Eastbound & Down

TV Series
2009–2013
15
28m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

67K

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Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

67K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

403

129

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 nominations total

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Trivia
Kenny Powers, the series' protagonist, is the name of a real-life American stuntman who attempted to jump a portion of the St. Lawrence River in a rocket propelled Lincoln Continental. The stunt was conceived by a Canadian stuntman, Ken Carter. When it came time to jump, he backed out, and the crew contacted Kenny Powers, who then attempted the jump, failing in a dramatic fashion.

Quotes
Kenny Powers: Fuck that noise!

Connections
Featured in The 2011 Comedy Awards (2011)

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9/10

Slow burner that becomes phenomenal

Maybe it was the first two episodes - but, I wasn't really hooked by them. I came back to the series - and it turned into one of the funniest series I have ever seen. There are some cameo performances by the likes of Don Johnson, Matthew MaConaughey and Sacha Baron-Cohen. It is ironic that SBC was in this series - as he appeared to do something similar with Brothers Grimsby in a British context, but fell so short, sadly, of the standards achieved in E&D.

Stick with E&D - it is remarkable - crass, but laugh-out-loud funny and still manages to be endearing. Kenny Powers' utterings are so politically incorrect it is more of a lens on the kind of folk who genuinely come out with such cringe-making observations.

This series deserves much wider appreciation as it is a stand-out piece of work that amazingly gets better and better./