Break a Leg - Pilot (Ep. 1, Part 1)

[randomwhiteguy8784]

I've seen better acting in porno's.

[BreakaLegTV]

@randomwhiteguy8784 That's because in Episode 2, it's a porno. We just really care about a good story.

[randomwhiteguy8784]

@BreakaLegTV Okay, just for hat reply I am now going to watch your show religiously.

[BreakaLegTV]

@randomwhiteguy8784 If only world peace was that easy.

[awarenessis]

NetFlix It?!? Like Google means search? Corpoations should never become verbs!

[nickcin201]

it's scandinavian.

[hannanathan564]

Nice use of the gypsy swing music.

[10affy1]

"Olá meu nome é Paty, quando você começar a ler esta mensagem não pára.Os cinco anos que morreu atingido por uma menina que dizia ser minha melhor amiga me empurrou na frente de um carro. Envie essa mensagem a 10 videos, ou 2:00 da manhã naquela noite eu vou aparecer no seu quarto e matá-lo. Não é brincadeira, acredite!"

[olivekay]

Just so you know, I love this. I've watched it several times and shared it with several people. I plan to watch it start to finish ASAP :)

[BreakaLegTV]

@olivekay Thank you so much for watching! It's old now, our little show, but it keeps on chugging somehow! So, thank you for watching! We'll have another series coming out soon (add @LEAPYEARTV on Twitter for updates!).

[olivekay]

@BreakaLegTV I'm so glad you're doing another series! You've always reminded me of Arrested Development and The Office, two of my favorite shows, so I look forward to anything you do! :)

[BreakaLegTV]

@olivekay Great! Follow me on Twitter @YuriBaranovsky (I'm David Penn) -- and you'll get updates on the new show! Thank you!

[comedyrules100]

I watched the first 6 minutes. Can anybody tell me when it starts to get funny?

[BreakaLegTV]

@comedyrules100 The 7th minute. You were so close.

[deenzilla]

So I watch this for 5:20 seconds wondering why with 147,701 viewers this hasn't been called for copyright. Then I realized.. This isn't the show I was looking for. I was looking for Arrested Development. I feel like such a fucken idiot.

[divinator45602yt]

yuri, just attended a seminar you and Justin presented in Singapore today. I liked that part where the sound guy boom the guy in blue...cool.. will catch the rest of the episodes another time

[lesponge88]

Executive, personal assistance, this is super cool, sure, not better than arrested development, but much better than The OC and desperate housewives

[jforjustin001]

@lesponge88 You should give The OC another go, remembering it's a teen drama, then a comedy. It's good! :D

[AlexNecrofeliac]

gay

[Velio19]

I like the concept, but I think the lead guy tries to be a lot like Michael from Arrested Development. Even the hands in the pockets all the time are like Michael and most of the line deliveries.

[davidtennantgrl]

rofl i loved david shirt in the first scene 'i hate my girlfiend'

[Cjur]

a sitcom about a sitcom? if you wanna pull meta-humor it better be good.

[ojonile]

fucking brilliant

[SoraTakenouchi16]

so this is not from tv?you tube is the new tv channel?

[pukinpunk]

this is great, my favorite show was Arrested Devolpment and the voice overs and lines remind me a lot of it ...great job this show is a lot of fun

[paulcwy]

I was just going to comment the same thing!

[BreakaLegTV]

@paulcwy, @pukinpunk Thanks, guys! I'm glad you like it!

[johndadrumman]

ill write you guys your own theme song

[BreakaLegTV]

Yeah? Well, do it and we'll see if it works for us! :)

[BreakaLegTV]

Hope you watch the rest... it moves away from AD and also, I think, gets much better.

[tosko2107]

great show, but i'm sure you could have found a better intro song than loituma's leva's polka. seriously.

[BreakaLegTV]

We're big fans of Ieva's Polka. If we do a second season, we may possibly go with another song (or a variation on this one, we'll see.)

[pruettcc]

The Office, Arrested Development and Scrubs are my fav shows!

[pruettcc]

Me too!

[BreakaLegTV]

Ours too!

[slayme3]

Just came across this - very cool, very funny - definitely gonna watch the rest - great job yall.

[BreakaLegTV]

Hope you liked the rest and hope you stick around -- we'll be releasing more things with our production company in the near future, we think/hope/are almost sure of.

[beastiesandnasties]

Aw, I would like to see the narrator guy smile :)

[BreakaLegTV]

David smiles... just in the finale. It's our twist ending!

[slyfan64]

lol, the swambler music

[Wayneplimpton707]

Nice work, nice format. I am intrigued. I will continue to watch.

Thanks.

