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BOOS! and WHOOP-DOOS!: Star-ving Review - Movieweb
February 26 2009
I recently commented on a lack of depression era entertainment. Now it seems some in Hollywood are heeding the call. Namely, the star of Married with Children himself, David Faustino. His new Internet sitcom is made from pure epiditimitus-enducing hilarity. Star-Ving? Whoop-doo!
I have to admire anyone who opts for a bloodstain on the back of his tighty whities in selling a sight gag. Sure, Faustino could have gone for a shit streak. But that would have been cliche. And untrue. Anyone that is starving is more prone to bursting ass fissures. And it gives this whacked out surreal life sitcom some brevity. Sure, it's a cartoon. But it's also a sanguine parody of every celebrity-induced reality program out there. Faustino stars as himself, an actor left without residuals when his famed sitcom goes off the air.
It is a continuation of the work he and former teen actor Corin Nemec did in 2001's Killer Bud. An undersold gem of direct-to-DVD goodness, it proved this duo to be an awesome team of comedians. Now, they are once again flexing those muscles with this excellent twelve part series. Each episode opens with Faustino attempting to kill himself. Yet, somehow, the fact that his bone-thin buddy needs to eat always gets in the way of his impending suicide.
There are cameos aplenty; all of them shocking and quite funny. For Married with Children fans, there is even a reunion as the entire Bundy clan is brought back to Hollywood for a big screen adaptation of their popular show. Of course Faustino has been replaced by Seth Greene. I won't ruin the rest of it for you. The shows are made exclusively for Crackle with an eventual DVD release on the way. The success of this mini-show has segued into a big screen comedy outing for both Faustino and Nemec. They will soon be starring in The Bollywood Boys, which sounds like a direct off-shoot of what they are currently doing here. I hope they do another twelve episode run sometime in the very near future. Or make Killer Bud 2: Revenge of the Feed Bag. Whoop-doo!
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