I caught this gem after Simpsons tonight, as my VCR was recording while I was away.
Im glad I decided to stay for it!
Where have I been? Or more likely… where has this show been? I get the idea it was a mid season replacement, as FOX website states only 7 eps have aired.
Its not gonna be a Headliner show, but you can tell its from FOX, Thats 70s and Malcom in the middle has taught it well.
But seriously… its a great show. Whats the Straight Dope on it ?
…well the straight dope is… we almost all universally hate it.
You really like? You’re not a shill? Really? I just… Really? I mean… You are referring to the that show with Michael Rappaport right? Where he talks to the audience… It’s so terr-… Really? You like it…
Okay… okay… But- You know what… Free to be you and me, baby.
Actually I like it as well. Now, it’s no “Seinfeld”, but definetly amusing.
I watched the pilot and was thereby encouraged to not bother after that. And it angers me, too, to have to find something else to do for the half hour between the Simpsons and Family Guy.
Perhaps I should watch another episode, just to be sure.
Count me in the “hate it” column. I gave the first three episodes an honest shot. It’s run-of-the-mill unoriginal crap. Bigoted father deals with the minor tribulations of his too-hot wife, three rebellious children who aren’t doing anything he didn’t do at their age, and his own idiocy and hypocracy. Knowing winks to the audience that it is a sitcom, and a palatable half-resolution to the episode’s small problem after a half hour.
The only thing that show has going for it in the slightest is the “gay” son. And they don’t know what to do with it other than “put the kid in ridiculously cliche-gay situations. Gay people like Musical Theater, gay people dress in drag, gay people have sleepovers with male friends far into adolescence.”
This show has me scrambling for a half hour to kill between The Simpsons and Family Guy, because even having it on as background noise is excruciating.
Clearly YMMV.
I caught this show for the first time tonight as well.
There were a few gems in the second half but it took some serious will power to stick around after that horrendous first half. The problem seems to be that everyone in the cast is overacting. Every line comes screaming out as a “this is a sitcom, here I come with the punchline to an uproarious three line banter session!” The white screen though interludes, short as they may be, are ill-paced.
Oh, and kids who have never imbibed so much as a drop of alcohol pretty much suck at acting drunk.
I think the solution is clear: give everyone on the set from Rappaport down to the key grip a fifth of burbon before shooting.
Saw it tonight. Once again, after almost half a century of trying, we find that a laugh track does not make lame material funny. I’d like to see Rappaport in something that doesn’t seem so recycled.