SANTA INC - The Worst Comedy of 2021 

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If they wanted a female Santa, why not give Mrs. Claus a starring role?

I’ll say it again: A LOT of animated childrens films and series are a THOUSAND times more maturely written than MOST adult animated content.

"Santa Inc. currently stands as the lowest rated show on IMDB" HBO (AGAIN), rocking up with Velma: Wassup y'all

"There has never been a Jewish Santa Claus!" For a jewish director and jewish voice actor, you'd think they'd know what type of religious holiday Christmas is and why a Jewish santa claus would've never been a thought.

“You know, Amy, anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is an exception and not the status quo” -Knuckles the Echidna

You know you’re show is fucked when the closest thing you get to a likeable character is the one we’re actually supposed to hate.

Bojack horseman walked so 99% of adult animated comedies could trip over their own feet.

It’s insane how shows made for actual toddlers can handle certain topics and issues better than shows made for adults

I've said it before. Seth doesn't make adult comedy. He makes comedy for what children think being adult is.

It's funny how shows made for kids like Kim Possible, Powerpuff Girls, Etc are able to present the creator's views on certain issues in a subtle way that leaves it up to the viewer to decide what they think. While a large part of recent shows made for adults really feel like they need to beat everyone over the head with their views on current issues.

As a woman, I'd be so offended if one of the main reasons I got promoted was because I was a woman.

When Santa told Candy she could literally be the CEO while someone else was the face of Christmas while she was the actual boss, just for her to meet that with a “Go fuck your self”, really confused the shit out of me.

What's funny is how the show is trying to be progressive but uses every black and gay stereotype in the book to pass as comedy. You can't have your cake and and eat it too.

“I would rather watch an R rated animated Christmas comedy with a touch of a feminist agenda” *said no one ever*

I find it ironic that they ask "How come there's never been a Jewish Santa" and they didn't bring up Hanukkah ONCE, they're so interested in tearing down other people's traditions that they don't even realise how much better off they'd be elevating their own

Honestly, I actually like the joke at 20:00. Walrus guy makes a regular mistake at a golf court, Candy tries to be a snarky asshole about it, and to her surprise, instead of lashing out or ignoring the question, the walrus gives her an honest response, not realizing that she was just trying to be an asshole. I like this joke because of walrus guy's cluelessness and because Candy gets what she deserves for being the asshole she is. Though I might see too much into it.

The Santa Inc. trailer was definitely one of the reasons the dislike button disappeared.

The biggest problem with Santa inc is that the entire concept of the show should be letting us root against Santa but after his genuine talk and reason why the mc isn’t getting the position while also giving her an arguably better role he is instantly humanized. Which only makes our mc more unlikeable and her motivations even more flawed due to being a horrible person the entire show.

I always told my kids that Santa doesn't have a race, he just looks like whatever family of the house he visits.

Oh man it physically hurts me that the animation and character design is so good and cute. What an unfortunate waste

My heart goes out to the stop motion animators.

The funny thing is the scene where Santa explains to Candy why he didn’t choose her to be Santa is a very through and logical argument for why he chose the way he did and might have actually been a good twist that maybe, just maybe, might have actually saved the show a bit. And then Candy completely disregards it.

As a woman, this crap is embarrassing... And insulting. 🎅☠

Y'know how to make that "Thanksgiving time schedule" scene actually funny or even just slightly amusing? The elf: Why the f*ck are we still on the Thanksgiving time schedule? No one even remembers Thanksgiving exists until the week before!

As an animatior myself, I cannot imagine how disappointed the animators on this project must feel. They obviously worked hard to produce high-quality models and animation (far better than this show deserved), and all that hard work is for what? Irrepirably having their names on one of the worst- recived pieces of media of all time. Must be just devastating for them.

It's shocking just how many cartoons targeted towards kids and young adults are more mature than the cartoons targeted specifically for adults.

Tokyo godfathers managed to be a christmas themed story AND get its politics across without coming off as pandering and definitely without insulting people randomly (also the jokes actually landed)

I kinda like Santa because he has to live around all these horrible people and still stays positive the entire way through.

I find hilarious how the reindeers are stand ins for black people, and are not only portrayed in stereotypical negative ways, but also want us to believe that it is a progressive show with a message

As a Jew I can say I never not once in my entire life felt bad that Santa Claus wasn’t Jewish. In fact I never even thought about it cause why the fuck would I care.

The fact that Santa offers her to run the show from the back and she turns him down proves that she doesn't want actually want the job she pretends to want. She just wants the title and accolades.

