I recently discovered this show on IMDb while surfing the 'net. I'd never heard of it until then. It's a shame it never got chance at a full season. Short-term Nielsens are overrated.
Sarcastic jokes, silly premises, great comedy. All this series needed was time to acquire its audience, to get established. Apparently, it was hardly advertised nationally, giving it little chance at the start, then the network pulled it much too soon.
Even the opening scene, a setup explaining one of the series' basic premises, is loaded with zingers as Larry (Bronson Pinchot) is conversing with the captain of the ship he is on, returning home. I was laughing so hard I almost missed a couple of great lines.
Courtney Cox was an excellent foil for Pinchot. At times the dialog seems a bit sparse, but right on, maybe requiring the audience to be more intelligent than the average Nielsen viewer. The writers are just saying a lot with few words sometimes.
Sarcastic jokes, silly premises, great comedy. All this series needed was time to acquire its audience, to get established. Apparently, it was hardly advertised nationally, giving it little chance at the start, then the network pulled it much too soon.
Even the opening scene, a setup explaining one of the series' basic premises, is loaded with zingers as Larry (Bronson Pinchot) is conversing with the captain of the ship he is on, returning home. I was laughing so hard I almost missed a couple of great lines.
Courtney Cox was an excellent foil for Pinchot. At times the dialog seems a bit sparse, but right on, maybe requiring the audience to be more intelligent than the average Nielsen viewer. The writers are just saying a lot with few words sometimes.