Hit the Road (2017) User Reviews

no love no hate

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 17 June 2020]

The Swallow is a family traveling band, billed as America's Finest Band. They are led by the parents, Meg Swallow (Amy Pietz) and Ken Swallow (Jason Alexander). They are the opening act to Duncan Freedom until the oldest daughter Ria kills him with sex or maybe he ODed on oldest son Alex's drugs. Jermaine is the adopted black son and Casey is the youngest daughter.

This is headed by two TV comedy veteran actors and created by Jason and a Brit. The writing is not always the best. Jason is playing an A-hole. There are loads of oddity in the family. The first noticable thing is that his daughter Ria towers over Jason by a foot. It's completely ridiculous but it's also a potential for a really funny early episode. Meg definitely had sex with a giant Viking. One of the early episodes should have the family deal with that or that non of his kids are his. That could have been really funny and poignant. A lot of stuff could have been funny with this setup. Sometimes it gets to mildly humorous levels but it's never sustained. It only has a 10 episode first season. At least, it doesn't have a laugh track. A lot of people seems to be piling on Jason and he really doesn't deserve it. Quite frankly, this is a basically a more aggressive Costanza.

A decent trip

[DrMaxLaugh · 5/10 · 28 December 2018]

The show is humorous at times and the kids are funny, but the story is a little flimsy. If this is a family band, how come they didn't catch heat over the radio interview? And they rely on cussing/sex jokes a little too much. Never thought I'd see the day where George Constanta curses more than Eric Cartman. Hopefully they fix it over time.

A New Low For Jason Alexander

[gdholm · 1/10 · 18 October 2017]

Wow. This thing is awful! Weak story line. Weak acting. Vulgarity just for the sake of vulgarity, an obvious sign the writers can't think of anything better to say.

The gags are dumb and way too predictable. Child actor delivers lines like you would expect them to be delivered in a high school play.

This was the first and last time I will watch this so-called show.

Blech!

[warrencorson280 · 1/10 · 24 October 2017]

Jason Alexander's Seinfeld money must be running out for him to take part in this horribly awful "sitcom". And I thought his old Dr. Pepper commercial from the '80's was cringe worthy. Hit the Road makes 2 Broke Girls look like Shakespeare and is about as clever as a bag of dirt. Who writes this garbage, and worse, who thinks it is worth producing and putting on TV?? Don't waste valuable seconds of your life on this crap.

Vulgar humor with quirky characters

[dschmeding · 7/10 · 30 December 2017]

If you don't like cursing, vulgar humor and explicit themes, this show definitly is not for you. If you like characters that are neither good nor bad and always need to be evaluated by their actions like in shows as "Curb Your enthusiasm" or "Mom", then this could be something you might like. I always appreciate shows that don't use flat characters but rather play on the persons flaws and stengths.

The show is playing a lot on cursing and things like the fathers name being Ken Swallow but it has an interesting way of presenting rather untypical subjects like threesomes, making Nazi friends and the hypocrisies of the music business or drug addiction in a way that makes you think. So the humor is quite broad if you can go with the cursing. The basic plot about a family band moving in a band bus on the road to start a new life and career often looks a little bland but the characters make it work. You get a weird stoner son, the hot sister, a black adopted son with a strong Michael Jackson vibe, a little loudmouth sister and two parents constantly struggling with their relationship and flaws.

Some subjects are rather bold in their approach and often border on falling flat on their face... which they do sometimes. But if they work its fun and interesting. Jason Alexanders character is a total egotist, very much like his Seinfeld character and especially the dynamic with his wife is great. The threesome episode was awesome.

So don't be fooled by the 1star reviews... this show definitly has some flat jokes and plays on clichés but I think there is a lot of depth in it too.

I miss George Costanza

[bigfishsalesonline · 1/10 · 23 October 2017]

Jason has been in a couple half-decent movies and if this ridiculous excuse for a sitcom doesn't completely ruin his career, he should stick to bit parts in those.

This episode left a bad taste in my mouth. I'd love to beat the crap out of whomever gave the green light on this thing. Can't say enough about how bad it is.

I laughed till I cried

[cbroome-47318 · 10/10 · 25 October 2017]

I loved it... Jason A. was amazing and had us on the floor in tears we were laughing so hard. I don't have DIRECTV and was watching this at a friend's house and loved it. The entire casting is spot on. I just wish I could get this show on Spectrum. Someone said that it was to much bad language but its not different than any other TV show.

Pure Trash

[sgtmikey13 · 1/10 · 1 November 2017]

How did this ever get on the air. Not funny, terrible writing. Some of the cast are talented, but with this vehicle it's hard to tell. It's boring, crude, an insult to the classification of comedy. The inclusion of the profanity and sexual comments is totally just crude and inappropriate.

Quite smart

[rrozellegurd · 10/10 · 11 November 2017]

If you like smart comedy you will like this. The subtle bits might get lost on many, and if you never watched the old 70's shows you will miss a lot. Each character is quite unique and I look forward to more adventures with the weird and dysfunctional family. I think many could throw this away quickly as it takes a few episodes to get where this is going. I'll keep watching.

Too much cursing (terrible language).

[salmonfisher-27875 · 1/10 · 22 October 2017]

My wife and I found the language absolutely terrible, will not watch this show again! Also, the story line was old school, nothing new here. We are not prudes or religious just didn't appreciate the cursing. I hope this is enough lines for you guys, this is ridiculous like your TV show.

This show is a dumpster fire

[koronin · 1/10 · 21 August 2018]

Interesting that a network called The Audience Network would try to keep an audience with this.

In a true Coztanzaian effort by Jason Alexander this show executes very bad joke, innuendo and cliched comedic situation while shooting itself in the foot that it already stuck in its mouth.

Jason does little to shed the Constanza label in this, it is quite forgettable.

TV has finally hit the worst show ever

[mikey_editor · 1/10 · 7 November 2017]

The fact someone greenlit this is atrocious. It is an abomination. flashing the butt of the lead singer is of minimal value. Did Jason Alexander do this to lose money? Every plot is thinly the same from casting a black character just to have one to having a brain-dead, post-smoking masturbating son, to the ripoff of the youngest child from any number of mindless movies, where the kid is the sweetest and living on an RV with the above miscreants.

Funny Stuff

[hcasey-14864 · 9/10 · 26 October 2017]

Wow, episode two was really funny, a big step up form the first episode, Hope the rest of the season maintains this level of writing. I think the character development took a big step forward in this episode. After this episode I see a lot of potential for the rest of the season. Funny stuff! I will be watching to see the continued growth.