Bubbleblabber’s Definitive Ten Best New Adult Animated Comedies Of 2021
10) The Pole
The Pole works well when it focuses less on the comedy (the comedic dialogue needs a lot of help here) and more on the dramatic flair that certainly shows more of a likeness to that of say Succession or The Sopranos than anything holly jolly. The constant sight gags attributing to classic Christmas lore is a riot, from Jack’s “Grinch”-like smile, to constant talk about cookies and sweets, there’s enough Christmas here for the die-hard fans of the holiday, but the gooey center featuring the hot mess that is the North Pole is what I come here for. How the producers managed to pull off what is typically seen in hour-long HBO episodes into that of weekly quarter-hours is, in itself, an astonishing feat. Whether or not we’ll get to see more is anyone’s guess, but count us in for more.
There's got to be some kind of twist that's going to happen with this. I don't know if they're setting up an April Fool's joke now or what's going on, but it seems too strange that they'd suddenly reverse on doing a fourth and fifth season after the show was already renewed and they were even just talking about working on those seasons like a couple months ago or something. Or maybe the two episodes yet to release will secretly somehow each be like a "season" in themselves?