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"Andy Barker, P.I." (2007): Season 1: Episode 5 -- Sleep deprived--Lew (Harve Presnell) enlists Andy's (Andy Richter) help to investigate a dishonest doctor and his involvement with several of his attractive married patients.
"Andy Barker, P.I." (2007): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Long lost love--Amy Sedaris "Strangers With Candy" and Ed Asner "Mary Tyler Moore" guest star.  Andy tries to prove that Lew's old flame, Rita Spaulding is innocent after she has spent the past 40 years in prison.
"Andy Barker, P.I." (2007): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Tax day--Traci Lords "First Wave" and Frank Santorelli "The Sopranos" guest star--When Lew (Harve Presnell) forgets to warn Andy (Andy Richter) about an upcoming case, Andy's laptop is stolen before he is able to send in his father-in-law's tax return.
"Andy Barker, P.I." (2007): Season 1: Episode 3 -- The crazy chicken--When Wally, (Marshall Manesh) owner of the falafel restaurant is being scammed and forced to serve tainted chicken, Andy (Andy Richter) and Simon (Tony Hale) begin to investigate the chicken processing plant.
"Andy Barker, P.I." (2007): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Hole in one -- When a client of Andy's (Andy Richter) drops dead while playing golf, his wife hires Andy to find the murderer.

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An accountant moves into an office formerly owned by a private investigator and begins picking up side work as a private eye, after clients looking for the office's previous occupant inquire about his services.
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Actor Presnell Dies
 (From WENN. 1 July 2009, 6:36 PM, PDT)

NBC's Ratings Fall to Historic Low
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 16 April 2007)

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Andy Richter ... Andy Barker (6 episodes, 2007)
Clea Lewis ... Jenny Barker (6 episodes, 2007)
Harve Presnell ... Lew Staziak (6 episodes, 2007)

Tony Hale ... Simon (6 episodes, 2007)

Marshall Manesh ... Wally (6 episodes, 2007)
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Episode titles (except the pilot) spoof the titles of well-known mystery novels and movies. more

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Finally, A Good Andy Richter Vehicle, 11 March 2007
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Author: JonB-2 from Los Angeles, CA

I've always liked Andy Richter, ever since his days as Conan O'Brien's sidekick on "Late Night". I've wanted to like his previous forays into his own shows, but nothing had really clicked before.

This time, things click, in a quirky, funny series that brings a new twist to film noir conventions. The basic set-up: Andy Barker, a CPA, starts work at his new office. Unbeknownst to him, it was previously occupied by a PI. When a mysterious woman shows up looking for someone to find her dead husband, Barker is reluctant to take on the case -- but given his scarcity of clients and her $4,000 retainer, the offer is too tempting to pass up. When the issue of the husband's tax returns come up, it's the clincher that pulls the CPA into a different line of work.

Thus begins the premise, in which Barker is ably abetted by video store clerk Simon (Tony Hale, "Arrested Development") -- who applies everything he's learned about crime and criminals from movies, with sometimes unintended results.

While it doesn't quite have the subversive depth of a lot of modern half hour comedies, it does have the off-kilter tone of something like the live-action "The Tic" This go-round, Conan O'Brien is co-creator and executive producer, and that may be the secret ingredient that's made this a watchable show. A lot of the gags feel like Late Night bits dropped into the plot, like when Barker advises a client on tax law during a car chase.

There's potential for this series, provided the writers can keep developing the concept, and NBC doesn't give up too soon.

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