Brickleberry review
Brickleberry was a cult TV show, that ran from 2012 to 2015.
The series follows a group of park rangers as they work through their daily lives in the fictional Brickleberry National Park near Hazlehurst in the Driftless Region of Illinois.
The main characters are:
Steve Williams — Steve is an overconfident, bumbling park ranger who takes himself and his job way too seriously. Even though he has been "Ranger of the Month" at Brickleberry for several years, he does not appear to display good skills or even common sense. Steve's "Ranger of the Month" title means everything to him and he will do anything to keep it. Despite his extreme lack of intelligence, he knows the Brickleberry park very well because his father was also a Brickleberry ranger, so Steve was raised in the park. He dreamed of working at Brickleberry since he was a child in order to follow in his father's footsteps.
Woodrow "Woody" Johnson — Woody is a 55-year-old, abrasive ranger with a military background. In the "Crippleberry" episode, he mentions to Steve that he is technically a war criminal. He worked his way up to head ranger over his 30-year career at Brickleberry. He worked alongside Steve's father, and always has the park's best interest in mind. He constantly struggles to boost the dwindling tourism numbers by any means. It is also revealed in season 2 that Woody was a former porn star named Rex Erection.
Ethel Anderson — Ethel is an attractive, 25-year-old female ranger. She was the top ranger at Yellowstone and was transferred to Brickleberry in an effort to get the park back on track. She is passionate for animals and nature and does her best to treat her co-workers kindly. Steve sees Ethel as a threat to his Ranger of the Month title, while Ethel sees Steve as a bumbling idiot. Ethel possesses extraordinary ranger skills, but is much more humble than Steve.
Denzel Jackson — Denzel is a black ranger who is horrible at his job, but can't be fired because he works for a government agency. Denzel is a gerontophile, which occasionally gets him into hot water. Denzel finds his job challenging because he's afraid of bugs, snakes, and pretty much anything else that inhabits the woods.
Connie Cunaman — Connie is a lesbian female ranger who has a large body, immense strength, and a deep voice that is often mistaken for a male. Connie admits she is a lesbian and it is revealed to the viewers that her strength is dubbed by her as "lesbian strength". Connie is capable of lifting massive objects, such as trees, bears, and even a real bomb. She is obsessed with Ethel and was turned away by her Evangelical parents for being a homosexual.
Malloy — Malloy is a grizzly bear cub that Woody has taken in and spoiled after Steve accidentally ran over and shot his parents, telling him a tourist did it. Woody lets him play video games all day and eat junk food. Malloy is very crude, racist, sexist, has a superiority complex, and in some ways is a narcissist. He openly hates the rangers and in addition, he enjoys putting them down and messing with them on a daily basis, especially Steve.
I, personally, loved Malloy. I thought he was amazing, and whenever he was on-screen, it definitely got a laugh out of me. For example, in one episode, he straight up shot Steve in the face with a shotgun to get him to stop talking. The only problem with him was they didn't quite pair him with the proper characters. Most of the time, he'd hang around a side character, such as the hillbillies that live in the park. when it would have been best if he would stick around Steve more often. But that's just nitpicking.
The pacing was perfect, very fast-paced, but not too fast. There usually wasn't much filler at all. Every episode had a very nice flow, and would always be consistently funny. The only problem with it, was it was cut too short. Of course, they had an actual finale episode, but it only got 3 seasons. There was a lot of potential, but Comedy Central cancelled it in place of a new show, due to it's low ratings.
I give it a 8.5/10
It's on Netflix at the moment, so why not give it a watch?
