"Regular Show" [CN, 2010] Season 1

JG Quintel, like Pendleton Ward, used to work on Flapjack, and his simplistic style is easily detected here. Difference between this and Adventure Time is, this show is even more bare-bones that AT, meaning what he is trying to do is even easier to detect. And what is he trying to do? Something arty, you might say, something subtle, hence the ironic show title. This is true, but there's more to the story than that--Quintel is also trying to depict what is like for two guys to hang out and be lazy slackers. He doesn't really care, in other words, about being funny or even just plain good--what's far more important to him is simply having creative control over his own show. In case you ever wondered what happened when someone took being subtle, which is usually intended in small doses here and there, and made an entire show out of it, in case you wanted to know what happens when someone makes a show where things happen and that's it, this is the answer. And boy, is it boring. Grade: B Minus