Quibi’s launch comedy show is Flipped, a show about two wannabe home renovators who end up accidentally renovating the home of a cartel leader. Crazy plot but it is just as good as it sounds.
The show which stars Will Forte (SNL) & Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philidelphia) as Jann and Cricket. Jann and Cricket were both recently fired and enter a contest to create their own renovation TV show, they buy a cheap home online in the desert and renovate it after finding stacks of cash in the walls. The plot is a fantastic set up for a comedy show and fits the personalities of Jann and Cricket are acted out outrageously well by Forte and Olson.
Flipped is also the first show so far on Quibi that I have found to use the turnstyle technology in its filmmaking. At times there are some gags that don’t work when watching in portrait but when you watch their finished show you get to watch it as a TV show or in portrait it feels more like a high-quality show you would find on Snapchat or IGTV.
Four episodes in and I can safely say that I have laughed out loud at least once in each episode which is a fair judge of how funny the show is. Flipped is from Funny or Die and I can easily see the show being a success on a network like Fox or NBC. My only worry is that the original concept and fun of them creating their own renovation show may become lost, for now though Flipped feels fresh and is definitely worth streaming.