This was kind of the original Osbournes, and had Frank Zappa starred instead of Max Gail maybe it would be thought of that way. Instead, hippie writer Gail and Cindy "Shirley" Williams are the parents of Frank's kids, Moon and Dweezil. The kids are liberally minded artists and so are the parents, so where's the hook?
Well, the parents are old, which makes anyone conservative: not politically but just... not so wild.
Dweezil is a would-be rock guitarist, which seems original and edgy being that his dad here is a writer, and not a famous rock star: that would have rendered this character useless like Dweezil might have felt through his life.
Moon Unit is cute, Dweezil plays a mean (if rather glossy-sounding) guitar, their little brother is straight outta central casting, and basically, this show didn't have a chance because it just wasn't edgy enough. At an attempt to break the "normal sitcom" envelope they simply mailed it to another address.
Well, the parents are old, which makes anyone conservative: not politically but just... not so wild.
Dweezil is a would-be rock guitarist, which seems original and edgy being that his dad here is a writer, and not a famous rock star: that would have rendered this character useless like Dweezil might have felt through his life.
Moon Unit is cute, Dweezil plays a mean (if rather glossy-sounding) guitar, their little brother is straight outta central casting, and basically, this show didn't have a chance because it just wasn't edgy enough. At an attempt to break the "normal sitcom" envelope they simply mailed it to another address.