Review: Childrens Hospital

Satire can be a dangerous tool. Bad satire can fall flatter than Amy Winehouse's ass. (Gotcha random celebrity who did nothing to me!) Thankfully no worry of that here though. Written by the brilliant Rob Corddry Childrens Hospital nails the Medical drama genre to the wall but hard. If I were to compare the flatness of the ass to which this show's satire should be compared I'm going Ice T's wife, Coco. (If you click that hotlink you will see a woman working out, in high heels. No joke.)

To my own detriment I never bothered to check out the Webisodes that www.thewb.com started airing in 2008. But after their success Cartoon Network decided to pick Childrens up for a full season on their Adult Swim. And it appears they will be showing the webisodes two at a time to make up episodes until they segue into Season Two on August 22.

The first thing I couldn't wrap my head around was the cast and the A-List cameos that came out for the premiere. As far as the Adult Swim website is concerned the cast consists of:

Rob Corddry - The genius behind this mess
Ron Huebel - Along with Corddry a Human Giant alum)
Lake Bell - Look over here -->
Ken Marino - ALWAYS funny.
The Fonz - Heeeeeeeyyyyy
Megan Mullally - One of the funniest woman on television, oh, and HOT
Erinn Hayes - Not familiar, but she was dynamite on this episode

Not bad right? Well how about we sneak Nick Offerman, Ed Helms, Nate Corddry, and Rob Riggle into the first 15 minute episode too. Childrens Hospital is so star-studded it's the Miami Heat of comedies! (Sorry Huebel, you have to be that douche bag Lebron)

As with most satire, the further you go the better. This show makes me feel like I should have been watching ER as a drinking game. In fact if I watch another episode of Hawthorne I am almost certain my head will explode. But one thing is for sure, I'm going to be watching this show every Sunday @ 10:30 PM on the Cartoon Network.