# Anyone else think the upcoming Robin Williams/SMG series is doomed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924 "2013-08-23T00:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/1 "2013-08-23T00:28:21Z")
Every time I see the promo for it I smell death. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/2 "2013-08-23T00:32:10Z")
The internet mocks the whole “A Very Special Episode” meme but it’s like they’re going there before the show even airs. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/3 "2013-08-23T00:37:26Z")
\*\*All \*\*the new comedies I’ve seen ads for so far are going to die swift deaths. This one (The Crazy Ones), Dads, Mom, Welcome to the Family… ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/4 "2013-08-23T00:37:30Z")
Could you provide a clue for those of us without one? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/5 "2013-08-23T00:41:47Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > \*\*All \*\*the new comedies I’ve seen ads for so far are going to die swift deaths. This one (The Crazy Ones), Dads, Mom, Welcome to the Family… Mom might make it. As might the Michael J. Fox Show. But I think the rest (especially one you missed, The Millers) are doomed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/6 "2013-08-23T00:46:27Z")
Doomed from the get-go. SMG was tolerable with Joss at the helm. When she burned that bridge and married doofus, all sembelence of talent vanished. And the less said about Robin the better. I give it 4 episodes at max. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/7 "2013-08-23T00:53:42Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Could you provide a clue for those of us without one? [IMDb entry](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2710104/) Look for the trailer online. See if you agree. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/8 "2013-08-23T00:58:28Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Mom might make it. As might the Michael J. Fox Show. But I think the rest (especially one you missed, The Millers) are doomed. Really? Brooklyn 99 is the only sitcom I’ve seen ads for that looks like it would be worth watching. Then again, maybe that _is_ a sign that it won’t last - especially in a world where Chuck Lorre is considered funny. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/9 "2013-08-23T01:00:07Z")
Robin Williams isn’t funny when he’s trying to be funny, and for years he’s been trying too hard. Calling the show “The Crazies” doomed it, IMHO. I haven’t seen the trailer – just the promo – which seems to be trading on Williams’ craziness. He’s just not that funny anymore. If he’s going to be “Robin Williams”, yeah, it won’t last. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/10 "2013-08-23T01:04:37Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Robin Williams isn’t funny when he’s trying to be funny, and for years he’s been trying too hard. Calling the show “The Crazies” doomed it, IMHO. > > I haven’t seen the trailer – just the promo – which seems to be trading on Williams’ craziness. He’s just not that funny anymore. > > If he’s going to be “Robin Williams”, yeah, it won’t last. Trailer…Promo…I used them interchangeably, probably incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/11 "2013-08-23T01:08:53Z")
(movie trailer voiceover) IN A WORLD…Where Two Broke Girls… gets another season… **ANYTHING is possible**!(/movie trailer voiceover) ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/12 "2013-08-23T01:11:38Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Robin Williams isn’t funny when he’s trying to be funny, and for years he’s been trying too hard. Calling the show “The Crazies” doomed it, IMHO. > > I haven’t seen the trailer – just the promo – which seems to be trading on Williams’ craziness. He’s just not that funny anymore. > > If he’s going to be “Robin Williams”, yeah, it won’t last. Didn’t need to see the trailer, totally agreed. He should go serious, he’s better that way. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/13 "2013-08-23T02:41:24Z")
I see from the IMDB page that James Wolk is in it. Thus, I hope the series dies a quick, early death so that Wolk can get back to playing his “Mad Men” character Bob Benson. I mean really, SC & P just wouldn’t be the same without that snivelling, sycophantic fairy around. Who’d take Joan and her rugrat out for days at the beach? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/14 "2013-08-23T15:32:45Z")
I saw some commercials for it in those movie-theatre promos before the movie (you know, “the 20” or whatever). Looks like it’d be OK for a movie. I was kind of surprised it was a TV show - I remember thinking that there’s not going to be enough “there” there for a whole series. I don’t think it’ll go far. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/15 "2013-08-23T15:45:22Z")
On Youtube was a “behind the scenes” promo. [youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz-8JoUQzE0) The promo didn’t look too bad. But I could predict it’s downfall would be that it’s about Robin Williams being eccentric… all the time. That schtick could get old fast. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/16 "2013-08-23T15:54:59Z")
My daughter, Princess Pepperwinkle, who lived for _Buffy_ all through high school and who thinks Allison Hannigan can do no wrong, thinks SMG can’t act her way out of a Mork & Mindy lunchbox. Doom. Doooooom! ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/17 "2013-08-23T16:02:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > My daughter, Princess Pepperwinkle, who lived for _Buffy_ all through high school and who thinks Allison Hannigan can do no wrong, thinks SMG can’t act her way out of a Mork & Mindy lunchbox. Doom. Doooooom! Maybe, but SMG is supposed to be the “straight man” in this comedy act. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/18 "2013-08-23T16:19:33Z")
My SO loathes Robin Williams with every fiber of his being - I am going to have to watch this alone, when SO is out of the house, or things will be flung at TV. That said, I am not all that optimistic…Robin Williams’ schtick can be funny for a few minutes, but it does get tiring after a certain point, and at least from the previews of this show, he is going to over-do it and ham it up. We’ll see - but other than great ratings the first week or two out of curiosity, I think the audience might start to dwindle quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/19 "2013-08-23T16:26:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > My daughter, Princess Pepperwinkle, who lived for _Buffy_ all through high school and who thinks Allison Hannigan can do no wrong, thinks SMG can’t act her way out of a Mork & Mindy lunchbox. Doom. Doooooom! That’s just not fair. SMG was not the best actor on Buffy. But there were times when she not only delivered , but she hit it out of the ball park. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/20 "2013-08-23T16:29:33Z")
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