Review: Finance Family Bunker “A Post-Apocalyptic Jacuzzi”; “Mr. Finance’s Birthday”

 

Overview:

“A Post-Apocalyptic Jacuzzi”

Meet the Finance family, one of the richest families on the planet, especially after the world was destroyed. Now, this mismatched group is stuck together in a bunker to live out their last days. What’s worse, they squabble over resources, like whether to drink water or use it for a hot tub. But these are just minor problems compared to laughing about what will happen if one of them drinks an expired failed energy drink.

 

“Mr. Finance’s Birthday”

Aidan is proud to have caught the drone nurse making a mistake; she missed Mr. Finance’s birthday. Convinced she has malfunctioned, Aidan tries to get her trashed. Unfortunately, the drone nurse has one last trick up her sleeve, she didn’t miss Mr. Finance’s birthday, but somebody might have missed Christmas.

 

Our Take:

In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity will crumble, except for the rich, of course. Finance Family Bunker explores one of Earth’s richest families after society has collapsed. With nothing else to do, this group of entitled patriarchs spend their time driving each other insane. Especially spoiled son Aidan, who receives the brunt of the beatings from his father and robot drone nurse.

Finance Family Bunker is brought to us from Simple Town, a comedy sketch group whose videos can be found on Instagram, Adult Swim Smalls, and Off the Air. The group has finally made it to their next goal of airing on Comedy Central thanks to this latest endeavour. Finance Family Bunker will appear on Comedy Central’s website, YouTube channel, and Paramount+. Debuting on July 1st, Finance Family Bunker will release five unique five-minute episodes each Friday.

The premise of the series is enough to get curious audiences to tune in. But the first short episode will definitely catch attention. “A Post-Apocalyptic Jacuzzi” does not waste its time introducing characters, plots, or themes. In fact, it dives right into a dialogue-driven moment between the family. And it is that dialogue that will help this series stand out.

The initial entrance into Finance Family Bunker is not gentle. Quickly we are thrown into a discussion between a robot, a wheelchair-ridden grandma, a couple of entitled child-like adults, and a patriarch who is stuck in stasis and made sentient by a computer with an avatar of a young anime girl. However, the way these strange characters play off each other is sheer brilliant humour. Whether it be the father berating his spoiled child or the breaking of the fourth wall, the laughs do not stop, especially when the characters stumble through their theories of what will happen when they drink expired energy drinks.

Unfortunately, the second episode does not carry the same weight as the first, at least not in the beginning. Thankfully, the twist ending turns things around significantly, and the final moments are worth the wait. Now, it is hard to decipher which of these episodes is funnier.

Finance Family Bunker offers originality and unique humour at a time when adult animation has been lacking fresh energy. Too many Family Guy clones and not enough unique content like Squidbillies or Aqua Teen Hunger Force has created the demand for something new and unexpected like Finance Family Bunker. Even if this show doesn’t catch the attention of Comedy Central higher-ups, these five episodes will give audiences something refreshingly clever to watch.