Manswers

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Manswers
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Genre Documentary
Comedy
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAdam Cohen
Cara Tapper
Joanna Vernetti
Akifumi Takuma
Michael Schelp
Running timeapprox. 20 minutes
Production companySuper Delicious
Original release
Network Spike
ReleaseSeptember 19, 2007 (2007-09-19) 
February 3, 2011 (2011-02-03)

Manswers (spelt onscreen as MANswers: Faster & Harder in season three, and MANswers: Shock & Awe in season four) is an American late night comedy series that premiered on Spike on September 19, 2007.

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The series is produced by reality television production company, SuperDelicious, and aired on Spike. The executive producers are Adam Cohen, Cara Tapper, Joanna Vernetti, Akifumi Takuma, and Michael Schelp. It garnered an average of 1.1 million viewers during its first year among a specific target audience. [1]

The first season consisted of 9 half-hour episodes. The second season showed 13 episodes of similar material.

MANswers, a portmanteau of man + answers, is a satire aimed at predominantly male audiences, primarily aged 18–40. Questions of a comical nature are asked and answered which usually relate to women and dating tips, sex-related questions and trivia, defense mechanisms in harmful situations, and firearms. Specialists with Masters and PhD degrees are brought in and give information.

Overview

MANswers has a magazine style format which discusses hypothetical questions believed to be the type men discuss. It has a narrator who talks about the topics, usually over a reenactment, with footage of women dancing, beer being poured, or nun-chucks. The narrator shouts MANSWERS and an explosion happens. [2] [3] [4]

Cast

Reception

Comedian Eric Andre said about the show "If Maxim Magazine and crystal meth had a baby, it would give anal birth to the show Manswers". He also says that the show is just about boobs and farts. [5] [6]

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