Workaholics: “We Be Clownin’” (Episode 4.07)

As fun as it can be watching Adam, Blake and Anders’ interactions with people even crazier than themselves (like Stan Halen from last week’s episode or the always shady Karl), sometimes it’s just nice to watch these three clown around together (no pun intended). “We Be Clownin’” turns these three into literal clowns. The episode works particularly well in that it allows the trio the escalate things on their own, without the usual outside influences.

“We Be Clownin’” harkens to the early days of Workaholics. It starts out simple and charming, with the guys trying out three-person basketball tricks in the pool. When Adam finds some stranded pieces of wood, he decides they could make their own pool slide, and their first attempt leaves Adam with bloody splinters in his back. Instead of just sanding the slide themselves, they go online to find someone willing to do the job for them. When that turns out to cost too much, they instead decide to get a job entertaining kids at birthday parties for the money to hire someone else. That’s right, they decide to get a job to pay for someone to do a job for them that they could just as easily do themselves.

Considering that Blake, Anders and Adam are basically man-children, they are quite successful as birthday clowns. Blake does face painting, Anders is the world’s tallest clown and also hypnotizes hot mothers, and Adam uses a puppet named Nurse Jackie that the kids instantly fall in love with. The success immediately goes to their heads, as they rent a Miata, dress like Wesley Snipes, go all out at a 7-11, and consider their next business venture, like buying a strip club.