Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Caveman Sucks
I tried to give the new TV show Cavemen a fair shake. I tried to be fair. Seriously, I did.
I like the cavemen GEICO ads, so I thought that there was a chance that I could enjoy the TV show, a thing that I had imagined as sort of Friends with a much more hairy cast. Instead, the show just sucks. The script wasn’t funny, the cast wasn’t funny, the situations weren’t funny--in fact, I didn’t laugh once during the whole damned thing.
Cavemen should never have seen the light of day. It should have been hidden somewhere where it couldn’t damage careers or drive viewers into the arms of other stations. Its sole redeeming value was that it was on opposite Spelling Bee and Bones, one of which sucks on a fairly normal level and one of which sucks about as much as Cavemen. Which, okay, that’s stretching as far as “redeeming value” is concerned, but I try to find something nice to say in most of my posts. That’s all I could come up with.
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Emily Deschanel isn’t too tough on the eyes.
So, I guess if that’s what I had to choose from, I would go with Bones.
True. It’s her sister, Zooey, that has captured my, ahem, heart, though.
John Heard....what are you doing? Are you trying to ruin your career?
So, I couldn’t quite tell from that review. Was Cavemen the best show in the history of television or only way above average?
8-)
Yeah, I’m kind of hoping that John Heard owed someone a favor. That’s the only good reason that I can think of to show up in that show, which, incidentally, is the best damned show in the history of television.
I’m still trying to make up my mind if Bionic Woman is watchable or not. And Life has me intrigued but not obsessed yet.
The greatest injustice in the world, and I may suicide bomb USA Networks as a result, is that I have to wait until next summer for the next episode of Burn Notice. Bassards.
Hear, hear, Robin.
TANJ.
And thank you, David. Now it’s all clear to me.
The Bionic Woman seems watchable to me. Burn Notice is surprisingly well written, but I find the lead kind of unlikable. That’s only from one episode, if Bruce Campbell turns out to be a recurring character, I’m in. (Also, it’s trying to have a distinct style that I’m not particularly liking.)
I will dare to defend the Cavemen. Given my extremely low expectations and lack of sobriety, I thought it was not totally unwatchable. I also thought the “keep your penis in your genus” line means it has at least one genuinely funny line, which is more than you can say for the 6 years of the Emmy-nominated “According to Jim”.
I haven’t seen Bionic Woman or Burn Notice, so I have nothing to say on that subject (except that I’m always willing to watch a show with Bruce Campbell.
That said, “keep your penis in your genus” almost made me laugh. Almost. Frankly, I put it right down there with According to Jim--and that’s not a compliment. But damn, it must be the best freakin’ show of all time.
I have to admit I was curious, liking the commercials as I do. It would have been pretty effing awesome if it had come out blazing and surprised us all.
Whatever happened to the crazy hilarity of sitcoms like “Family Matters” and “Full House?”
Truly, we are a nation poorer for the loss.
dorkafork, Bruce Campbell is a regular. The lead’s personality is part of the show’s style although I don’t find him unlikable myself. I saw him in a weird police show a few years ago on cable that didn’t last long where he was supposed to be a police detective who had been shot in the head was a bit off - he played that interestingly but the rest of the show sucked.
But if that isn’t enough to sell you, two words: Gabrielle Anwar