Microwave Porn Ep.1 “Jennifer”

Microwave Porn is the simple story of a humble assistant architect and his talking, porn addicted microwave.

Watch as they traverse the minefield of urban dating together…with sexy results!

4 Swirlies

“I ain’t heatin’ no dinner, and I ain’t charmin’ no date.”

Before I dive into the review, I’d like point out something. Web series are hard to find.

That’s the big reason why we started the Watch List, to make it easier for you guys to see what’s out there, and hopefully find something you like.

There is a tight knit community of web series creators online. From what I can tell, they largely get to know each other on twitter, organized through various blogs and podcasts devoted to web series. But these groups tend to be as hard to find as web series themselves, and they tend to feature and promote series that have somehow found them. This isn’t a criticism, just a fact of how hard it is for web series creators, fans and promoters to find each other. If you’re not active on twitter, it is really easy to chug along with no idea that there are others out there doing the same things you are.

Microwave Porn is a good example. I happen to know one of the guys behind Microwave Porn. There are really committed to the show and are getting pretty good views on YouTube. But they are not a strong part of the web series communities – at least as far as I can tell. They’re rarely referenced, discussed or shared – but they’re putting out a good show, putting out one every month.

So, congrats to you guys, and sorry for taking so long to throw your episodes up here. The question I want to make is, how can we make it easier for scripted web series to cut through the digital noise on the internet?

That’s enough babble, here’s the review.

The description kinda says it all – this is a series about a guy and his microwave, who happens to be addicted to porn.

This first episode is a good pilot episode, we get to know the characters and the situation without getting a lot of exposition. It’s really well written, even if not a lot happens.

The best part about it, clearly, is the talking microwave, which is brought to life with it’s expressions and voice. The guy himself, Alan, doesn’t have tons to do besides be the straight man to the microwave, so I hope they develop him a little more as the series goes on.

The jokes and gags largely center around the microwave being gross and pervy, but there are touches of strong character elements that I think will grow nicely. There’s a risk of this show being one note, so we’ll see how future episodes develop.

All in all, a strong first episode. They avoid many of the pitfalls of “pilot-itis” as it is sometimes known in the biz, and deliver a strong concept.