[BreakaLegTV]

Hope you liked the rest...

[captainloll]

anyone know the song at 4:00?

[BreakaLegTV]

It's called Ieva's Polka and it's by Loituma.

Thanks!

[littlegrllost]

I love The Office...not the biggest fan of Arrested Development...and I used to watch Scrubs all the time..you guys were great I'll have to watch more. I really enjoyed it :)

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks! Glad you like it! Hope you keep watching!

[flowerofliz]

break a leg!!!!!!

[Grimdopple]

oh i love sanfrancisco

[BreakaLegTV]

Us too!

[The10TrickPony]

I definitely see Arrested Development and Scrubs as influences here.

[treelover202]

I'm going to rewatch everything today. So excited. I'm so in love. I love all of the pointy hand poppy noise pointer screen yeah things.

[strappinggermanlad]

hey I really like how much work you put into this, shooting and editing (at least I have the impression you did ;) ) and I also like some of the original ideas.

The problem is a lot of it is too heavily influenced by your inspirations. For Example orange tank top guy=GOB/Janitor. Main Character=J.D./George-Michael. (havnt watched the office yet). Ill continue watching tho to see where it goes. you guys really have potential

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks for the comments!

I definitely see what you're saying and appreciate the criticism. I think as you watch it, especially past Episode 2 and into 3 and 4, you'll notice that not only our story but the characters really start becoming their own.

Hope you agree -- definitely let me know if you do, by ep 3!

Thanks!

[strappinggermanlad]

yeah i watched past episode three and it really gets more original. Also the main character was a little emotionless and didnt have any particular traits until episode four which was hard to relate to.

Keep it up!

[strappinggermanlad]

And by that i mean your doing great ^^ looking over it i found my comment to be a little rude.

[Sunomis]

Wow. Brilliant.

[BreakaLegTV]

Thank you!

[guerrillafriday]

Great show! The editing was the first thing that caught me :D

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks!

[MetalOliver]

this is really good... is it based on arrested developpement? cuz it makes me think about this show alot... only this is funnier

[BreakaLegTV]

It's definitely inspired by it, sure! But there's a lot of shows that inspired this.

Thank you so much! Where did you find us, out of curiousity?

[MetalOliver]

mmm its a long long chain i was looking at a video of happy days ( xmas with the fonz... even though it wasnt in my time still a hell of a show) then a video of diffrent stroke was related to it i watched it then the grown up surgery commercial video was related found it quite funny so decided to watch your whole serie by the way great work on it I subscribed :)

[playgroundschannel]

Cool--keep up the great work!

[54spiritedwill54]

Lleva's Polka! - Loituma! i love that song!

[avdotiya]

Jennifer.... i like this name! even for a guy! i feel like originally it would be a male name and then, somehow, become more popular among women!

wanna see what else this sitcom has to bring...

[Animan14]

what is the theme song that plays?!?!

[felangkm]

nnfgnnnnn

[imagirlk2]

The main guy reminds me of my bio teacher.

[wannabe1491]

I really want you guys to get picked up by tv... but watching this again, i'm thinking maybe Swamblers :) The first two episodes are definitely the best... keep up the good work!

[overmindzerg]

You guys are sooo much better than the guild!!! I can't wait for the next episode to come out. Keep working your magic.

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[Algiannini]

Cool.Now check out The Del Vecchio's trailer on You Tube. The Del Vecchio's

[vaaanson]

She's... potatoe

[rfomglitchers]

hey breakaleg could u subscribe to me? ur show rocks

[RickChimera]

"At least I'm not held hostage... ah damn.."

Loved it! I wish you and your show all the success you deserve. =)

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks so much! Hope you keep watching!

[doubleknavery]

this is fantastic! i hope you all make bucketloads of money, you deserve it.

[BreakaLegTV]

Thank you!!

[8thdutchman]

Great content, absolutely wonderful. If it wasn't 11:15 PM I'd watch the rest but I'll catch up on it tomorrow.

Seems like it's great stuff. And yeah. Everyone's right, this is a TON like AD, the best-written show ever.

Why'd AD have to have no viewers...

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks! We get better and better, I promise you that much.

As to why AD had no viewers.. who knows? Maybe FOX didn't advertise them enough, or maybe the show was meant for cable and never found its footing on regular TV.

[HRJinxX]

This show is simply amazing. Thank you for making this boring day hilarious and amazing.

[BreakaLegTV]

It's our pleasure, trust me!

Make sure to see the rest on the website!

[miclo5000]

totally arrested development...great style, love the narration, great post work...youtube is great for this. Anybody can just get a good cam and make shit happen...amazing if u think about it..well done guys, best of luck, hope u guys go far...

