Mr. Iglesias: Welcome Back Kot... I mean, Iglesias

June 24, 2019 12:37 PM - Season 1 (Full Season)

Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias makes the all-but-inevitable move from standup comedy to leading a self-titled sitcom, as a high-school teacher at his alma mater of Woodrow Wilson High in Long Beach, California.

Supporting characters include Sherri Shepherd as Principal Madison and Oscar Nunez as Assistant Principal Hernández. Streaming on Netflix in the U.S.

posted by Etrigan (2 comments total)

I caught this at random while on a road trip -- the hotel TV had Netflix, so I laboriously typed in my password via the remote control, and this popped up on my splash screen. I figured, Well, I generally like his standup, let's give it a shot... and let it go while hanging out with my friends in Slack and otherwise goofing off. It held my attention, for the most part, with the familiar sitcom beats coming along enjoyably enough. It even had some sitcom-level political discussion (security theater, teacher's strike).

All in all, I'd say a B-level sitcom. If you like Gabriel Iglesias, you'll like his show, but probably not quite as much as you like him.
posted by Etrigan at 12:46 PM on June 24, 2019 [1 favorite]

I enjoyed this. Very basic sitcom, but really funny and extremely kind. Standard teacher/students formula, but I think one of the better of the genre. Nothing ground-breaking, but not everything has to be.
posted by General Malaise at 4:36 PM on June 25, 2019 [1 favorite]