Actually "I always regretted never being in the war. Legal murder is the shit" made me laugh, but as you said it's only because it was unpredictable of the character to say something that wasn't meant to be stereotypical or dirty joke

As much as i hate Christmas stuff being pushed out every holiday season, this series make the Christmas Hallmark movies look like a national treasure

The concept of a female Santa done in stop-motion animation was already done almost 50 years ago with lovely characters, a real conflict, songs, and action. It was called "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and it was produced by Rankin-Bass, masters of the stop-motion Christmas movies, and it's not only genuinely fun and funny, it's timeless and yet timely. Mrs. Claus debates taking over for Santa when he gets sick and believes that nobody will miss him if he takes a vacation, and even Vixen (a deer, a female deer) gets involved in solving the problem. In short, this series was not needed. In any way.

Remember when this was the lowest rated IMDB show? Y'know, before Velma? Christ, we're at a race to the bottom

basically the epitome of "the flavorless movie to play at an office party for everyone to stand around and chuckle at in a thin attempt to disguise their own misery"

*I think Doug Walker (yes, Channel Awesome Nostalgia Critic Doug Walker) said it best:* "By having grown-up humor, you make it more childish. By modernizing the dialogue, you make it more dated. And by changing the source material, you show how much you don't respect what's already perfect."

The thing that I don't get is... if you want to make a story about a female or jewish Santa Claus so badly, do you even need the whole men vs. women thing... like at all? You could easily focus on having to deal with the expectations towards the role of Santa and who Santa is on their own. You don't need an antagonist or strawman. Hell you could weave in a message about body positivity and christmas being open to anyone if you wanted just by playing off of how we imagine Santa and how hard it can be to live up to that. But most importantly *you wouldn't be going out of your way to piss people off.*

Technically we already had a female Santa. That was back in the 1960s from those Rankin/Bass movies

"There's never been a Jewish Santa Claus" No shit, it's a Christian holiday. It's like expecting a Muslim Santa Claus, there is very specific reasoning for why in the first place Santa Claus isn't even a part of their cultures.

It is so much worse than the main character simply running over a sapient reindeer and leaving him to die, No no no. She runs him over, gets out of the car acknowledges him and his situation than calls him what was established as a RACIAL SLUR toward reindeer than drives off and leaves him to die. She literally makes an accident into a second degree manslaughter and a hate crime! Or hero folks! Yet they somehow wonder why people hated this show.

One thing that bothers/annoys me about these type of shows in general Is when let's say for an example a man assaulting a woman it's meant to be treated seriously but when the reverse is happening a woman assaulting a man it's more or less treated as a joke Because men don't have emotions

Silverman has been in the Hollywood bubble for so long, she has no idea how she is perceived by the public.

As someone Jewish, I am baffled why a Jewish person would want to lead Christmas. We don't even celebrate it?!?! We have our own holiday for the season!! I read the show highlighting her being Jewish as an antisemitic "Jews Run Everything" trope :/

The worst part about any of these “topical issues” shows is that they don’t do anything with these observations: they just say them and let them sit there and expect you to find it funny because “relatable”. They don’t offer any solutions or ways in which these issues can be fixed or solved nor do they actually derive humor from the situations.

On the list of things wrong with this series, the fact that the main character was massive asshole is revealing. If this is the type of character the writers thought would be liked and well received, it says a lot about them.

As a Jew, my parents taught me about the holocaust when I was 5. They then brought me to the DC museum when I was 7. It was ingrained in my mind from a young age that it is not something to joke about, so I was pissed when this show did. It doesn’t matter that the people saying it are Jews, it’s still not ok to joke about

31:01 This one scene of Robot Chicken is funnier than the entire Santa Inc series.

Have you ever wanted a bunch of annoying 30 year old millionaire hacks to lecture you about their politics while smugly looking down at you? Then Santa Inc is for you!

15:04 So she's an utter psychopath who wants to kill Santa and take his job but is using being a woman to seem progressive when really she's just someone who happens to be a woman wanting to be Santa.

15:50 This made me laugh. "Right, now that the cancer is out of the way, we can move on to the good stuff...The comedy." "What comedy?!" "Yeah, exactly!"

"What if I did something really bad, but it was for the greater good?" - An Elf, unironically.

Yeah, the whole "adding profanity, sex and violence to animated series makes them adult animated series, therefore funny" is a concept that annoys me. The people making the show seems to forget that a show is only as good as its writing. To me, this is what separates what I consider "good" adult animated series (such as Metalocalypse and South Park) from the bad (Paradise PD and Santa Inc).

