Looking for a laugh? Here’s a selection of movies and TV shows on KrisWorld to give you a generous dose of humour.
Bookie
Though created by legendary TV producer Chuck Lorre, Bookie veers from the hangout sitcom formula of his other works like The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, ditching the cosy living room sets and laugh tracks. Yet, at its centre is the absurdity of everyday life and its resulting hijinks.
Danny Colavito (Sebastian Maniscalco) is a veteran in sports betting, which, for most of his career, had been illegal in Los Angeles up until recent years. With its legalisation, Danny finds himself in an unfamiliar and fast-paced environment, with neurotic clients who can upend his day with a single phone call.
Some of the colourful characters in and out of his life are played by cameo-ing celebrities such as Two and a Half Men’s Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones, and Everybody Loves Raymond’s Ray Romano.
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Danny's bookie business is threatened by the potential legalisation of sports gambling.
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New Girl
Jess Day (Zooey Deschanel) has it rough — she’s guileless, clumsy, and overly earnest, traits that often draw her into sticky situations. After a rough breakup, she moves into a Los Angeles loft with three single guys — grumpy and unambitious Nick (Jake Johnson), smooth-talker Schmidt (Max Greenfield), and unpredictable Winston (Lamorne Morris) — who form her unlikely family in the big city. Her lifelong best friend Cece (Hannah Simone), a professional model, is an honorary housemate, too, often hanging out at the crib with the gang. Together, they navigate the trials and tribulations of adulthood.
The show coasts by on the chemistry of its terrific ensemble, whose infectiously fun energy is always a pleasure to watch. But more than just the uniformly great performances, what has made the show resonate so much with fans is its comforting message: that it’s OK to not have everything figured out even in adulthood, because you can get through anything with your loved ones by your side.
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NEW GIRL follows five friends as they find their own places in the world.
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Abbott Elementary
School life can suck — just ask its teachers. But the characters in Abbott Elementary strive to do right by their students, and this heartwarming comedy finds good-natured humour from their struggles and mishaps.
The brainchild of viral comedian Quinta Brunson, Abbott is a school with limited funding and unlimited chaos. Janine Teagues (Brunson) is a young teacher who finds joy in teaching kids — but bureaucracy and a reluctant, distracted principal (Janelle James) often frustrate her.
If you love sitcoms with characters who are scrappy and silly yet deeply human — like Parks and Recreation and Kim’s Convenience — this is unmissable.
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A workplace comedy following a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal...
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How I Met Your Mother
The nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother were not without controversy. But its main cast’s chemistry is undeniably amazing — something that’s pivotal for a hangout comedy like it. And it’s this chemistry that has made it one of the most rewatched sitcoms of the last two decades.
Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) is a bumbling architect who’s a closet romantic. In episode one, an elderly Ted (Bob Saget) recounts to his children the story of how he met their mother. While fans voiced their displeasure with how the show fulfilled its day-one promise, the journey along the way became much more satisfying.
Loveable best friends, messy romantic pursuits, sharp writing, and snappy dialogue — yes, at its best, How I Met Your Mother contained all the essential ingredients of a fantastic hangout comedy. More than that, it was the show that filled the Friends-sized hole in comedy lovers’ hearts.
Friends
And speaking of Friends, there’s nothing truly like it. No other sitcom, save for Seinfeld and The Office, has enjoyed as much popularity and enduring appeal over the decades.
There can be many reasons, but Friends represented the ideal promise of sitcoms: familiarity, comfort, and laughs. For 10 seasons, Friends was a cultural phenomenon, making stars out of its six lead actors.
Twenty years since its finale, history has (mostly) been kind to Friends, whose hangout-comedy formula has inspired other shows such as The Big Bang Theory and Happy Endings.
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A look at the anxieties of friendship, careers and dating for six close friends living in New York City.
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Young Sheldon
Sheldon Cooper, the socially awkward theoretical physicist from The Big Bang Theory (TBBT) who became a TV icon, gets his backstory fleshed out in the spin-off series Young Sheldon. While TBBT was a sitcom made like the classics — one-liner jokes performed in front of a live crowd, a la Friends and How I Met Your Mother — Young Sheldon is more relatable and family-driven, closer to the likes of Kim’s Convenience and Abbott Elementary.
The show follows — you guessed it — young Sheldon, a child prodigy who struggles to make friends and get along with his family. In TBBT, Sheldon was a witty and inscrutable eccentric. In Young Sheldon, however, Sheldon faces problems just like any other kid — and it’s his intellect that both saves the day and gets him into trouble. Heartfelt and hilarious, the sitcom concluded after seven seasons and has become a cult favourite.
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For young Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in a land where church and football are king.
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What We Do in the Shadows
Starting out as the passion project of director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), What We Do in the Shadows follows the misadventures of a group of ancient vampires, who all attempt to live normal lives in the same house in modern-day New York. But when you put such different individuals — a stuffy warlord, a libidinous nobleman, a Greek diva, and a literal energy vampire — all under one roof, personalities are bound to clash.
What makes What We Do in the Shadows an addictive binge-watch isn’t just the outrageous shenanigans but also the celebrity cameos that enrich each season’s stories. Past episodes have featured the likes of Mark Hamill, Dave Bautista, Tilda Swinton, and Wesley Snipes. In Season 6, expect more laughs with guests Steve Coogan and Alexander Skarsgård, the latter reviving his iconic True Blood character, Eric Northman (though the character never mentions his name here), from the (un)dead.
A look into the lives of four vampires who have been roommates for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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