The Rubber Room is a brand new scripted comedy series exclusive to SiriusXM. Featuring some of the biggest stars in comedy including Alison Pill, David Cross, Andy Daly, Becky Drysdale, Alex English, Erik Griffin, Tony Hale, Bobby Lee, Natasha Leggero, Al Madrigal, Patton Oswalt, and Melle Powers.
The series that explores the lives of some bad apples from New York City’s public school system who have been locked away in a “rubber room,” a purgatory-like detention hall for wayward teachers.
“If you like con artists, bird nuggets, and asbestos, you will love this show,” said Alison Pill.
The Rubber Room begins with Lindsey reporting to a detention centre housed in a rundown, vacant elementary school that contains teachers removed for mere incompetence, as well as hardened criminals, frauds who relish getting paid for doing nothing, and Lindsey, an innocent victim of school politics. It’s a school with no students, and the “inmates” must report every day until their cases are resolved. Teachers sleep on the floor, establish dominance, mount their defenses, and while away the time, much like in a real prison.
Throughout her time in the rubber room, Lindsey encounters a wild cast of characters:
Patton Oswalt plays Coach K, a drill sergeant-like high school gym teacher, who whips the inmates into shape.
Natasha Leggero plays Stella Marconi, a seasoned scam artist serving time for stealing classroom globes from the Department of Education and selling them on the black market.
Bobby Lee plays Trevor Wade, a handsome charmer who may or may not be a serial killer, sent away for serving alcohol to students while directing an all-nude grade school production of HAIR.
Andy Daly plays Michael ‘Blue’ Balls, a wise, grizzled rubber room lifer doing his best Shawshank Redemption, all while sniffing copier toner.
David Cross plays David Rockwell, Lindsey’s corrupt union rep who is more interested in milking the system than proving herinnocence.
Erik Griffin plays Principal Phineas Towers, a strict disciplinarian who runs the rubber room with a warden-like demeanor.
Al Madrigal plays Will Turner, a legit slacker with zero backbone, who got into teaching for the summers off and is 100% guilty of going to work high.
Tony Hale plays Merton Woods, an incompetent chemistry teacher enlisted by Blue to make meth in the rubber room.
Becky Drysdale plays Mad Dog, the violent jailhouse bully with a penchant for wedgies.
Melle Powers plays Priscilla Denton, a book-burning librarian, and Ms. Brownlow, who runs the rubber room’s shirtwaist-making sweatshop.
Alex English plays Assistant Principal Warburg, Principal Towers’ loyal enforcer.
All half-hour episodes of The Rubber Room are available now on the SXM App, and they’ll also air Mondays on SiriusXM Raw Dog Comedy Channel 99 at 10:00 am, 2:00 pm and 10:00 pm ET.