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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
ARSEBURGERS!, 9 November 2001
Author: jmcool5164

There was a big hubbub about Clerks being cancelled after 2 episodes. The same fate befell this show and nobody cared. This was an absolute gem of a show and I was the only American guy who watched it. The Perfects are so damn funny. A lot of the humor is so stupid that you can't help but laugh. The funniest is when the donkey explodes for no reason at all. PUT THIS ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!

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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Great until the "Good ol' US of A" got hold of it, 10 October 2000
Author: retard-5 from Canada

When I first saw this show in the UK I thought it was about time someone in Britain made a decent animated show. Watched it on the BBC till it was over. But then when I moved out here I was very disappointed to hear that the American network that was broadcasting it had decided to re-dub Eric's voice, not only that but to my memory the also decided to put a laugh track to it. Sure Hank Azaria is a great person for voices but thats on the Simpsons, leave the British to do what we do good. And that includes grammar

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
Fab-u-lous (let's get him on DVD...), 15 June 2007
10/10
Author: ginger_mattg from United Kingdom

A fantastic cartoon, with brilliant voice acting, about Eric who is a rather stressed out man trying to make his way through life.

It probably didn't do as well in America as the humour is quite British and has me in stitches. Poor Eric suffers one thing after another and never has a good day.

If you'd like to see Eric on DVD (and who wouldn't?) please sign the online petition as at the moment there is no intention of a DVD being produced :o(

Let's get Eric back! http://www.petitiononline.com/eric0607/petition.html

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
The best new comedy series for years., 13 March 2001
Author: G.Spider from UK

A TV programme which doesn't seem to have got the recognition it deserves, which is a pity, as it is the best original creation for years. The series is based around Eric Feeble, 40-year-old divorced father who, as the title suggests, is forever under strain. At home he has to cope with his alcoholic au pair, autistic son and a daughter who is allergic to just about everything. Added to that are Eric's hippy ex-wife who keeps turning up when he least expects it, and next-door neighbours the Perfects, who seem to make it their business to out-shine Eric at every turn. At work things are no easier. The quite irritatingly handsome and wonderful Ray Perfect is a highly successful executive at Eric's place of work, Eric's secretary is forever on the telephone organising her social life, and the boss. P.P. (who is incidentally my favourite character in this series, apart from Eric himself) rules the business with an iron rod. Other regular characters include Eric's psychiatrist Doc (an age-ing swinger) and elderly neighbour Mrs Wilson, who's trips out to post a letter always end in disaster.

There is plenty of biting humour and some great comedy moments. Storylines include a nativity play, an old flame of Eric's turning up, a desperate hunt for a potato, a parents V pupils cricket match and many more. What makes this series stand out is the fact that comedy is combined with darker undertones, reflections on the pressures of modern-day life and the cast of interesting, genuine and often not unsympathetic characters. A second series was broadcast in 2000. Let's hope for a third.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
the shame of the American sham..., 18 June 2005
Author: randall johnson from United States

Unfortunately, this BBC-2 show was picked up by NBC who, like most networks, have a tendency to take a show from abroad and tweak it into useless American drivel. NBC felt that Americans had no desire to see a British guy getting upset. Hank Azaria was brought in to perform the voice of Eric. The opening sequence was changed from the original British version. Music and all. The new opening shows a montage of Eric (the American) moving to England, marrying, and having kids. In addition to dramatically changing the lead character NBC also dropped 4-5 minutes from each episode to accommodate for its commercial spots. The show was by no means brilliant, but it did contain some good gags, and occasionally exceedingly clever dialog. Eric's home life consisted of a psychotic ex-wife fighting for everyone/things rights, a hyper-allergenic daughter, a son who puts everything in his mouth, a sex-crazed (and often missing) nanny, a constantly enraged boss, and his aptly named next door neighbors the Perfects. The show is worth watching, but it's placement in NBC's "Must See TV" prime-time line-up was a bit misguided. This show would be better placed in the Fox Sunday night line-up. It would likely have found a home.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Very Cool., 20 January 2000
Author: Devyalento Latchford Deschanel from London, England

Stressed Eric was a very cool animated show, which deserved another series. Eric Feeble was a classic comedy creation and the supporting players (especially the drunken au pair Maria) were pure class. For anyone who hasn't seen it, check out the episode where the horse explodes at the end. That should give you an idea of the surreal genius of the show. Watch and enjoy!

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2 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Am I the only one who has commented on this ace program?, 2 April 1999
Author: LEE-47 from somerset, england.

This is a class program. It was all everyone talked about when it was on, but I am dismayed to hear that Eric's wonderful London/middle class accent was dubbed for the American version! Plum, forgotten plum, but a plum never the less!!!

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Pure Genius!, 22 June 2004
Author: TeeJayKay from Germany

I have never seen the U.S. version with Hank Azaria, but the original is pure genius, very much like The Simpsons, but with that irreverent twist of British humor. I have rarely laughed so hard! I am sorry that American viewers missed most of that thru the Americanization of the show. (What's next -- Monty Python dubbed into American English?) I am sure that American viewers are perfectly capably of understanding British humor, as there have been numerous successful British comedies shown on U.S. television that were understood without translation. Hopefully there will be a DVD edition of this show one day -- maybe they will let viewers choose languages between "British" and "American"!

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PLEASE PUT ALL EPISODES ON DVD!!!, 5 May 2004
Author: pheinze from Iowa

Eric Feeble has a daughter who longs for a pony, a son who isn't quite right and an au pair I sure wouldn't leave a kid with. He is further tormented by his perfect neighbors, his boss, and oh, heck, pretty much everything.

The three episodes aired in the US made a big impression on me and my coworkers at the post office. We often have those moments where a vein in our temple blows up and strangles us. If they put this on DVD, I promise to buy three copies- one for me and one for each of my colleagues working at the window.

It was wickedly funny. I don't suppose the fourth episode that never aired was the one entitled "Sex"? I seem to recall reading the synopsis for that upcoming episode and really looking forward to it. Who ever made the decision to yank it: Shame. On. You.

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Arseburger of a show, 11 July 2001
Author: James from London, UK

Brilliantly observed satire on the pitfalls of everyday life, with all-too-familiar scenes bringing the absurdity home. Mark Heap (graduate of the University of Chris Morris) combines with a host of excellent voices, including one or two guests that creep into the odd episode. But whatever happened to the second series??

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