And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Joined: 12/31/69
#1And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 10:26am
Have you seen 1600 Penn, the new show starring and created by Josh Gad? It's not as in-your-face, "oh, look how shocking we are!" as The New Normal but it's relentlessly stupid and flat-out vomit inducing.
Rannells obviously got his part because someone (somehow) finds him attractive. I have no idea how Gad convinced NBC to air this stinking turd of a show.
Updated On: 1/11/13 at 10:26 AM
#2And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 10:28amI only got through half of it. I heard they had a screening at the White House with the cast. That must have been uncomfortable.
#2And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 10:57amBut I just love seeing Jenna Elfman on tv again.
#3And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 11:20amShow has been panned. It's never gonna last. Gad needs to take a serious role otherwise he will be damned to playing fat, weird slobs.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 11:36am
You know Betty I thought about that. Actors usually want to play the opposite of what they've done before- especially if its a "break through" performance and they are worried that the public will confuse the the role with their 'true selves.' And he went a created a role for himself that was basically a carbon copy of what he's done before. Odd.
Elfman was fine- Bill Pullman- who's been perfectly serviceable in a lot of crap was awful.
It's bizarre that NBC is giving this such a full-court press. I saw ads calling this "NBC's Modern Family." I think Modern family should sue.
#5And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 11:46am
If you look at the wording on those ads closely, they said something like "It's being called NBC's answer to Modern Family," which probably came from a Hollywood Reporter blurb written when the show was still in the concept stage -- but very creative of them to find that and use it!
Almost as good is that god-awful-looking Marlon Wayans film where the ad just takes comments from random Twitter users saying how great it was. Too bad David Merrick didn't have Twitter in his day!
#6And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 12:17pm
I haven't seen it, and I know nothing about it.
Having said that, Entertainment Weekly's main TV critic, Ken Tucker, wrote a special piece on the show. The first episode is god-awful, but apparently it improves drastically by show number 3. He was encouraging people to give it a chance.
I generally respect Ken Tucker's opinion. He's pretty spot on with most of his reviews.
So, take that for what it's worth.
....but the world goes 'round
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 12:22pm
I'll try Taz but episode 1 was so god-awful I couldn't make it through 30 minutes. for you and ken Tucker I'll try episode #3.
Perhaps if episode 33 features a cameo by Tard, the Grumpy cat?
theaternut
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/4/03
#8And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 12:24pmBad reviews and a poor pilot don't necessarily mean it wont be a hit.
#9And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 12:26pmSome of the best sitcoms start out God-awful so I'm always willing to give them a chance.
#10And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 12:34pmTard needs to have his own show. Seriously.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#11And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 1:02pm
I watched the preview when it was on a few weeks ago and the second episode last night. I didn't think it was terrible and I like Josh Gad. I could live without AIDS-denier Jenna Elfman, though.
Updated On: 1/11/13 at 01:02 PM
#12And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 5:26pmI would watch every episode of a show about Grumpy Cat.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#13And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 5:51pmI'll give it a shot. Can't be worse than Sullivan and Son.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#14And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 6:51pmGad, if I may be rather rude, has a face for the stage.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#15And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 7:25pm
Josh is also in film called Thanks for Sharing, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this past September. He plays an Emergency room doctor with a sex addiction who somehow ends up with Pink in the end. The movie stars Mark Ruffalo (as a man with a sex addiction, as well) and Gwyneth Paltrow (as his love interest).
I thought the film was quite uneven in tone, wildly mixing comedy and drama (which undercut each other). For example, Gad seems like such a comic dufus that it's difficult to see his sex addiction as a serious (dramatic) problem.
I haven't heard anything about a release date for the film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1932718/
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#16And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 7:49pm
I dont think they say it's NBC's 'Modern Family"-the promos say "From the producers who brought you Modern Family."
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#17And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 7:52pm
The quote is
"It's being called NBC's answer to Modern Family".
#18And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 7:57pm
Jenna Elfman is an AIDS-denier?
I've always liked her.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 8:04pmShe's a hardcore Scientologist...they have the same attitudes towards all diseases.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#20And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 8:12pmOh, right, I forgot about that.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#22And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/11/13 at 9:39pmOnly watched the pilot and thought it was terrible, it could not figure out what it wanted to be at all. I will give it another chance and watch a second episode but New Normal (which i do think is improving) is like comedy gold compared to this rubbish
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#23And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/12/13 at 3:37am
A Tard's Day's Night
Coming to NBC Fall 2013!!
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broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#24And I thought Andrew Rannells' show was bad
Posted: 1/12/13 at 12:20pm
I think of Josh Gad and I think of the line in "Muriel's Wedding" where one of the bitchy "friends," while dressed in bananas and other frippery, says to Muriel "You got no dignity."
I left my hotel room this morning and was immediately assaulted by his picture, bigger than life, all over an MTA bus. I readily admit that he had left the cast of BOM when I saw it and my exposure otherwise is limited, but does he ever play anything but the obnoxious schlub? I'll give him credit for getting "1600 Penn" on the air, but I've found him wearying and almost unbearable in everything I've seen him in.
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