Pete (Pete Holmes), a meh comedian whose wife just left him, is passing out flyers for a comedy club when a rival comic steals his corner. Detouring down a side street, he interrupts two guys doing a weed deal.
鈥淚鈥檓 so sorry, I鈥檓 not a narc,鈥 Pete sputters to the dealer (Joey Auzenne). 鈥淭hough I鈥檓 sure that鈥檚 what narcs say. They鈥檙e not going to say, 鈥業鈥檓 a narc.鈥欌 After another minute of this, Pete asks Dealer how to get his corner back.
鈥淪et it off,鈥 Dealer says. 鈥淏e a man. Represent.鈥
鈥淩epresent an attitude?鈥 Pete asks, earnest but bemused.
鈥淵ou gotta flip the switch,鈥 Dealer says. 鈥淵ou gotta light it up.鈥
鈥淪orry,鈥 Pete says, 鈥渂ut this sounds like lyrics from the album Willenium.鈥
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There鈥檚 a potential comic riff in here somewhere, about how square white guys think black guys are automatically cooler. But Holmes, who also writes the show, and Judd Apatow, who directs and produces it, didn鈥檛 bother to find it. Instead, they let things meander in the general direction of funny.
The series鈥 conceit is that in every episode, Holmes crashes on the couches of better comedians who make guest appearances 鈥 an excuse for Apatow to hang out with his pals. So it has the vibe of improv, but without any shape or sharpness. It鈥檚 Lazyman Comedy.
鈥淚鈥檓 too soft to be in a fight,鈥 Pete says to Dealer. 鈥淚鈥檇 be like a mattress going at it.鈥 It鈥檚 a good description of the show. What I can鈥檛 figure out is why we鈥檙e supposed to care.
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