The world of sketch comedy is a little barren right now. The Sarah Silverman Show is pretty funny, but where are the group comedy troupes like The Upright Citizens Brigade and The Kids in the Hall? It turns out they've been on the Fuse Network of all places in the form of the very funny The Whitest Kids U' Know. Kind of like The Kids in the Hall (and produced by one of the same men who produced that show) filtered through the more offensive styling of a group like the Jackass boys, WKUK has slowly built a cult following over the last few years and could easily become the next breakthrough comedy hit. The second season of the show has moved to IFC, where the boys can be even more over-the-top and uncensored (and commercial-free). It debuts on February 10th and you'll have five days to catch up with the first season on DVD. Get to work.

The Whitest Kids started in 2000 when a young comedian from Virginia named Trevor Moore transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York. He started a comedy troupe there and met fellow SVA students Sam Brown and Zach Cregger and the group started to gel. Timmy Williams joined in late 2001 and the group had as many as ten people in its live shows. They held near-monthly free shows at the amphitheater and became huge hits in New York. The group separated from the school, pared down to five and started to tour the city. Their real breakthrough came in when the won a prize at the 2006 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for Best Sketch Group and then quickly moved on to the Fuse show. Hopefully, they'll find the audience they deserve on IFC and with this excellent first season DVD.

With the first season, The Whitest Kids U' Know aren't yet as perfect as the best of Chappelle's Show, UCB or Kids in the Hall, but every single episode has its moments of laugh-out-loud boundary-pushing humor. The kids, led by regular director Trevor Moore, are afraid of nothing, which can often lead to sketches that feel like they're being offensive just to be offensive, but can also produce some hilariously left-of-center concepts like the music video for "Hey There, Kids" which is a sing-a-long about how kids can "get a new daddy" if they say the right things to the authorities. Other laugh-out-loud moments in the first season include a spoof of Super Size Me where Trevor replaces McDonalds with whiskey and the real truth about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. More often than not, it's the quick scenes, like the sketch where a woman trying to conceive pees on an iPod Shuffle thinking it's a pregnancy test, that are the most memorable. In today's YouTube world, The Whitest Kids U' Know recognize that you need to get in, be funny, get out. People don't want to waste their time and with their breakneck pace WKUK could be the sketch comedy troupe for a new generation.

Fans who may have heard about The Whitest Kids U' Know in the New York theater scene or had a clip emailed to them (they've been YouTube regulars), should check out the first season and see what a whole episode is like. You won't regret it. And fans who already worship at the altar of WKUK will love the special features, including a sneak peek at the new season, commentary, and a featurette.