“Men at Work: The Complete First Season” is a man show about working hard, playing hard and having a lot of fun. It’s geared towards men and the theme relies on guys just wanting to have fun, hooking up with women and having sex. It may not be for everyone but it is a series with potential and I look forward to season two!
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DVD TITLE: Men at Work: The Complete First Season
TV SERIES AIRED IN: 2012
DURATION: 10 Episodes/212 Minutes
DVD INFORMATION: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:78:1, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish, Portuguese
COMPANY: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
RATED: Not Rated
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Directed by Mark Cendrowski, James Widdoes
Written by Breckin Meyer, Shepard Boucher, Joel Church-Cooper, Rene Gube, Stefanie Leder, Jared Miller, Dan Rubin, Kirk J. Rudell, Lon Zimmet
Executive Producer: Julia Franz, Breckin Meyer
Co-Executive Producer: Annette Sahakian Davis, Eric Weinberg
Co-Producer: Dan Rubin, Lon Zimmet, Barbara Brace
Associate Producer: Erin Braun
Consulting Producer: Kirk J. Rudell
Music by John Swihart
Cinematography by Patricia Lee
Edited by Andy Zall, Steven Sprung
Casting by Gayle Pillsbury, Bonnie Zane
Production Design by Greg J. Grande
Art Direction by Matthew Carey
Set Decoration by Erin Boyd
Costume Design by Pamela Withers
Starring:
Danny Masterson as Milo
Michael Cassidy as Tyler
Adam Busch as Neal
James Lesure as gibbs
Meredith Hagner as My
Stephanie Lemelin as Rachel
Sarah Wright as Molly
Amy Smart as Lisa
J.K. Simmons as Mr. Jordan
Get your daily dose of menspiration in this laugh-out-loud comedy series created by writer and director Breckin Meyer (Road Trip, TV’s “Franklin & Bash”). Irreverent and outrageously funny, MEN AT WORK: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON follows the misadventures of Milo (Danny Masterson, TV’s “That ’70s Show”), Neal (Adam Busch, TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Tyler (Michael Cassidy, Argo) and Gibbs (James Lesure, TV’s “Las Vegas”), four sex-obsessed employees at a Manhattan-based men’s magazine who have each other’s backs as they mate, date and relate to women.
From comedian Breckin Meyer comes the TBS TV Series “Men at Work” starring Danny Masterson (“That 70’s Show”, “Yes Man”), Michael Cassidy (“Argo”, “Zoom”), Adam Busch (“Leon: The Professional”, “American Dreamz”) and James Lesure (“Crimson Tide”, “The Ring Two”).
With the second season set to air in April 2013, the first season featuring ten half-hour episodes will be released on DVD in March 2013 courtesy of Sony Pictures Home entertainment.
“Men at Work” is a series about Milo (portrayed by Danny Masterson), who recently ended his relationship with Lisa and now wants to get back into the dating scene. Milo works at a Manhattan men’s magazine with his friends Tyler (portrayed by Michael Cassidy), the pretty boy who likes to look good and have fun; Gibbs (portrayed by James Lesure), the playboy always wanting to hook-up and have sex; and Neal (portrayed by Adam Busch), the clueless young man dating the boss’s daughter Amy (portrayed by Meredith Hagner).
“Men at Work: The complete First Season” comes with ten episodes. Here is a spoilerless summary of each episode:
- EPISODE 1 – PILOT – Milo’s friends try to get their friend back into the game, Neal experiments with dirty talk with Amy and Tyler is upset that Gibbs had sex with his maid.
- EPISODE 2Â – MILO FULL OF GRACE – Milo tries to do some investigative reporting on drug trafficking, while Tyler runs into his ex.
- EPISODE 3 – DEVIL’S THREESOME – Milo and Gibbs engage in a devil’s threesome.
- EPISODE 4 – HETEROTEXUAL MALE – Gibbs and Tyler interview a sex therapist while Amy buys Neal a new hat.
- EPISODE 5 – TOILET OF EDEN – Milo stays at Tyler’s place while his apartment is being worked on. Gibbs tells Neal that he saw Amy with another man.
- EPISODE 6 – CRAZY FOR MILO – Gibbs and Tyler use a lie detection app, while Milo dates a sexy girl who may be crazy.
- EPISODE 7 – PLAN B – Gibbs and Tyler pretend they are gay in order to go to a new gym.
- EPISODE 8 – WAKE AND BAKE – Tyler and Milo accidentally crash a wake.
- EPISODE 9 – INVENTING MILO – Gibbs lands a photoshoot with his childhood idol but it may get in the way with his friendship with Tyler.
- EPISODE 10 – SUPER MILO – Milo wants to get over Lisa, but what happened when she comes back to his life wanting to get back with him?
VIDEO, AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
“Men at Work: The Complete First Season” is presented in 1:78:1 anamorphic widescreen and audio is presented in English 5.1 Dolby Digital. Picture quality is good for what one can expect on DVD. Lighting is well-done and for the most part, most viewers will be pleased with the picture quality of the series on DVD. As for the audio, the series is presented in English Dolby Digital 5.1. Dialogue is clear and understandable.
Subtitles are in English, English SDH, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Men at Work: The Complete First Season” comes with the following special features:
- Deleted Scenes – (1:10) Featuring two deleted scenes: Gibbs and Alva, Neal Lights Candles
- Outtakes – (3:40) Outtakes from the first season of “Men at Work”.
EXTRAS:
“Men at Work: The Complete First Season” comes with a slipcover.
As a fan of “That 70’s Show”, I was looking forward to checking out Danny Masterson’s new show “Men at Work: The Complete First Season”.
The show is pretty much a comedy about a group of guys who work at the same magazine publisher and supporting each other, may it be their wingman, for work related situations or guys just hanging out and talking about sex and having fun.
For the first season, chemistry between the four guys are good, although some may feel the characters may be one-dimensional. Tyler is the pretty boy and seems to care about his work and furniture, Gibbs is constantly thinking about women and sex, while Neal is discovering himself through his relationship with Amy and both are like beginners, a couple trying out different things. While Milo, the main protagonist is pretty much the guy you feel sorry for and hope he rebounds.
But the big question is how does “Men at Work” evolve for season two.
We have seen shows like “The Big Bang Theory” slowly incorporate female characters (the girlfriends) which proved to be a success, while a comedy show with also a lead character that was dumped, “Happy Ending”, having the protagonist exploring the dating scene and other life and career ambitions.
But for the first season alone, it’s a fun guy show about the guys having fun, hanging out and some hoping to get laid. A show that works well for an evening show on cable and thus the sexual humor and profanity takes the crazy experiences up a notch. But I see the first season as character driven episodes introducing the characters and hopefully the writers go wild with season two. Also another thing that I enjoyed about these episodes was too see former “That 70’s Show” cast members Laura Prepon and Wilmer Valderrama show up in season 1 and hope to see or series cameos in future episodes.
As for the DVD, the episodes look good on DVD and comes with outtakes and deleted scenes.
Overall, “Men at Work: The Complete First Season” is a man show about working hard, playing hard and having a lot of fun. It’s geared towards men and the theme relies on guys just wanting to have fun, hooking up with women and having sex. It may not be for everyone but it is a series with potential and I look forward to season two!
