Legit
Legit
TV-MA | 17 January 2013 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Reviews
    Karry

    Best movie of this year hands down!

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    Sexyloutak

    Absolutely the worst movie.

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    Sameer Callahan

    It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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    Erica Derrick

    By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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    Rodney Peterson

    If you've never saw or heard any of Jim Jefferies' stand up comedy, you are really in for a treat. If your a fan of Jim's already, you may know some of the stories but it is more than worth it to watch the stories come to life. The first season is scattered with stories that the avid JJ fan will know well, but Jim's writing transfers to the small screen so well, you'll find yourself laughing as if its all new material. The second season really found its identity and seems to have gotten cancelled right when it was finding its audience. (Due in part to the show's move to the hard to find *In Canada* FXX channel). I truly believe if this show had a little more time a la "It's Always Sunny" the show very well would have developed a cult following of its own. Make sure to watch it on Netflix and rate it as you see fit, and if you like it, please join the other fans in tweeting out to Jim and FX #Bring Back Legit

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    fung0

    'Legit' is a show that literally has something to offend everyone. No sacred cow is left unslaughtered: the disabled, women, obesity, sex, love, honor, trust... you name it. There's no pulling back, no flinching. If you can't handle that - or don't want to - fair enough. There are hordes of toothless sitcoms carefully designed to lull you back into a somnolent feeling of security.But if you're willing to go outside your comfort zone - WAY outside - 'Legit' is as funny as it gets. Like Jim Jeffries' standup comedy, the series tackles subjects too unthinkable for the most sensitive video drama... and makes them the butt of merciless full-on ridicule. The result is screamingly, painfully, disgustingly hilarious. The only show I can think of to rival it is the Scottish masterpiece 'Still Game,' which takes aging, poverty, death, hopelessness and petty malice as the basis of its own crude and very true-to-life humor.Check the reviews on this site. You'll see a bunch of 10/10 ratings, and a few 0/10. That's exactly what the creators were shooting for. 'Legit' would be a failure if NO ONE was revolted and enraged. Jeffries' contends (seriously or not) that absolutely ANYTHING is a 'legitimate' subject for humor. He forces us to justify our objections... And makes us realize that it's NOT a trivial exercise.With 'Legit,' Jeffries scrapes the civilized veneer off some very painful truths. You can accept them and laugh, or deny them and be offended... but he makes it very hard to escape them unscathed.

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    Scott-101

    The show reminds me a lot of Wilfred in that an Australian representing unfettered id teaches an uptight American (or two) to loosen up.You would think that Legit would pale in comparison considering no one dresses up like a dog, but I found something refreshingly unconventional in this breezy ride about a guy who doesn't take his life too seriously. Comedian Jim Jefferies doesn't have the most unique voice in the world but, considering the series does a good job at being congruent with that voice, it's a strong one making it appear stronger.Jefferies basically plays himself: a comedian from Australia who gets his entire income from doing less than five hours of stand-up comedy a week. He moves in with his long-time friend Steve, a middle-aged divorcée legal encyclopedia salesman (who he upstages on career day). In the second episode Steve's paraplegic younger brother Billy (DJ Qualls) moves in. The show earns points for its low-key yet sensitive treatment of a handicapped character.The show revolves around the trio's relatively mundane adventures as they try to negotiate how to be good roommates and teach each other a little about life. The show's adventures are mundane and the show is pretty unapologetic about this. Jim isn't on a mission to better his life, succeed at a career or find true love. More often than not Jim's blasé attitude rubs off on his roommates more than the other way around.Its not a ground-breaking show and won't ever reach the pantheon of great TV but its consistent and has a firm idea of its direction. The chemistry of the main trio is strong enough that the characters developed to the point that the season finale was genuinely emotional.

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    vandykeu

    I don't understand the hate this show has been getting from some viewers. Legit has some of the funniest, rawest, most original lines I've seen on a TV show, and also has tremendous heart. By the end of the third episode, I was switching between hysterical laughter and tearing up. No, it's not PC, it's raunchy, and its not something you want young kids to see, but the caring in Jim's efforts to make life better for his disabled friend, and the situational humor that goes along with it, make this show one of the best on TV. Or, you could go back to watching your regular broadcast sitcom with a canned laughtrack, in which nothing resembling real life ever occurs...

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