User:SamuelAgee/sandbox

Sam Agee is a current Ball State senior and soon to be college graduate. Sam will be graduating from Ball State University in the Spring of 2013 with a degree in Public Communication. He is currently searching for a full time job in radio.

Group 3 is going to improve the Workaholics Page by: 1. lengthening the episode synopses 2. Adding a review from a 3rd party critic to each episode slot 3. Attempt to create a sub page for the production company that makes the show Mail Order Comedy 4. Cleanup the page in general attempt to add more interesting facts about the show by using articles and interviews with the cast.

Each member will have a season to watch. (Faith Season 1, Zack Season 2, Derek Season 3 pt1, Sam Season 3 pt2) The group member will add additional plot points for each episode of their respective seasons. After enhancing the synopsis, a critique for each episode will be added.

Each member will also do more research about the show to find out interesting facts to enhance the general page.

Sam will look more into the Mail Order Comedy page and information from other entities that deal with the production company.

For the Review portion of each episode many of them will come from http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/tvshow/workaholics,367/

Comments

Looks like good progress from Zak, Derek, and Faith. Zak and Derek don't forget to do the thorough editing and rewording we talked about. Waiting for Sam's contribution. Webster Newbold (talk) 21:45, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Derek & Sam

Reception

Season 1 of Workaholics was met with mostly solid reviews. Matthew Gilbert of the Boston Globe gave the first season an 80 overall on MetaCritic saying it was "witty, irreverent, and joyously juvenile." Dave Wiegand gave the show a 75 overall and added, "The material works more often than not because the guys are completely shameless, which makes them difficult to dislike." The highest amount of viewers the show got in Season 1 was a 1.69 (million) on the ninth episode.

Season 2 saw its first 2 million plus viewed episode with the season premiere. The highest rating, a 2.16 was achieved in episode seven titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Roommates'. The show received its highest amount of viewers during this season and averaged about 1.64 viewers per episode.

The season premiere this year for Season 3 achieved a 2.11 in the Nielsen ratings the third highest in the shows history. The number of viewers began to drop off after. The final three episodes achieved 1.23, 1.21, 1.24 respectively. Season 3 wrapped up on March 20, 2013 after 40 episodes split over two seasons.

Plans for a fourth season have yet to be announced.

Production

The show was co-created and is largely written by its three stars, Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm. Frequent co-star Kyle Newacheck also directs most episodes, as well as being a fourth co-creator and serving as executive producer. Kevin Etten is the series' showrunner. Prior to Workaholics, the group was part of the sketch comedy group, 'Mail Order Comedy', which began in 2006 in Los Angeles, CA. [1] They have since created a production company under the same name: Mail Order Comedy

Workaholics was ordered by Comedy Central in March 2010 after a Comedy Central executive saw a series of videos the group had posted on YouTube. The pilot aired as a "TV Sneak Peek" after the March 15, 2011, debut of the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump. The program ran its 10-episode first season from April 6, 2011, to June 8, 2011, and aired at 10:30 p.m. EDT on Comedy Central. On May 4, 2011, the show was renewed for a second season of ten episodes, which ran from September 20, 2011, to November 22, 2011. On October 25, 2011, the series was renewed for a third season which contained 20 episodes. The first 10 episodes of season 3 ran from May 29 to July 31, 2012 and the remaining 10 episodes began airing January 16, 2013. Due to the popularity of the series, on January 6, 2013, Comedy Central ordered 13-episode fourth and fifth seasons.

Season 3 (2012-2013)

With 20 episodes having been produced for Season 3, the second part of the season is being referred to as Season 3B. Which premiered on January 16, 2013. Paul Schrodt gave this review on Esquire.com of the third season: [2].

