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I didn't care for the pilot although I didn't dislike it like many others seem to. It was just kinda meh and with a lot of what felt like forced humour.

~10 episodes later I must say it kinda grew on me. I'm not sure if the writing improved or I just had to get into the rhythm of the show but it's actually a good watch.

It's not on par with the juggernauts out there (Venture, Rick & Morty, Ugly Americans etc pp) yet but still an entertaining show with good talent. Just binch a couple of episodes to get into it if adult swim kinda shows are your thing.

I for one won't mind a 2nd season.

7 out of 10.

Ofcourse I've only seen one episode so far and it's not unheard of for things to turn around really quickly, but I'm writing this now so that maybe the feedback would be considered by the creators.

I think there are basically two approaches to mainstream-ish cartoon comedy:

1) Flat premise in which surface level comedy happens (Simpsons, Family guy, etc.)

2) Deep-ish, specific setting, in which the deep-ish specific comedy can occur (R&M, Bojack, etc.)

This however, is a deep-ish specific setting with extremely flat, surface level humor.

I'm not sure whether it's just a very odd combination to me, a specific person, or if it truly doesn't work, but I do wish they would build up momentum/depth before the punchlines.

Grimsburg isn't a good show by any means, but it's not terrible either. The show isn't very funny and a lot of the episodes in the first season feel like adult version of Scooby-Doo which is a problem because the show has no identity. The season finale was what an episode of the show should be like consistently because I like how it ties all the episodes villains together, but unfortunately it's not there quite yet.

There are actually some very good concepts and ideas in the show. I like the mom being "raised by bears" and how it shapes her character, which make for some interesting subplots. It's kinda generic with the dad being lazy and fat and the other characters aren't really super interesting, but they are trying at least. And while I'm not a huge fan, I think it is definitely better than Universal Basic Guys for sure, no doubt about it.

I think they need to drop a few of the characters cause they're just not interesting and it would be a fine show. Season 2 apparently is gonna focus more on workplace comedy which will be nice in helping the show become it's own thing and not just a "better" version of Velma. Looking forward to seeing improvements but wouldn't be surprised if it's kind of the same.

Overall just kind of...meh. It has an interesting concept at first, however it never really connected. Jokes are thrown at you every second but the vast majority of them fall very, very flat and the characters are pretty much one-note. It feels very safe and corporate. Unfortunately that has become the status quo for adult animation, but just because I expect something doesn't mean I don't want it to change.

I've seen some call this the "adult version of Gravity Falls" but if that would entail annoying characters, outdated humor, and the ugly animation we've come to expect from Fox, I think I'll stick with the non-adult version. It's disappointing that in a medium with so much potential as animation, we are constantly getting samey shows like this. They may take a different approach, sure, but they end up at the same destination.

I don't doubt that the show gets better but I'm not in the mood to sit through more of it.

The ONLY thing I actually liked was that hot dude with the parrot. I cannot remember his name but I liked his cheekbones and voice quite a bit.

Grimsburg is the strange tale of a detective, returning to the force in a town where every murder is a surreal experience. His ex-wife was raised by bears, and his son has an imaginary friend, Mr. Flesh (one of two roles filled with gusty by Alan Tudyk).

Make no mistake, this is no Archer. Marvin Flute is a thoroughly disagreeable human being whose sole thoughts revolve around himself (much like Archer) and he is oddly good at his job (again, much like Archer), but the cast surrounding him is equally as strange and tend to be less qualified than he is (huh... kind of like Archer).

Alright, so comparisons can certainly be made, but the feel of the show is different, despite those similarities.

The show feels more like a warped version of Twin Peaks... it is all about the people in the town, not the murders. None of the episodes are particularly grounded in reality, and much of the stories have a fever-dream like quality to them that sets the show apart from anything else on the air.

This is a show that will provide solid chuckles, but likely not belly laughs. Still, there are enough clever gags, nods, and Easter eggs to keep you entertained for a binge of the first season and into the second.

It isn't suburb, but it certainly rises above mediocrity to be a decently good time.

What a train-wreck, I don't know where to begin. Well we can start with the fact that there's zero personality with the characters, every single one is stereotypical caricature of themselves. It would be a good idea if the comedy had any delivery or surprises at all, it's all just what you'd expect it to be - flat and over-done, like a pancake with mustard on it - there's no way you'd like it. The only redeeming quality of this show is the art-style and animation, which is great from start to end. About that, it wasn't easy to watch the first episode because the's nothing fun or surprising happening, reminds me of the "modern" Sam & Max games..

