Awkward Puppets

Awkward Puppets is an American YouTube web series and a YouTube channel created and directed by Rudy Mancuso. It is executive produced by John Shahidi & Sam Shahidi. The YouTube channel started on March 10, 2015.

Why It's Not Awkward

 * 1) Funny and likeable cast of characters, such as Diego (the main protagonist), Sam, the Carls, Benita, Twon, the Moon and the Ghost.
 * 2) Good social commentaries in a lot of episodes, talking about problems with modern society but keeping it funny in a South Park like way.
 * 3) Spot-on humour.
 * 4) Many great and hilarious episode, which include (but aren't limited to):
 * 5) * How To Be Honest (the channel's most viewed video)
 * 6) * Racist Workout
 * 7) * Music With Diego
 * 8) * Truth Or Dare
 * 9) * Car Talk
 * 10) * The Translator
 * 11) * Puppet Therapy
 * 12) * Drawing Therapy
 * 13) * Meet Diego
 * 14) * Diego Gets Robbed
 * 15) * Meet Twon
 * 16) * Sam Gets Kidnapped
 * 17) * Diego's Trip To Vegas
 * 18) * Couple's Therapy
 * 19) * Food Truck
 * 20) * Police Chase After Diego
 * 21) * Ghost (a good way to end the series, due to the long hiatus)
 * 22) * Passing Notes
 * 23) * Moon
 * 24) * Date Night (and it's sequel, 'Date Night 2')
 * 25) * I Need a Job
 * 26) * Bar Talk
 * 27) * Diego Gets Coffee (which started the revival on a high note)
 * 28) * Worst Uber Experience
 * 29) * Customer Service
 * 30) * Job Interview
 * 31) "Holy Shit."
 * 32) Nice cinematography, especially in the revival series where there's better lighting.
 * 33) Action scenes are rare in this series, but whenever there are any, they can be really exciting and intense.
 * 34) Good voice acting for the most part.
 * 35) Nice soundtrack, especially the revival's outro song.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some of the characters can be (or are) intolerable:
 * 2) * Sarah is the worst offender, as she's a narcissist, thinking very highly of herself. She's also an extreme racist and sexist, though she does usually get some form of comeuppance in the end.
 * 3) * While Diego is pretty likeable for the most part, he's also a lazy slob who often gets too drunk or slacks off. He's a Mexican stereotype, albiet a funny one, and has apparently cheated on his wife on more than one occasion. While not as bad as Sarah is, he can also be a racist at times, such as thinking a Chinese Santa Clause would hand out Math Problems and Fortune Cookies. Finally, he'll always find a way to get out of things, but thankfully not to the point where his inheritably a bad character.
 * 4) * The Carl Twins are also decent, but can be annoying with the joke of them finishing off each other's sentences.
 * 5) * Some of the incidentals are unlikeable. In 'Meet Sarah', for example, someone threw stuff at her while she was singing on stage, even if she deserved it. In addition to this, they also pass off Diego and stereotype him for being hispanic.
 * 6) * Maria's another funny character, but she can be pretty boring sometimes.
 * 7) * You can sympathise with Benita for having to put up with Deigo, but sometimes she goes too far into making him get a job, or just being a nag at times.
 * 8) Some mean-spirited moments, like the ending of Truth Or Dare or in Customer Service 5, where it's revealed that Diego has been drinking a customer's order the whole time. Usually, these moments are funny (like the aforementioned two), but they can come off as painfully annoying sometimes.
 * 9) Some bad episodes here and there, like 'Meet Sarah' or 'Music With Diego (Ep. 6)' (depending on your view).