№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
21	1	"The Business Trip"	Kyle Newacheck	Craig Digregorio	May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)	303	2.11
The guys prepare their house for their first time doing LSD, but Anders is called away on a business trip at a swanky hotel to meet a client named "The Barracuda"-(Kiersten Warren). Blake and Adam find their way into Anders' room and get everyone in the group to drop acid, including their boss and Anders' client. Kyle Ryan gave the episode a B+ on The Av Club: [3]
22	2	"True Dromance"	Tristram Shapeero	Sean Clements & Dominic Dierkes	June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)	302	1.51
The episode begins with the three getting excited for a pizza eating contest. They cannot get in contact with their drug dealer, Karl, and Adam suggests they go to a tattoo parlor to search for a new drug dealer. After Adam gets his belly button pierced, a tattoo artist, Lisa (played by (Rumer Willis) becomes their new dealer. Karl comes over later and becomes offended when he learns they bought weed from someone else. The guys spend more time with Lisa and even get to meet Lori Beth Denberg-played by herself. Trouble arises when Lisa brings the guys their bill. They get threatened by Lisa's boss "Cortez", who turns out to be Karl. He is upset and threatens to give up drug dealing and go to college. The gang wins free pizza for life at the pizza eating contest and gives the prize to Karl to make up for everything.
23	3	"Fat Cuz"	Kyle Newacheck	Anders Holm	June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)	301	1.25
Ders, Adam, and Blake forget that TelAmericorp changed offices and arrive to work late after trashing the old office. At the new office, they cannot find a parking space and complain to Alice that there is no need for two handicap spaces. Adam suggests they bring his disabled cousin, Devin, to come work with them so they can use his handicap parking pass. Though reluctant, Devin's mother forces him to take the job. At work, he eats Montez's yogurt and hits it off with Jillian. Devin saves Anders from getting hit by a truck.
24	4	"To Kill a Chupacabraj"	Kyle Newacheck & Tristram Shapeero	Bill Krebs	June 19, 2012 (2012-06-19)	305	1.46
The three roommates try to get ready for a summer party. Blake unclogs the drain in the pool and discovers a dead dog, which he claims is "Rancho Chupacabraj" and carries it around in a backpack. They go to Montez's garage sale for pool toys and wind up purchasing a hover craft, which they soon learn does not work. They take Montez to small claims court over the matter. Judge Darren Tibbles-(Bruce McCulloch). "Ponytail Brothers"-The Black Keys.
25	5	"Good Mourning"	Tristram Shapeero	Kyle Newacheck	June 26, 2012 (2012-06-26)	304	1.60
The three discover one of their coworkers, "Homegirl", has passed away at work. They try to get out of work for the day by claiming how "butthurt" they are, but are unsuccessful. Instead, Alice agrees they may hold a service for "Homegirl". Meanwhile, Anders is trying to entertain his female pen pal and her friend. The service turns into a battle between Adam, Anders, and Blake in attempts to woo the girls.
26	6	"The Meat Jerking Beef Boys"	Eric Appel	Sean Clements, Dominic Dierkes, & Bill Krebs	July 3, 2012 (2012-07-03)	306	1.41
Anders is worried about his father visiting due to the fact that he has been lying about his life to him. He attempts to cover it up by squatting in a nicer home down the street. At the same time, Adam and Blake have started a project of making their own jerky by cutting up an entire cow in the house. They are also upset with Anders due to the fact that he is upset with them. Anders' father, Thor is played by William Atherton.
27	7	"The Lord's Force"	John Fortenberry	Blake Anderson	July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10)	307	1.49
Adam gets inspired to join a religious strong man group called "The Lord's Force." They meet two of the strong men and convince them to go out for a drink with them. Trouble arises, however, when their manager (Tim Heidecker) catches them kissing and kicks them out of the group. The three feel responsible and invite the two to stay with them. They try to start a rival strong man group called "The Gaylord's Force".
28	8	"Real Time"	Kyle Newacheck	Kevin Etten	July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)	308	1.18
The gang leaves a series of angry voicemails to Alice on her work phone. They realize their mistake and try to beat her to work to delete them, but soon find out they are still drunk. They continue drinking to avoid a hangover on their way to the office.
29	9	"Ders Comes in Handy"	Chris Koch	Ryan Koh	July 24, 2012 (2012-07-24)	309	1.54
When Montez suspects his wife, Colleen (Alex Borstein) is cheating on him, the guys help him find the culprit, until they found out she and Montez made a deal.
30	10	"Flashback in the Day"	Kyle Newacheck	Adam DeVine	July 31, 2012 (2012-07-31)	310	1.34
