Martin & Orloff

It started with an interesting challenge between friends: Take an image that's the furthest thing from funny and spin it into a comedy. Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts — founding members of the celebrated New York City improv troupe Upright Citizens Brigade and, with Katie Roberts, the writers and stars of this unconventional buddy comedy — figured the sight of a failed suicide mopping up his own blood from a bathroom floor would be an excellent place to start. Tragic? No question. Funny? For the most part, yes. Martin Flam (Roberts), who designs character costumes for a Manhattan marketing firm's food industry clients, is considered one of the best funny-charac...