Forget Everything You Think You Know About The Chad Powers TV Show And Watch It ASAP Because It's Fucking Hilarious

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So I'm gonna be honest with you guys since that's what we do around here. I never had any interest in watching Chad Powers. Despite being my football savior, I thought the Eli sketch was alright but not worthy of a TV show and figured any show with the Manning brothers involved was going to be a cheesy football ripoff of Ted Lasso at best. I also developed a strong aversion to people wearing adhesives to trick other people in real life once I realized Mrs. Doubtfire was actually a deadbeat dad monster dressed as a nice old British bird.

HOWEVAH, Robbie Fox and I were offered an interview with someone that worked on the show, so I figured I should at least check out the first episode on Hulu so I wasn't completely lost during the interview. So I hit Play then figured I would maybe watch 20 minutes before pulling the ripcord on everything and ask AI to give me a brief synopsis of the first four episodes that were released.

Then something funny happened. I liked the opening scene of the show because the sports side of it felt real and there were already some risque jokes that I didn't think Mannings Incorporated would allow. Then there were a few other solid jokes that poked fun at the ridiculousness of the sports world and the even more absurd ridiculousness of the real world we live in today that had me hooked the rest of the episode. I even appreciated the nod to just how cookie cutter of a premise this show was in the pilot.

I'd love to go more in depth to all my favorite parts of the show, including Glenn Powell being awesome at a Kenny Powers in Bobby Boucher clothing and Steve Zahn crushing his role like he does in everything I've seen him in.

But I think this is one of those blogs where I just tell the good readers of Barstool to trust me on this being a show that was made specifically for their sick and twisted brains. That's not an insult since my brain is as sick and twisted. But this show does as good a job marrying sports and comedy as I have seen since Eastbound & Down, which I clearly know is high praise since I nominated it for the Baseball Hall of Fame a few years ago.

Speaking of the brains of Barstool readers, I would be remiss to leave out Perry Mattfeld, who stands out every time she is on screen.

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Since I am a warm blooded male, I had to google her name to learn more about her, and my mind was blown with what I found out.

Not only is Perry in the best sports show I have watched in years, but she is married to the man that may be in the craziest sports story of the year. What an absolute mindfuck.

Anyway, give Chad Powers a chance for just one episode. You won't be disappointed and odds are you will become hooked like I did then bang out every episode that has been released (which are only like 25-35 minutes).

P.S. For people that have watched the show, this list of Chad Powers lore that Russ has mistakenly created so far in the second episode can make me belly laugh every time I read it.