Workaholics

Workaholics is a comedy series that currently airs on Comedy Central.  It has finished its second season, with season three set to debut this May.  The plot revolves around three post-college slackers sharing a house together in Rancho Cucamonga, California all working in the same cubicle as telemarketers for TelAmeriCore.  The main characters are:

• Adam – Rather loud and obnoxious person who has a passion of working out, or as he would call it, “getting swole”.  Adam likes to party pretty hard and has gotten numerous DUIs.  He is a natural-born salesman and can convince anyone into almost anything.  Claims he has enough game with the ladies, but has no track record to back his words up.  He’s the one who will be the center of attention at any social gathering  This guy is someone who is very entertaining to be around just because he is always full of mischievous ideas.  Whether that be stealing a giant plastic dinosaur at a public park because by being a taxpayer, he believes he is a rightful owner of it, or just camping out at the office overnight with the guys to eat mushrooms.  Simply put, he is not someone you can trust, but love to be around.
• Blake – He is a unique character that seems to be the most sensible one out of the three.  He loves to party, but unlike Adam, he knows where to draw the line.  Known for his head of hair and moustache, Blake is someone who is always down to try new things.  He has no real goals for getting a decent job and making a living for himself.  The only things that matter to Blake are his two best friends: Adam and Anders, and his drug dealer/friend: Karl.  He’s the type of person who will pass up a promotion if it requires extra work.  As long as he makes enough money to support his daily activities, then he is satisfied.
• Anders – Out of the three, Anders has the most ambition.  He sees himself one day running for mayor of Rancho Cucamonga, and eventually running for the “governator,” as Adam would say.  He lives the moment, but also realizes his potential for the future and will not allow any mishaps to deter him from getting there even if that means ditching his car after realizing he’s posted at a DUI checkpoint while being above the legal limit to drive.  Between all three, Anders takes his job most seriously and tries to impress Alice with his work ethic.  He is a rapper at heart who has deep admiration for Jamie Foxx.  He will be the one that will establish all the roles for a party, only to have no one listen just because he’s Anders.

While the supporting cast includes:

• Alice – The boss at TelAmeriCore, known for her foul mouth and bad attitude.  Everyday seems to be a bad day for her just because she is at the age in her life where she believes that she should be married and raising children.  Unlucky for her, she is divorced, works at TelAmeriCore and lives with her handicapped brother,.
• Jillian – Really only seen at the office, she is Alice’s assistant.  She desperately tries her best to fit in with the group, because her life outside of the office is almost non-existent, which might explain why she is rarely seen outside of work.
• Karl – Blake’s friend, Adam’s drug dealer and Anders’ nemesis.  He is seen crashing at the guys’ house, often high off marijuana or some other substance.  Not too much is known about this guy, other than he drives a van that he painted ‘rape’ across to scare people away.

Each 30 minute episode revolves around a different theme, in which the gang will be faced with a situation and must overcome it.  This is one show I would recommend to anyone under the age of about 30, as most of it deals with college type humor.  It is a very clever show, one that most people can relate to in some of the situations these characters get themselves in.  This show is full of one-liner jokes that keeps springing up from almost every character.  The viewers can see how each character is motivated and how it translates from his or her personal life to the office.  You can catch all of the episodes randomly on Comedy Central, or if you have Netflix, you can stream the entire first season.