IMO that had to be the reason *most *people watched that show. Seriously, Brian Benben (besides having a cartoon last name) is the weaseliest, wormiest, slimiest, most distasteful leading man ever. And the show basically centered around his dick!
Plus, an even bigger reason to hate that show is that on every occasion it beat out ***MST3K ***for a Cable ACE award for Best Comedy! :mad:
I remember an episode where the lead guy was having a fling with his ex-wife’s Mexican maid and the maid was smoking hot. I watched that episode three or four times just to see her, so her image was seared into my brain. She has since gone on to become quite famous.
Actually, I really liked the show except that I don’t think I was the targeted demographic (one too many X-chromosomes). That said, Brian Benben is cute (yes-still cute, even on Private Practice) and he and Wendy Malick were real finds for relative unknowns. The part I remember, is not so much the nudity but the fact that the sex was so often hilariously bad.
I watched it in first run and thought it was funny. The running gag about Judith’s husband being incredibly famous was great. Also, series on premium cable were new and rare. And I thought the sex and nudity were fun; they were done in a way that was obvious that they were doing it gratuitously. One scene I remember is when Martin called his friend and they cut to him in bed with two topless women. Ha! Boobs for no reason other than we CAN!
Also I seem to remember that the show was created specifically for the reason of using the old clips. They threw the idea open: come up with a show that uses all these old TV programs we have the rights to. IIRC, there were a lot of clips using Ronald Reagan, who had recently (or still was; I can’t remember) been president. Was it Carsey and Werner, later of the Cosby Show, et.al., ultimately the writers/ creators?
Probably because they’d have to pay for the rights again, as back then, who even dreamed of “inter-net streaMING?” Similar to why so many DVD releases of shows have the music fucked up.
Huh, I had no idea IGSS originated anywhere but Fox, but wiki confirms it was originally on Showtime. I DONE LEARNDED SOMTHING TODAY
Ha, that’s funny: after reading the wiki article I now understand why my memories of the show don’t at all match yours. I watched the show on Fox and there wasn’t any nudity in the syndicated versions.
The first time I turned it on, Benben was banging that week’s hot babe to the strains of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. I thought my building had been wired for porn cable! :eek: