# Paul Reiser Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473 "2011-04-15T12:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/1 "2011-04-15T12:39:01Z")
I just happened to catch it because it followed **Community**. I figured I’d watch a few minutes, sneer, and turn it off. Oddly enough, it was surprisingly watchable and I stuck through the whole thing. No big laughs, but a surprising amount of amusing moments. It’s probably too low key to be a big hit, but it was quite different. It sort of the anti- **Curb Your Enthusiasm** (a point made explicitly in the episode). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/2 "2011-04-15T18:24:31Z")
I didn’t hate it. It sounds like it is going to be too child-focussed for my taste, but when they weren’t being annoying Boomer parents, it was funny. I want to see more of Paul Reiser as a caustic game show host. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/3 "2011-04-15T18:27:15Z")
Someone give me a heads up if Helen Hunt is scheduled for an appearance, otherwise I don’t this one will make it into the rotation. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/4 "2011-04-15T20:03:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I didn’t hate it. It sounds like it is going to be too child-focussed for my taste, but when they weren’t being annoying Boomer parents, it was funny. I want to see more of Paul Reiser as a caustic game show host. 😃 I think it’ll be like **Everyone Loves Raymond** in that regard: you never actually saw the kids. I did like the friend who had _everything_ in his warehouse; it was a funny idea. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/5 "2011-04-15T20:24:21Z")
It looked good enough to give it another viewing. I too caught it only as it followed Community. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/6 "2011-04-15T21:59:12Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I think it’ll be like **Everyone Loves Raymond** in that regard: you never actually saw the kids. I did like the friend who had _everything_ in his warehouse; it was a funny idea. Possibly (probably?). I looked up Paul’s kids because of the mention of the wheelchair, and I see that his oldest son has cerebral palsy, and they hired a kid to play him who has spina bifida in real life, so we’ll be seeing them _sometimes_, but who knows how often. I liked the everything warehouse, too. NOW I know where dollar stores get all their incredibly cheap stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/7 "2011-04-16T02:30:26Z")
I liked it more than I thought I would, actually. There were a number of pretty good laughs. More so from the supporting cast than from Paul Reiser himself, but I’d give it another chance. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/8 "2011-04-16T03:11:15Z")
The first thing I thought was “this feels like it’s trying to be Curb but without the curse words and Larry David”. Then I laughed when shortly after he was a guest star and talks about Curb. The show wasn’t anywhere near as good as Curb but it was decent. Paul Reiser can be funny and has good expressive faces for comedy. ---
**Author:** ![PlanetCharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@PlanetCharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanetCharlie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/9 "2011-04-16T05:31:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Possibly (probably?). I looked up Paul’s kids because of the mention of the wheelchair, and I see that his oldest son has cerebral palsy, and they hired a kid to play him who has spina bifida in real life, so we’ll be seeing them _sometimes_, but who knows how often. Yes, the son is definitely in the show. I don’t want to say too much, I’m not sure what I can get away with saying, but I know he is on the show because I am related to someone who knows him and his family. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/10 "2011-04-16T07:17:57Z")
> [@PlanetCharlie](#): > > Yes, the son is definitely in the show. I don’t want to say too much, I’m not sure what I can get away with saying, but I know he is on the show because I am related to someone who knows him and his family. Reiser did an interview with the Onion AV Club. He said that is RL son will be in the show, but won’t be playing his son. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/11 "2011-04-16T08:22:10Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Possibly (probably?). I looked up Paul’s kids because of the mention of the wheelchair, and I see that his oldest son has cerebral palsy, and they hired a kid to play him who has spina bifida in real life, so we’ll be seeing them _sometimes_, but who knows how often. > > I liked the everything warehouse, too. NOW I know where dollar stores get all their incredibly cheap stuff! **I** have Spina Bifida IRL, so I may need to see this. ---
**Author:** ![PlanetCharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@PlanetCharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanetCharlie)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/12 "2011-04-17T00:32:30Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > Reiser did an interview with the Onion AV Club. He said that is RL son will be in the show, but won’t be playing his son. I didn’t know that part, I just happened to know (someone who knows) the kid who is _playing_ the son. Cool to hear that his son has a part in it too. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reiser-show/578473/13 "2011-04-19T07:25:55Z")
It was NBC’s lowest-rated in-season comedy premiere ever. I wouldn’t become fond of it.