Eastbound & Down (HBO)

[Bada0Bing]

Relief Pitcher Kenny Powers was poised to rule the Big Leagues, but two things got in the way: his fading fastball and his insufferable personality. After a spectacular career flame-out, Kenny came home to Shelby County, NC and picked up a job as a substitute gym teacher (mostly so his brother Dustin would stop threatening to kick him out). He's spent every moment since then cashing in the last of his dying fame while plotting his inevitable comeback... one beer at a time.

'Eastbound & Down' is the latest project to come out of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's comedic goldmine Gary Sanchez Productions, which also launched FunnyOrDie.com. Starring Danny McBride ('Pineapple Express'), Katy Mixon ('Four Christmases'), John Hawkes ('Deadwood') and a host of other talented comedians, 'Eastbound & Down' was created by McBride along with two friends from film school: Jody Hill and Ben Best. The hilarious new series was shot on location in North Carolina and also includes a few guest appearances by Ferrell as a local car dealer with marvelous hair.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0866442/

New HBO show. I watched the first episode last night. Pretty dumb, but funny. Definitely no Conchords, but funny enough to keep watching.

 

[NMCard]

I know it's a stupid show but man is it funny.

 

[Ryanwb]

It's pretty ignorant but my wife laughs at it. I'll chuckle once in a while.

It's intersting to note that a majority of it is improvised comedy.

 

[Hazzard29]

Every week this show seems to get more funny... I hope HBO keeps it around for a while.

 

[Ryanwb]

This show nearly has inspired me to grow my first sweet-assed mullet

 

[BillsCarnage]

Kenny reminds me of John Kruk..
The episode w/ the dance and him having the tantrum at the BMW lot still makes me chuckle.

 

[Hazzard29]

Kenny reminds me of John Kruk..
The episode w/ the dance and him having the tantrum at the BMW lot still makes me chuckle.

I was thinking more along the lines of John Rocker... helll, even the MLB teams Kenny played for mimick Rocker.

 

[BillsCarnage]

I was thinking more along the lines of John Rocker... helll, even the MLB teams Kenny played for mimick Rocker.

He definitely acts like Rocker, but looks like Kruk.

 

[Ryanwb]

There's some speculation he's loosely based on former reliever, beer drinking, drug abusing Rod Beck. Beck died in Phoenix at 38 apparently trying to make a comeback for the Cubs minor league team. They never disclosed his cause of death but they apparently found a good amount of cocaine in his house.

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

this last episode had me rolling on the floor. the "pitch-off" ending was just classic.

 

[NMCard]

I could not stop busting up during the "pitch-off" when the camera panned around and showed his dealer and two other guy's huffing paint.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

This show is great! Stevie Genowski is freaking hillarious.

 

[Bada0Bing]

This show nearly has inspired me to grow my first sweet-assed mullet

Awesome! This character is interesting to follow. Fun show.

 

[Ryanwb]

That chick on there is strangely attractive to me. I have no idea why because she's kinda big boned, is pretty ugly... but has a nice set of cha chas.

I'm semi hoping to see her nekkid.

 

[NMCard]

Nice set of cha-chas for sure. The ending was lame.

 

[Louis]

She's got a nice skin tone and a nice body.

Didn't like the ending either. I was hoping he would've reacted differently.

 

[Hazzard29]

Was that the season finale?! Im hating that ending if it is...

 

[NMCard]

Was that the season finale?! Im hating that ending if it is...

Yes that was the season finale.

 

[O]

How else would you have had it end?

 

[Ryanwb]

How else would you have had it end?

I would have had some bodacious ta-tas

 

[O]

I would have had some bodacious ta-tas

Don't you have some milk you need to warm up?

 

[Ryanwb]

Don't you have some milk you need to warm up?

Don't correlate

 

[O]

Don't correlate

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

I think the ending was very fitting of the show...

 

[AsUdUdE]

LOVED the show... looking forward to season 2!