Blue Mountain State is a genius parody of college life. The characters are larger than life in all the right ways. The writers hit the college comedy dead on in every episode. I skipped over this title in Netflix, but my husband decided to check it out one lazy afternoon. I knew I loved that man for a reason.
Darin Brooks makes debauchery delightful as Alex Moran, the second string quarterback for the Blue Mountain State Goats. His second string status allows slacker Alex to have high social status on campus while taking on very little responsibility. His dry humor and quick wit make him a hit with the ladies, but his womanizing ways don't alienate female viewers. His loyalty to long time best friend, socially awkward Sammy the mascot, lends some heart to this otherwise stereotypical man's man.
Alan Ritchman is consummate blonde and self-obsessed captain Thad Castle. Thad's only setting is full speed ahead. He is an overly confident idiot. The confidence with which he spouts his idiocy just serves to amplify the fact that the whole world is in on the joke except for Thad. He just blithely marches on with all the sincerity in the world, but not a clue as to the truth. His ignorance often leads Thad—who I'm almost sure is straight—to emit homo-erotic vibes that everyone perceives as weird and disturbing. Well, everyone except his sidekick and fellow defense man Larry, who picks up Thad's mixed signals loud and clear.
Fellow teammates include a kicker who is obsessed with drugs and likes the smell of his own genitals on his fingers; a white lineman whose halfro hairstyle and crazy actions make him look like a clown; and a narcissistic quarterback with his own hyperbaric chamber in his dorm room who required the goats to have a personal "problem solver" before he would agree to attend BMS. Somehow these characters manage to make up a championship football team.
The team is lead by Ed Marinaro as Coach Marty Daniels, a gruff "who gives a crap" alcoholic coach whose passion is football—and needling his cougar ex-wife and her new husband, the intelligent but not all that smart Dean of Blue Mountain State. Daniels' nonchalance seems like the best way to handle his team and keep some grip on his sanity. As he watches the bizarre hazing and other off the wall antics of his team, the message his body language (and sometimes his mouth) portrays is usually a slightly bewildered, "What the hell are they doing?"
Full of college characters and college humor; don't expect much college level thinking from this show. It is one absurd half hour packed with stereotypes of college life that are so exaggerated that your jaw will inevitably drop—either as you gasp for breath in laughter or as your mouth hangs agape in horror. If it's the latter then you've taken the show and yourself far too seriously. Lighten up, crack a beer, and enjoy a taste of college.
Darin Brooks makes debauchery delightful as Alex Moran, the second string quarterback for the Blue Mountain State Goats. His second string status allows slacker Alex to have high social status on campus while taking on very little responsibility. His dry humor and quick wit make him a hit with the ladies, but his womanizing ways don't alienate female viewers. His loyalty to long time best friend, socially awkward Sammy the mascot, lends some heart to this otherwise stereotypical man's man.
Alan Ritchman is consummate blonde and self-obsessed captain Thad Castle. Thad's only setting is full speed ahead. He is an overly confident idiot. The confidence with which he spouts his idiocy just serves to amplify the fact that the whole world is in on the joke except for Thad. He just blithely marches on with all the sincerity in the world, but not a clue as to the truth. His ignorance often leads Thad—who I'm almost sure is straight—to emit homo-erotic vibes that everyone perceives as weird and disturbing. Well, everyone except his sidekick and fellow defense man Larry, who picks up Thad's mixed signals loud and clear.
Fellow teammates include a kicker who is obsessed with drugs and likes the smell of his own genitals on his fingers; a white lineman whose halfro hairstyle and crazy actions make him look like a clown; and a narcissistic quarterback with his own hyperbaric chamber in his dorm room who required the goats to have a personal "problem solver" before he would agree to attend BMS. Somehow these characters manage to make up a championship football team.
The team is lead by Ed Marinaro as Coach Marty Daniels, a gruff "who gives a crap" alcoholic coach whose passion is football—and needling his cougar ex-wife and her new husband, the intelligent but not all that smart Dean of Blue Mountain State. Daniels' nonchalance seems like the best way to handle his team and keep some grip on his sanity. As he watches the bizarre hazing and other off the wall antics of his team, the message his body language (and sometimes his mouth) portrays is usually a slightly bewildered, "What the hell are they doing?"
Full of college characters and college humor; don't expect much college level thinking from this show. It is one absurd half hour packed with stereotypes of college life that are so exaggerated that your jaw will inevitably drop—either as you gasp for breath in laughter or as your mouth hangs agape in horror. If it's the latter then you've taken the show and yourself far too seriously. Lighten up, crack a beer, and enjoy a taste of college.