Tonight at 9p on Fox, we find out that bunnies aren’t
always cute creatures. That is because the wascally wabbits mount an attack on the Animal Control officers, and Joel McHale will never feel the same way about Easter again.
You see, the sweet bunnies ate some special mushrooms and are now hungry for blood. So it is up to Frank (McHale), Shred (Michael Rowland), Amit (Ravi V. Patel), and Victoria (Grace Palmer) to show them who the boss is.
And Victoria shows their owner who the boss is when she confiscates all of his special mushrooms. She knows they could increase your sexual experience, so she wants them for herself. Unfortunately, someone takes them from the fridge, and now they have to find out who did it because they don’t know what they ate.
If that is not enough of a bad day for them all, Frank and Shaw must rescue a football from his beautiful 6′ albino python that has wrapped itself around his body.
And wait, there is more. Their boss, Emily (Vella Lovell), has to give a speech and is nervous about it. Can she get her confidence up before she has to deliver it?
All of that happens in one fun-filled episode.
But it isn’t only about the laughs; it is also about them becoming a work family who looks out for one another. Believe it or now, I actually love that part more than the animals, and I love love love animals.
Animal Control is the show this season needed! So it really does prove that good things come to those wait! So don’t wait to find out why I adore this series so much, so check it out tonight and every Thursday at 9p!
My cat wants me to tell you she hates this show because it has made me want to get a python of my own. What is the phone number for animal control?
And one more note: I wrote this like Palmer talks on the show. I love how she speaks.
Before Joel McHale got the lead credit in the opening titles of his shows like Animal Contol, he was not even seen in the opening credits of Almost Live. I think we can all agree his hair got better since how he wore it in 1996 when he was 24.
Before Joel McHale was solving murders in The Happytime Murders, he was murdered on Diagnosis Murder. He looks the same now as he did when he was 28 in that 2000 episode.
Fox picked up Animal Control to series without asking them to shoot a pilot first, and there is a good reason why. The show is the funniest new sitcom of the year.
Tonight at 9p, you will meet Frank Shaw (Joel McHale), a grumpy animal control officer. He is a lone wolf who doesn’t like to work with anyone. But he has to. So he is given a new partner.
Shred (Michael Rowland) is a former champion snowboarder who decided to transition to animal control after injuring his knee. He is a ray of sunshine to Frank’s dark cloud, and his partner hates that, so he will torture him.
And during his first week, Shred screws up when he goes into a house to deal with a weasel on his own. What can go wrong? The weasel runs into the fireplace and comes out on fire. Therefore, the animal sets the living room on fire. On a positive note, at least he escaped when Frank entered the house.
There is another set of partners at the office. Amit (Ravi Patel) is a nice guy who is exhausted from being a dad to kids and animals. He works with Victoria (Grace Palmer), who is more like one of the boys than the boys. Amit and Victoria’s lives are complete opposites which is why they work so well together.
And then there is Emily (Vella Lovell). She is their boss. She is overly nice and fights so hard for her team. That is why they take advantage of her and get her to do what they want.
Together they make a great team who can take on any animal that comes their way, and there aren’t a lot of cats and dogs—something my cat did not like about the show.
Let’s get back to the animals. In the first three episodes, they take on hungry ostriches, bunnies on hallucinogenic mushrooms, and a kangaroo that can kick ass, or should I say nuts? And I can’t wait to see what other animals they have to bring back to base as the season goes on.
And as the season goes on, you will see this work family take care of each other. Shred will keep chipping away at Frank’s ice-cold exterior while Frank rains on his parade. Victoria will get Amit to loosen up, and he will make her more domesticated. And Emily will try to keep them all from getting fired for various reasons because her animal control is more like Animal House.
The show has a lot of heart, chemistry, laughs, and animals! Who doesn’t love animals? Probably the cast after having to work them. But since we don’t, we get to sit back and enjoy the show that is as warm and fuzzy as a bear in a hot tub.
You can watch Animal Control on Fox Thursdays at 9p or stream it on Hulu the day after it airs.
Joel McHale has been spending more time hosting game shows than acting these days, and that is about to change. That is because Fox just cast him in their midseason live-action sitcom Animal Control.
The series will follow a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. McHale will portray Frank, an opinionated, eccentric Animal Control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room. A former cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, which may explain why he’s so cynical and curmudgeonly. He has an almost superhuman ability to understand animals. Humans…not so much.
This is not the first time he has worked with animals in a comedy. He also co-starred with some exotic ones on The Great Indoors. Hopefully, this program will do better than that one because it only lasted one season.