The episode takes place in a flashback when the three met during college. Blake and Adam are random roommates and Anders is the resident advisor. Adam and Blake get Anders kicked off the swim team which leads to their first bonding moments over some beers. They decide to throw a pool party and meet Karl in a spoof scene similar to Good Will Hunting. After the part gets busted the three get kicked off campus and search for jobs. They turn down offers from their future employer, Alice, at the TelAmericorp booth.
31	11	"Booger Nights"	Jay Karas	Kevin Etten	January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)	314	1.72
The premiere of the second half of season three began when the guys are determined to be the funniest at the office roast, though no one else believes they are funny. The gang hatches up a clever plan, but then it goes way too far as Bill takes the whole office hostage. Montez and Wayman become closer and the end of the episode as well.
32	12	"A TelAmerican Horror Story"	Kyle Newacheck	Sean Clements & Dominic Dierkes	January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23)	311	1.38
After an evening of no sleep due to a (Non-Wayans Bros. Scary Movie) scary movie marathon. Adam is having a tough time in the office while preparing for the super moon with Ders. Things get spooky when the guys discover a former employee (Robert Englund) may be haunting the office. The group finds a creepy painting of the former employee that keeps showing up throughout the office during rennovations.
33	13	"Alice Quits"	Kyle Newacheck	Anders Holm	January 30, 2013 (2013-01-30)	313	1.30
After letting the gang play with guns in the office Alice is reprimanded to the point that she decided to quit. She is quickly replaced with Travis (Daniel Stern, a crazy boss who forces the gang to take their penises out to prove their manhood. The guys must come up with a plan to get Alice back after their new boss forces them to be in separate desks.
34	14	"Fourth and Inches"	Kyle Newacheck	Sean Clements & Dominic Dierkes	February 6, 2013 (2013-02-06)	315	1.59
After seeing Jillian's star running back cousin Billy play a game, the dudes become obsessed with betting on high school sports. They approach a group of students who are the official bookies of the school and make bets on all kinds of sports, but lose all their money. The gang bets against Jimmy's team and tries to get him super drunk the night before a game in order to make all their money back.
35	15	"Webcam Girl"	Christian Hoffman	John Carcieri	February 13, 2013 (2013-02-13)	312	1.30
Alone on Valentine's Day, the guys turn to a webcam girl for romance. All three wind up falling in love with webcam girl. The guys then find out her IP address so they can find her and resuce her from her webcam life. The guys show up to the address and things get crazy.
36	16	"High Art"	Ben Berman	Sean Clements & Dominic Dierkes	February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)	316	1.17
The gang tries to become rich inventors when an old college classmate opens a club and invites them to come. Ders and Adam alter their appearance to make themselves more marketable while Blake refuses to change his looks. Adam dismisses Blakes idea for an unburnable flag, so Blake joins a teenage art collective with Karl. Adam and Ders pitch the unburnable flag to their old buddy with extreme consequences.
37	17	"The Worst Generation"	Ben Berman	Tony Goodman & Steven White	February 27, 2013 (2013-02-27)	318	1.09
Adam dislocates both of his shoulders after making a workout video with him lifting massive tires. The guys visit an old folks' home and meet Adam's grandfather, so he can get put back on his health insurance in order to fix his injuries. Ders befriends on old guitar playing resident and Ders is looking for a True Life cast.
38	18	"Hungry Like the Wolf Dog"	Kyle Newachek	Craig Digregorio	March 6, 2013 (2013-03-06)	317	1.23
After seeing a commercial about a blind woman who makes the best breakfast burritos only 100 miles away, the dudes go on a midnight road trip for the ultimate breakfast burrito. They rope Jillian into driving and are meaner than usual to her. Jillian and Blake wind up connecting but it gets a little weird. Hopefully the breakfast burritos are better.
39	19	"In Line"	Rob Shrab	Adam Devine	March 13, 2013 (2013-03-13)	319	1.21
Blake is desperate to get a new video game at midnight and has Adam stand in line for him, but he gets lost on the way to the video store and winds up in a line for clean needles. Blake gets off work and can't find Adam so he gets in line where he gets into a fight, causing a riot and the game release to be delayed.
40	20	"The Future is Gnar"	Kyle Newachek	Blake Anderson	March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20)	320	1.24
When Alice introduces an automated calling system, Blake imagines a future where the machines have taken over. Tom Green guest stars as a cyborg version of himself who actually kills Alice. The trio is the last of the workers not turned into cyborgs and must fight, in odd ways, not to be turned into one.

