Eastbound & Down

[SeriesFinale]

Anyone else watching this? It's the new Danny McBride (the guy from The Foot Fist Way, he's also been in Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder) vehicle on HBO, six half-hour episodes about a washed-up baseball pitcher with a gargantuan ego and set of opinions who's forced to teach middle school back in his hometown.

 

Pretty dumb, pretty dark, and pretty funny.

[Schlitz001]

This show is really funny. I'd consider it more crude than dark humor. It's a great compliment to Flight of the Conchords and Big Love on the best night of TV. Sad to hear that it's only a six episode season.

 

He reminds me of Mitch Williams meets David Wells, but his pitching mechanics are absolutely horrible and hilarious.

[SeriesFinale]

Yeah, he also definitely referenced John Rocker with some of the stuff he was saying at the top of the first episode, too

[utdfan]

I thought it was funny though the first couple episodes but then it seemed to drag out and I was bored by the third and fourth episode. Maybe its because I watch all the four episodes back to back on demand, but I haven't been a fan of a lot of Will Farrel's more recent movies and this show is a lot like those. I don't think it is nearly as funny or well thought out as Entourage, Flight of the Concords or even Summer Heights High.

[SeriesFinale]

I don't know, I've found it a good mix of "jokey" kinda of material like Farrell's, but grounded a little more in reality...I think the show's actually gotten much better since the first one as it's gotten a little darker dealing with Powers' issues.

 

Anyway, it's hard for me to compare it to the other HBO comedies; talk about your apples and oranges!

[crock921]

I love this show! Oddly enough, it makes me think of Turnbow. I don't know that DBow is a prick, but he is definitely a wild and super-powerful pitcher who is now most likely done with his career.

 

 

(Edit: "pr*ck." Please don't circumvent the cuss filter. However, in this case, "prick" is OK. --1992)