Eastbound & Down is easily one of the most underrated comedies of all-time! It follows an ex baseball player named Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) who is a substance abuser and self destructive a-hole. He's now a physical education teacher in his hometown of North Carolina and gets another chance a the big leagues. He has to go to Mexico where he gets his major league abilities back. He comes back a changed man, or not. Danny McBride doesn't get enough credit for how funny he is. He's one of the funniest comedians working today. The executive producers in this are Will Ferrell and Adam McKay so if you like that kind of comedy then give this a try because you'll love it.
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Supermanfan-137 December 2020Eastbound & Down is absolutely hilarious! It's one of the funnier shows you'll ever see and will literally make you laugh out loud. Danny McBride is so underrated as a comedian and he is perfect in this!
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Greatornot26 February 2009Excellent new show . Great acting by McBride. Great job for Will Ferrel.. And I am not even a big Will Ferrel fan. He certainly shines as the architect of this series. This is a fun show and obviously based loosely on fallen Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker. A has been , egotistical, arrogant ,horny, foul mouthed clod winds up as a P.E. teacher in a middle school while still yearning the spotlight. Living with his straight laced older brothers family with 3 children. There are so many comedic situations that can arise from this situation. It is just unbelievable how HBO turns in so many top notch, entertaining projects. This show is well acted by all . Watch this and you shall be impressed.
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staypuft215 March 2010This show is above and beyond what it deserves to be. What ought to be a dumb fun Danny McBride, Will Ferrell produced sports comedy vehicle is in fact a work of television genius.
I am in love with this show.
Every slow motion musical moment, every scene filled with such beautiful comedy and affecting drama. It is cast impeccably, each scene judged to perfection, and the score drifts you along, deep under it's trance. Each episode continues on from the last as if it were a 3 hour movie, and this, I feel, is how it is best viewed. I can not rate it highly enough. I only wish I could live forever, perhaps rather sadly in the warm glow of this series. It is an instant favourite.
If you want your life to be better, watch this show. I only hope there are people out there who can enjoy it on the level that I did.
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amy00410 July 2019Just for kicks I started rewatching this series. Literally forgot how hilarious Danny McBride is. His delivery of lines is so on point - comic genius. The whole cast rocks.
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elliotjeory20 September 2018One of the funniest shows ever produced by HBO. Danny Mcbride at his best. You have to be a fan of his comedy to like the show as it's all about him. Any fans of Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill etc will enjoy it. It's hilarious, weird and sometimes messed up but it's funny as hell and you should love it.
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wilkinsonalan-1916012 September 2016Maybe it was the first two episodes - but, I wasn't really hooked by them. I came back to the series - and it turned into one of the funniest series I have ever seen. There are some cameo performances by the likes of Don Johnson, Matthew MaConaughey and Sacha Baron-Cohen. It is ironic that SBC was in this series - as he appeared to do something similar with Brothers Grimsby in a British context, but fell so short, sadly, of the standards achieved in E&D.
Stick with E&D - it is remarkable - crass, but laugh-out-loud funny and still manages to be endearing. Kenny Powers' utterings are so politically incorrect it is more of a lens on the kind of folk who genuinely come out with such cringe-making observations.
This series deserves much wider appreciation as it is a stand-out piece of work that amazingly gets better and better./ -
hkali_038 June 2010all the bad reviews on here are only based on the FIRST episode! That's not enough to review a show, they clearly have an issue with the actors or writers. When i first heard about the show i was very exited, being a fan of will Ferrell and Adam McKay and being newly introduced to Danny McBride in pineapple express, i was thrilled from the start. i watched the first episode premiere and although i was somewhat disappointed i gave it another chance because well, it was the first episode! after the second episode i watched the show every week till it ended, yet i kept playing the images in my head and the quotes and it was even more hilarious. This show really grows on you and you cant help but say one of Kenny Powers' ridiculous quotes to someone even tho they have no idea what you are talking about and you laugh even harder.
This is a show you can watch alone and still laugh your butt off. This is a show you want everyone you know to know about but secretly want to keep it to yourself. If you haven't seen this show yet you are really missing out on a great show. keep an open mind and enjoy, i know you wont be disappointed -
superc-8915824 March 2022Kenny Powers might be the greatest character ever. You can watch it over and over and you still pick up new jokes. It never gets old I can watch clips on YouTube and still tear up with laughter. Nothing short of a masterpiece...
