I managed to get my hands on a Season 1 of the relatively new sitcom, Better Off Ted yesterday. And after watching the pilot episode, I was already quite hooked.

Better Off Ted, my new sitcom to watch

Better Off Ted, is sitcom that centers around Ted, who works at a company called Veridian Dynamics, a very powerful company which is involved in cutting edge technology. Problem is, the things that the company comes up with might not be ethical at all times. For example, Ted is required to lead a team of scientist to figure out how to make pumpkins, into lethal biological weapons, and engineer mice that could withstand high temperatures.

Better Off Ted, is narrated from Ted’s point of view, which makes it really hilarious, because when Ted narrate, he seems to make everything that is ridiculous seem really mundane in the office.

Ted's two subordinates trying to invent a chair that makes people really uncomfortable, so that they won't daydream at work

In the pilot, Ted was tasked by his boss to find a use for a piece of fabric with a strange texture. Eventually, his team invented a chair that was lined with solely that fabric. And they proceeded to test it on human subjects.

In the initial phase of testing, Ted was told that the chairs were very uncomfortable to sit on, however further testings revealed that people’s productivity increased on such chairs because they were unable to daydream and get comfortable. Ted’s team then proceeded to think of ways to make the chair even more uncomfortable and tested it out on the subjects. It was rolling-on-the-floor-funny to see the human live test subjects squirming and doing work in their chairs, and one guy eventually stood up, and yelled “I can’t take it anymore!” and ran out of the building.

The biggest experiment however, was when Ted was asked to freeze one of his employee simply because the company has developed a way freeze humans rapidly.

Ted's love interest, Linda

One of the employees in the midst of being frozen

While it might seem like a really dumb and corny sitcom, I think it is Ted’s narration that makes the whole show comes off as witty and humorous. Definitely a keeper!

Better Off Ted, is one of the better sitcoms I have watched recently. If you have any other sitcom to recommend, be sure to drop a comment or contact me. I would love more alternatives to How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men and Better Off Ted. Cheers!