Zak

Season 2 (2011)

№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
11	1	"Heist School"	Tristram Shapeero	Kevin Etten	September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)	203	2.13
After the boys find out that the money they're losing to pay for taxes is paying for the playground they're sitting in, they decide that the playground belongs to them. The playground has a nice dragon statue in the front, so naturally they steal it in the belief it's thiers. After the statue(named Reptar by Adam, Cee Lo Green by Blake) is stolen by local teenagers the boys decide to disguise themselves as highschool students and steal it back. Taco Bennett of Odd Future makes a cameo appearance.
12	2	"Dry Guys"	Kyle Newacheck	Kyle Newacheck	September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27)	201	1.77
After a long night of hard partying the guys decide to go into sobriety. Adam however, finds this to be too challenging and he finds ways to cheat. Alice suggests that the boys go to counseling for their substance abuse (with the counselor "Cool Eric" being played by Mitchell Hurwitz)
13	3	"Temp-Tress"	Kyle Newacheck	Anders Holm	October 4, 2011 (2011-10-04)	202	1.71
The boys want to host a party for Wrestlemania 28 in 3 days but find out that their TV is broken. While at work they hear that the boss is giving away a refrigerator with a built-in TV to whoever can be the first person to get 20 sales. This is great news but the bad news is a new beautiful Australian girl (Nicky Whelan) is temping at TelAmericorp. While trying not to stay distracted, the boys have to deal with Montez who is selling fast.
14	4	"Model Kombat"	Tristram Shapeero	David King	October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)	205	1.98
Blake becomes obsessed with the house Playstation while preparing for video game competition. He barely makes it to work and he doesn't shower. Meanwhile Adam learns that his boss Alice is single and he tries to seduce her. During his seducing attempts, he learns that the company website needs a new male model. This starts a competition between Adam and Ders for the job. Ray Wise makes a guest appearance as Kyle Walsh, the modeling agent.
15	5	"Old Man Ders"	Kyle Newacheck	Scott Rutherford	October 18, 2011 (2011-10-18)	206	1.98
Ders is turning 25 and he's not happy about it, actually he's in denial. As Blake and Adam wake Ders up for their annual booze-a-thon, they find out Ders can't handle his liquor intake anymore. While the boys treat Ders like he's an old man, Ders has decided to act younger than ever. Gary Anthony Williams makes a guest appearance as Craig, the father at Dante's.
16	6	"Stop! Pajama Time"	Kyle Newacheck	Blake Anderson	October 25, 2011 (2011-10-25)	207	1.65
When Alice tries to get the entire gang to take a photo in onesies for a client, she gets sick and puts Jillian in charge of the office. This becomes a mistake as the workers go crazy, play craps, and drink alcohol. Jillian then finds out that Alice is firing four people this week. When she tells the gang what she has found out, things get really crazy.
17	7	"Teenage Mutant Ninja Roommates"	Kyle Newacheck	Leila Strachan	November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)	208	2.16
The boys go to Montez's gated neighborhood for a party. When a soapbox derby car crash happens, the boys are on the run from the neighborhood security. When they hide in the sewer they realize they're in a stinky situation (literally).
18	8	"Karl's Wedding"	Jay Karas	Kevin Etten	November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08)	209	1.82
Karl is getting married in 5 hours to a woman named Hannah. Anders new flame, Bonnie wants to help. This turns out for a loss for Ders but a win for the other boys because with the marriage, Karl decided to give away his weed products. While the boys are helping with the wedding, Adam is trying to find a date. When this fails, he ends up finding a homeless woman, (Katee Sackhoff), as a date. Carla Gallo makes a guest appearance as Bunny Anderson.
19	9	"Man Up"	Kyle Newacheck	Anders Holm	November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15)	210	1.67
After letting Jillian save them from a bully and having Adam cry afterwards, the boys realize they are the least manly men in the universe. To reclaim their manhood the boys go on a "Man Trip".
20	10	"6 Hours Till Hedonism II"	Kyle Newacheck	Adam DeVine	November 22, 2011 (2011-11-22)	204	1.48
For Thanksgiving this year, the boys are going to Jamaica's sex resort, Hedonism. When Blake forgets his passport, the boys have only 6 hours to come up with a plan for another one. Luckily, Karl knows someone who could help them.

Faith

Season 1 (2011)