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zetes19 April 2009The collaborators behind The Foot Fist Way and Observe & Report made this television miniseries for HBO earlier this year. It's very much like their two films, but it's definitely their most satisfying work. That's mostly because it's consistently funny. The films are frequently hilarious, but get bogged down in some heavily dramatic moments. And they also have a lot of jokes that fail. The six episode show plays like a 2 1/2 hour movie, although the individual episodes are very much structured like television. Danny McBride stars as a John Rocker-like former baseball star named Kenny Powers. He came to fame during a World Series final game and was enormously popular. But between his bad behavior and diminishing results, and passing through about ten MLB teams, he's been kicked out and now he's broke. He returns to his North Carolina hometown and shacks up with his brother, who is married with three children. The only job he can get is as a substitute gym teacher at a local middle school (the teacher for whom he is substituting ends up dying at the end of the first episode, allowing him to become a real part of the faculty). Having tasted so much fame, Kenny is not at all happy at where he is landed. In his mind, some light training will get him back into the big leagues. Meanwhile, he can treat everyone around him like crap and pursue his now engaged high school sweetheart, who teaches art at the school. Like the two films, Eastbound and Down mines a very painful existence. It's mean and misanthropic. I learned to see Kenny Powers as a human being, but he sure as Hell is a repugnant one. It's hard to believe that anyone would give this guy the time of day. You'd think the former girlfriend would tell his to screw off, his boss would fire him and even his brother would disown him. Oh well, it's fiction, after all. Not everything has to be believable (unlike Observe & Report, there're no hints that any of the story is taking place within the character's mind). I wish I could come up with some lines from the show to prove how funny it can be, but IMDb is pretty useless so far. I probably wouldn't be able to post them here, anyway. The show is ridiculously profane. Fans generally refer to the protagonist as Kenny "F'ing" Powers (as Kenny Powers often does himself). Will Ferrel appears in a couple of episodes, but his over-the-top style clashes a bit with the more naturalistic style of the show. Craig Robinson also appears, and works a lot better. Besides Jody Hill, art-house (and Pineapple Express) director David Gordon Green directs. I hope Green sticks with comedy at least in half his career. I've never been a fan of his art-house hits (or non-hits; I don't think any of them have been commercially successful), but his comic style works brilliantly.
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SeriousJest7 May 2012Kenny Powers (who appears to be based on John Rocker) is such a selfish lowlife that I often found myself hating him still you can't help but enjoy watching McBride in full A-hole mode, crashing and burning in pure rock-star fashion, and leading an awesome supporting cast, including the wonderfully curvy and sexy Katy Mixon. Season 3 is not as funny as the first two (although there are still some very funny episodes), but you need to watch this series for its pure pop-culture value I guarantee it won't be long before you're yelling "You're f**king out!" at random people.
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jeff-coatney18 February 2009The pilot episode was really funny. Danny McBride has that elusive, thoroughly Southern quality of brazenly aggressive, righteous pride that infuses every note. I have met pure examples of the archetype of "Kenny Powers" and while they may be rare, McBride captures the essence honestly and vigorously. The strong cast really elevates a show that could so easily and effortlessly slide into a grating farce. The women in Kenny's life are played with brilliantly understated dignity that is rendered so subtly, so carefully, it turbo-charges the comedy. Katy Mixon's reactions had me howling with laughter. Jennifer Irwin's southern housewife is spot-on with her quiet, tortured expressions that are amazing in their subtlety. Katy and Jennifer coil the show's mainspring so remarkably tight, it explodes when the raucously sexy Sylvia Jefferies and the hilarious Danny McBride pile on. John Hawkes has the hardest job in the cast. Hawkes plays Kenny's older brother Dustin and has to be both dignified and provide some degree of plausibility for Kenny's existence. There is a rich vein of comedy and heartfelt sincerity that lies underneath Kenny and Dustin's relationship and I hope the creators can navigate through it over time as deftly as Hawkes has managed his role in the pilot. The pilot episode seemed effortlessly directed by Jody Hill. Hill let the writing and the performances do the heavy lifting by placing a premium value on subtlety and nuance. For all Kenny's hurricane-like energy to dominate a scene, Hill balances that power by tempering it with the lightest touches from the rest of the cast. I look forward to future episodes, these folks have something indescribably great on their hands.
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Headturner119 June 2022Vice Principals better! The first place I ever saw McBride was in VP I'm super picky about comedy and loved it. Him and Goggins have great chemistry I wish that had gone at least a few more seasons( the spring break episode's my fave)! Well enough of that. McBride isn't quite as witty/funny in this( same with Righteous gemstones). I started watching this a few years back after I watched VP and gave up because the site I used played episodes and seasons out of order so I was scrolling HBO max and saw it and am now on season 4 I think? I really like Steve( great actor) but him and Danny don't quite have the vibe /chemistry he and Goggins had and I agree now after seeing McBride in more things that he plays the exact same character type ( well it's his acting style) in everything. Tho to me VP was his best. He seemed to have more range? Tho with all the junk out there this is gold compared so I will finish and try ( or hope) to find something good ( of quality) out there.
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JesseFlippinP1 February 2014So I decided to watch this show after hearing some mixed things over the past few years. Maybe it was the binge watching, but this show got painfully old fast. The first season was fine, and then seasons two and three kept the same old, boring jokes over and over again. They don't just beat the dead horse; they rip it apart and use the remains in every way imaginable.
