Decades after the Fatty Arbuckles and The Bowery Boys, in enters producer mogul Judd Apatow, who seemed to be hell bent on bringing the man/child archetype back to a younger audience. The comedic threshold of Apatow’s talent show of players like Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill have proven themselves to be aficionados at capturing the typical bumbling man/child without veering too far away from that style of comedy that it originated from.

What’s so special about the writing team of Nicholas Stoller/Jason Segel under the helm of Apatow, is that they have managed to tap into the struggle of being the everyday man who falls short of his own expectations, including societies and still come up with humiliating comedic punches at every turn. (Read the rest @ Popmatters)