The Birthday Boys

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Season 1
  • Network: IFC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 18, 2013
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 8 out of 22
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  1. stinkyWizzletoe
    Aug 7, 2014
    0
    Not sure what show everyone else is watching, but personally I find this show completely without humor. I have watched five episodes desperately wanting to find it funny, but it just isn't.
    Most of the sketches seem to be inside jokes that only they really understand, or seem to find funny. Case in point the Roofers, or the guys who know the secret formulas for different colas hanging    Not sure what show everyone else is watching, but personally I find this show completely without humor. I have watched five episodes desperately wanting to find it funny, but it just isn't.
    Most of the sketches seem to be inside jokes that only they really understand, or seem to find funny. Case in point the Roofers, or the guys who know the secret formulas for different colas hanging out, or just pick a sketch, none of them have any sense of the basic structure of comedy. They set up jokes and never pay them off, and most of the time they never even set up a joke.
    Go with the Kroll Show for sketch with comedy instead of a bunch of wanna be jokesters.    … Expand
  2. concringewyrm
    Nov 29, 2013
    3
    Mr Bob Odenkirk must be turning in his grave. After 8 episodes perhaps 3 sketches have been funny. This show makes the Whitest kids you know seem genius and makes comedy bang bang seem watchable and funny once an episode.
  3. artyfarty
    Oct 22, 2013
    2
    Too many sketch group members, and none of them memorable besides the wide-headed chin guy. Slooooooooooow and too derivative. A Python rip-off, minus the wit.
  4. davewood
    Dec 22, 2014
    1
    Truly awful. I have no idea where the Python comparisons come from. The sketches are weak and lack any subtlety. If you want absurd comedy try "Toast of London"

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#36 Best TV Season of 2013
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#77 Most Shared TV Season of 2013

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Oct 18, 2013
    70
    The more frequently Birthday Boys returns to seemingly unfunny or barely funny bits, the funnier they eventually become--another Python borrowing, and a good one.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Oct 18, 2013
    80
    The two episodes I've seen are very good--engagingly twisted, more invested in ideas than jokes, often funny, usually admirable.
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  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Oct 18, 2013
    70
    The Birthday Boys is a consistently funny show for viewers who are regular consumers of pop culture and recognize the elements from TV and film that are being spoofed.
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