History Series / Crashing

* ''Series/CrashingUK'' (2016): About six millennials living together as property guardians, starring Creator/PhoebeWallerBridge and Creator/JonathanBailey.

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''Crashing'' is a comedy series created by and starring Creator/PeteHolmes, airing on Creator/{{HBO}} since 2017.

Holmes plays a fictionalized version of himself as an aspiring stand-up comedian whose marriage falls apart, so he decides to dedicate himself full-time to comedy. Moving to New York City without any funds or support, he's reduced to "crashing" at the homes of various established comedians as he tries to launch his career.

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'''Tropes include''':

* AdamWesting: Most of the comedians play off of their established comedic personas. Doctor Oz, however, camps it up a bit during his appearance.
* AsHimself: A number of famous comedians appear as themselves. Given their established comedy personas, there's a limited amount of AdamWesting needed to fuel the comedy.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: Pete's life is "crashing" down on him, so he's "crashing" on people's couches. “Crashing” is also a term for performing poorly on stage.
* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Pete's first girlfriend after getting divorced is the one he ends up with at the end of season 3]].
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Pete's passionate and tumultuous relationship with Kat involves a lot of sex in public places.
* MeetCute: Pete meets Kat at a clothing store after exchanging a few witty remarks about the merchandise.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Lief is an easy-going, optimistic and hairy hippy without any real job.
* OddFriendship:
** Pete becomes friends with Lief, the man who slept with his wife. Pete still hates the fact that Lief did that to him, but Lief is such an optimistic and friendly guy (and Pete is such a nice guy) that Pete can't help but forgive him, and they even end up living together briefly. Other comedians express amazement that Pete didn't exercise some sort of terrible revenge on Lief instead.
** Pete's friendship with Creator/ArtieLange, a crass and scuzzy addict who is the polar opposite of Pete's wholesome, nice-guy personality.
* PlotIncitingInfidelity: The series is launched by Pete catching his wife in bed with Lief.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Pete quits his lucrative job playing on the religious circuit because it would mean not performing the comedy he wants to tell.
* StatusQuoIsGod: The premise of the show is built on Pete being homeless and crashing on the couches of famous comedians, so he doesn't start making enough money to afford his own place until season three, when presumably the premise would become too depressing.
* StealingFromTheHotel: Pete's agent asks him for help stealing their hotel room's robes, which annoys him.
* TimePassageBeard: One of Pete's signature bits is about how he can't grow a beard, so if he were ever stranded on a desert island, his rescuers would assume that he just got there because he has no beard.
* ThrowItIn: Much of Artie Lange's dialogue is improvised. Lange threw out almost all of the dialogue during his audition, so they cast him to do exactly that.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Pete Holmes really did divorce his unfaithful wife and rethought his life as a nice Christian man before becoming successful in comedy.
* YourCheatingHeart: The catalyst for the show is Pete catching his wife in bed with another man.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The premise of the show is built on Pete being homeless, so he's not going to start making enough money to get his own place until, presumably, the end of the show.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: Pete's life is "crashing" down on him, so he's "crashing" on people's couches.

''Crashing'' is a sitcom created by and starring Creator/PeteHolmes, airing on Creator/{{HBO}} since 2017.

''Crashing'' is a sitcom created and starring Creator/PeteHolmes, airing on Creator/{{HBO}}. Holmes plays a fictionalized version of himself as an aspiring stand-up comedian whose marriage falls apart, so he decides to dedicate himself full-time to comedy. Moving to New York City without any funds or support, he's reduced to "crashing" at the homes of various established comedians as he tries to launch his career.

** Pete's friendship with Artie Lang, a crass and scuzzy addict who is the polar opposite of Pete's wholesome, nice-guy personality.

* YourCheatingHeart: The catalyst for the show is Pete catching his wife in bed with another man.

''Crashing'' is a sitcom created and starring Creator/PeteHolmes, airing on Creator/{{HBO}}. Holmes plays a fictionalized version of himself as an aspiring stand-up comedian whose marriage falls apart and decides to dedicate himself full-time to comedy. Moving to New York City without any funds or support, he's reduced to "crashing" at the homes of various established comedians as he tries to launch his career.

* OddFriendship: Pete becomes friends with Lief, the man who slept with his wife. Pete still hates the fact that Lief did that to him, but Lief is such an optimistic and friendly guy (and Pete is such a nice guy) that Pete can't help but forgive him, and they even end up living together briefly. Other comedians express amazement that Pete didn't exercise some sort of terrible revenge on Lief instead.

* PunBasedTitle: Pete's life is "crashing" down on him, so he's "crashing" on people's couches.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Pete Holmes really did divorce his unfaithful wife and had an identity crisis as a nice Christian man before becoming successful in comedy.

''Crashing'' is a sitcom created and starring Creator/PeteHolmes, airing on Creator/{{HBO}}. Loosely based on his personal life, Holmes plays a fictionalized version of himself as an aspiring stand-up comedian who catches his wife cheating on him and decides to dedicate himself full-time to comedy. Moving to New York City and without any funds or support, he's reduced to "crashing" at the homes of various established comedians as he tries to launch his career.

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