Daily Countdown: TV Show #86

#86

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This show is most likely not as well known as some of the others on this list so far. Yet this Netflix series, which went 2 seasons for a total of 16 episodes, was sensational, and remarkably funny.

American Vandal was a mockumentary series that spoofed true crime shows such as Making a Murderer and Serial. The show followed friends Peter Maldonado (Tyler Alvarez) and Sam Ecklund (Griffin Gluck) who created an internet show where they investigated a couple of cases at their high school, Hanover.

In season one, the pair investigated the prank that saw 27 faculty cars vandalized by someone who drew phallic images on them. Season two the investigation was at a Catholic private high school that had someone spiked the school’s lemonade with a laxative. They called this perp the “Turd Burglar.”

Yes, there were a lot of dick and poop jokes. There were plenty of sex jokes. These are usually the types of humor that I do not find entertaining. This was the total opposite. American Vandal was one of the funniest series I have ever seen. It was not only incredibly smart and funny, it was a great mystery.

Netflix canceled the series after the second season, but these first two definitely found a place on my top 100.

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