Television series

Farzar

Name: Farzar
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 2022
Cast: David Kaye, Jerry Minor, Lance Reddick, Dana Snyder, Kari Wahlgren

Comedy

Farzar is a rapid-fire adult animated comedy that pivots its premise constantly, treating absurdity as permission to go anywhere. It's aggressively silly, brutally crude, and packed with jokes that land three per minute. If you loved shows that treat plot as scaffolding for chaos rather than gospel, and you can tolerate genuinely vile humour in service of nothing but laughs, this is your speed.

TVMaze rating

2.8

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