I’m not entirely sure what it was that sent me into hysterics, but there was a distinct moment last night, probably right around 10:45 p.m., when Comedy Central finally wore me down. Bludgeoning my imagination with a blend of twisted satire and outlandish vulgarity, I completely lost it, laughing harder than I have in quite some time. And yet when I called my brother to explain, still holding my head in a state of shock, I had a hard time explaining just what had sent me over the edge.
When it comes to Wednesdays on Comedy Central, words just don’t suffice.
Is anyone else out there watching Ugly Americans, the new animated series that imagines New York City merged with hell, in which a hapless social services worker tries to negotiate all the tricky details of a world inhabited by demons, monsters and zombies. Pair that with South Park, which airs new episodes each Wednesday at 10, and you have the weirdest odd couple of primetime. America has never been so skewered in a single hour of television.
