Hey, remember Joey and David? Maybe not. After all, the web moves pretty fast, and it’s been about a year since the debut of high-profile series Viralcom (which for most people, including me, fell short of its promise). Since then, they seem to have spent most of their time trying to secure deals making online video for dollars: A G4 Attack of the Show profile reports that over the last year they sold a TV pitch to TBS and have wrapped a deal to write and produce pilots for TheWB.com, amongst others.
That sounds awesome, but studios are notoriously slow when it comes to paying the talent. So what’s a creative young person in Los Angeles do while waiting for the checks to clear? Temp.
OK, Joey Manderino and David Young didn’t actually do office work last year, but they used their previous experience toiling in the cubicle world as the foundation for their new web series Temps. Joey and David, as usual, play a fictionalized version of themselves, in this case aspiring stand-up comedians who spend their nights doing sets at a Korean karaoke club, and their struggles to keep a temp job for more than one day.
No grand statements about the hard life of an aspiring artist are made here, though — the format is just a framework for some clever gags, including an inappropriately dressed agency staffer and an epic spin on Take Your Daughter to Work Day. Solid production values and Manderino and Young’s on-camera ease make clear what several years of online video experience can bring to a show.
Via email, Joey and David confirmed that Temps may be picked up by The WB.com as part of their deal with the network, which is fantastic news. Because given the chance to stretch beyond its opening two episodes (which are fun, but do get a little bogged down in a storyline involving Joey and David adopting the child of their new boss), the show has the potential to be a comedy powerhouse.
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