The Crazy Ones

[celeste]

I really want to like it because Robin Williams is so talented, but I'm just kind of "meh" about it. Anyone else?

ETA: On the other hand, the new Michael J. Fox show is hitting its stride!

[mie]

I like it! Robin Williams is over the top, but the supporting cast cracks me up.

[caddywompus]

I've only seen it twice, but I love the guy who used to be on that "...Old Christine" show with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

[IIOY]

Oct 30, 2013 13:13:54 GMT -5 celeste said:

I really want to like it because Robin Williams is so talented, but I'm just kind of "meh" about it. Anyone else?

I sort of feel like you do. That show should be awesome, but...eh. I do agree the supporting cast is pretty good.

[celeste]

Yeah, it's not the supporting cast that bothers me. In fact, I like the tall thin assistant guy. I think that what bugs me is that Robin Williams' "eccentricity" feels a little forced, but maybe the show will settle in to a good groove eventually.

[IIOY]

When RW is allowed to unleash, he is hilarious. The problem is that he can't unleash in a 22-minute show or else the show would have no plot and no one else could get a word in edgewise. So instead, we get these random bursts of energy that immediately simmer down and kill the momentum because he has to behave like someone who could actually run a business.

[celeste]

Oct 31, 2013 16:54:25 GMT -5 IIOY said:

When RW is allowed to unleash, he is hilarious. The problem is that he can't unleash in a 22-minute show or else the show would have no plot and no one else could get a word in edgewise. So instead, we get these random bursts of energy that immediately simmer down and kill the momentum because he has to behave like someone who could actually run a business.

This is a excellent observation. You're dead on!