Why do people carpool again? Is it because they're being earth-conscious, because they're saving money on gas, or because they're saving money on the toll? Either way, this show's premise focuses on the lives of four guys who are carpool buddies, and how their morning and afternoon commutes have bonded them closer to one another. I know, sounds riveting.
First up, there's the token black guy, Aubrey (Jerry Minor from "Lucky Louie"), whose name should be evidence enough of how sensitive and easily manipulated he can be. With a couch-potato wife and four kids he has to do everything for, he's tightly wound and prime to explode. The 45 minutes that he rides with his buddies are the only thing that keep him sane. Then there's Gracen (Fred Goss from "Sons & Daughters"), a marriage mediator, who is frequently emasculated by his self-sufficient wife (Faith Ford from "Hope & Faith") and consistently outdone by his Napoleon Dynamite-esque slacker son, Marmaduke (T.J. Miller, who'll be in J.J. Abrams' untitled monster movie), who I guess is supposed to be a representation of tech-obsessed college grads today. When Marmaduke scores a job after having a 30-second webcam interview and informs his father that he'll be making more money than him, he says, "I'm going to buy the world's oldest rubik's cube and then hire someone to solve it."
Playing the cheated-on and bitterly divorced Lothario is Laird (Jerry O'Connell form "Crossing Jordan"). He's way more enthusiastic about the carpool than even Aubrey. It's the only thing his wife can't take from him, since she's literally taken everything in his house except his ab lounge, which she later demands. That's probably why he gives the new carpooler, Dougie (Tim Peper from "Guiding Light"), such a hard time. Poor Dougie has his own problems though. At first he seems like your run-of-the-mill cookie cutter newlywed, with a newborn, a white picket fence, and a chipper wife. But then during a crazed rant at the end of the episode we learn that their credit cards are maxed out, his in-laws are nudists, and his wife bakes in her sleep. He needs the carpool-support so bad that he relentlessly attempts to hold a parking spot for them even though he knows that other carpoolers are feisty enough to run him over for it--which they do...twice.
First up, there's the token black guy, Aubrey (Jerry Minor from "Lucky Louie"), whose name should be evidence enough of how sensitive and easily manipulated he can be. With a couch-potato wife and four kids he has to do everything for, he's tightly wound and prime to explode. The 45 minutes that he rides with his buddies are the only thing that keep him sane. Then there's Gracen (Fred Goss from "Sons & Daughters"), a marriage mediator, who is frequently emasculated by his self-sufficient wife (Faith Ford from "Hope & Faith") and consistently outdone by his Napoleon Dynamite-esque slacker son, Marmaduke (T.J. Miller, who'll be in J.J. Abrams' untitled monster movie), who I guess is supposed to be a representation of tech-obsessed college grads today. When Marmaduke scores a job after having a 30-second webcam interview and informs his father that he'll be making more money than him, he says, "I'm going to buy the world's oldest rubik's cube and then hire someone to solve it."
Playing the cheated-on and bitterly divorced Lothario is Laird (Jerry O'Connell form "Crossing Jordan"). He's way more enthusiastic about the carpool than even Aubrey. It's the only thing his wife can't take from him, since she's literally taken everything in his house except his ab lounge, which she later demands. That's probably why he gives the new carpooler, Dougie (Tim Peper from "Guiding Light"), such a hard time. Poor Dougie has his own problems though. At first he seems like your run-of-the-mill cookie cutter newlywed, with a newborn, a white picket fence, and a chipper wife. But then during a crazed rant at the end of the episode we learn that their credit cards are maxed out, his in-laws are nudists, and his wife bakes in her sleep. He needs the carpool-support so bad that he relentlessly attempts to hold a parking spot for them even though he knows that other carpoolers are feisty enough to run him over for it--which they do...twice.
I guess maybe if I had a car or a license or a wife, I'd find these guys more amusing. They're like a low-rent, less interesting version of "Big Shots." Once again, I'd rather watch "Bones."
This new comedy follows four typical suburban men named Laird, a recently divorced dentist and self proclaimed playboy; Aubrey, who is the sole provider for his family...Carpoolers TV Show has been produced by Dreamworks Television, ABC Television Studios, Touchstone Television and 3 Arts Entertainment.
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