Some sketches are funny, particularly the parodies of infomercials and programmes. The looser concept sketches veer towards gross out and go on a bit long.
But its certainly not 1/10!
74 Reviews
Hit and Miss
mouldypeach2 April 2020
Funny but some of the skits run a bit long
Goonbag15 April 2020
It's Not Horrible
fleck05IMDB3 April 2020
I gave it a shot because she's a talented stand up comedian, but I didn't find it very funny. In fairness to the show, as a gen-x guy, I don't think I'm in her target demo.
If you're a young female give the show a look, it's probably your kind of humor.
Reifying social plaque and banal neuroticism
biloscage5 April 2020
Are you the kind of woman who thinks they're funny because all of your girlfriends laugh at your humour yet all of them are substantially less attractive than you (by design)?
This may be the show for you.
Iliza is very intelligent. No question about it, she's sharp. But she has zero talent for the sketch format. Not any. I can't even call what she does here "hack." That term typically refers to tired old bits or weak material - stuff that was once perhaps funny, or "so bad it's enjoyable." It isn't. It's flat, stolid death.
The show is too self-aware and yet too self-glorifying. There is far too much winking to the audience, and what feels like endless numbers of dragging, on-the-nose meta-ironic fap-fests.
To summarize the entire subtext of the show:
"We know you know, because you should know, but you know we know you know...which we also know... #justgirlythings... Amiright? Whackawhackawhacka!!"
I just saved you 20 minutes of joyless ego-stroke.
On the one hand I feel bad for criticizing anyone for ostensibly trying to bring some joy into this very difficult time in the world. But I can't shake the feeling that she's not doing this for you or me. It's for her. It's for people that are just as self-centred; who justify their condescension and admire their own empty values. I respect what she thinks she's trying to do: represent her perspective as a modern woman defining herself through a post-patriarchal identity. But in so attempting she just comes across as entitled, pretty, petty - essentially postmodern feminine. To the extent that she is accurately representing her views, she's successful...But she forgot to be funny.
Avoid unless you just want to agree or disagree with her. Watch if you think agreeing with someone is the same as finding them humorous.
This may be the show for you.
Iliza is very intelligent. No question about it, she's sharp. But she has zero talent for the sketch format. Not any. I can't even call what she does here "hack." That term typically refers to tired old bits or weak material - stuff that was once perhaps funny, or "so bad it's enjoyable." It isn't. It's flat, stolid death.
The show is too self-aware and yet too self-glorifying. There is far too much winking to the audience, and what feels like endless numbers of dragging, on-the-nose meta-ironic fap-fests.
To summarize the entire subtext of the show:
"We know you know, because you should know, but you know we know you know...which we also know... #justgirlythings... Amiright? Whackawhackawhacka!!"
I just saved you 20 minutes of joyless ego-stroke.
On the one hand I feel bad for criticizing anyone for ostensibly trying to bring some joy into this very difficult time in the world. But I can't shake the feeling that she's not doing this for you or me. It's for her. It's for people that are just as self-centred; who justify their condescension and admire their own empty values. I respect what she thinks she's trying to do: represent her perspective as a modern woman defining herself through a post-patriarchal identity. But in so attempting she just comes across as entitled, pretty, petty - essentially postmodern feminine. To the extent that she is accurately representing her views, she's successful...But she forgot to be funny.
Avoid unless you just want to agree or disagree with her. Watch if you think agreeing with someone is the same as finding them humorous.
As a fan of her stand up - kinda disappointed
patmelichar2 April 2020
Not only does Iliza retell many of the jokes from her standup shows in these sketches, many of them also fall flat due to overly lengthy execution of the punchlines. Even though i am a guy, one part i always liked about ilizas stand up were her empowering messages (for women usually) she delivers in between her jokes but while she tried to translate it into the sketch format, the sketches that are supposed to bring the empowering messages just come off as corny and while in her standup she always roots for equality, this sketch show has its fair share of men bashing.
While Ilizas acting is not bad, barely any of the sketches made me laugh, which is why even though she is one of my favorite english speaking comedians i can only give 3 stars. If this series gets renwed i really hope iliza does get some help with the writing and this might actually have some potential to become a decent show.
While Ilizas acting is not bad, barely any of the sketches made me laugh, which is why even though she is one of my favorite english speaking comedians i can only give 3 stars. If this series gets renwed i really hope iliza does get some help with the writing and this might actually have some potential to become a decent show.
not bad
trphil-169855 April 2020
As a fan I'm puzzled and disappointed.
cloure-208072 April 2020
I like Iliza, she's a great standup and is great on podcasts. Her humour just doesn't translate to sketch shows.
