# Will "The Bonnie Hunt Show" last its premiere? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943 "2008-09-04T05:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/1 "2008-09-04T05:22:27Z")
I think that the show trailers are pitiable. She is cracking up because the wind is blowing in her face…and that’s the stimulus for laughter (hers). She’s probably still laughing about it right now, during the midnight hours, and calling her family and telling them of the hilarious display of nature, and its effect on her hair. I think it will last about one half an hour, and it will be pulled and replaced with “My Mother the Car” reruns. If you have been forced to watch the previews, as was I, tell me your opinion. greatshakes ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/2 "2008-09-04T05:31:12Z")
I’ve seen the trailers, but, _Who the Hell is Bonnie Hunt?!_ ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/3 "2008-09-04T05:47:59Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I’ve seen the trailers, but, _Who the Hell is Bonnie Hunt?!_ Superstar of Chicago comedy, and always been considered a connoisseur’s comedienne; her previous series have failed, while being universally loved by critics. She’s way, way less famous than she deserves to be. From Wiki: > [@](#): > > Hunt is said to have refused to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live because **the show’s producers generally frowned on her preferred improvisational style**. In 1992, she turned down a higher-paying role on Designing Women to co-star in Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters, Randy Quaid, and Audrey Meadows. > > In 1993, Hunt teamed with good friend David Letterman to produce The Building, a short-lived sitcom that was modeled after early-1950s television shows. \*\*The show was also filmed live; mistakes, accidents, and forgotten lines were often left in the aired episode. \*\*Hunt reportedly declined the female lead in the series Mad About You, which went to Helen Hunt (no relation). Emphasis mine; point being, she’s always been more interested in pushing the envelope than fitting into a round hole. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/4 "2008-09-04T06:31:49Z")
I bet she’s kicking herself for turning down “Mad About You.” How much did Helen Hunt make per episode towards the end? ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/5 "2008-09-05T03:54:47Z")
Um, I love Bonnie Hunt, but I have to admit I had no idea she had a new show. What network is it on? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/6 "2008-09-05T04:00:26Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I bet she’s kicking herself for turning down “Mad About You.” But Bonnie is much, much cuter. And chemistry is a tricky thing. Maybe _Mad About You_ wouldn’t have worked with her in that role. ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/7 "2008-09-05T04:05:51Z")
> [@Stainz](#): > > Um, I love Bonnie Hunt, but I have to admit I had no idea she had a new show. What network is it on? I admit to loving her too, she is just soooooooooooo yummy. sorry ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/8 "2008-09-05T04:37:49Z")
Ugh. I didn’t like Life With Bonnie at all. David Alan Grier was annoying as hell and it seemed like every episode consisted of Bonnie looking around her at the madcap hijinks with a slightly befuddled and amused look. I hope this new show is better. (And you could totally tell when she was ad-libbing.) ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/9 "2008-09-05T10:51:56Z")
I had to google to make sure it was the same Bonnie Hunt I was thinking of. It seems like in everything I’ve seen her in, she’s playing second banana to at least one or two more prominent actors, or in some cases a St. Bernard. It’s like hearing that [Charles Grodin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grodin) is getting his own show, or [Marica Strassman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Strassman). ---
**Author:** ![Ro\_Carter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Ro\_Carter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ro_Carter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/10 "2008-09-05T15:12:58Z")
All the commercials I’ve seen for it have been completely unfunny, and didn’t even hit the “vaguely amusing” mark. If those are any indication of how her show is going to be, I won’t be able to change the channel fast enough if I come across it while channel surfing. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/11 "2008-09-05T15:23:27Z")
I like Bonnie Hunt as an actress, but her two (or is it three) previous sitcoms each had exactly the same flaw. If people spoke lots and lots of dialog incredibly quickly, that made it funny, even if it wasn’t. And it wasn’t the vast majority of the time. But there was lots of it. If she tries it again, it wil fail again. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/12 "2008-09-05T16:08:24Z")
I agree with **lissener**. The world’s ending, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bonnie-hunt-show-last-its-premiere/461943/13 "2008-09-05T18:29:28Z")
> [@Stainz](#): > > Um, I love Bonnie Hunt, but I have to admit I had no idea she had a new show. What network is it on? I kinda know. It’s the one with Sopranos reruns on it. A and E??? greatshakes Also, the humor seems like slapstick directly from the sixties. Her mother: Just don’t talk about S-E-X! Ha, ha, ha. That was real funny when Johnny Carson did it in 66, and when the Smothers Brothers did it in 67, or whenever, but it lost its appeal to me, since then.