Once in a while you see ads for a show whose existence is absolutely bewildering on every level, and this is one of them. I guess the premise is not any more absurd today than it was the other times it was done, but you do wonder why anybody thought it was a good idea to disinter it once again. The “hook,” or whatever, is supposed to be that they’re in drag because men just can’t get a job in this recession. My understanding is that that claim is debatable at best and downright false at worst, so you can add that to the show’s list of fault: dubious arguments and self-pity. I’ve found myself hoping that the show doesn’t offend too many people so it can die the quick death it deserves rather than becoming the subject of widespread controversy.
Because men dressing as women is intrinsically hilarious. To the sheltered twelve-year-olds who seem to be the main demographic of network sticoms.
I imagine the basic premise of men not finding work when women can was probably inspired by the headlines a couple years about about the gender gap in unemployment statistics (I think it was a couple points higher for men than for women).
Not that this would translate into the premise that seems to be used in the show.
I disagree: I imagine the director saying, “now, inhale, Donna–more.”
Just to offer a bit a perspective that I don’t see represented in the thread so far… “Work It” is taking the ABC timeslot vacated by “Man Up!”
Yes, “Work It” will actually be even worse, but if there were an objective way of measuring these things the difference would fall within the margin of error.
Shall I just follow you from thread to thread and feed you straight lines, then?
The sad thing is that a funny, smart, well produced comedy with a main character that cross dresses for the real reasons men cross dress could be really good.
Well maybe on HBO. The big four networks would ruin it.
It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.
ABC is obviously suffering from some sort of bipolar mentality. On the one hand, they have Modern Family. On the other hand, they bring back Tim Allen from the 1990’s, and now they’re bringing back Bosom Buddies from the 1980’s. Clearly next season will include both Even More Modern Family as well as bringing back Three’s Company.
Yes, Wendie Jo rocked, she even made “Babes” (on Fox) watchable
Riffing off of that… If you had a show about two black females who dressed up as white men to get jobs and apartments in New York, it would be comedy gold! What is funnier than a black man in whiteface? I black **woman **in whiteface and drag. GOLD, I tell ya! 
They don’t care what you say anymore. This is their life.
Go ahead with your own life, leave them alone.
Is it me or does ABC have season after season the worst sitcoms on TV? They kept 8 Simple Rules chugging along to capitalize on Ritter’s death, they had that Jim Belushi show on forever, they had Cavemen the adaptation of the insurance commercial :rolleyes:
As mentioned upthread they somehow managed to get Modern Family, the best sitcom on TV at the moment, IMHO.
I’m rewatching the second season on DVD and it’s funnier the second time through.
You’re right though, I can’t think of any others on ABC that are near as good as MF.
Commercials for this make it look so bad that I think I’ll have to watch it once just to say I watched one of the worst shows of all time.
And is that Sucre from Prison Break as one of the guys in drag? Wow, just wow.
Maybe the producers screwed up their pitch so ABC’s execs thought it would fit with the rest of the schedule and by the time the network realized the show was actually good it was too damn late to do anything about it.
That show actually looks funny, but I don’t think it’s gonna last long because somebody is gonna catch on to their cross-dressing scheme.
You misspelled “everybody”.
One way this could be kind of funny is if everybody did realize they were crossdressing men but didn’t say anything out of politeness or political correctness and the guys truly believed they were fooling everyone. Maybe the company hired them because they were transgendered not because they were genuinely thought to be women.
If the show expects us to believe the two guys are fooling anyone it would just be too silly.