There are No Small Parts Just Great Side Characters Like Karl in "Workaholics"

I've been re watching the entirety of "Workaholics" the past couple of weeks, and I wanted to point out one side actor that I think is highly underappreciated. The three main guys are great, Jillian Bell is great, the lady that plays the boss of the telemarketing company, sad and hilarious, Montez, Waymond and Jet Set(RIP), all fantastic.

But, Kyle Newachek, as Karl, is my favorite side character, by far, on the show. He is so funny yet easily relatable. I find every episode he is featured on, or at least shows up in, is made infinitely better by his appearance. For example, the episode where they decide to take acid, and end up in a hotel, the addition of one line by Karl is amazing, and I still quote it. When Anders shows up in the room and finds the guys there, Karl asks him to be quiet because he is on the phone, and he is asking the front office if the ice is still free. When Anders asks him why he is asking about the ice, Karl says that "ice is the currency of the future. I'm gonna be rich". I walk around saying that all the time. I also love that after a commercial break, they pan back to the room, and there are buckets and buckets of ice everywhere. I just recently watched the episode where the guys get a new drug dealer, and the pain and hurt that Kyle Newachek shows as Karl is amazing. Yes, it is played for laughs, which it got a ton of from me, and it is all made is jest to a love story, but Newachek nails it. I was sad for him when the guys ditched him. I felt for him when he had to let his dog go. I was happy when they reunited at the end of the episode. It was a perfect encapsulation of the range that this goofy character can have on this absurd comedy that works. There is another episode, where Karl is going to get married, and he totally changes his whole appearance and demeanor. He becomes this odd pushover, and the only guy that wants to make it right is Blake. Blake wants to change him back because he finds Karl's soon to be wife cheating on him, and because he wants his weed dealer back. But, to see Karl's transformation, be it his clothes or haircut or attitude, it was all hilarious, and that is due to Newachek's performance. It is still one of my all time favorite episodes of the show.

The one thing about Karl, that truly takes the cake on the show, is his van and his stench. First off, he has what they call the "Grape Van". They call it this because it looks like a creepers van, but Karl painted the G on there so that it would ward off all the weirdos, or so he says. This van makes many appearances throughout the series, and every time, it is funny. And his stench. This is a running joke as well, and the way Kewachek dresses up as Karl, and fixes his hair, and his lazy eye, and pretty much everything about him just oozes disgust, and it works to perfection. It is truly a wonderful performance from this side character.

I know Newachek is one of the original crew that created this show, and that he directs a ton of episodes, but the fact that he helped create this awesome, and memorable character speaks volumes to his talent. I literally cannot wait to watch the rest of the series to see all the Karl moments I may have missed the first time around. I'm pumped.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. He has an idea of the currency of the future. Mega Stuff Oreos, that shit is priceless and tough to find.

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