By Robert Scucci | Published
Like most kids growing up in the ’90s and early ’90s, I spent a lot of time with my friends recording comedy skits that I performed. SO happy to never see the light of day. Although there is an irrational fear in the back of my mind that one day these tapes will resurface (I hope they were burned) and ruin my personal and professional life, I still look at these days through glasses roses because it was just me and my friends exploring our creativity through offensive humor and the worst editing skills known to man. These days I live vicariously The Whitest Kids You Know because their humor, while more thoughtful and refined than mine when I was a teenager, mirrors what so many kids did with their dad’s camcorder whenever they could get him out of the house.
Extreme comedy in the purest sense
The Whitest Kids You Knownamed after the comedy troupe of the same name, lasted five seasons and never tried to be anything else.
Founded by and with Trevor Moore (God rest his stupid soul), Zach Cregger, Sam Brown, Timmy Williams and Darren Trumeter, The Whitest Kids You Know has continually rewritten American history through the use of powdered wigs and terrible colonial and British accents. The gang also had a lot of fun yelling at babies, filming gangster rap clips highlighting Adolf Hitler as the hottest MC to ever come out of Europe, reenacting Super size me but with Trevor Moore drinking nothing but whiskey for 30 days and pooping his pants during an important meeting (a business meeting!).
Never hesitate to use what I call “gamer words you’ll only find on 4chan.” The Whitest Kids You Know explores conspiracy theories, race relations, and toilet humor with a level of immaturity that makes me froth with envy every time I put on an episode while working on projects around the house.
My personal favorite sketch involves Trevor Moore acting as a lawyer trying to convince the jury that his client who murdered his wife and child – and is absolutely disenfranchised – should be released by convincing everyone on the jury that it is “the opposite day”. ”, leading to total chaos in the courthouse when it is time to render a verdict. This simple premise, exaggerated to perfection, is what The Whitest Kids You Know that’s all.
Fearlessly immature
There’s no good way to describe The Whitest Kids You Know other than calling it exactly what it is: a disjointed exploration of young adult immaturity with the backing of a proper studio. It’s obvious that the series had a relatively small production budget, but the sketches thrive on simple settings, which are enhanced by over-the-top dialogue, physical comedy, or both.
A perfect example of the ingenuity found in a The Whitest Kids You Know The skit involves Trevor running at breakneck speed down the street so he can throw a packet of Kool-Aid into the Long Island Sound in order to turn the entire body of water red. There’s not much to it, but it’s delivered with such a sense of urgency that you can’t help but be captivated.
The end of an era
The Whitest Kids You Know is the live-action version of the group chat you don’t want leaked, the home movies you made with your friends that kept you grounded for a month, and a snapshot of the millennial shock humor in its purest form. If you want to experience what I consider to be the missing link between Children in the room And I think you should go with Tim Robinsonyou will feel at home while browsing the five seasons of The Whitest Kids You Know.
The sad reality we have to live with is that comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’ Know we all know it and love officially dissolved following Trevor Moore’s untimely passing in 2021. While the troupe’s final project, Marchsaw a release at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and features Moore’s final contributions before falling to his death from the balcony of his home, we’ll likely never see new material under the Whitest Kids U’ Know banner outside of the series’ never-before-seen footage if such a thing were ever to resurface.
As of this writing, you can stream all five seasons of The Whitest Kids You Know for free on Tubi.