Besides the fact that the series is unfunny and just not good. Seth Rogen calling everyone who hated his series, "White Supremacists" just made me despise the series in general, along with him. Edit: "Bad Santa" did raunchy Christmas humor better and it still had more heart than this.

12:40 RIP Gilbert Gottfried

She is so "mansplaining" that she is allowed to end all her jokes without being interrupted

I remember Sausage Party being well-received at launch and people calling it a welcome relief. Now, it is used as a demonstration of what NOT to do for adult animation. And I consider that to be a good progression of people's tastes in media.

"Remember I know everything. So I own you fat man". This is 100% something a villan would say. Yet this is said by the main character that we're supposed to root for.

19:27 you know it's sad that a Disney cartoon is more mature and adult than this entire show.

“There’s never been a Jewish Santa before” *I* *WONDER* *W H Y*

What gets me is that they actually thought that the protagonist would be funny and relatable. That says some things about the makers.

Everyone has said it before, the entire show is a trainwreck and the one character you're supposed to hate is the most likeable and most reasonable. They spent the majority of the show on their soapbox pushing social politics without making the characters likeable at all while setting it during a time when people forget their differences and come together during the festive season. Then there's "that scene" which made Santa come across as a genuinely reasonable person and was willing to give Candy the most important job in the business, but because it wasn't front and centre she let her ego get in the way.

Me and my mom almost watched Santa Inc on Christmas Eve when we wanted to watch something involving Christmas. Thank god we didn't watch it

It's so disheartening knowing that the biggest advocates for progression are the most bitter, hating and nasty people I have ever seen.

This show was one those parodies of 'cute, family friendly character says fuck and commits gory acts' but played completely straight

You have to love how the shows protagonist, the person who they want us to root for, is portrayed as a literal sociopath who has none of the qualities that would make them a good Santa Claus replacement like being good with children or being apart of the religion that actually practices Christmas.

23:13 I don't know why, but the baby being named Fun Size is actually kind of cute to me. About the only thing in the show that I like.

I’d absolutely love to see you review good films more in the future. Don’t box yourself into just slaughtering the shit in the world, it just drags you down and isn’t good for your soul. Reviewing good stuff is always better. Hope to see you back soon

It's so beautiful that Seth Rogan was able to unite everyone over a common idea. Granted that idea is the absolute destruction of his "career" but I think we're all on board.

That whole "Santa-splain" scene feels like something that they would've done while they were just spitballing ideas to see what worked, complete with an incomplete punchline, but somehow they thought that was worthy of the final release

If they had decided not to do the whole "santa is actually a drug dealer so now she can blackmail him" thing, and instead made Candy have to come to terms with the fact that she didn't get the job, not because of her race or gender, but because she was a nasty person and wasn't the best for the job, then they could've actually salvaged this shit somewhat. Not as a comedy or anything, but they could've at least had a single worthwhile thing to say.

I will forever be convinced that people like Sara Silverman and Mindy Kaling actually do experience the workplace the way they portray, not because it’s actually that potent but because they go into it with bitterness and take everything men say with a grain of salt. Then, instead of realizing they’re just angry at society the way everyone is, they think all women with agree with and appreciate their point of view. I’ve had my own issues as a woman in the workplace, but I can tell you right now the proper way to handle it isn’t with more viciousness and aggression.

You know, that whole scene where Santa Claus calls Candy, not only he went out of his way to explain why he didn't chose her (mind you he doesn't have any obligation to do do), but he made so many valid points, you can't help but agree with him. Even awful writers can have a stroke of genius sometimes. And then they probably realized they were making too much sense that, to remedy that and don't contradict their message, Santa Is immediately revealed to be a total crook. It's more hilarious than anything In the show.

I'm a feminist myself, yet...I don't stand with any of what these writers have to say. Just how I feel... if these shows actually cared about any of the things they claim, then they would make an effort to make their representation of issues....good? If you care about these issues than you should try to present it in a mature fashion. Instead we have cheap shots delivered with juvenile humor and making extreme caricatures of anyone with a different view point, that it self-sabotages it's own message. If these issues matter, treat them with respect.

The idea of a jewish santa is contradictory-

I'm getting really tired of people doing cynical and edgy takes on things that are just supposed to be light-hearted and fun. Nothing can be fun anymore, everything has to be cynical, edgy, and spiteful. It feels like nowadays, joy and fun are dead and whininess reigns supreme.