№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"Piss & Shit"	Kyle Newacheck	Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, Kyle Newacheck, Connor Pritchard, & Dominic Russo	April 6, 2011 (2011-04-06)	101	1.10
After Adam and Blake prank Ders into sending a nude pic to everyone, Ders smokes marijuana after his humiliation. The next day they find out that a company drug test is being issued and the three men have to figure out how to pass it. Their remedies include bribery, over-the-counter medication, and finally sabotage. Here is a review for this episode.
2	2	"We Be Ballin'"	Kyle Newacheck	Blake Anderson	April 13, 2011 (2011-04-13)	102	1.05
When Adam's "third love" shows up at a party, he wants to do anything to impress her, including claiming to have season pass tickets for the Clippers. The men struggle to figure out out to get tickets, and eventually find out that their coworker Montez can get them. After some hijinks ensue, the boys are ultimately unable to get the tickets and are stranded at the Staples Center when the girls kick them out of the car. Marc Summers makes a guest appearance as himself. Mike Devine is featured as well. Here is a review for this episode.
3	3	"Office Campout"	Chris Koch	Adam Devine	April 20, 2011 (2011-04-20)	103	0.94
When Adam, Blake, and Ders' house needs to be fumigated because of a roach infestation, the men camp out in the office, since they have nowhere else to stay. While at the office, they take shrooms and begin to party. Their fun is cut short, though, when burglars break into the office. The 'burglars' end up being tech support guys, though, and they end up sharing their shrooms with them. Here is a review for this episode.
4	4	"The Promotion"	Chris Koch	Kevin Etten & Anders Holm	April 27, 2011 (2011-04-27)	104	1.44
A prank war between an Adam/Blake duo against Ders gets out of hand when a promotion is on the line. When Adam and Blake ruin Ders' chance for the promotion, Ders moves out of the house and tells them he doesn't want to be friends with them anymore. After Adam and Blake realize how sorry they are, they talk to their boss and put in a good word for Ders. After Ders tells the other two that he got the promotion, he reveals that he was never really going to move out. He then goes on to take advantage of his higher position in the office by bossing everyone around. When Adam and Blake get tired of this treatment, they proceed to get him drunk, and make him late to work the next morning by putting a bike lock around his next. This in turn, gets Ders demoted.
5	5	"Checkpoint Gnarly"	Kyle Newacheck	Leila Strachan	May 4, 2011 (2011-05-04)	105	1.45
Adam, Blake and Ders meet the boss' brother, Bradley (Edward Barbanell), and agree to take him out for a night on the town. After getting drunk, they begin to head back to the house to hang out, but are stopped at a DUI checkpoint. They flee the car, but Bradley was left in the trunk of the car, after he jumped in it, running away from a convenience store after stealing beer. When trying to get him out of the trunk at the impound lot, the realize that he is no longer in the trunk. After getting caught by the impound owner, Bradley saves the day, dressed in Blake's strip cop uniform.
6	6	"The Strike"	Chris Koch	Brian Keith Etheridge & David King	May 11, 2011 (2011-05-11)	106	1.35
When they want to celebrate "Half-Christmas", Adam, Blake and Ders ask for two days of vacation from their boss. After being turned down and told to take down their decorations, Adam and Blake decide to go on strike, and are replaced, leaving Ders on his own with them annoying him. After the whole office goes on strike, Ders is left to run the whole office with his boss and the two replacements. After learning that the company calls people on the do-not-call-list, Anders moves to side with the strikers and their boss allows the employees to have two paid vacation days a year as well as a "Half-Christmas" party.
7	7	"Straight Up Juggahos"	Kyle Newacheck	Kevin Etten	May 18, 2011 (2011-05-18)	107	1.49
The guys set Jillian, a co-worker, up on a blind date that they found on a dating site, when they do not want her to attend a work function. After getting a call from Jillian, asking lake to come get her, the guys leave the party to go find her at a Juggalo music festival. Once they get there, though, they realize that the festival offered more to them than the party did. Anders gets a business buddy, Adam finds a girl, and Blake finds somewhere to fit in. Rebel Wilson makes a guest appearance as a juggalette.
8	8	"To Friend a Predator"	Kyle Newacheck	Anders Holm	May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)	108	1.51
After Ders accidentally send Karl the drug dealer to jail, they decide that they want to bust a certain child molester on Blake's Justin Beiber Fan Club site. When the guy, Topher (Chris D'Elia), comes over to the house, though, they realize that he is pretty cool and end up hanging out with him. They then find out that he has access to the "Penthouse Penthouse".
9	9	"Muscle I'd Like to Flex"	Chris Koch	Kyle Newacheck	June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01)	109	1.65
While practicing for a Ren. Faire performance, Adam meet an older, richer lady named Sharon, who asks him to move in with her. When the boys come to visit him, Blake finds out that Adam is training for a bodybuilding competition. After Adam thinks Ders is trying to steal Sharon, they fight and Ders and Blake try to get on in life without Adam. After that fails, they decide the need a new roommate, and Blake invites Karl to move in. The guys go to Adam's competition to get their music back, but when the audience start laughing at him, Blake and Ders step up and join him onstage to do their Ren. Faire rap.
10	10	"In the Line of Getting Fired"	Kyle Newacheck	Kevin Etten & Anders Holm	March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)	110	1.36
After accidentally hitting a guy with their car on their way to work, the guys learn that the CEO is at the office. When they see him, they realize that it's the guy they hit. When he asks them to come to lunch with him, he offers them ten thousand dollars to kill him. Trying to make him find a reason to live, they decide to throw a party for him. Their plan backfires, though, when he announces that instead of wanting to die, he is just going to liquidate the company.