TV Review

Brawny Academy

EW's GRADE
B

Details Genres: Comedy, Reality TV

Who knew those paper towel ads touting the Brawny Academy were for real? The Brawny Man, that's who! That cheesily perfect specimen of masculinity hosts these 15-minute webisodes in which eight burly brutes exorcise their inner Homer. They not only do dude things like toss axes and eat chips and dip off the floor but also tackle household tasks like the chore obstacle course (in which one guy can't even recognize a blender) and cleaning a cabin filled with actual pigs. They, however, aren't half as funny as the Brawny Man himself. ''You caught me,'' he says at the start of webisode 2. ''I was just putting this toilet seat down.''

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Originally posted Jun 23, 2006 Published in issue #884-885 Jun 30, 2006 Order article reprints

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