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1. Murphy Brown -- the reboot.
Stars more or less the same cast, with the addition of her adult son -- who is the weak link in the group, in that he's the straight man.
It's still funny though. Or I found it funny, your mileage may vary. Dry sardonic witty banter. No physical comedy.
And it's probably saying something that years ago, people told me that I reminded them of Murphy Brown -- apparently I have the same sense of humor? (So Diane English.)
Favorite lines?
Murphy: I'm bored. They told me to travel, but I've been everywhere. They said take up gardening, except that wouldn't be fair to the plants.
Corky Sherwood: I had my first hot flash and I've decided that when women are no longer able to procreate, God gives them menuopause as a way of saying -- you can't have kids any longer? Now you die!
To date -- the only sitcoms I've laughed at are Murphy Brown and The Good Place.
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ETA: There is a cringe-inducing and highly unnecessary guest star appearance by Hillary Clinton, who auditions for Murphy's secretary. I have no idea why HRC feels the need to pop up on various television shows as a former "secretary" and rub it in that people elected the wrong dude. I find it annoying when politicians feel the need to do this. It's an obvious ploy for attention and it makes them look like nitwits. They aren't actors, they don't know how to interact with the characters and they come across stiff and uncomfortable. Please stop.
Then I watched The Big Bang Theory and thought...okay, I understand now why the guy playing Sheldon decided to call it quits. He's right this series has run it's course. It's just not funny any longer. They are repeating themselves. And it has a sort of undercurrent of meaness to the jokes that has lost me. I more or less gave up on it last year, and just turned in on occasion.
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2. Grey's Anatomy's premiere was amusing, but also a bit silly. It's reverted back to musical beds and wish fulfillment...some of which sort of pushes the envelope on suspension of disbelief. I think this show has also come close to running it's course.
3. Ocean's 8 -- the all-female Oceans...which was a tad disappointing. The critic gave it two stars and so did I. Why? The plot twist doesn't quite work or track. Or one of them sort of does, but not the other. Also it has pacing problems, and underuses a few people.
Fun. But not really worth more than a quick rental. Glad I didn't pay more than $5.99 for it.
Stars more or less the same cast, with the addition of her adult son -- who is the weak link in the group, in that he's the straight man.
It's still funny though. Or I found it funny, your mileage may vary. Dry sardonic witty banter. No physical comedy.
And it's probably saying something that years ago, people told me that I reminded them of Murphy Brown -- apparently I have the same sense of humor? (So Diane English.)
Favorite lines?
Murphy: I'm bored. They told me to travel, but I've been everywhere. They said take up gardening, except that wouldn't be fair to the plants.
Corky Sherwood: I had my first hot flash and I've decided that when women are no longer able to procreate, God gives them menuopause as a way of saying -- you can't have kids any longer? Now you die!
To date -- the only sitcoms I've laughed at are Murphy Brown and The Good Place.
( spoilers )
ETA: There is a cringe-inducing and highly unnecessary guest star appearance by Hillary Clinton, who auditions for Murphy's secretary. I have no idea why HRC feels the need to pop up on various television shows as a former "secretary" and rub it in that people elected the wrong dude. I find it annoying when politicians feel the need to do this. It's an obvious ploy for attention and it makes them look like nitwits. They aren't actors, they don't know how to interact with the characters and they come across stiff and uncomfortable. Please stop.
Then I watched The Big Bang Theory and thought...okay, I understand now why the guy playing Sheldon decided to call it quits. He's right this series has run it's course. It's just not funny any longer. They are repeating themselves. And it has a sort of undercurrent of meaness to the jokes that has lost me. I more or less gave up on it last year, and just turned in on occasion.
( spoilers )
2. Grey's Anatomy's premiere was amusing, but also a bit silly. It's reverted back to musical beds and wish fulfillment...some of which sort of pushes the envelope on suspension of disbelief. I think this show has also come close to running it's course.
3. Ocean's 8 -- the all-female Oceans...which was a tad disappointing. The critic gave it two stars and so did I. Why? The plot twist doesn't quite work or track. Or one of them sort of does, but not the other. Also it has pacing problems, and underuses a few people.
Fun. But not really worth more than a quick rental. Glad I didn't pay more than $5.99 for it.