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Loudermilk (2017)
Nearly a Pefect Show
I came for Ron Livingston and the Farrelly Brothers. I stayed because of great writing, a believable, likeable cast and just enough humor to offset the show's otherwise serious tone. This show is not for the faint of heart, those that are easily offended by crude language, and a friend of mine did NOT like the recommendation, as he's been in recovery for a decade and said it was funny, but too much for him to watch.
Of everything we (my wife and I) love about it, probably the cast is what carries it. Indeed, Livingston is as great as he was in 'Office Space'. Brian Regan's character and the rest of the band of misfits that make up the support group steal the show. But Will Sasso, Loudermilk's best friend and Anja Savcic, an unlikely friend of Loudermilk are part of what makes this show special; Sasso is not just funny, but notice his laugh--it feels like he's really laughing--like when he does it should be an outtake, but the cameras keep rolling to our delight. Savcic plays a complicated girl who you can't help but pull for as she puts her life back together, and does it convincingly. This gal needs to be going more places in the acting world.
Three seasons in the books and available on Amazon Prime. The cast and crew are on board for at least a fourth. Apparently the network on which this originally aired has gone belly up, and no one has picked up the production of the show yet. Amazon--this is your time to shine, please please please have Amazon Studios pick it up at least for a final season of closure...But I think this show could have at least another 3 years.
Jellystone (2021)
Terrible, Not Funny and That's NOT Yogi Bear
Who is reviewing these with anything above a 3?
First of all, having someone do an Art Carney-sequel voiceover does not make it Yogi Bear. That's the only slight similarity to the original. Cindi Bear is the only one even resembling the original character, but the pizza-shaped, 1990s caricature, crudely-drawn abominations shown here are NOT Yogi Bear nor Boo Boo.
We previewed 2 episodes (fighting hard to get through the second and 3/4 of the first) to see if it was time to introduce our 5 and 7 year olds to some of our childhood memories...Nope! While not dirty or offensive, smashing people in the face and calling other characters 'names' was enough to decide this isn't for our youngsters. The lack of humor and crudeness showed it wasn't for us adult either. And we're not prudes, I watch South Park, The Simpsons and Family Guy regularly. This just misses.
A shame, because reading the list of ancillary characters scheduled to appear like Captain Caveman, Jabberjaw, and Huckleberry Hound got us excited. We wanted to love it for ourselves and our kids...The actual content turned us off.