It was pretty obvious about five minutes into the first episode of ‘The Paul Reiser Show’ that it wasn’t going to work and after two weeks my assumption was right. NBC has now cancelled Paul’s show.
The show was basically a homeless man’s version of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ but it skimped on the comedy. The first time I watched Curb I was intrigued by the idea of a mix of sitcom with reality. Stars played themselves but also played characters. But what keeps people coming back to Curb is the comedy, the crazy ass situations Larry gets himself into.
‘The Paul Reiser Show’ just chronicled a washed up actor hanging out with boring suburbanites. Not much for the common man to relate to except for the boring part and there wasn’t much funny to speak of either.
You’ve got to feel bad for Paul Reiser though. He spends almost a decade in hibernation and then falls flat on his face in his first venture back into showbiz. What makes it even worse is that he had to hit the talk show circuit a couple weeks ago to bang the drum for this thing so there hasn’t been any time for the humiliation to die down. Maybe he and Judge Reinhold can convince Eddie Murphy to make another ‘Beverly Hills Cop.’
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