I guess this movie flopped both commercially and critically. I personally liked it at the time and still do, but I get why this wasn't a big hit. Meet Wally Sparks, has Rodney Dangerfield play a talk show host that specializes in raunchy television with outrageous and controversial guest. Not too far off from Jerry Springer. While Wally Sparks is well loved by his audience, the advertisers are pulling out like crazy due to the controversial content of the show. Wally convinces his producer(Burt Reynolds) to give him another shot and is an excuse for Rodney to do his jokes and one liners for 90 minutes. While his character is a bit crude and crass, Rodney still plays him as a nice guy that is easily likeable. By 1997 this sort of comedy was a bit out of date and a lot of the cheap humor, constant one liners and slapstick comedy didn't go over to well for this generation. However, if you keep in mind that this isn't the best movie and are a fan of Rodney Dangerfield you should have a good enough time with Meet Wally Sparks. This is not high brow entertainment, it's just supposed to be funny, plain and simple. I would not consider this Rodney's best film, but for me, it's still funny and that's good enough for me.
Review of Meet Wally Sparks
