Review: Universal Basic Guys “Golden Beans”

Overview

Mark and David start a coffee shop in the garage; Tammy and Hank struggle to keep Mernft Man from bothering customers.

Our Take

We’ve seen a number of animated comedies doing premises with starting up restaurants and coffee shops and everyone’s got a take on the industry, but I think this entry from Universal Basic Guys may actually top them all in execution pound-for-pound and I’m not even being facetious.

Tammy and Hank’s attempts to keep Mernft Man at bay from bothering customers is probably typical restaurant management stuff that we get outta Bob’s Burgers though I couldn’t help but laugh my ass off at the sight of Hank getting tatted and adding gauges. Really he just looks ridiculous but it works like a charm.

The REAL meat and potatoes of the episode comes by way of Mark and David going all the way to Columbia to try and get their coffee beans and the amount of shit that they have to go through to eventually get them. For starters it clearly showcases the deep-seated hatred that Eagles fans have for Cowboys fans which is perfect football fodder that I think could’ve even been more front-and-center than the not great 36th edition of The Simpsons” Treehouse of Horror. Add in the fact that we’re finally getting a sort of Wawa shout out coupled with numerous parodies of eighties jungle-themed action films and you’ve got yourself one of the show’s best episodes. In fact, I could watch a whole hour of David and Mark in the jungles of Columbia and I think it would slap.