# The Funniest Show You've Never Seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-show-youve-never-seen/571784 "2011-02-18T04:52:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-show-youve-never-seen/571784/21 "2011-02-20T22:42:39Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I liked Lookwell since I’m a big fan of Adam West. I don’t know how well it would have fared as a regular show; having a single episode makes it precious, like a fly in amber (or something)… Parody works a lot better when it isn’t something that has been parodied a lot already. _Lookwell_ is pretty much just the _Pink Panther_ all over again, without the slapstick. You know, the foolish, ineffective “detective” who thinks he’s the only one smart enough to solve a case, and who talks to himself in order to think out a case, etc… The angle that he was just an actor on a stock detective show is a good twist, (and the posturing of the character in his TV show is really great), but it’s not enough to last for a whole series, unless perhaps if they could parody specific types of plots, etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-show-youve-never-seen/571784.md?page=1)