me keep the faith that that video is coming.
“Netflix’s Chicago Party Aunt…”
…painfully unfunny?
“…Not Funny”
Oh…
Nah, just boringly unfunny.
its auntfunny
No, just especially meh.
Yeah, I see where you’re all coming from, that was just my initial reaction. I changed it so it makes more sense now
"I do find it hard to actually call this show bad. Until I remember it's supposed to be a comedy, then it's really easy."
Well played sir!
17:29 judging by audio in the background, the beet one.
11:50 I literally thought of a better joke on the spot.
Make that nobody is standing in a line, but all the toilets are occupied. And they stay occupidied for the entire episode.
I didn't say it was funny, just better.
I've noticed a pattern with Netflix, 9 times out of 10 if it's 'raunchy' and 'irrelevant' it's also gob shite
Can’t wait to hear what u thought of Another Life’s attempt to “fix” (retcon) their mistakes from season 1. Honestly it felt like they saw ur video
I liked the part in the first episode where Diane said "it's Chicago party aunting time" and Chicago party aunted on everyone
I'm not gonna lie, but I was very much surprised to hear, after watching your video on Paradise PD (and the Brickleberry Part 1) that unlike those shows, this show has characters that are...characters.
I was shooketh!
my guess on the end: "9 out of 10 dentists are gay" is supposed to actually be funny, and "i guess we should beet it" is supposed to be cringe-inducing. this is because these comedy writers are very bad, so they probably liked the worse joke.
Oh hey, it's the "Adult comedy cartoon show" art style again.
I swear shows with this aesthetic are a dime a dozen
0:17 Why did I think that said “Pork Me-It’s Ableist”?
I actually dropped it half way through episode one. Kind of impressive how many shows manage to be shit enough in the first few minutes to get dropped immediately
After 2 years i now know that the "funny joke" is the second clip
Not because of the jokes themselves, they are at the same level
But because of the background noises !
Man it feels good to finally know
hoooly you're totally right. you dont understand the amount of closure that reading this has given me