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Do The Critics Want Mohr Of CBS’ GARY UNMARRIED??
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A new sitcom from writer-producer Ed Yeager (“Still Standing,” the big-screen spoof “The Comebacks”), “Gary Unmarried” stars SNL vet Jay Mohr (“Action”) as a newly divorced dad. Hot Paula Marshall (“Cupid”) plays his ex; hot Jaime King (“The Class”) plays his girlfriend.
USA Today give it two and a half stars (out of four) and says:
… the show is funny enough, and the performers and setup are solid enough to hope CBS will give this working-class comedy a little time to work. Gary's best asset is the guy playing Gary: Jay Mohr …
Entertainment Weekly gives it an “C-plus” and says:
… Gary's uneven because it doesn't feel like a sitcom working for Mohr, but Mohr working for a sitcom. He doesn't make or break the jokes — he only delivers them, the comedic equivalent of the phrase ''Hey, I just work here.''…
The New York Times says:
… workmanlike …
The Los Angeles Times says:
… I don't mean to make it sound like "Gary Unmarried" is terrible. I mean, it is, but it also isn't. … Writer Ed Yeager has focused too much on "defining quirks" and not enough on "reason to watch." …
The Chicago Tribune says:
… formulaic …
The Washington Post says:
… Ed Begley Jr. steals every scene he has in the new sitcom "Gary Unmarried," but stealing scenes on this show is petty theft indeed. … There are errant laughs floating around, but for the most part "Gary Unmarried" is Gary Unfunny.
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
… CBS knows how to program. It knows what works and what its audience will like. But that doesn't make "Gary Unmarried" a good comedy. There are funny moments here, mostly coming from Mohr's agitated rantings. But the laugh track is mighty intrusive, which detracts from the average jokes by throwing them in your face (or down your ear, as it were). And there will certainly be a tinge of sadness from comedy fans as they compare the searingly brilliant work Mohr did in Fox's short-lived "Action" with his family-friendly fare on CBS …
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:
… This sitcom may elicit a few laughs, but the premiere episode is pretty lackluster overall, with obvious punchlines and predictable characterizations. Mohr is ill-suited to playing a "nice guy" and seems more engaged when he gets to be even slightly vicious, which isn't that often because the snarkiness he played in "Action" doesn't fit in what's ostensibly a family sitcom (even though some viewers won't find some of the jokes to be all that family-friendly).…
The Boston Globe says:
… the kind of dull-witted, over-laugh-tracked, artificial sitcom that makes you wonder if the Hollywood honchos ever got the memo about the 21st century and all. … has no creative urge at its core, just an executive hunger for a highly rated programming block.
The Associated Press says:
… It's fast-moving and clever, and feels like, in the future, it could take some unexpected twists. …
Variety says:
… Those looking for anything fresh, new or consistently amusing need not apply. … The prospects for transforming that slim premise into a satisfying show would seem less grim if those elements could survive a half-hour. Certainly, nothing in the prototype written by Ed Yeager -- rife with sex talk that tries but never quite rises to the level of smutty -- suggests there are vast humor reservoirs upon which to draw. …
The Hollywood Reporter says:
… Despite its 1980s ambiance, you can't simply dismiss the show. It has some genuinely funny lines … looks and feels terribly familiar, a throwback to an era when sitcoms were mostly defined by how slavishly they followed a rhythm of setups, jokes and beats. …
8:30 p.m. Wednesday. CBS.
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You know the asshole that wrote it was waiting to use the line as soon as he heard the title of the show.
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Do people still put Jay Mohr in shows and movies? He's not funny. He's not a good actor.
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I like him as an actor. Limited time in Jerry Maguire, but he was solid. 'Action' was a great show, too.
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and Mohr is a lot funnier when the cameras aren't rolling- you can feel him squeezing into the sitcom format, which is a bummer.
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I meant 'alright'
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Mohr is funny if it's off the cuff. However, anything written for him generally doesn't work.
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In the headline even. How embarrassing.
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on The Ghost Whisperer, wondering why he was on the type of show that would be parodied on Action. This does look like Mohr is shoehorned into "CBS sitcom", which is almost a genre of its own. He should star in a series where he is a guy that gets bonked on the head and wakes up believing he's Christopher Walken. THAT I'd see.
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Sep 24, 2008 2:56:05 PM CDT
"Show KILLER...She's the Girl, the Girl With the Deathly Touch"
by deandome
I don't get why...I kinda like her in everything she's done(starting w/Cupid)...but Paula Marshall IS the #1 Show Killer in the last 20 years.
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Sep 24, 2008 2:56:07 PM CDT
"Show KILLER...She's the Girl, the Girl With the Deathly Touch"
by deandome
I don't get why...I kinda like her in everything she's done(starting w/Cupid)...but Paula Marshall IS the #1 Show Killer in the last 20 years.
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it gives a lot of insight into how everything works on the show. well maybe not insights (he doesn't make any profound statements or anything), but it's very educational at the least. i mean, i loved Live From New York, but that book was nothing but gossip.
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Face!
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Last Comic Standing. I went to college with his cousin though. Jay needs more work, his stand up is funny as shit.
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Ed Begley Jr stealing scenes being petty theft - That did make me laugh. Probably more than the show would.
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Illeana Douglas = Incredibly hot weird looking chick.Can I have Jay Mohr's life? Seriously, they give him his own sit-com. If it fails he can go back to working with Jennifer Love Hewitt. And if they don't need him he can stay home and (vulgar slang term for sexual coitus) Nikki Cox. I bet you thought I was going to say titty-fuck.
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People don't like him because he comes off as a smug assbag. And based on his SNL book he is a smug assbag. Jay Mohr will never really succeed in Hollywood but he'll always get roles as smug assholes, so I'm sure that pays the bills. If you need someone to play a smug asshole and you can't afford Greg Kinnear, you call Jay Mohr or Craig Beirko.
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It's full of unfunny stereotypes and unfunny situations. Buddy Hackett was the best part of the whole thing. Don't waste your money.
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