"Andy Barker, P.I." Pilot (2007)

Director:

Jason Ensler

Writers:

Conan O'Brien (creator) &
Jonathan Groff (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Andy Barker, P.I." (2007)

Original Air Date:

15 March 2007 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Russian Mafia | Church | Kidnapping | Reference To Khrushchev | Accountant

Cast

Andy Richter	...	Andy Barker
Clea Lewis	...	Jenny Barker
Harve Presnell	...	Lew Staziak
Tony Hale	...	Simon
Marshall Manesh	...	Wally
Vanessa Branch	...	Nadia
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Ron
Steve Cell	...	Nikolai Karensky
Nicole Randall Johnson	...	Clerk
Martin Charles Warner	...	Priest
Ivo Nandi	...	Henchman
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Thug #1
Derek Mears	...	Thug #2

Goofs:

Factual errors: The cross the priest wore was not a Russian Orthodox cross. Russian Orthodox crosses have 4 lines instead of the usual two on a Christian cross. (They include a horizontal line for where Jesus' legs would have been nailed and a smaller horizontal line at the top for where it would have said INRI.)

Quotes:

Andy Barker: Hey Wally, is that a security camera?
Wally: Yeah. I tape everything.
Andy Barker: Does that also tape the parking lot?
Wally: No. Lincoln watches the store.
[snaps fingers]
Wally: Nixon got the parking lot.

Movie Connections:

References Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)

Soundtrack:

Eye of the Tiger

Let's See What's In Store For Andy....

I have been an Andy Richter fan from the Conan days; his dry wit never failed to crack me up. Additionally, he was funny in "Arrested Development" where he plays himself and his four brothers, Donnie Richter, Chareth Richter, Rocky Richter-Wang and Emmett Richter. IMO he's always a stitch, and in this show he follows suit.

Secondly, my interest in this series was piqued due to the fact that the FAB Tony Hale is in it, because he was as so amazingly funny in "Arrested Development" I HAD to see him in a different role (having browsed through his body of work, I realized just how much he's done that I wasn't ever aware of!). Not surprisingly, he is great in his role of "Simon", the owner of the video store that is located directly underneath Andy's accounting office.

I can't wait to see if the follow-up episode(a) lives up to the funny and original pilot.