Director: Adam Carolla
A retired Marine turned high-school history teacher spends most of his class time fighting a culture he can barely translate in "Mr Birchum," a 2024 adult animated comedy from creator Adam Carolla.
What is Mr Birchum about?
The half-hour series drops veteran teacher Mr. Birchum into a public school where nearly everything, from grading policy to hallway etiquette, has quietly changed underneath him. His home life offers no refuge: his teenage son Eddie is more invested in his gaming-streamer audience than in homework, and his students would rather film themselves than listen to a lecture. At school, the real friction comes from his ongoing clashes with Mr. Karponzi, the administrator tasked with enforcing the district's new equity and inclusion mandates. Each episode plays out as a fresh skirmish between Birchum's old-school instincts and an institution that keeps rewriting its own rulebook, with the show mining comedy from generational whiplash rather than from a single running plot.
Cast & crew
Adam Carolla, who also created the series, voices the title role, with Tyler Fischer, Alonzo Bodden, and Kyle Dunnigan rounding out the classroom cast. Commentators Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Brett Cooper appear in supporting parts, and Danny Trejo lends his voice to a recurring character, giving the ensemble an unusually broad mix of comedic and media personalities.
Context & significance
"Mr Birchum" arrived in 2024 as part of a wave of adult animation aimed squarely at satirizing contemporary school politics, sitting closer in spirit to workplace-comedy sketch shows than to traditional sitcom animation. Episodes run a tight thirty minutes, favoring rapid-fire jokes over serialized storytelling, which makes the series easy to sample out of order.
Where & how to watch
The series streams on K-Time with a free account login; no separate download or disc is required. K-Time's interface and support are built around Farsi speakers, so browsing, searching, and account settings all read naturally for the diaspora audience even when the show itself airs in English.