It's not Bob's Burgers or Futurama but if you're a fan of adult animation it's a good time! It's stupid funny and that's the purpose of adult animation. I promise if you need something mind numbing after a long day this will cure that. It has a woman raised by bears, an imaginary skeleton, treenises, and so much more!

Some characters are very try hard and the humor does fall flat so I can see why there are a lot of negative reviews but Jon Hamm and Alan Tudyk really make up for it. It has great potential so time will tell if the show will be a cult classic or a 2 season failure. Just give it a shot.

I love Jon but this is an absolute disaster.

There is nothing funny here. The jokes are so atrociously bad. It's like you are at a party and that nervous socially awkward kid came up to you to regale you with cringey unfunny jokes for half hour. That's the kind of torture this is.

The plot is bad and seems more like an afterthought. The plot is nothing more than a vacuous background for all the unfunny humor.

Honestly all the script writers need to go. If Jon wrote some of the jokes, then Jon need to fire himself.

The only thing this series is good for is as a case study for how not to do animated sitcom. This abomination is unsalvageable.

It takes the Noir detective and cartoonifys all the gross things about them. I wouldn't say this show is for everyone. It's an odd humor type. It's like if Bojack, Smiling Friends, and Duncanville had some crazy baby. Good for some chuckles and you still get to follow a plot. I'd give it a good 7-8. The whole show is kind of beating a bunch of dead horses with the randomness of old YouTube. It simultaneously parodies a bunch of tropes and detective movies. There's random subplots. It is kind of a mess, but in a way I find entertaining. It's almost like someone tried to cram as many jokes as possible into every scene. I'd say give it a watch if you're a general fan of sitcom type cartoons. Don't go into it thinking of something like Archer.

Jon Hamm can't hide behind "He was just a voice actor". He knew this stank, stunk, and was roadkill before it hit the screen. He has to know that critics are going to ask him "why?" for next two weeks "why would you make this?". He will own this car wreck the rest of his career. Who? Who? Told him this was good writing? Funny? Nope. I guess that is the review Its not funny. Its weird and not in a good way. I think their trying to do Archer and the Venture brothers mishmash and it doesn't really work. There is some pop Easter eggs but the whole thing comes off and a mishmash of different adult animation in the archer mode but way, way, worse.

FYI, this animation has been greenlit for it's 2nd season before the pilot even aired. Some exec must have thought this is a guaranteed hit. It's not.

This animation is really hard to like, even if you're a Jon fan. There's just not enough substance here and I was unable to finish the pilot episode, mostly because it starts off with some good ol' toilet humor. (This stuff hasn't been funny for 4 decades.)

Some of the other characters are alright, I guess, but then there's a cringe robot who is just extremely annoying.

I looked up the Reddit thread for this as well as a New York Times post on this series and most other people are saying it's a shot and a miss.

I guess when Jon is an executive producer on his own show he can generate enough interest for the studio to give him a golden ticket for a 2nd season. This is unreal, and I wonder if there is an early termination clause to the contract. Reminds me of an pro basketball team selecting a player for the draft, spend millions on his contract and then find out he's constantly eating hamburgers in New Orleans, overweight and without conscience.

Good luck with your scam Jon.

So I have been watching Grimsburg, every episode to date and that is now episode 9.

I genuinely laugh every episode, out loud..

It has some great actors in it. Alan Tudyk to name my favourite (Firefly, Con Man, Doom Patrol, Harley Quinn and Resident Alien (God I love Resident Alien)).

There are underlying threads throughout the episodes and series, won't spoil anything. Some quirky characters, which are great. I can never guess the episode content and where it will go from the start of that episode, other shows feel so predictable.

Give it a shot and don't take it seriously. It is not a doco and thankfully not reality TV drivel.

What were they thinking? John hamn is very talented but you would not know it from this show. Detestable vulgar characters.gruesome unfunny stereotyped characters An awful horror show from Svengoolie would be an improovement . Ed wood movies were better This is absolute garbage Send it to an awful cable network. Frankenstein movies of the 1940s were better than this. Vincent Price could not save this . Worse than the awful Krapopolis. Dont let your kids watch this. Do yourself a favor and watch the classic shows on METV Yes they are reruns but at least they have quality. Do yourself a favor and buy Amazon Prime.

