Seeing an article about the TV show, Tires, I noticed that Shane Gillis looks like my doctor.  The article said that season 2 is much better than season 1, and the show sounded like it was worth a try.

The first time I saw Gillis work, was in a couple of commercials trying to get regular people to drink Bud Light again.  Several people in the commercial, are in Tires.

Tires is a work place comedy set in a tire store owned by the father of the guy in the sweater vest.  Shane Gillis is his cousin.  Work place comedies get compared to The Office.  Similar to The Office, the cast is well chosen, with all of the characters bringing something to an episode.

To look at casting, we pick a character from each show who starts out as minor, but may grow into a bigger role.  Both are potential girlfriends for a major character.  Both are attractive, and can be funny or serious.  The Office cast Rashida Jones and Tires cast Veronika Slowikowska.  Well done for both.

The entire cast for Tires is strong, with the second season adding Thomas Haden Church from Wings as Shane Gillis’s father and occasional appearances of Vince Vaughn.  Like The Office, few characters are unlikable. 

Tires lacks the tenderness and sincerity of The Office.  Steve Carell as Michael Scott brought chaos because he wanted to be good, but didn’t know how.  Shane Gillis brings chaos because he is an instigator.  He likes when the day goes off the rails.

Michael Scott said inappropriate things because he didn’t know better.  Shane knows better, and says inappropriate things.  Shane says offensive things about women, Blacks, Italians, handicapped people and any other group that comes to mind, but he doesn’t treat anyone poorly.  The show doesn’t portray any group in a particularly negative manner.

The Office holds up because it’s about a manager who doesn’t know how to be the person he wants to be, while interacting with a bunch of distinctive people.  Tires seems to be about a guy who is so unimportant, he can say and do things that a higher profile person couldn’t get away with.  That makes Tires less quotable, but the viewer may learn some new epithets.

Tires is on Netflix, and people who aren’t easily offended, will enjoy it.  7.5/10.