Moone Boy Season 1

“That’s right buddy, just the right combination of destruction and caution”

Jmac:

This is another British import direct to Hulu, and this time Hulu Plus, so if you don't already have Hulu Plus, this may be a good reason to get it, or at least do the one month free trial. You can watch the first two episodes for free on Hulu, so you can try it out.

Moone Boy is about a young idiot boy in the west of Ireland and his imaginary friend who is a grown sarcastic man. It is set in Boyle, Ireland in 1989, which I'm not sure why, but maybe that will be revealed later. Kmac thinks it’s possibly a semi-true story about the show’s creator, Chris O’Dowd, who plays the imaginary friend. Being set in 1989 the show also has several historical puns, which made it even funnier for Kmac and me, as we both have history degrees..... maybe why we started this site; am I right? Martin’s (Moone Boy’s) family is also featured prominently without Martin or his imaginary friend, which gives the show a sitcom angle.

This show is just full of puns and funny Britishy lines, so if that’s not your bag, then you may not like it as much as we did, but it’s still a funny show. The 5th episode about an altar boy mafia is probably the funniest in my opinion.

Oh to be back in times that were simpler, when playing with yourself didn't mean playing with yourself.

I give it 4.8 jumpers out of 5.

Kmac:

You can tell when a series will be one of our babies; it’s why we are childless, and that we will end up arguing over who loves it the most. For the record I love Moone Boy, but I agree that Jmac love loves it more, so guess I’ll let him have at the full recap. Instead I have a few thoughts below:

* I’m glad that Chris O’Dowd, who played the cop love interest in Bridesmaids, is gaining attention from Hollywood.

* I thought the differences between this Irish comedy and British comedy was interesting. Moone Boy was still a bit dry, but it seemed to have a less biting tone. Think about it as the difference between The Office and Parks and Recreation.

* The boy who plays the main character is a treasure. He plays the character with a happy innocence that is often missing from child actors. It helps that the show has a similar innocence to it.