I'm enjoying this new fox domination addition, the characters are very fun and the world built surrounding it is unique and different. Always a big fan at each shows ability to create their own spot in the fox universe. Excited to see what this show will be able to bring for ideas, characters, etc. The voice actors are great choices too. Reminds me a lot of a adult version of gravity falls for its mysterious atmosphere and different approach compared to its other predecessors. Enjoy that it's more of a "horror"-esq. Type show as well. Very excited to see what comes each episode, and to get to know the characters further. Hope for this series to have great success!

Everything I've seen and read has suggested it's unanimous, that everyone finds this show sucks. I'm a little surprised to see some 9 and 10 star reviews, I suspect they're planted fakes to raise the average rating (which I'm surprising is as high as 5.8 out of 10 still, I didn't think they'd add THAT many fakes). I was also surprised to see IMDb list a second season, another review says it was renewed before the pilot aired! That's the only thing that makes sense. How foolish is that, to not even see how it does? Seems like some people (including network execs) just love Jon Hamm so much they assume this must be great. Me, never heard of him, never saw Mad Men - seemingly how everyone loves him. Only thing *I* saw was he had an ad campaign for SkipTheDishes, a Canada-only UberEats, all with a weird theme of him pretending to be a Canadian. Had a vibe we're supposed to recognize him, took ages before I discovered his name and that he's known from Mad Men.

This show seems to count on making EVERYONE weird with odd quirks to provide writing opportunities. One problem: They established these quirks in the pilot and never re-establish them, so people have to remember them from the pilot or understand them the rare time they come up. The main guy Flute (Jon Hamm) seems to have this magic ability to imagine the crime scene from clues, imaging the event in some virtual environment. They never establish if he's just super observant or he actually has a magic power. They don't even use it every episode, despite being the main character, and a show depicting his investigations! Otherwise he's rather dim, and without this ability he'd be a rather lacklustre detective. Seems to be referencing Inspector Clouseau from Pink Panther, somewhat lucking into solving cases. His son Stan has an imaginary friend, a bad influence skeleton with flaming eyes Mr. Flesh, borne from his deep emotional damage from both his parents regularly neglecting him. They never say again that Mr. Flesh is imaginary, merely use it on occasion and leave it to the viewers to remember or realize nobody else can see him. Flute has a mentor who's an inmate working as a teacher, clearly based heavily on Hannibal Lector in Silence Of The Lambs (if they let him work as a teacher on work release). His partner is Robocop if he was a big friendly schlub who lacks confidence. Or Cyborg from Justice League/Teen Titans with these modifications. Flute's ex/Stan's mom was raised by bears and has significant bear influences for no apparent reason. His boss is so attractive and charming he wears a parka all the time to lower his attractiveness and not get swarmed. THAT guy's boss (I'm a little fuzzy on the hierarchy) is a TALL overconfident woman who's a great believer in conspiracy theories and is highly unevolved (stuff like refusing to use recycled paper). Again, never mentioned but comes up once or twice, hopefully viewers remember. Oh, and the town of Grimsburg is cursed so LOTS of murders happen, again not mentioned outside of the pilot. (They stole the title sequence joke idea from Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Great North and others, where here the town sign always has a different slogan based on all the murders).

TOO many gimmicks, not enough backing them up. I rather enjoy Mr. Flesh and the professor, both amusingly warped, not surprising both are voiced by the wonderful Alan Tudyk. Only reason I added 1 star. All the murders making it clearly aimed at adult viewers helps, but not enough to add any more stars. It really has seemed like this show is doomed, so I've been watching while it's here, but the confirmed second season makes me wonder if they can unconfirm and end this mess.

I would honestly believe it if I was told the script was AI generated. There is just a general awkward feeling with the pacing and joke delivery that it is hard to believe I'm watching the final product and not a first pass.

I'm damn lenient regarding adult animation and watch/re-watch basically Netflix's entire library of said genre, able to derive enjoyment one way of another. But this is the first show that makes me feel nothing at all. Forget laughing - I get nothing from this shallow writing. I don't think I could come up with worst versions of some of these jokes. The writers then act as if the joke was lame on purpose by having a different character point out the failed joke. Of course, quality writers can do this in effective ways, but this show does it in a way that just falls flat after falling flat.

