The Sarah Silverman Program: Season One (review)

I'm happy that she has succeeded in appropriating teenage guy humor in a way that highlights its stupidity, shallowness, and predictability. Unfortunately, simply highlighting those aspects doesn't make the material any more funny or clever than it would be coming out of an unattractive male comic's mouth. Her cuteness and vulgarity definitely appeal to horny guys. I'll admit that she's great at getting my attention initially, but then her jokes seem to lose momentum before they get interesting (no, that's not a subtle masturbation reference you sicko). A couple of her Jesus is Magic skits came close to actual satire, but they seemed clumsy and unfinished too. Anyway, I agree that this show gets boring fast, but I am hopeful that she'll move on to something smarter and edgier when this fart/poop/fuck schtick gets unprofitably stale.

I like her show, i'm happy for her success and look forward to season two. I enjoy her comedy, her "shtick" if you will, but i don't think she deliberatly sets out to be "edgy". I've seen a lot of her interviews and her standup and unless she puts on a Borat-like facade everytime she's near a camera (which i find very hard to believe) she's just being herself.

Obnoxious, unpredictable, witty, cruel and very funny.
This is coming from a guy (far from 13) who loves a wide range of comedy and thinks Frasier and Who's Line is it Anyway are the best comedies to ever hit the air.

It's narrow minded to think 100% of her fans are immature 13 year old male nerds who's favourite hobby is jerking off to lesbian porn.

She makes me laugh, and that's enough to make me a fan.
Truly, gladly and unashamedly a fan.

This is a show that you're either going to love or hate - there's just no in-between. Personally I love it but I can understand why people would find it a little too low-brow.

I saw Silverman live recently and was majorly disappointed, but I do love the show and feel it's a great outlet for her humor: puerile, but absolutely inspired. And your review neglects to mention the best aspect of the show: the supporting characters played by Brian Posehn and Jay Johnston, whom I think you can embrace without buying into Silverman's albeit calculated schtick.

I confess, I enjoyed the first episode with Sarah getting blasted on cough syrup and running amok just because it was so downright ludicrous, but frankly, after that, it just lost all appeal. It was actually VISIBLY falling apart, and the watching was just too sad. Like a continual train wreck, it was amazing at first, and then it just got shrill and loud and kept me up at night. Metaphorically, anyway.

please enlighten me: exactly what is brian posehn's main occupation? i recently downloaded a song from a metal site labeled "Brian Posehn - Metal By Numbers". i hated it, because it made fun of metal stereotypes (cleverly, i'll grant it that, but as a metalhead, i still renege it.)

now i keep seeing posehn in comedies and stuff.

so what is he, a comedian or a pseudo-musician? or both, like weird al yankovic?

"but as a metalhead, i still renege it"

That word... I do not think it means what you think it means.

to renege, as in renegade - refuse, deny.

right?