It is rare that a program juvenile enough to elicit headshaking and embarrassing enough to make viewers cringe - a program that is lazy to a blatantly noticeable degree - can continue to entertain over the many years it has been on the air. Straddling a dangerous zone between all of these categories, Workaholics" keeps delivering surprisingly consistent entertainment value and true heart.
Now in its fourth season, "Workaholics" has opted to stick to the same trademark brand of humor it has been using since its 2011 debut. The combination of slapstick comedy, absurd antics and natural dialogue tied together by a group of actors with tangible chemistry has allowed this outwardly ridiculous comedy to survive for almost 50 episodes.
It's also no surprise that "Workaholics" has found its core fan base in men ages 18 to 24, as this demographic likely relates to the post-collegiate trio on the show. The main characters - Adam Demamp (Adam DeVine), Blake Henderson (Blake Anderson) and Anders Holmvik (Anders Holm), who are also the creators and writers of the show - display onscreen personalities that are exaggerated versions of their true selves. In fact, they hardly even bothered to make the names of their characters much different from their own. The history of their friendship - they did sketch comedy before Comedy Central offered them a television show - also plays into their dynamic on "Workaholics." Their rapport is definitely one of the main reasons why this comedy has succeeded: It brings a certain realism to the characters that counteracts the often overly absurd plotlines.
Operating as a standard sitcom, the series' narrative leaves little room for character or plot development. Instead, every story arc is reset at zero by the end of each episode
