I liked Whitney (it has been on the Time Warner On Demand for a week or so now) more than I did 2 Broke Girls.
I do give some leeway in my mind for pilots though. They tend to be frenetic and disjointed because of the nature of being a pilot. I'll give both another couple of shots. Up All Night is the only comedy I've seen so far that I couldn't even finish the pilot of and won't be giving any more chances. -- David Risner On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I like Whitney Cummings, who co-wrote "2 Broke Girls," and Aaron Barnhart > had positive words for it, so I decided to stay tuned in for it after "2.5 > Men." > Overall, I wasn't impressed. I'll give it another chance and watch another > episode, but nothing jumped out at me. The humor wasn't that great. I didn't > find any of the characters compelling. I think my biggest problem was that > it seemed so predictable. > The lack of humor is what bothered me the most. I liked two jokes: That the > Korean restaurant owner changed his name to Bryce Lee and one I can't > remember. > But so much of the other humor misfired, like the joke about the Russian > waitress having sex on the job and the waitress telling a customer, "she > coming," or the joke about hoping the white stain in the Russian waitress > uniform is clam chowder, or the joke about the hat and Coldplay, or them > sitting on the horse in the backyard. > The first episode introduces the characters. Let's see how they develop. > By the way, the previews for Cummings' NBC show on the web look abysmal. > I'll check out that show, too, but I'm not optimistic. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
