Name: Universal Basic Guys
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 2024-09-08
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Adam Malamut, Craig Malamut, Talia Genevieve, Fred Armisen

What if getting paid to do nothing was somehow worse than working?

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Latest Episode

22 min

Season 2 • Episode 18

Latest

Episode 18

Apr 12, 2026

Overview

Animation Comedy

Two brothers lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a new basic income program, allowing them to use their free time and free money to find purpose in a world where they're no longer needed.

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purpose without productivityautomation anxietybrotherhood and codependencythe absurdity of the American dream

Standout Aspects

Writing

Sharp satire that actually understands economic precarity

Direction

Creator brothers voicing brothers—uncomfortably authentic

Visual Effects

Crude animation style that perfectly matches the slacker energy

Best for:Streaming·Solo·Friends

Heads up:Language·Drug Use

Creators

Adam Malamut, Craig Malamut

First AiredSep 8, 2024

StatusOngoing

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Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Seasons2·Episodes31

Top Cast

Fred Armisen

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Insight

The Malamut brothers are former Goldman Sachs employees who quit finance to make this—making the economic satire uncomfortably firsthand.

Trivia

The show's $3,000/month UBI amount was deliberately set below actual proposed UBI figures to emphasize how little it takes to buy people's complacency.