My favorite new show is, hands down, "Better Off Ted". Applying the quirky dry humor of "Arrested Development" to workplace situations like "30 Rock", it strays into the absurd, but in the most rational way. It's like "The Office", but about Dunder Mifflin's parent company, which happens to be an evil conglomerate. Here's the opening minutes of the premiere:
I had the biggest laughs at episode 4.
Workplace situation: the company installs new motion sensors (for room lights, drinking fountains, paper towel dispensers, etc.)
Absurd: the new sensors can't see black people. They're working on it, but "in the meantime, they'd like to remind everyone to celebrate the fact that it does see Hispanics, Asians, Pacific-Islanders, and Jews."
Rational solution: Since reinstalling the old system costs too much money, the company hires minimum-wage white folks to follow black employees around and activate the sensors. The solution is called "Project White-shadow".
Watch the episode here.
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