TV-Serie: Eastbound & Down

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At 19 Kenny Rogers was the best pitcher in Major League Baseball. With endorsement deals galore and a huge fan base, Kenny was on top of the world until his fastball started to lose it's speed and his off field antics got the best of him.

Now Burnt-out and broke, Kenny is living with his brother in his old hometown. In need of work he takes the gym-teaching job at the local middle school where his high school sweetheart also works. The only person that still believes Kenny can make it back to the majors is Kenny himself, and he will stop at nothing to get back on top.

Danny McBride is simply and utterly hilarious as Kenny Powers. Doing drugs and swearing like a sailor he perfectly portrays a burnt out, full of himself jackass. McBride previously worked with director Jody Hill on his first film, "The Foot Fist Way" and they team up again for this series bringing us another hilarious comedy. Although McBride shines the supporting cast around him is also good. Re-teaming up with McBride and Hill is Ben Best, the writer of "The Foot Fist Way", who plays Kenny's old friend Clegg who takes part in most of Kenny's shenanigans. His brother played by John Hawkes brings some reality to Kenny's fantasy world of playing baseball again and is the perfect counterpart for his out of control sibling. The supporting cast at the middle school where Kenny works is also suburb. Steve Little, Andrew Daly and Katy Mixon all blend together perfectly with the out of control Kenny, the chemistry is pretty great.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0866442/

http://www.hbo.com/eastboundanddown/

Die Serie ist zwar etwas schräg, das macht sie aber umso lustiger.

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ich hab e01 und e02 gesehen und hatte danach ned wirklich das bedürfniss, das ganze noch weiterzuschaun... es is ma einfach teilweise zu schräg, tiaf und deppat...

Tiaf is die Serie auf jeden fall

so ... da hätte ich ja fast ein juwel der tv geschichte verpasst ... klar ... die charaktere muss man mögen (ertragen) können ... aber besser geht das nicht - ausführung 1A

2 staffeln hinter mir und ich hätte keine folge vorhersehen können und trotzdem eine gute zusammenhängende geschichte

und die dritte staffel hat angefangen ... und nach der ersten folge eher ein etwas modriger nachgeschmack ...

sie fangen in der 3ten staffel wieder von vorne an ? alles schon gesehen ?

2 staffeln waren ok - mehr gibt kenny powers aber glaube ich nicht her ohne fad zu werden oder sich zu sehr zu ändern ...