“Workaholics” has quickly become a widespread comedy hit, joining the ranks of Comedy Central goldmines such as “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “Tosh.0.” The show’s premise is based on three roommates — Adam, Derrs and Blake — as they work selling refrigerators and other random, pointless junk over the phone with TelAmeri Corp to finance their insane lifestyle of drinking and partying.

The life sounds pretty sweet, but the reality for them is as bitter as bad acid trips, constant berating from their boss Alice and no success scoring ladies. In fact, they live the lifestyle of delusional semi-adults who believe they are God’s gift to women, efficient workers, catchphrase pioneers and even professional bodybuilders. This lack of self-awareness provides the ground work for the asinine adventures the trio creates.

Adam DeVine, the actor who plays Adam (surprise!) as well as co-creator of the series along with Blake Anderson, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck. DeVine bases his character on (who else?) himself, which makes the series hilarious and sadly relatable.

 

Q. Will you have any new catchphrases this season?

A. You are going to have to watch. I’m not going to give away the gold right now. The thing is, we don’t just purposely go like, “We are going to make this a catchphrase.” We just write the show, do the show and do a lot of improvving. We never know what’s going to catch on.

 

Q. Are there going to be any new characters on the show, like how Jetset has become such a fan favorite?

A. Jetset actually has a pretty big role for the upcoming season. He passed away on our last day of filming, for those of you who don’t know. He was late for that day and we all become worried because he was always on time. It was, unfortunately, the worst thing that has happened to the show. I mean, everything that came out of that man’s mouth was comedy gold.

 

Q. How essential is Kyle (the pot dealer to the trio) to the show? A lot of people don’t realize he is actually a co-creator.

A. Kyle is a huge part of the process. Kyle, Blake and I are old roommates for seven years. Kyle directs the majority of our season and is a big part of the writing process itself. If you like the look of the show, the overall direction of the show — most of that stuff is up to him. He is just fantastic. He is just a really smart dude. It takes a lot on Kyle’s part to make the show looks the way it does with the small budget we have.

 

Q. What was the worst job you had before “Workaholics?”

A. I actually did telemarketing. I was a telemarketer. I sold steaks, steak knives, vacation books and books.

 

Q. How closely do you and the others resemble the characters you play on the show?

A. I am actually dumber than the character in real life. I’m a total maniac. But no, we’re pretty close. The core of the person, I feel, is pretty close. I’m a little bit of a maniac, Blake is a little bit of a sweetheart and Derrs is uptight.