This is corny, unfunny, virtue signalling garbage. It's lazy writing, and desperately tries to force the idea that women can be guys too, and that all are just as funny. Starting out with a with a man shouting that women aren't funny, and then the show trying to self label as the "Female Jackass" in some effort to prove the metaphorical man wrong, that women can be crazy and hilarious too would have been a point better proven if the show had a single laugh in it. Oh the irony. I gave this one star as a courtesy, because if it had a star for every laugh in it, it would have zero stars.
It's unfortunate no one at Netflix gives talent any notes for creative freedom purposes, but it results in garbage like this being 90% of what's on Netflix. You will not laugh even a single time. Nikki Glaser, Amy Shumer, Whitney Cummings and Natasha Leggero have all done way funnier stuff outside of standup.
This is what happens when someone who gets more virtue signalling applause than laughs makes a sketch show with no producer to let them know the show doesn't have a shred of funny in it. It's pathetic feminist man bashing and a raking in of perpetual victimhood currency. If you're a man watching this you might as well have an IQ around Bert Kreisher levels to find this funny, because the condescending pretentiousness will make anyone with even average intelligence vomit.
This is corny, unfunny, virtue signalling garbage. It's lazy writing, and desperately tries to force the idea that women can be guys too, and that all are just as funny. Starting out with a with a man shouting that women aren't funny, and then the show trying to self label as the "Female Jackass" in some effort to prove the metaphorical man wrong, that women can be crazy and hilarious too would have been a point better proven if the show had a single laugh in it. Oh the irony. I gave this one star as a courtesy, because if it had a star for every laugh in it, it would have zero stars.
It's unfortunate no one at Netflix gives talent any notes for creative freedom purposes, but it results in garbage like this being 90% of what's on Netflix. You will not laugh even a single time. Nikki Glaser, Amy Shumer, Whitney Cummings and Natasha Leggero have all done way funnier stuff outside of standup.
This is what happens when someone who gets more virtue signalling applause than laughs makes a sketch show with no producer to let them know the show doesn't have a shred of funny in it. It's pathetic feminist man bashing and a raking in of perpetual victimhood currency. If you're a man watching this you might as well have an IQ around Bert Kreisher levels to find this funny, because the condescending pretentiousness will make anyone with even average intelligence vomit.
verrrrrrrry silly
mildlymorbidx5 April 2020
If you need to turn off your brain for a bit this is your show. Its a sketch show, these are usually bad so I would say this one is pretty good. Iliza is a bit out there sometimes and it reflects in her show. I enjoy her somewhat zany humor so I found myself wanting to watch more. A few of the skits i fast fwd through but most were enjoyable.
Some great, a lot bad
davidpuckartist7 April 2020
I didn't know who she is before. I thought some of the sketches were hilarious - Mom Alerts, Female Jackass, Make It Nice. But a lot of the others I couldn't sit through. Sketch shows are always hit and miss so to me that's nbd. Overall the level is average but not unwatchable, and it depends on your sense of humour, cus a lot of this is very dry and like self-aware repetative moronic. I enjoyed watching a few episodes and don't really feel the need to watch more. A lot of these reviews seem particularly harsh and from disappointed stand up fans - stand up and sketch comedy are very different styles of humour so take their reviews with a grain of salt, particularly the ones written by butthurt diversity/feminism critics..
Stick to stand up
turnercanday882 April 2020
Hilarious!!
amykatherine-6494815 April 2020
Better than 'average'
ryparker7717 January 2021
On a scale of 1 to 10 five is average. It means it doesn't offend and it's not incredible. Having said that, that is this. It isn't funny if you watch it once. But if you sit with it, there's a quirky rhythm that's very memorable. I find myself repeating phrases from the show at the weirdest times. She's referencing very unique things. The play off the movie 'nell' is an incredibly original delivery.
* Disclaimer: the gender politics gets a lil heavyhanded.
Missing Ingredient
benwood-022772 April 2020
So disappointed..
bittersweetgirl2 April 2020
I'm watching the first episode of the sketch show and all I think is "what the hell is this?!"
I've seen Iliza's two standups on Netflix before, they were super funny, really laughed my a** off. Such a good humor and brutal jokes. When I saw she has her own show released on Netflix I got excited to see it, expecting the style and jokes will be like in her stand up shows. Sat on my couch tonight to binge watch it, I give it up. To me this show is extremely bad. Maybe it's just me. It's not funny at all, the sketches are dumb. But hey that's just my opinion... however, this is truly disappointing. I really like Iliza.
Gave it a shot
prebentorgalsboen8 April 2020
Fat muscle dude work out made me smile a little.
Glad to see Jason Jones get some paid work after Jordan Klepper took his job.
"It Me" was kinda funny
Dont understand the Norwegian references.
Kudos to the person who made the intro. Very nice.
Somehow think this would be funnier if I was born in Boston and had a brick hit me in the head as a child.
