Something I don't think I fully appreciated about the first two seasons of this show, that becomes more obvious in time, is how well the truncated runtime (each sketch is only a few minutes; each episode is only ~15 minutes; each season only six episodes) works with the one-note nature of the sketches. The show is very funny, and its stupidity exits as soon as you think it might get stale.

★★★★

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I'm Justin Duke — a software engineer, writer, and founder. I currently work as the CEO of Buttondown, the best way to start and grow your newsletter, and as a partner at Third South Capital.

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