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks for the good words! We definitely owe youtube for helping us get our stuff out to people!

[Alcapon16]

SF, the most beautiful freak show in the world :D

[youngchownoodles]

it's got arrested written all over it. good job

[Yunkonho]

it's so FUNNY

[highfives]

reminds me of arrested development - i thought it was great.

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks! Hope you watch the rest!

[LoboStylez]

Lleva's Polka! - Loituma! i love that song! =D

[Aegir616]

i'm really liking this. just finished watching seasons 1-4 of the office and the first season of arrested development, and i gotta say, what i've seen of break a leg's right up there. mad props, y'all.

[Aegir616]

sry, seasons 1-3 of the office.

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks a lot, that's a huge compliment! Glad you like it -- make sure to keep watching. We've got tons more material on our website! (breakaleg dot TV)

[robert51590]

this is the best thing since arrested development

[RochesterCycling]

Good stuff. Great characters.

I like the crew coming into the shot at 6:10.

I'm not crazy about the credits still rambling through at the 9:00 mark. Get 'em over with, already.

[AdventurequestJUNKIE]

swamblers. That was so funny.

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks for watching! Make sure to check out the other episodes -- it gets better and better, I promise.

[ginotomac]

c%ck wars! that's funny. i'm pretty sure chase also had a small role in an episode of c%ck & order

[BreakaLegTV]

Possibly. He also may have been in the Wizard of C&ck. He had a small role though.

[iowafilmdude22]

Thisd is truly the best youtube sitcom I've ever seen

[BreakaLegTV]

Thank you!

[BlondeMute]

Keep It up

[markthegreek1]

love this show

[jusedcliffe]

Man that was gud! Wen the canned laughter came on at the start i was gutted, i thought it was over for me as i hate that, but when it was explained i pissed! Then, like vivaelaaron I lol wen he spoke into the mic. Brilliant.

[kingfoxIII]

"sorry that was the last one" haha

[russikidl16]

very well done, a lot like my fav show arrested dev.

[vivaelaaron]

I lol'd at the part where he talks into the mic.

[kimikojinchuriki]

"there oh god shes pretty" "atleast i'm not held hotage.....****

[moofootiesma]

I watched this because I love The Office, AD and Scrubs, but I was a little reserved because I figured it would try too hard. I am actually very surprised at how much I liked this - loved the narration, the camera angles and movements, the believable lighting [or perhaps that's because you're not recording in a studio], the quirky characters, and T-shirt-quotable dialogue.

This show is *very* good - and I'm watching the rest of what you have up!

[moofootiesma]

Also, the damn theme song is catchy and I've been humming it ever since I heard it. Thanks.

[niallf111]

It's good, I like it, keep it up!

"My breast aren't fake" lol

[Flex3182]

surprisingly hilarious. i likes it

[jenitsallgood]

This is brilliant stuff!

Hope it gets picked up.

[adarharlson]

holy crap that's funny. Gotta a nice "Arrested Developement" feel. Great comedy timing, great characters, great stuff.

[williamjacobs]

"Trying to see which hand is fastest."

THAT's good stuff.

[BryDancin]

Quality stuff guys...

I really hope you get some attention from the big dogs

[thedailyenglishshow]

Nice! Wasn't expecting much when I clicked on it (you know ... there are some pretty crappy pilots on here) but I liked it. Good acting, script, pace.

[BreakaLegTV]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[rogerwilsonwilson]

Reminds me of C.Y.E.

[likwit1000]

This is hilarious! It's fresh, crisp, cutting edge, and unique. I look forward to more from BreakaLeg.

[1966Nicole1966]

Hilarious really great :)

[crazybilby]

LOL! until u die... ur.. ur not going to die.. *thorws knife* lol! :P this is great!

[WoosterFanGirl]

HAHA! Whoo! This was also like "10 Items or Less" (Did anyone other than me see that?)

"Jennifer John Bradley" lost his stache and was labelled as Skip Emerson near the end... how odd.

:-) ~L~

[DarthKrattus]

Reminds me of The Office.

[InsertBandNameHere]

its great isnt it

[DarthKrattus]

Sure

[GrindsGreatCoffee]

Hilarious!

[gof4st]

I really liked it. I hope good things come for you guys.

[sumromanus]

Fantastic! Subtle wit--much more intelligent than other shows that force their comedy down your throat. You really do need to include guns, though. It would bring a whole new dimension to the work.

[waynem1315]

Not bad for beginners, could be 800% funnier by just trying to be serious. keep going guys you have some talent and one day everything will just CLICK. Good luck!!!!!