I feel so sorry for the animators.

I like how the show constantly tries to gloss over or completely ignores the real world historical accomplishments of women and poc’s just to prop up/justify the idea of Sarah Silverman elf being the first, fictional, female Jewish Santa, because that’s totally not degrading or bigoted at all. 🙃

29:08 "The reindeer take meth to increase their speed..." They tried taking speed to increase their meth, but that wasn't quite as effective.

No one Middle/highschoolers: 23:33

5:29 Ah the "good" old "If you don't like badly characterised, written, produced, acted and directed films and series you're prejudiced against all minorities" routine.

Total Drama Island a children/ teen TV show had Lashawna the most stereotypical black woman ive ever seen in cartoons that I’ve watched and they somehow made her one of the best characters in the whole show. How tf did a cartoon show made for literal ADULTS fuck up such an easy character to make and give personality to? Literally one of the easiest stereotypes to write and they made it so cringey and unlikeable

13:25 "You're an elf, bitch. You could probably use a tic-tac to get off."

I was so mad when Santa turned out to be the villain, he gave a wonderful explanation as to why he didn't pick candy, the job is all about delivering presents to kids and someone who can't connect with kids is just wrong for the job. Why did they have to go for the cliche twist villain trope when he was doing so well?

Rogen&Silverman: "We call this one 'bold and brash'" Everyone: "more like 'belongs in the trash'!"

This only proves that bad writers, actors and directors deserve to be visited by Krampus.

I like in that tweet where Casey neistat had their car broken into, and Seth Rohan responded with saying that LA is lovely dispite having his car broken into 15 times. It must be nice to be able to afford to replace anything at anytime, it just seems so detached from reality

7:06 considering how unfunny santa inc is, that's actually a good joke. It's dark, it's clever and it's delivered in such a casual tone, had this joke been made in any other show, it would be considered funny.

Honestly, just looking at the visuals out of context, they don’t look that bad. Apart from the mouths that they added in post and the other flaws you mentioned, they pulled the stop-motion style off pretty well in my opinion. Some of the characters and set designs look cool. I’m sorry for the animators who had to work on this though. Imagine you invest countless hours and true passion for your craft into a series, and this is the final product.

Ya know what's funny about this show? It fails at the basic concept - not just in the ways he described, like 'Why does it have to be racist and sexist that all of the Santa's are male, white, and fat', but my bigger question is 'Wait, Santa gets replaced? Isn't it just one immortal guy? Santa Claus is a name, not a profession.' So like, even before the show's done anything, you already have something I'm instantly questioning.

The problem with doing a show, especially a comedy, with a 'message', is that if you make the message too heavy handed, not only are you going to annoy the people you're trying to spread the message to, but even the people who agree with you are going to find the show annoying. Putting the message ahead of the writing just gives you a a show or movie that nobody will enjoy.

0:19 Eh, that joke could’ve been funny if it was more tongue in cheek to itself. Maybe the protagonist is supposed to be laughed at in this situation because of the delivery

The problem with these forced politics in shows, is that they just vaguely SAY why something is bad rather than show it. People are a lot more reasonable when they fully understand an issue, like with Santa's heart to heart, but the show would rather make their antagonists """evil""" and thus make any argument they impose invalid, because the evil man said it.

There’s a comedian named Tim Hawkins, and he has a philosophy that “as long as its funny you can get away with it” and this show doesn’t get away with it

27:00 I think the joke is that the chicken nuggets weren’t kosher because they were basted in their own fat and that a Jewish character just ate them. I could be wrong though-I know very little about kosher food standards.

I know I’m late to this video but considering stop motion is literally some of the most difficult animation to accomplish (with puppetry) so like… Knowing such a rare art form nowadays was squandered on this dung heap is actually depressing.

The worst part? Had the show stopped with the heart to heart scene of Santa explaining his reasoning it could have been good. That scene was perfect, like an actually really well written and scripted scene. Then they toss it aside. So yikes.

I said this before but I'll say it again: you don't need to rally on s3x, drug,, swears or offensive humor to be consider an adult cartoon; you can use them but not abuse them, all it needs its to tell a story, be deep or just be funny without the need of being gross

Regarding the "the man santas aren't doing a bad job" argument (which I 100% agree with), I think I've found a very simple and very obvious fix to that; Have there actually be discrimination happening to Candy in the work place because of her race and gender. This would then force her to try and become a santa as she'd want to stop the discrimination from going on. Boom, easy! How did they not think of this?