Caveman

[Jazz Kat]

Anyone see this show?

[7/4]

Nah. Didn't like the commercials.

[Free For All]

I can see this show reaching ***PREMISE OVERLOAD*** pretty quickly., like pretty much any movie based on a SNL sketch.

[Jazz Kat]

I think they actually pulled it off, in the fact that it wasn't TOTALY stupid. But as far as being funny, it was pretty much like all those new shows that don't last long.

Edited October 4, 2007 by Jazz Kat

[Free For All]

it wasn't TOTALY stupid.

Hey, these days that's enough to win an Emmy.

EDIT: Speaking of SNL, this made me think of "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer". Man, I miss Phil Hartman.

Edited October 4, 2007 by Free For All

[Jazz Kat]

Hey, it's enough to win a Grammy!

[DukeCity]

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm just a caveman.

I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists.

Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic makes me want to get out of my BMW and run off to the hills or whatever. Sometimes when I get a message on my fax machine I wonder, Did little demons get inside and type it? I don't know! My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts.

But there is one thing I do know. When a man like my client slips and falls on a sidewalk in front of a public library, then he is entitled to no less than two million in compensatory damages and two million in punitive damages.

Thank you."

(R.I.P. Phil Hartman )

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, that Hartman skit was great. I can't say the same about these insurance commercial fuckwads.

Edited October 4, 2007 by clifford_thornton

[RDK]

I thought Cavemen was enjoyably eccentric and wonderfully earnest, with some fairly witty dialogue. It wasn't all that funny and I'm not sure if the premise can have lasting appeal, but I'll give it a chance. Glad that it had no laughtrack.

[Aggie87]

Confirmed my opinion - Caveman jumped the shark going from commercials to tv show. It's dead.

R.I.P. - Phil Hartman - he deserves to be credited for the success of the commercials and now the show if you ask me. It's a ripoff of his SNL sketches.

[7/4]

Yeah, Phil Hartman...I loved NewsRadio. Now there was a sitcom.

[Kalo]

Remember that great 1970s sitcom starring the guy from the "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing" commercials?

Oh, right, there wasn't one.

And people say the 1970s sucked?

[Kalo]

And, yes, Phil Hartman was the man!

[RDK]

Remember that great 1970s sitcom starring the guy from the "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing" commercials?

Oh, right, there wasn't one.

And people say the 1970s sucked?

Take off the nostalgia-colored glasses and current TV beats the 70's stuff all to hell.

[jazzbo]

Gotta agree with Ray.

[Aggie87]

Take off the nostalgia-colored glasses and current TV beats the 70's stuff all to hell.

Generally, I think I'd agree with that, though Caveman still doesn't cut the mustard.

[Free For All]

I think it's bit of an apples-and-oranges thing. Many of the current shows sort of stand on the shoulders of the earlier shows. I remember seeing the early SNL shows when they were first broadcast- at the time they were contemporary and cutting edge, very much like the Monty Python series of the same time. Now when I see the reruns they seem much more tame and dated, although still with some great moments. I think the loosening of what gets by the censors has helped too- the fact that broadcast TV has to compete with the uncensored cable networks has definitely had an influence there. The older shows paved the way for current ones- just think of some of those old Richard Pryor routines (on TV and in his movies) and the controversial nature of some of his material. We don't blink an eye at stuff like that anyomore.

The 70s shows were a reflection of the times, and times are very different now, so many of those shows haven't aged so well. I watch some of the old shows (lately things like St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues [80s shows, I know]) because they are period pieces and a reflection of an era to which I had a connection. I can see where people who weren't around then might have less interest.

Edited October 5, 2007 by Free For All

[Jim Alfredson]

I miss the show with the "gotta make the donuts" guy.

[Free For All]

You talking about this guy? What show was he on?

(mmmmmmmmmm.....DOUGHNUTS!)

Edited October 5, 2007 by Free For All