Following in Mr. Show's footsteps, they are absurd, very silly, and particularly adept at skewering the minutia of pop culture that have heretofore gone un-skewered. Standout sketches include a video where they give Tom Hanks the "Where Are They Now" treatment (the now-married Tom Hanks is still plugging away in the entertainment industry!), and "Pooljumpers," a fake trailer for a hagiographic documentary about the group of mavericks who invented the game of trying to catch a ball while jumping into a pool (a spot-on parody of overly rhapsodic surfing and skateboard docs). Their success on the web has lead to its members getting gigs writing for and guesting on Parks and Recreation, The Office, Conan, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and Portlandia. They're currently working on their own sketch show for IFC, produced by Bob Odenkirk and Ben Stiller. As Stiller said in the announcement for the show, "The Birthday Boys are too good to just be making viral videos."

THE BIRTHDAY BOYS -- (a sketch show written by and starring The Birthday Boys and Bob Odenkirk)

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