Ty Watches "Dave" Season Premier

Last night FX premiered the first season of "Dave", and I am going to talk about the new show.

For those that may not know, Dave is better known by his rap name Lil Dicky. Lil Dicky was brought to my attention by a friend of mine about a year ago. I knew nothing of him, I was sent a video, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was absurd and funny, the beat was good and Lil Dicky can rap. His raps are also ridiculous and hilarious. His beats are rad too. But, I am relatively new to Lil Dicky. I then saw some trailers for this new show, and they were pretty damn funny. I decided I was going to watch the show, and I was prepped to watch the premiere last night.

Now, I have only seen the first episode. There were, without my knowledge, two episodes last night. I wanted to watch both, but I have a new puppy and a daughter with a cold and a bad cough, so I was exhausted and ready for bed at 9:45 last night. But man was that first episode phenomenal. It hit everything I was hoping for.

First off, Dave, AKA Lil Dicky, is funny and goofy and nerdy and perfect. I know he is playing himself, or maybe a heightened version of himself, but still, he is so god damn funny. I related to him so much. The stuff with him trying to get real rappers to respect him, it was so funny and relatable. To see him put in these wild situations, and his reactions, they were funny, but also seemed very, very real, especially the scene with YG at the end. When he is pushed to rap, so he can be on YG's Instagram story, the fear, but then crushing his verses, I loved every second of it. Also, this dude can rap. Like, for real. The verses he spits during this scene are legit. He is good at grooving and rhyming with the beat, he can go on and on for seemingly endless amounts of time, his lyrics are ridiculous, but they also work. Lil Dicky is a legit rapper. That much is proven true in this premiere episode.

Outside Dave/Lil Dicky, the rest of the cast is really solid. Taylor Misiak plays his girlfriend, Ally. She is a kindergarten teacher, and she is the one person that can keep Dave grounded. She almost seems too good for him. Also, the whole tweet they talk about in the ep, it is played for great laughs between Dave and Ally. Also, his rap scene, when he mentions her, brilliant. Dave's best friend is played by Andrew Santino, and he is funny as the serious and un fun version of Dave. He has a miserable job, which he hates, and he lets everyone know about it. YG was really, really good in the premiere. He was funny, being himself and he crushed. Travis "Taco" Bennett as the studio sound engineer Elz, was so, so good. He is friends with Dave, but he also doesn't want Dave to make him seem like a square. Dave's parents, and their scene involving Dave taking out his Bar Mitzvah money, was priceless. It was like looking at my parents on screen if I were telling them what Dave told them. Also, in that scene, the little child who kept staring at him while he was on the phone, and that look that Dave gave him, hilarious. But the true star outside Dave/Lil Dicky was GaTa, as himself. He was so good, so funny, revealed a ton about his true character in the ep, and made me laugh the whole time. From when they meet at the beginning in the studio, to where they end up, I loved it. I cannot wait to see their friendship blossom throughout the series.

"Dave" is another top notch show from FX. I truly hope they give this show time to grow and find itself because I feel like this could be a humongous hit for them. I'm stoked to watch the second ep tonight, and the rest of the season for that matter. This is one of the better new shows on TV. Check it out for sure.

Ty

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