![]() McGibblets doll so much, he gets Taco to dress up like the toy in attempt to scare her out of an utter infatuation. Its characters make a lot of really terrible jokes at each other’s expense they’re totally oblivious to most normal sensitivities they devise pointless schemes, like when Ruxin calls in roadside assistance to tow his car to his house because he’s too drunk to drive, but he has 200 miles of free towing Kevin hates his kid’s dancing Mr. Most of all, The League, much like Seinfeld, makes it enjoyable to follow the exploits of bad people. And The League thrives on downright Seinfeldian tropes, from the group’s own weird language (Seinfeld’s friends had “Master of my domain” and “Shiksappeal,” while the members of the fantasy football league talk about “vinegar strokes” and point out their “murder boners” and “fear boners,” and Taco has Eskimo Brothers all over the globe). ![]() He exhibits flashes of weirdo brilliance, buying for his singing cowboy service and keeping a “guest bong” everywhere he visits. Jobless Taco (played by YouTube superstar Jon Lajoie) is, in a way, a stoned Kramer armed with a guitar. That history goes a long way towards explaining why there are subtle parallels between Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George hanging out at their coffee shop and Pete, Kevin, Jenny, Ruxin, Taco, and Andre drinking beers at Gibsons. It isn’t coincidental that The League sometimes echoes the popular sitcom about nothing: Jeff Schaffer wrote several episodes of Seinfeld, where he served as executive producer with Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, and directed the Seinfeld reunion episode of David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Yet the show created by Jeff Schaffer and Jackie Marcus Schaffer is not just the funniest thing on television - it’s also the closest thing we have to a new Seinfeld. The premise, on paper, doesn’t sound all that great. A bunch of borderline-nihilist suburban man-children who spend all their time obsessing over their fantasy football teams while they try to win a trophy called “The Shiva.” That’s just about the most accurate summary of The League, which airs its Season 5 premiere tonight on FX.
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