Thursday, October 3, 2013

Homeless No Mo'



Will You Accept My Hose? A Brilliant Web Comedy That Skewers Everything You Love And Hate About Reality TV
Note: "Burning Love" was a web series designed and showcased for Yahoo, so its contents were originally free to everyone. Most episodes ranged anywhere from 8-13 minutes (roughly) and this is a compilation that puts these various episodes together.

In truth, I watch too much reality television. It's a difficult genre to parody because it's already become a parody of itself! That why the web series "Burning Love" is so spot-on hilarious. Executive produced by Ben Stiller and loaded with familiar faces, this spoof of "The Bachelor" hits every note correctly and demonstrates an inherent silliness that is as outrageous as it is truthful. The show has had three real seasons so far (and two others that are mentioned in the shows but aren't so real). The second series was a take on "The Bacholorette" and the third "Bachelor Pad." "Burning Love" was the year of Mark Orlando (a perfect Ken Marino). Orlando is a studly firefighter played with a clueless charm and self-involved bliss...

Absolutely hilarious spoof on reality dating shows! (Full season review)
If you love reality TV, dating shows, and/or comedy spoofs, then this show is definitely for you. It purposes to be a completely serious dating show a la The Bachelor with a hilariously inappropriate cast (from the host to the bachelorettes to the bachelor himself). You'll cringe, you'll laugh out loud, and you'll shake your head in a "Wow, they really went there" fashion. The cast is familiar--you'll definitely recognize some from other comedy shows (I went scurrying to IMDB a few times because someone looked familiar but I couldn't place them) as well as a surprise bachelorette candidate that makes you go HOLY COW!

The best rave I can give it is that I went into it thinking "Man, I hope this isn't an hour-long show because I don't have the time for that" to "Holy crap, it's only 30 minutes? I'd easily watch two-hour episodes!"

No sound
I might have liked it if I could hear the audio.
I get sound on all my other digital purchases, but not this one.
Weird.

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