Spring Break
New comedy show fails to captivate audiences
Only guest star laughs at jokes
RUSTY BAILEY
Issue date: 1/22/07 Section: Variety
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Add one part naked trucker musician and one part retarded hitchhiker, and you've got yourself a mediocre sketch comedy that needs some improvement.
Dave "Gruber" Allen and David Koechner (of "Anchorman" fame) star as the Naked Trucker and T-Bones in Comedy Central's "The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show."
Grade: C+
Verdict: A middle-of-the-road variety show that most likely will fall off the radar.It begins as T-Bones walks onstage with Naked Trucker and shields him with an American flag. He then is revealed to be wearing nothing but shoes, a hat and his guitar. Through different skits, we are shown their adventures as Naked Trucker searches for a record deal.
Of course, they're always going back and forth since Naked Trucker is the brains, and T-Bones is, well, not. Unfortunately, it's just not that funny and most of the humor comes from T-Bones doing moronic things.
However, the highlight of the entire show is the guest appearance by Will Ferrell.
He is hilarious - as usual - and really transforms the show into something people would tune in to watch every week. Sadly, as he was only a guest, I can't see that hilarity happening every episode.
Another problem I found is they focused on the fact that Naked Trucker was a musician, and he carried his guitar everywhere, yet he almost never plays anything. They did a very short skit where he sang a funny song, but the show would be funnier if they could show more of this.
In the end, it seems like it could be a funny sketch comedy, but it just doesn't have enough funny skits to make you want to come back for more.
Dave "Gruber" Allen and David Koechner (of "Anchorman" fame) star as the Naked Trucker and T-Bones in Comedy Central's "The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show."
NAKED TRUCKER & T-BONES
Grade: C+
Verdict: A middle-of-the-road variety show that most likely will fall off the radar.
Of course, they're always going back and forth since Naked Trucker is the brains, and T-Bones is, well, not. Unfortunately, it's just not that funny and most of the humor comes from T-Bones doing moronic things.
However, the highlight of the entire show is the guest appearance by Will Ferrell.
He is hilarious - as usual - and really transforms the show into something people would tune in to watch every week. Sadly, as he was only a guest, I can't see that hilarity happening every episode.
Another problem I found is they focused on the fact that Naked Trucker was a musician, and he carried his guitar everywhere, yet he almost never plays anything. They did a very short skit where he sang a funny song, but the show would be funnier if they could show more of this.
In the end, it seems like it could be a funny sketch comedy, but it just doesn't have enough funny skits to make you want to come back for more.
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