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Universal Basic Guys

TV Fox , Hulu Comedy 2024
Universal Basic Guys TV show poster: Mark and Hank Hoagies show off their Universal Basic Income checks

Common Sense Media Review

Marty Brown By Marty Brown , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 13+

Derivative mature comedy aims for crude laughs.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 13+?

Any Positive Content?

  • Universal Basic Guys TV show screenshot 1: Mark and Hank bring home a chimpanzee
  • Universal Basic Guys TV show screenshot 2: neighbor Mernft Man gets attacked by an exotic snake
  • Universal Basic Guys TV show screenshot 3: Mark coaches the Philadelphia Eagles

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age 15+

Based on 3 parent reviews

barneysworldreview A.
barneysworldreview A. Parent of 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15-year-old
October 20, 2024
age 18+

universal basic guys? more like the most basic movie ever

beavis and butthead rip off + really basic
dream M.
dream M. Adult
September 14, 2024
age 18+

my kid diarrhead

REALLY GRAPHIC!!!! MY KIDS WATCHED THIS AND THEY ALL EXPLODED (except my 6 year old for some reason), THIS WAS VERY INNAPROPRIATE FOR KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 30!!!!!!!!! VECTOR FROM DISPICABLE ME WAS ALSO IN THIS MOVIE AND STARTED DOING FORTNITE EMOJIJJSJIJISJISJISJIS ON EVERYONE!!!!! AFTER HE DID THAT HE BRUTALLY KILLED THEM ALL AND SHOVED THE WORLD IN THE MEAT GRINDER!!!!!!! 0 OUT OF 10
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What's the Story?

Mark and Hank Hoagies become UNIVERSAL BASIC GUYS when their jobs get taken away by AI and they begin receiving monthly $3000 Universal Basic Income checks. Mark and Hank adjust to their new, unemployed lifestyle by getting involved in various schemes with their family, neighbors, and friends.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (3 ):
Kids say (2 ):

Mediocre adult animation often feels indebted to either The Simpsons or Family Guy. Universal Basic Guys splits the difference: Comedy-wise, the series aims for crude laughs (and casual racism) reminiscent of Family Guy, but without the absurdist boundary pushing that made Family Guy take off. Like The Simpsons, the idea of family is at the heart of Universal Basic Guys, and the characters inevitably work through their wild ideas with compassion and communication. The result is a show with a muddy moral center that doesn't push its crude humor far enough to be actually funny.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the Hoagies brothers. What is the premise of the series? How do the Hoagies bros react to their new lifestyle? What choices do they make? How do the consequences of those choices change their lives?

  • Does this show have a moral? If so, what is it? How does the series present this lesson? Do Mark and Hank have a sense of morality? What are their values?

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