Odd “Odd Job Nation”
October 5, 2009Jon Brooks 1 Comment »Odd Job Nation: Go for the job listings, stay for the web series.
If you’re looking for employment, we’re not sure Odd Job Nation’s the right place. For a site that bills itself as “the ultimate resource for today’s growing army of part-time opportunists,” there aren’t very many jobs listed—aside from re-posted ads from the “gigs” sections on various regional Craigslists.
But the real action is on the “Odd Jobs” web series page. There you’ll find three webisodes, featuring Nate, “a neurotic, recently laid-off investment banker” and Joe, “his unemployed, morally questionable, hustler roommate.”
While this may sound like a good candidate to go 404 at any time, the three episodes posted to date actually yield a fair number of laughs. Episode 1, for instance, features a brief snippet from “Diff’rent Strokes – The Musical,” a flop that causes Nate (Jeremy Redleaf, who is also the series writer/director/producer) to lose his job. In episodes 2 and 3, Nate and Joe (Devin Retray, a sort of impoverished man’s Jack Black) work as extras in a rap video. And are we crazy, or is that “Finn” from “The Sopranos” playing the video director? Boy, times are tough.
“Odd Jobs” can be a little on the crude, even offensive side, but if you like your Web comedy nasty, brutish, and most of all short, then it’s a fine way to kill a few minutes when the search for employment’s got you down.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
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