The League, "The Expert Witness"

This is the perfect show to accompany Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FX's Thursday night line up.  It is highly underrated, maybe because its first season last year wasn't always the greatest.  People probably wrote it off after a couple episodes, but I highly encourage anyone interested in a good comedy to give this show a chance.

It helps that the cast has at least 2 semi-popular comedians: Nick Kroll and Paul Scheer.  These guys are mostly known from FunnyorDie.com skits, and Scheer has been on 30 Rock, Reno 911, and Party Down.

Rightly so, this episode featured a lot of Andre (Scheer) as the "expert witness" in Ruxin's (Kroll) latest case as a defense lawyer. The jokes kept rolling as Andre insisted on wearing creepy glasses to appear more professional, when all it really does is make him look like he belongs on To Catch A Predator.


The 3 other main characters Taco, Pete, and Kevin are consistently funny as well.  Taco, especially, is an eccentric character with odd but entertaining fascinations.  This episode in particular had him determined to find someone to paint a nude portrait of him to share with a courtroom sketcher.

Alia Shawkat, also known as Maeby Funke from Arrested Development, was a guest star in tonight's episode of The League.  That was the deciding factor for me to write about this show, because where else would I get to declare my love for another show that never got the recognition it deserved.  Fox had cancelled it after a short 3rd season.  I can only hope that FX keeps The League for at least 2 more seasons.

Judge for yourself when you pick up season 1 out on DVD now!