Champaign ILL Mines Hypebeast Gear for Humor

Champaign ILL premiered on YouTube Premium in 2018 to quiet fanfare. The premise seemed charming enough—comedy stalwarts Adam Pally and Sam Richardson as Ronnie and Alf, a hard-partying entourage duo forced to grow up and readjust to an everyday existence when their best-friend-turned-famous-rapper suddenly dies. (With his death, Ronnie and Alf’s fame and fortune evaporate overnight.) Despite the two hilarious stars and the show’s impressive writer-producer pedigree (with credits including the fiercely loved sitcom Happy Endings), Champaign ILL got lost in the great streaming deluge. You’d be forgiven for missing it. Fast forward two years: Hulu acquired and re-premiered the… Read Full Article