Television Comedy is in a sad sad state if this is considered one of the best comedies on TV. The jokes are cheep, and formulaic. Instead of playing to the lowest common denominator they are in fact lowering the bar. The characters are impossible to connect with being little more than cheep stereotypes. It's like a badly written SNL take off of Studio 60 that just wont die. I'd give it a 1 but I like the production design. I can only imagining they bought their Emmy nominations. Visually it's irritating. They can't seem to decide if they're filming The Office or Law and Order. What happened to the days of the live studio audience? Are they afraid the audience just wont laugh. Many of the jokes are so bad and offensive any self respecting audience would walk out. Or possibly go old school and start throwing thing. Don't support this show. Demand something better! Demand comedy with thought put into it that doesn't insult our intelligence.
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Death at a Funeral
(2007)
A Perfect Comedy
4 August 2007
This is a perfect comedy with an equal mix of verbal and physical humor. The story is well crafted so that even when the audience was laughing to hard to hear all the dialog at no point did I loose track of the plot. Don't let Frank Oz or the lack of stars put you off. Everyone on screen has talent. Like the best comedies it has a simple premise. A son attempting to give his dearly departed father a dignified send off. Once family, old friends, old lovers, and a bottle of something that isn't Valum is thrown into the mix the hilarity and emotion kick into high gear. Unlike so many comedies that are just a collection of cheep gags everything in this film and genuine character motivation behind it.
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