2008 Winter TV Preview: Human Giant

Human Giant - Season 2

Premieres: Tuesday, March 11th, at 11 p.m. EST

Network: MTV

Creator(s):Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Jason Woliner

Starring:: Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer

Website: MTV.com

Human Giant is a sketch comedy series on MTV that is somewhat similar to shows like Comedy Central’s Upright Citizen Brigade and MTV’s The State. From what I’ve seen of the series, the humor is a pretty adult oriented (even more so than Saturday Night Live). For example, in the first episode of the second season (which is available for purchase and download on iTunes), one of the sketches involves an online video of a guy cutting off his own penis just to get famous. There’s also a sketch about a reality show featuring kids who take over the responsibilities of prison guards.

I didn’t watch Human Giant last season so when I watched the first episode of the new season, I had no idea what I was in for. As I mentioned in the series description, the humor is very adult oriented and in some ways, it’s kind of over the top but that’s not really a bad thing (unless you hate that kind of humor). Personally, I think the show’s pretty funny.

What I liked about the episode I saw, aside from the funny factor was the way the sketches poked fun at things like people trying to become the next internet celebrity or reality shows that exploit children. Funny enough to add to the TiVo season’s pass? I think so.

Here’s a preview:

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Kelly put her life-long love of movies, TV and books to greater use when she joined CinemaBlend as a freelance TV news writer in 2006, and went on to serve as the site’s TV Editor before joining the staff full-time in 2011 and moving over to other roles at the site. At present, she’s an Assistant Managing Editor who spends much of her time brainstorming and editing features, analyzing site data, working with writers and editors on content planning and the workflow, and (of course) continuing to obsess over the best movies and TV shows (those that already exist, and the many on the way). She graduated from SUNY Cortland with BA in Communication Studies and a minor in Cinema Studies. When she isn't working, she's probably thinking about work, or reading (or listening to a book), and making sure her cats are living their absolute best feline lives.

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