TV Review: Garfunkel and Oates, Series Premiere

I didn’t know what to expect from Garfunkel and Oates the TV show. Starring the band of the same name, Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci basically play versions of themselves in a sitcom version of their lives. Similar to Flight of the Concords (because they’re a band) and Broad City (because they’re two female best friends playing themselves in something based off of something they created for the internet), Garfunkel and Oates stars two women you’ve seen before on what is technically called a shit ton of TV shows, but probably don’t know by name. Particularly, Micucci (winner of the best/worst last name award, which I just created and gave out this very moment) has been on many quirky comedies in the past few years including The Big Bang Theory, Scrubs and Raising Hope.  Read more...