what made it a hit was crapping on corporate culture and incompetent, two-faced management. for some reason, that message resonates with Americans. i remember smirking at it when i had my first shitty office job.

scott "donkey brains" adams thought the secret ingredient everybody liked was his hidden, deep distrust of women, ethnic minorities, and vaccines.

his big reveal of his values got him the boot for being a bit too radioactive for the newspaper section which usually has articles about upcoming community theater puppet shows and the turnout at a town easter egg hunt.

rather than looking inward, he treated it all like some grand conspiracy, instead of the more obvious story "Asshole Told to 'Fuck Off'".