How To Make It In America

[Freddy4190]

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I love this show. It's my obsession now. It's pretty much these two dudes from NYC. They want to make it big, be famous. You know, the American Dream. Not talking Dusty either. They're best friends. One guy's name is Cam, he lives with his grandma. The other guy's name is Ben. He's just had a bad breakup with a chick named Rachel. They're basically modern day hustlers. Slangin' leather jackets, skateboard decks, whatever. They find a dude selling this roll of premium denim, so they get in their head they want to start a denim line, Crisp NYC. Inspired by 70s New York City. The birth of Hip-Hop and Punk Rock. I don't want to ruin everything. You got OnDemand? Watch it. It's a badass show and i've watched all 4 episodes so far. It's from the producers of Entourage. Anyone else seen this show? Check it out on Sundays, HBO. 10PM.

 

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So, I finally got around to watching the pilot of this show about a week ago, and I immediately watched every episode that I hadn't seen yet, so now I'm fully caught up (watched last night's new episode as well). I was totally unaware that Rob Weiss and Julian Farino were so heavily involved in this show (two of the main guys behind Entourage), so I'm not surprised I've liked the show so much thus far. It helps that the man in my signature is in the show, which would make me watch anything these days. Great cast though all around, every character feels authentic and every episode has left me wanting more and more and to find out more about these guys. It's nice seeing this side of New York, from the point of view of the youth culture. It's a new generation and no TV show has ever really displayed that as of yet, until now I think.

Good show, really liking it so far. Last night's episode was great as always, had quite a few laughs. Can't wait for next week's episode and to see where this series is heading.

Oh, and the theme song is fucking AMAZING. I Need a Dollar is now one of my favorite songs of 2010. I'd highly recommend you guys download the How To Make It in America mixtape that Cudi and others did to hype the show, it's quite good.

 

[Freddy4190]

Yeah, the whole show is just ridiculously on point. It feels so authentic and they end each episode perfectly, just making you have to tune in next week to see what happens. Tonight's episode didn't disappoint either. Ben and Cam are great main characters, they're funny and just ridiculously cool. ''I Need a Dollar'' by Aloe Blacc is an amazing theme for a TV show. I too recommend the whole mixtape Cudi uses to promote the show. It's just one of the best i've heard in a while.

 

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This show really just seems to get better and better with each passing week. The one thing I really like about the show is just the fact that it's simply original, it doesn't fall into the cliched pitfalls of sitcoms and dramedies from years past, all of the characters are really fleshed out and actually act like real people, a rarity in characters on television. And just like they did with Entourage, Rob Weiss and Julian Farino have made these characters so realistic and relatable to the viewer that you find yourself actively cheering for them to succeed, which finally happened on this week's episode to Ben and Cam, finally getting their first big payday from their jeans that they sold.

This show has really been a pleasant surprise of this television season, and I've enjoyed watching it's run thus far, seems to me like Weiss/Farino/Mark Wahlberg and crew have got themselves another hit show on their hands.