Comments on: TV reviews: ‘Worst Week,’ ‘Gary Unmarried’ http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/09/28/tv-reviews-worst-week-gary-unmarried/ Eric D. Snider's blog. Fri, 18 May 2012 02:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Savvy Veteran http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/09/28/tv-reviews-worst-week-gary-unmarried/comment-page-1/#comment-164055 Savvy Veteran Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:45:51 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-164055 Well, that actually makes a lot of sense. Don't ever think about starting your own religion, Eric, because you are just too darn logical, and I would probably join. I guess it wasn't my cup of tea then, or maybe it really did just seem too much like "Meet the Parents" to me. Well, that actually makes a lot of sense. Don’t ever think about starting your own religion, Eric, because you are just too darn logical, and I would probably join.

I guess it wasn’t my cup of tea then, or maybe it really did just seem too much like “Meet the Parents” to me.

]]> By: Eric D. Snider http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/09/28/tv-reviews-worst-week-gary-unmarried/comment-page-1/#comment-162733 Eric D. Snider Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:03:56 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-162733 I think you have to accept the show on its own terms, which is as a farce. Farce involves improbable events that are then dealt with (in good farce, anyway) in a logical manner. That is to say, while it's unlikely that Event X would happen, if it DID happen, people would respond the way they do here. Furthermore, Event X, while improbable, would, if it occurred, lead naturally to Event Y, and so on. "Unrealistic" is irrelevant to a farce. "Logical" is what matters, and just about everything in "Worst Week" is logical. It still may not be everyone's cup of tea, but there you go. I think you have to accept the show on its own terms, which is as a farce. Farce involves improbable events that are then dealt with (in good farce, anyway) in a logical manner. That is to say, while it’s unlikely that Event X would happen, if it DID happen, people would respond the way they do here. Furthermore, Event X, while improbable, would, if it occurred, lead naturally to Event Y, and so on. “Unrealistic” is irrelevant to a farce. “Logical” is what matters, and just about everything in “Worst Week” is logical. It still may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but there you go.

]]> By: Savvy Veteran http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/09/28/tv-reviews-worst-week-gary-unmarried/comment-page-1/#comment-162722 Savvy Veteran Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:53:42 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-162722 I had high hopes for "Worst Week", and after missing it last Monday I actually watched it online on the CBS website. I'm with Rob D. It was way too unrealistic for me, and I stopped watching after he peed on the turkey. What the H was that all about? I had high hopes for “Worst Week”, and after missing it last Monday I actually watched it online on the CBS website. I’m with Rob D. It was way too unrealistic for me, and I stopped watching after he peed on the turkey. What the H was that all about?

]]> By: Rob D. http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/09/28/tv-reviews-worst-week-gary-unmarried/comment-page-1/#comment-162517 Rob D. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:58:31 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-162517 I agree about Gary Unmarried being just like all of the other sitcoms, Worst Week had potential- but it was way too out there for me. I mean, obviously the guy is going to mess up (we can tell that from the title), but it was just so UNREALISTIC. I predicted the last scene before he went to fix the lights when he was holding the candle. Honestly, if you can predict things that should rarely happen, it's pretty bad. I just thought they went overboard with it. I like Kurtwood Smith and he would play a good dad who would hate almost any guy having sex with his daughter. Why do they have to make the guy do 20 things that would never happen in a 21 minute show to make it funny............. I'll give it another week but I doubt I can take much more. I agree about Gary Unmarried being just like all of the other sitcoms, Worst Week had potential- but it was way too out there for me. I mean, obviously the guy is going to mess up (we can tell that from the title), but it was just so UNREALISTIC. I predicted the last scene before he went to fix the lights when he was holding the candle. Honestly, if you can predict things that should rarely happen, it’s pretty bad. I just thought they went overboard with it. I like Kurtwood Smith and he would play a good dad who would hate almost any guy having sex with his daughter. Why do they have to make the guy do 20 things that would never happen in a 21 minute show to make it funny…………. I’ll give it another week but I doubt I can take much more.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/09/28/tv-reviews-worst-week-gary-unmarried/comment-page-1/#comment-162494 Jenn Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:41:53 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/?p=1118#comment-162494 "Worst Week" is another British tv show we've appropriated here in the states, so I'm hoping that it lives up to the original! Your review is encouraging, so I'll have to watch it. “Worst Week” is another British tv show we’ve appropriated here in the states, so I’m hoping that it lives up to the original! Your review is encouraging, so I’ll have to watch it.

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