History Series / TheNeighbors2015

''The Neighbors'' is a series about an apartment building filled with various eccentric tenants. Sounds like standard [[SitCom sitcom]] fare... until you realize that it's written by, directed by, and starring Creator/TommyWiseau, the same man behind the [[SoBadItsGood infamously bad]] film ''Film/TheRoom''. Many of its hallmarks can be seen in the series, including awkward dialogue, stilted acting, and scenes that go absolutely nowhere. Add to that terrible sound quality, even ''lower'' production standards, and multiple instances of what seem to be either improvised lines or outtakes that were left in, it ends up being one of the more surreal experiences this side of Creator/TimAndEric--and it's hard to tell how much of that is intentional.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''The Room''. People greet each other with the infamous "Oh hai!", an obsession with sports (football and basketball), a case of DawsonCasting (Denny and Ricky Rick), subplots involving drugs and significant characters suddenly disappearing (Pete and Charlie).

* PinkMeansFeminine: Philadelphia is ''obsessed'' with the color pink.

''The Neighbors'' is a series about an apartment building filled with various eccentric tenants. Sounds like standard [[SitCom sitcom]] fare... until you realize that it's written by, directed by, and starring Tommy Wiseau, the same man behind the infamously bad film ''[[Film/TheRoom The Room]]''. Many of its hallmarks can be seen in the series, including awkward dialogue, stilted acting, and scenes that go absolutely nowhere. Add to that terrible sound quality, even ''lower'' production standards, and multiple instances of what seem to be either improvised lines or outtakes that were left in, it ends up being one of the more surreal experiences this side of Creator/TimAndEric--and it's hard to tell how much of that is intentional.

The pilot was shown along with ''The Room'' in late 2014, and the series premiered on [[HuLu Hulu]] in March of 2015. Not to be confused with [[Series/TheNeighbors the 2012 sci-fi series]], the Australian soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', [[{{Film/Neighbors}} several films with a similar title]], or the short-lived 70s game show hosted by Regis Philbin.

* BlandNameProduct: Instead of Tommy Hilfiger, the characters wear Tommy Wiseau underwear.
** Then again Tommy Wiseau actually has his own underwear line so it may be less BlandNameProduct and more ProductPlacement.

''The Neighbors'' is a series about an apartment building filled with various eccentric tenants. Sounds like standard [[SitCom sitcom]] fare... until you realize that it's written by, directed by, and starring Tommy Wiseau, the same man behind the infamously bad film ''[[Film/TheRoom The Room]]''. Many of its hallmarks can be seen in the series, including awkward dialogue, stilted acting, and scenes that go absolutely nowhere. Add to that terrible sound quality, even ''lower'' production standards, and multiple instances of what seem to be either improvised lines or outtakes that were left in, it ends up being one of the more surreal experiences this side of TimAndEric--and it's hard to tell how much of that is intentional.

* WTH,CostumingDepartment: Ricky Rick sometimes wears a clothesline as a necklace with clothespins attached.

* WhatTheHell,CostumingDepartment: Ricky Rick sometimes wears a clothesline as a necklace with clothespins attached.

The pilot was shown along with ''The Room'' in late 2014, and the series premiered on [[HuLu Hulu]] in March of 2015. Not to be confused with [[Series/TheNeighbors the 2012 sci-fi series]], the Australian soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', [[Film/Neighbors several films with a similar title]], or the short-lived 70s game show hosted by Regis Philbin.

The pilot was shown along with ''The Room'' in late 2014, and the series premiered on [[HuLu Hulu]] in March of 2015. Not to be confused with [[Series/TheNeighbors the 2012 sci-fi series]], the Australian soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', or the short-lived 70s game show hosted by Regis Philbin.

* BorrowedCatchPhrase: "What a day, as Charlie would say," said by Ricky Rick in episode four. It's hard to tell if it was intended to be a borrowed catch phrase or if Wiseau simply forgot which character he was and said it before covering himself.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: ''The 1812 Overture'', used as the opening theme.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I heard you got a gun for free and you didn't pay anything?

* ActingForTwo: Tommy Wiseau plays both the landlord Charlie and tenant Ricky Rick.

* DawsonCasting: Ricky Rick is most likely meant to be in his twenties but is played by Tommy Wiseau. It works as well as you'd expect.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I heard you got a gun for free and you didn't pay anything?

The pilot was shown along with ''The Room'' in late 2014, and the series premiered on HuLu in March of 2015. Not to be confused with [[Series/TheNeighbors the 2012 sci-fi series]], the Australian soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', or the short-lived 70s game show hosted by Regis Philbin.