The Whitest Dark Humor That You’ll Ever See

When my down-the-hall dorm buddy Allison told me to go google “Hiphopopotamus vs Rhymenoceros” and I came back five minutes or so later in utter hysterics, I knew I’d found a gem. I love me some Flight of the Concords, and if you’re here enough, I’m sure you know I’m not the only one. Still, if someone told me to pick my favorite Internet/TV comedy group, I wouldn’t pick FotC. They’re just not…white enough. Not like the Whitest Kids U’Know.

I stumbled on these guys a good few years back when friend linked me an old favorite, the Hitler Rap (more on that later). I was a fairly loyal fan for a while, checking new skits on their site and even once going to a cramped, out-of-the-way basement show in the city. With their Internet fame raising steadily but surely, it was inevitable that someone high up would trip over their acts and find them hilarious. So WKUK got their spot in the limelight, and they haven’t quite left it yet. They had their own show on Fuse for a while, but a lot of the sketches had to be censored, so they wandered over to IFC, where I believe they still are now. Read More »