Rising comedy star Daniel Sloss delights the world today with the pilot of his own indie sitcom: M.U.F.F. (not for the easily offended).
Written by Sloss and Tom Stade – who you can both catch starring in the episodes as well – the series tell the story about a production company – called M.U.F.F. – which is so corrupted by their own power that they think they are able to get away with pretty much everything (much like real television companies).
And we got to watch the very first episode, so you don’t have to do it anymore.
So we can convince you to do the same!
The show revolves around the creative, yet psychotic, minds behind the controversial company. The board of directors consists of 5 crackpots (Tom Stade, Charlie Parker, Wayne Mazazda, Joe McTernan, Jojo Sutherland). The team has been getting away with murder (sometimes literally) for so long, it’s time for a voice of reason to bring them back to order. This is where Lawrence (Daniel Sloss) comes in. The intern who has so many doubts about the television industry and how corrupt it has become, he stands against the board in an attempt to neutralise their content so that it is mortally righteous.
Already in the first 20 pilot-minutes, the series succeeds in mocking a bunch of trends on contemporary tv-channels (“The same shit, painted a different color“). With references to the omnipresent black cop vs. white cop storylines nowadays, hints at popular series starring and targeting bitches as a primary audience and the seemingly omni-presence of a LBGT-cliché character in almost every tv-series. The head of the company f.i. who states he wants to be black, whilst being 100% white. Or when Stephen K Amos (did we mention him already?) starts narrating a flashback,stating that he is the same person as Daniel Sloss’ character. Or dissing the absence of well-rounded female roles, but not presenting one at the same time. All of this hits rather close to home (and your own television-junk-food addiction), while at the same time the themes are finally incorporated in a relieving, exagerrated and funny manner. Without wanting to obey to some kind of moral compass and trying very hard not to offend anyone of the public, like other tv-shows so often do. Refreshing! All of this leads to some kind of meta-feel to the whole first episode, which is also intensified by playing around with some of the basics of tv-making: calling out the ridiculousness of a voice-over, by means of a voice-over. Or referring to the importance of continuity, while the actors look different in every shot of the scene. Delightfully absurd!
50% of the time you will be thinking: what am I watching? The other 50% of the time you will want to check out the next episode. Allegedly the whole story evolves in an end-of-the-world-synopsis, and we can’t wait to see how it all comes down. “Sign me up yesterday, if you can!” Today the first 2 episodes air (at 20 pm) and then the others follow weekly. Check it out here.
This is a super handy link to the trailer:
EPISODE 1
EPISODE 2
