My Brother, My Brother and Me Review: Dorms and Ghoulsmashing (Season 1 Episode 1)

The McElroy brothers are not experts.

But they’re pretty damn funny, so why bother questioning their expertise? Just sit back, relax, and have a great time.

My Brother, My Brother and Me has been around since 2010, as a wildly famous podcast on the Maximum Fun network, answering burning questions you’ve never thought twice about checking out on Yahoo! Answers, as well as questions sent in from listeners.

Seeso, an all-comedy streaming service, picked up on the genius comedy put forth each week by Justin, Travis, and sweet baby brother Griffin – and decided to bring that genius to the small screen.

The result? A laugh-out-loud look at how far the McElroy brothers will go to answer questions.

On My Brother, My Brother and Me Season 1 Episode 1, “Dorms and Ghoulsmashing,” the question put forth to the McElroys seems pretty simple: how does one ensure that there are no ghosts in their dorm room?

It’s an important question, folks. Your school year is at stake. You can’t study for big exams with ghosts moaning and groaning in the background.

Additionally, I can’t help but feel for Libby, the person behind the question. Who wants to get stuck with a roommate who totally plans to bring their haunted artifacts to college?

The McElroys go on a quest to find ghosts in a dorm – while going off on tangents that question whether or not a dead cowboy spirit is the reality behind Woody in Toy Story, and Griffin reading a lovely bedtime story with a wooden turtle that he can’t take home.

Apparently in West Virginia, not EVERYTHING is for sale in antique shops.

Because the brothers are not experts when it comes to interior decorating a ghoul-filled dorm room, they Skype in with some real experts: the Property Brothers, Jonathan and Drew Scott, who help the McElroys with placement of some spooky artifacts.

Side Note: If I ever wake up on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, and a creepy-ass little boy statue is above me, I will die from cardiac arrest.

JUMP SCARE. Just because the episode isn’t scary enough without it.

More fear-inducing than Libby’s plight is masturbating clown Marvin, who has his own animated backstory surrounding a bank robbery that you will surely have nightmares over.

Travis: Don’t make him look at me while he does it!
Griffin: Justin, look in his eyes! He can’t finish unless you look him in the eyes! I don’t want him to finish. I don’t want him to finish!
Justin: I hate this fuckin’ show.

The McElroys order Marvin on-line as a part of decorating the most haunted dorm room ever.

Let’s get real for a second – all toy clowns have demons living inside of them. It’s science.*

So, obviously, Marvin is the most haunted object in this episode, and Libby should not go anywhere near him. When the actual ghost cop is afraid of an object, you know it’s bad.

So, what is the moral of the story for Libby and her weird new roommate situation?

We don’t really know. The McElroys kind of forget to help Libby.

But it’s all good, because it makes for one funny half-hour of television, one that’s actually funnier than most sitcoms on the big networks right now.

The real moral of the story? Seeso is brilliant for giving the McElroy brothers a new platform to make us laugh.

My Brother, My Brother and Me is a comedy explosion that will undoubtedly require several pairs of pants for viewing – because you will pee (and most likely poop) your pants with laughter.

What did you think of the premiere of My Brother, My Brother and Me? Will you continue to tune in? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

* Christine Laskodi is also not an expert. She’s just petrified of all clowns.

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My Brother, My Brother and Me Season 1 is available for streaming on Seeso.

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