Comments on: TV reviews: ‘Cavemen,’ ‘Carpoolers’

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:21:35 +0000

I expect a HUGE ratings drop for “Cavemen” this week. It got like 11 million viewers last week out of curiousity. It should be interesting to see if it even gets 8 million.

By: ken

ken — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:31:48 +0000

I watched “Cavemen” for about 30 seconds before i switched over to “pushing daisies”. now there’s a brilliant show! it pushed all my emotional buttons. all of em. i’ll be tuning in to this show every week for sure.

By: Turkey

Turkey — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:34:19 +0000

Adan is pronounced differently than Aiden or the others. It’s originally Spanish, being pronounced Ah-DON. Just FYI. But I agree, the trend with all of these rhyming names is going crazy.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:48:33 +0000

Re Turkey’s comment….

“Grayson” itself does not bother me, because it’s a last name coopted as a first name. My own name “Craig” originated the same way. But “Gracen” appears to be the sitcom writers attempt to force another surname to undergo the same change, when there’s no evidence that anyone is using it as one yet.

(Incidentally, in my dialect, the two names “Grayson” and “Gracen” would not be pronounced the same, because we differentiate our schwas.)

As an aside, the names I can’t stand are current “aden” juggernaut. In 2006, 37 of the top 1000 baby names in the US rhymed with “aden”:

Adan (302), Aden (244), Aedan (760), Aidan (44), Aiden (30), Aidyn (910), Aydan (576), Ayden (119), Aydin (731), Braden (141), Bradyn (675), Braeden (331), Braedon (744), Braiden (602), Brayden (79), Braydon (396), Caden (91), Caiden (312), Cayden (213), Haden (858), Haiden (872), Hayden (73), Jaden (88), Jadon (398), Jadyn (757), Jaeden (666), Jaiden (214), Jayden (50), Jaydin (971), Jaydon (416), Kaden (92), Kadin (636), Kadyn (920), Kaeden (746), Kaiden (242), Kayden (230), Zayden (871)

Someone stop the madness!

(Oh and yeah, they can pool the plug on Cavemen and Carpoolers too. I made it begrudgingly through the first and couldn’t finish the second.)

By: Tawny

Tawny — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:56:58 +0000

The commercials were already grating on my last nerve…..I don’t even know why I bothered tuning in for the premiere of this DOG.
It sucked so badly I actually started to feel sorry for the whole premise.
Cavemen would be appalled.
I hope it becomes extinct soon.

By: Turkey

Turkey — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:07:37 +0000

My friend’s kid’s name is Grayson. Not so bad, actually.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:13:03 +0000

I’m with you Eric. Carpoolers was a disaster. Begone evil one indeed! I couldn’t even make it through the whole episode on 2x fast forward…

I agree that Cavemen was mediocre but not as bad as the other one. (Still not worth a second episode though)

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:51:56 +0000

I agree that Cavemen was terrible, but I thought Carpoolers was pretty good. That guy from “Sons and Daughters” ( very good short lived ABC show) is very funny. I will definitely give it another shot.