# Partners - Kelsey Grammer/Martin Lawrence comedy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867 "2014-08-05T14:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/1 "2014-08-05T14:25:35Z")
Just fucking awful, that’s all. I made it through the first scene and turned it off. Fake laugh track, mugging for the camera, unfunny dialog. And these two have the balls to compare themselves to The Odd Couple. I predict cancellation before the season ends. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/2 "2014-08-05T14:30:36Z")
I’m sorry, but I have to question your sense of taste. You sat through though the whole first scene before turning it off? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/3 "2014-08-05T14:43:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m sorry, but I have to question your sense of taste. > You sat through though the whole first scene before turning it off? My hand kept twitching toward the remote; I had to physically restrain myself. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/4 "2014-08-05T14:58:36Z")
I don’t know about Lawrence, but Grammer was doing “Fraiser on Valium”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/5 "2014-08-05T16:25:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t know about Lawrence, but Grammer was doing “Fraiser on Valium”. Lawrence seemed to be trying to make up for lame material by making funny faces. The laugh track was egregiously 1960s, with even the mildest of dialog getting Big Laffs. Total shite, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/6 "2014-08-05T16:28:47Z")
Look at the bright side-If we’re the only ones that sat through the intro, it’s a good chance it ain’t got a good chance. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/7 "2014-08-05T17:15:29Z")
I actually sat through both episodes. I have seen premieres go badly but then the second episode be better. This was not one of those times. Awful. And I was really looking forward to it, so disappointment. The grandma’s pork chop line was exceptionally memorable, and not in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/8 "2014-08-05T18:05:51Z")
Never heard of it, but the subject line of this thread alone made me cringe. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/9 "2014-08-05T18:11:36Z")
What is it about imagining a show where Dr. Niles Crane is told “You so crazy” that makes one reticent to watch? Everything. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/10 "2014-08-05T18:13:01Z")
I saw a commercial for this where Kelsey Grammar’s character talks about how “his best friend growing up was black,” and it turns out he’s talking about his dog. So, is part of the show’s concept that Grammar’s character is, like, KKK-level racist? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/11 "2014-08-05T18:57:37Z")
Martin Lawrence pretty much turns everything he’s in to shit. Of course, I’m probably bitter because he destroyed _What’s the Worst That Could Happen?_, my favorite Donald Westlake book, and have refused to watch anything with him in it since. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-kelsey-grammer-martin-lawrence-comedy/694867/12 "2014-08-05T19:37:25Z")
Lucky for me I happened to read Flavorwire’s [article](http://flavorwire.com/470285/please-dont-watch-fxs-partners) about it, and was able to avoid it in time.