Can Will Forte’s “The Last Man on Earth" Defy the Sci-fi TV Curse?

Will The Last Man on Earth escape the

TV Sci-Fi comedy curse?

I have the answer on this weeks episode of Angry Nerd.

First your comments, AT Jamin writes, Can you

talk about Netflix's upcoming Legend of Zelda show?

Hey, alls I know for sure about it at this

point is it's gonna be better than the Zelda CDI game.

Yeah, that old Gan is no match for the king.

I can't wait to bomb some gazon-dos.

What was up with that?

How is that a thing?

So Will Forte's new series Last Man on Earth is like

a funny take on I Am Legend but with no vampire zombies.

Now I'm a sucker for the man-alone sub-genera of Sci-Fi

because it can be bleak and funny at the same time.

Like Charleton Heston in Omega Man lip synching along

with a movie he's seen 100 times.

You see, just to really realize, what's really important.

Or when Bruno Lawrence cracks up and declares

himself planetary president in The Quiet Earth.

It it not written then that I be president?

Of this quiet earth?

Or that episode of Twilight Zone where

Burgess Meredith is finally alone with all

of the books that he's eager to read.

And he breaks his glasses.

That's not fair, that's not fair at all.

Ahhh, that scene always makes we wanna

duct tape my glasses to my noggin.

Anyway, I really like the dry, laugh-track

free humor of Last Man on Earth.

You could tell it was produced by the genius

comedy team Lord and Miller who made

21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie.

By the way, how effed up is it that

The Lego Movie didn't get an Oscar nom?

Last Man on Earth is also a nice change

of pace from most American Sci-Fi comedy series.

Think about it, the biggest hits are always the broadest,

silliest, lowest common denominatoriest stuff.

Alf, My Favorite Martian, Mork and Mindy,

3rd Rock From the Sun.

I mean none of them are that different from

a Family Matters episode where Urkel makes

a bizarre contraption.

The Brits have a much higher class of Sci-Fi comedy,

I think it's partly the influence of Dr. Who.

Which could never really take itself too seriously,

because the effects were so laughable.

The UK gave us Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by

Dr. Who alum Douglas Adams, Red Dwarf, Hyperdrive,

2point 4 Children, Goodnight Sweetheart,

No Heroics, all were seeking out.

All light years beyond Alf.

The closest we get to gut-busting Science Fiction

on TV in America are Syfy Channel monster movies.

Yeah, I don't care what you say, Sharknado is overrated.

It's all about Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus, mmmmwhu.

But I demand to see more American TV Sci-Fi

that's hilarious on purpose, and cut.

So was that last take okay?

Do we need to redo it?

Hey where'd everyone go?

Hello?

Hello?

There all gone, I'm the last man on earth.

Oh, at last, I finally have the time to

read my backlog of comics with no interruptions.

I can finally, I can finally.

(electronic music)

It's not fair, it's not fair.

It's not fair.

Hey I don't care if the Korean Taco truck is going by.

Don't leave me alone on this set again.

What do you think of Last Man on Earth?

And what's your favorite Sci Fi comedy series,

American or otherwise?

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