It's every bit as bad as anyone familiar with the original would suspect and fear. The original played off the late Harry Anderson with the tension and the interplay between John Larroquette and the late Markie Post. Richard Moll, the late Charles Robinson, and Marsha Warfield rounded out a solid ensemble cast that provided lighthearted usually "silly" humor umpretentiously.
The writing is simply weak. I suspect a live audience would had sat in somewhat stunned silence so the laugh tack is obvious and ponderous. It serves more to emphasize that the "jokes" aren't funny.
This iteration is unfunny and as desperate in its feel as the premise suggests.
The writing is simply weak. I suspect a live audience would had sat in somewhat stunned silence so the laugh tack is obvious and ponderous. It serves more to emphasize that the "jokes" aren't funny.
This iteration is unfunny and as desperate in its feel as the premise suggests.