Not great for a great standup comic
mbizzle-785175 April 2020
As someone that loves Iliza, seen every standup show and in person as well, (upcoming again), I can't quite wrap my mind around how she thought any of this was good. She leaves me in stitches all the time and this was just completely awful/awkward to watch. My wife loves her also and thought this was terrible. Sorry, but just bad!
I Love This Show
pseudo_soma10 April 2020
Sometimes a show just speaks to me. This is one of those shows. It is insanely silly and that's my wheelhouse. The humor feels like if Romy from Romy and Michelle made a sketch show. If you want something super dumb, yet funny, I highly recommend it.
not one laugh
mauriciofernandogerhardt2 April 2020
The first 3 episodes are awful. the 4th is bad, the fifth is meh, and the sixth is bad again.
I don't know who the writers for this were, but they shouldn't get any opportunities after this. It's like it was written by people who don't like comedy and don't know what comedy is.
Great show,very irreverent
sbdolbec5 April 2020
Don't know what went wrong
whitecats2 April 2020
I love Eliza's comedy (seen all of her recorded shows and in person twice) but I have no idea what happened here.
One of her skills is using her voice and posture to bring other characters alive when she is alone on stage. Perhaps acting in an ensemble plays against her strength. I also noticed that many of the segments went way way too long. When your brain wants to fast forward the entertainer is losing the viewer's attention. Breaking that connection keeps the viewer distant, uninvolved, and not laughing.
I would say to give this a pass, but the whole season has about the same content as two episodes of SNL.
Garbage fire
justinyarby5 April 2020
I watched it all just to walk away angry. Netflix could have given the money spent on this trash to fund several funny lesser known comedians some screen time. I've never been a rabid fan of Iliza Schlesinger but can admit she is talented. What she does she does well. I've always thought her act relied heavily on her looks. This show proves that. I wanted to laugh but only cringed. If she has real friends and management, they would urge her to pull this embarrassing garbage off the platform before too many people see it
Not even worth pirating.
synpax1 April 2020
I was pretty puzzled how such a generic, unfunny woman could win Last Comic Standing about ten years ago. I'm even more puzzled that someone thought giving her a sketch show was a good idea.
The best sketch programs start with a group or an individual who has years of work in the field as amateurs. Think Kids in the Hall, Portlandia, Key and Peele, MadTV, etc.
But Iliza seems to have none of that and it shows. This program certainly meets the Netflix standard for diversity-driven trash.
The best sketch programs start with a group or an individual who has years of work in the field as amateurs. Think Kids in the Hall, Portlandia, Key and Peele, MadTV, etc.
But Iliza seems to have none of that and it shows. This program certainly meets the Netflix standard for diversity-driven trash.
Not funny, didn't laugh
Reckno645 April 2020
Ballsy to write a comedy sketch show for Smart people
dwygoski4 April 2020
As a previous fan, I had an idea of what i was in for with Iliza's new show. But come to find it was A LOT smarter and more esoteric than I was expecting, like a Christopher Guest movie with a lot of layers, nuance and enough content to keep a conversation going in any Women's studies or Sociology class going for weeks! People that aren't into this show must not have a personal connection or enjoy the deeper context. The skit about the board game & women's support group was A1 writing, with a depth of understanding about women & culture I have never seen in a skit show...EVER. Grab your wine and put on you cultural critique hat and follow me. But If you are looking for basic, low brow comedy move on. Great job Iliza!
This is pretty bad...
jaimegonzales2106 April 2020
I am not sure what I watched in the past that made me think Iliza Shlezinger was funny, but that was my thinking when I tried watching her sketch show.
Benny Hill she is not. Not even remotely. It seems like there was an effort made and money was spent, but the product of this work is somehow less than the sum of its parts. It's as if all of the sketches are only funny to her, or to whoever wrote them.
Have you ever been with a friend and they said something that they thought was funny and you told them not to quit their day job because it didn't seem funny to you? Somebody should have said that here, at the beginning of the first episode.
To add some perspective, today I am at home because of COVID-19. My work is closed and the mayor of our town has declared only essential travel and for everyone to stay home. I literally have nothing better to do but watch television, and my expectations are not very high. I have decided that random YouTube blooper videos are much, much funnier than the Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.
Benny Hill she is not. Not even remotely. It seems like there was an effort made and money was spent, but the product of this work is somehow less than the sum of its parts. It's as if all of the sketches are only funny to her, or to whoever wrote them.
Have you ever been with a friend and they said something that they thought was funny and you told them not to quit their day job because it didn't seem funny to you? Somebody should have said that here, at the beginning of the first episode.
To add some perspective, today I am at home because of COVID-19. My work is closed and the mayor of our town has declared only essential travel and for everyone to stay home. I literally have nothing better to do but watch television, and my expectations are not very high. I have decided that random YouTube blooper videos are much, much funnier than the Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.
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