User reviews

The show's format is sort of a quasi-documentary. It involves a fictional, scripted, office environment (the How Stuff Works offices in Atlanta presumably), and footage of Josh and Chuck recording their podcast Stuff You Should Know. In the first episode a character affected by the extremely rare 'Alien Hand Syndrome' shows up; this is used as a vehicle to discuss various issues about this syndrome and other rare and unusual brain disorders.

If you're a fan of the podcast, you will certainly love this show. Josh and Chuck have a peculiar charisma that translates well from audio to this TV format.

The show is smart; a refreshing change from most TV; even most "science" and "discovery" TV. They've got some clever hidden jokes in here too. If you're either well read or a good student of the podcast you will likely have a few laugh-out-loud moments.

I love the Science Channel and enjoy almost all of their programs. But, this TV series was awful and boring. The two fatties who are the hosts are stiff and often give out incorrect science and history information. The series started to wear out its welcome after the first episode. The series was not well written, the two hosts have a suppressed hostility, no great scenes, and not funny. I think it's suppose to be a comedy series, but it wasn't funny. The series is the most formulaic and predictable shows ever aired on TV. I fail to understand why the Discovery Channel would have picked up this series. I hope the Science Channel doesn't make any more series like this stinker.