Easy to Assemble
2008
📺 4 Seasons
🎬 51 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 5 min/episode
Comedy
Easy to Assemble is a Webseries created by and starring Illeana Douglas, and sponsored by furniture store IKEA.
Douglas plays a fictional version of herself trying to quit acting and work a "real job" at the IKEA in Burbank, CA. She soon finds she cannot leave Hollywood behind when fellow actress Justine Bateman starts an internet talk show called "40 and Bitter" on the floor of IKEA.
The series has had several notable guest stars, including Jeff Goldblum, Keanu Reeves, Jane Lynch, Justine Bateman, Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley, Jr., Kevin Pollak, Fred Willard, Daryl Sabara, Ricki Lake, David Henrie, Patricia Heaton, and Eric Lange.
Seasons
Season 1
Illeana's first day working at at the Burbank IKEA.
Season 2
Illeana and Tom Arnold realize a fake relationship works better for them than the real thing. Erik urges Illeana and Justine to come up with inventive ideas to compete for IKEAs coveted co-worker of the year award.
Season 3
The IKEA coworkers have arrived on their mystical adventure in Sweden, and while some are tucked away in their hotel rooms getting ready for their journey's others like Illeana and Paul are becoming more than coworkers. Manager Erik has some love trouble of his own when brother Sung catches sister Sam getting a handball lesson from him in the middle of the night! Meanwhile Lance preps Illeana for their big bike ride to Uppsala.
Season 4
Returning from Sweden, and determined to get past the her breakup with Paul, Illeana prepares for her first day back at work. She is bursting with optimism and can't wait to begin her newest project: replacing Justine Bateman as host of IKEA's in-house talk show.
Network
YouTube
Production
My Damn Channel