The animation itself is well done, I have no complaints regarding the aesthetics. Just the hollow, trash, core of the show. I really wanted a new animated show to watch also, it's such a shame.

A frenetic energy courses through out the show that keeps it moving well. It mocks just about every trope of cop/detective show procedurals - from the family trouble, the main character being grizzled veteran of the force called in to solve an "unsolvable" case, misdirects on who the perpetrator is etc. Jon Hamm as Marvin Flute is clearly having a blast and delivers lines with speed and somehow subtly delivers asides allowing jokes to be slotted into exposition in a quick funny way. Anything with Alan Tudyk will be worth your time. And Rachel Dratch gives a good turn as a Flute's Son. Overall a twisted and funny pilot, with a lot of potential. I'm looking forward to more!

I originally started watching this show because there was a bit of a content drought when it premiered, but I really took to the characters and the goofy, cringe-inducing plotlines pretty quickly.

My least favorite part is probably Stan. Rachel Dratch's voice acting is always pretty bad, but it's made even worse when she's voicing male characters. The rest of the cast hits their marks pretty well (typecasting), but especially Alan Tudyk. He could voice most of the cast and do a pretty good job.

Overall, I look forward to watching the show everytime it airs. It also wouldn't surprise or annoy me if it was cancelled relatively soon. That's just how this stuff works.

I am about to start a second watch through to fully critique this animated thing.

Not a fan, here is a brief breakdown of what I remember from it;

TLDR; Rick and Morty style animation, with "Edgy" shock and awe toilet humor, that was not entertaining to this guy.

Visual - Very similar to Rick and Morty style art with a more grounded pallete of color. The animation is standard for the medium, nothing stands out as great nor terrible.

Dialogue/humor - This show is very crude, brash, lots of toilet bowl and/or "edgy" jokes. Which done right could be entertaining. However this show misses the mark. Most the jokes feel forced or completely out of place. Some of the delivery is flat, but I don't know of that is from the actors or how they were told to say it.

Plot - I don't remember this at all. How pathetic I was put off by the terrible jokes and such that I cannot for the life of me remember what the show was about other than the pilot. It is a monster of the week style with an over arching plot, other than that no clue.

The writing for this is FUNNY!! Animation is professional and the characters are well balanced for the genre. Looking forward to more of this show and any other projects the creators come up with. Great job! Thanks for the laughs. Don't understand why people were so critical of the pilot?! It is awesome! Sad that most people that leave reviews are haters... We need more people that enjoy stuff to review it. Anyone else see some slight similarities in the show Gary and His Demons? Not throwing any shade but kinda makes me like this more. Very few shows entice me to do research about the creators to see what else they have done but this show has.

What is happening with adult cartoons these days. This garbage is not funny at all. It feel like it's being written by 17 year olds, FOR 15 year olds, but with adult situations.

Everyone woking on this show are amazing actors (or in this case voice actors) but they're part of something that is just not good.

I only made it through one episode, so maybe I'm being prematurely critical. But I can't see myself enjoying this AT ALL, at any point. The writing is just bad, the jokes aren't funny to anyone with a half a brain. The story is nonsense.

It had potential, but this is NOT it.

I'm over it.

Text book entertainment industry agenda, this really had potential. Just another one ruined by obvious industry bias. We will never have anything like peak (season 10) Simpsons ever again.

It would be ultimately refreshing to see someone come in and tell a story without trying to manipulate the audience into thinking a certain way or at least make it less obvious, the viewer wants to be taken on a journey and reminding them about the divisive issues that plague our news networks and everyday.

It goes from being an enjoyable experience to one of picking sides and pigeonholing people because of beliefs.

The main character sure looks like the old TV series Cannon which started William Conrad. The series ran from 1971 to 1976. Cannon was a private detective and loved good food. William Conrad was a very versatile actor who's career spanned both radio, movies and TV. He also played Matt Dillion on the radio show Gunsmoke. I think the new show should acknowledge the connection with this old show. I think you can find Cannon TV series somewhere on the internet. It seems like alot of old ideas are being recycled. Cannon was a good series for it's time and I think this new Grimsburg is a nice tribute.