[BreakaLegTV]

We of Break a Leg don't really know what any of that means. Except good luck -- we understand good luck. And we accept it.

Thank you.

[chuteleach]

Not that you would, but don't change. This is perfect as it is.

[BreakaLegTV]

We wouldn't dream of it.

[chuteleach]

Think we can get a heads up on when the next episode will be done? :)

[BreakaLegTV]

October 1st.

[Liny61]

Great pilot! Bravo!!!

Felt compelled to send a video response (awaiting approval), for the mere depiction of uh, the 'lesbians' on that mural. ;) Thought I might show a 'modern day' butch/femme, with my personal video saga, "Write A Lesbian - Featuring, Two Broke Lesbians," for effect. :)

[treelover202]

Apparently one of my friends watched both episodes straight on the bulletin I posted and he yelled at me today for getting him hooked =D! YAY FANS!

[endersclarity]

Yes, it's true that this is a whole hell of a lot like Arrested Development but why is that a strike against the creators of Break a Leg? Arrested Development is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The fact that the creators of Break a Leg are able to mirror it's witty writing and editing style so well should be a testament to the talent of everyone involved with this production.

[MeanwhileInKC]

WAAAAY too much like Arrested Development. Please develop your own style.

[BryyMillerson]

Linked you guys on my blog that nobody watches.

[Yup293]

amazing, already hooked

[Ujikaweapon1]

I can wait for episode 2! See what I did there? hahaha, in all seriousness though, I can't wait.

[toothandnailer777]

I think this follows the forumla of Arrested Development way too hard, even with the character's quirks. Even the music and little narratives are copying Arrested Development way too much. Good effort, however.

[BreakaLegTV]

Keep watching and watch Episode 2, Part 1 as well -- the show is slowly developing and ever-growing. I believe that Episode 2 pulled away from AD quite a bit.

[hateyouh]

Effin' Funny!

Great Stuff.

[Wehmer]

Waiting for episode 2...I'll do all I can to get more views, I've blanketed message boards...If this doesnt get featured I'll cry

[MisterFantastic89]

only halfway through this one and I think this show is amazing

[TheKarmaPolice113]

i still cant wait for episode 2! if you guys get picked up, i'm not going to be able to stand not getting the episodes online when you are done with them.

[TheKarmaPolice113]

cant wait for episode 2!

[treelover202]

I should watch this more often.

-Meeshi

[fishpig101]

Not quite sure i see the buzz everyone else is referring to - 8 minutes in and i haven't laughed yet. I'll keep watching - who knows...

[BreakaLegTV]

Minute 9 is a blast.

[cagwa]

A hot blonde or two does not a pilot make.

[BreakaLegTV]

Dammit. There goes our formula for success.

Maybe we'll try a brunette next time. Or someone on fire?

[nickjm007]

Well, I sent 'em an e-mail, too. Dont know what good it'll do though. When I'm on the net (which is all the time), I'll rate it and post a comment as much as I can.

Best of luck, guys!

[nickjm007]

... damn. Why isn't this thing featured?

Someone should write a letter.

[BreakaLegTV]

We honestly, honestly have no idea. We've emailed the YouTube editor, our fans have done it, we have 26,000 views and still nothing. I'm not really sure what it takes, aside from kidnapping YouTube employees.

[nickjm007]

BAM!

Consider yourself officially enjoyed by Nick Mathis.

[03cool]

rubbish

[BreakaLegTV]

Maybe! Or maybe it's so not-rubbish, it just blew your MIND.

[ereh90]

niice, you need to get better voice over quality, though.

[BreakaLegTV]

Next episode will have Morgan Freeman.

[gotisch]

nice im waiting for episode 2 :D

[TheKarmaPolice113]

i'm commenting from my wii!!

[MRTUMNUS6]

OVERRATED! just kidding. you wanted a comment- here it is. realy hope youtube will finaly notice you. I heard throwing eggplants at them helps.

[BreakaLegTV]

At this point, we'll try anything. So, bring on the eggplants.

[TheKarmaPolice113]

600 comments and still no feature?

[IllegalDOWNLOADking]

Its too much like AD

[BreakaLegTV]

We'll take it.

We'll take it, we'll accept it, and we'll even move on from it.

[Ovenchip]

I have to agree. Whilst this is very well made and very funny, it's uncannily similar in its style to Arrested Development. Doesn't prevent me from enjoying it, though.

[TheKarmaPolice113]

this should be featured!!! come on, youtube!

[TheKarmaPolice113]

you know in retrospect, this whole thing was prooobably a good idea.

[CompanyCar]

Did you know that last Thursday was the 300-somethingth year aniversary of the Salem Witch Trials?

If YouTube don't feature you guy