Matt Keeslar plays the titular role of the Middleman, and for a relative unknown he put in an inspired performance as the stoic yet goofily hip MM.The cast of The Middleman were terrific as discussed in detail below:.I love doing the “!!!!” reaction whenever somebody does something that is supposed to surprise me.įewer things catch people off guard more than a proper !!!! reaction… It’s just plain funny to say or reenact some of the comedy bits from the show. There’s a quote from The Middleman for just about any situation that you’ll ever find yourself in, and I guarantee that it’ll be a unique phrase that nobody else is saying. I also like to throw out a “specificity is the soul of all good communication,” whenever someone is obnoxiously being vague. Phrases like “I’m as serious as a Hefty bag full of rottweilers,” “You are going to reap the whirlwind… that means we’re going to do bad things to you,” and “it’s sheer elegance in its simplicity!” make it into my everyday interactions frequently. I cannot even begin to tell you how often I quote The Middleman, but it is multiple times every day. The Middleman is the most quotable show in existence.You want more pop culture references! You want more insane shenanigans! You want more witty banter that pokes holes in tropes! You want more Middleman, plain and simple and why wouldn’t you? There are ghosts, luchadores, succubi, space aliens, sentient possessed puppets, boy bands, alternate realities, fish zombies, robots, intelligent mafioso apes, terracotta warriors, evil business tycoons, art crawls, and so much more! With so much variety jam packed into each episode, The Middleman covers more ground in 12 episodes than most shows do in multiple seasons. There is a quirkiness to the series that you not only buy into, but crave as the minutes of each episode fly by. Everything about the show feels unique, exciting, and unexpected. The Middleman is a breath of fresh air.That sounds like way too much typing, but I will condense it down into a handful of handy dandy bullet points! Why is The Middleman awesome? Oh man… do you have a few hours to read about my love for The Middleman? OK, me neither. In my opinion, The Middleman is quite literally 12 perfect episodes of TV. Everything worked, the writing, the comedy, the drama, the action, the insanity, the pop culture references (to which there were seemingly an endless supply), the chemistry between the actors (all of them), the music, the visual design… ya’ know, everything! All of it worked. There was not a weak episode in the bunch. Every episode of the series fired on all cylinders. What transpired on The Middleman TV series was nothing short of lightning in a bottle. The TV series was a lot like the comics, with a talented cast that brought the static artwork of the comic to life on the small screen. In 2008, ABC Family produced a single season of The Middleman which aired during the summertime. It covered a lot of thematic ground, but did it quite well with a geeky charm that is unsurpassed to this day. The comic is a delightful read with a healthy mix of a lot of genres including: spies, superheroes, comedy, romance, sci-fi, slice-of-life, and so much more. The comic was first published in 2005, and has since seen multiple volumes released, 5 in total, as of 2017. What is The Middleman? The Middleman originally started as an independently published comic book created/written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, and illustrated by Les McClaine. Here’s a trailer for the full series on DVD to give you a taste of The Middleman experience: To their credit, ABC Family is the only reason that a filmed version of The Middleman exists, and for that I am eternally grateful. The Middleman was its own beast, living in its own space on a network that fully believed in the concept… even though that concept didn’t really fit in with the rest of their programming. More than that, it was refreshingly different than anything else on network TV at the time as well. It was different than the vast majority of what ABC Family had to offer. That all changed when a YouTube promo for a new series titled The Middleman found its way onto my computer screen. It was a network that had never hit my radar, probably because most of the shows were aimed at a far younger audience than I was with premises that did not correlate with my viewing preferences. Of all of the things I foresaw myself doing in the Summer of 2008, none of them included watching ABC Family at all. Best TV Series That You’ve Never Heard Of: The Middleman – Clean living was his credo and justice was his bride…
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