If you love wasted side stories or supporting characters with the same oblivious, narcissistic jokes over-and-over-and-over, then you will love this show. It's not like It's Always Sunny, another show with really unlikable characters, because nothing new and no character development happens (with the exception of Stevie). Oh hey, it looks like Kenny is changing or something is progressing in the storyline. Wait, you mean it isn't because the writers have seriously no clue how to develop a character?
I think a 4 out of 10 is generous. It's a celebration in egoism, and I'm convinced anyone who can justify anything over a 4 or 5 is either A) a douche who idolizes Kenny or B) a real life Stevie. It rewards awful behavior and in the worst way possible, with the same, long drawn out boring ass story and character. I finished the show just to say I did. I really wish I had just stopped this turd after the first season. -
JonanthanNewOrleans23 April 2021Absolutely awesome tv serie , no political correctness in here , hardcore jokes about everyone and everything!!
A must !!!
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Pukeonthestreet10 February 2020When people are genuinely bad you don't like them. But when Danny McBride creates a bad person and makes it hilarious and gets creative you can't go wrong. The last season is the best so it's worth watching all of it.
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justinbrizendine9 January 2022This program has an 8.2 rating, and the only reason it isn't a 10 is because it's got purest version of sociopathic humor one can ever see. It'll make you laugh your ass off. Then it can make you cry because it's sooo sad or messed up. That being said, one of the best shows you'll ever watch.
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micah-3973911 October 2018This show is one of my absolute ALL TIME FAVORITES. There's nothing out there like it. Danny and Steve are so hilarious as it is then to get them together, magic. I get why they ended it. So they didn't it drag it out. But I wish it would come back. Or come out with something else with these two in it. We need them on tv together!
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jfgibson733 December 2009I don't know how I will feel about this show a year from now, but after having watched all six episodes several times over, I consider it to be one of my favorite series of all time. This was just exactly my sense of humor. In the vein of Bad Santa and its anti-hero Willie, Kenny Powers is an uncompromising mess of a character that seems to say and do the most amusing thing possible in every situation. Not since Owen Wilson broke out with "Bottle Rocket" has there been a performer who can make me laugh by doing so little--it's more about his delivery than the actual material. I am deliberately not discussing any details of the show in case someone wants to discover it for themselves, but if you enjoy either of the two movies I mentioned, or other profanity-laced HBO offerings, such as Entourage (with the equally foul-mouthed Ari Gold), then try some. I think it's worth noting that both Kenny Powers and Ari Gold are both the most quotable TV characters of the decade, and certainly my two favorites.
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JayPatton881 July 2020No holds barred laughs all around. A must see HBO series!
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shanayneigh5 April 2022I first watched this show when it aired originally, and gave up somewhere in the middle of the second season. After giving it another shot on streaming, I've watched the whole thing. Seasons 1 and 4 are great, but it sags quite significantly in the middle seasons, especially 3.
Danny McBride does his usual shtick, which he's very good at, but it's getting a bit old since he's basically playing the same character (or archetype) in everything. I haven't seen Katy Mixon in anything else, but she's great in this. Steve Little is great in the first season, but it gets a little too farcical the longer the show progresses (not the actor's fault, one can only blame the writers).
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Always_green8611 January 2022If your a Danny McBride fan you'll love this... a classic comedic show from 1st to last season. Each character has they're own footing in the show which helps Kenny's ego. But the show revolves around Kenny powers (Danny McBride) who gives you. Laugh almost every scene.
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qui_j24 August 2020This was an entertaining series, comedy is very "Frat House' but there's also some bits of Pathos that seems to be hidden beneath the comedy. The story does go deeper than just what's on the surface and one can feel the conflict in the main character as he tries to make the journey to claim the fame and riches he feels he is due. There are a lot of interesting cameos and it was always a surprise to see who would pop up in the episodes. If you can get past the tons of gratuitous sex, and raunchy jokes, it is an entertaining series that will keep you engaged for the 4 seasons. It really could not have gone beyond that number.
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bissettscott15 November 2012The first season was brilliant. The second season wasn't. The third season was downright bad.
Danny McBride, who was been annoying in lots of shows, is by far the best part of the show. Katy Mixon as April Buchanon remains as annoying as ever (see Mike and Molly for her current version). Steve Little is just outright awful. Deeply upsetting. Which I know is the point, but he does it too well. The worst character in any show? Possibly.
All in all, a show that started brilliantly has slowly got worse as time has gone on. Apparently there has been a fourth season picked up by HBO, but I doubt I'll bother watching it. -
brooksrob16 February 2021You've spent your life searching for something. You've tried drugs, sex with strangers...You've made and lost millions but...That quest just never ends; UNTIL NOW! This series will change your life. It is like blending all religions, history, drama, and baseball together and forming the perfect thing. You're welcome; Signed Danny McBride...:)