{"id":311,"date":"2008-11-20T11:46:44","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T18:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wwwold.dreamloom.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2008-11-20T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T18:46:44","slug":"worst-week-clever-comic-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Worst Week – Clever Comic Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ll be the first to admit it. When I first saw adverts for the new CBS sitcom, Worst Week<\/em>, I was less than thrilled. I scored a 0 on desire level to TiVo the show. I couldn’t see how the show’s premise could last 6 weeks, much less a full season. I had no plans at all to watch, record or even think about the show.<\/p>\n

But, on a whim, I thought ‘What the hay’ and decided to watch it anyways. I figured it was only 30 minutes of my time I was sacrificing and if it was horrible, I’d never have to watch it again.<\/p>\n

I was completely, utterly, fantastically surprised. Not only was Worst Week<\/em> not <\/strong>a horror, it has become one of my absolute favorite sitcoms of all time. And I do mean of all time<\/strong>. Friends <\/em>was awesome. That show carried me through many crises in my life. Seinfeld <\/em>was wonderful. I sported a Kramer shirt for many years. How I Met Your Mother<\/em> is the bomb. Neil Patrick Harris is a comic genius and I look forward to watching it every Monday.\u00a0But Worst Week<\/em> has gotten more laughs out of me than any TV show in my life.<\/p>\n

And not just a chuckle or an amused smirk. Not even a brief shotgun, stucatto laugh. I’m talking about a laugh so hideously ugly I would never want anyone to tape me watching the show. I laugh so hard I cry. I nearly hyperventilate from laughing over the spell Murphy’s Law has cast on the main character, Sam. I have to pause the show because I can’t focus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This hasn’t happened once. It has happened every single friggin’ time I watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, now that I hear CBS is considering dropping the show, I panic a bit. How can they take away such a brilliantly-crafted, masterfully funny show? And I’m not alone in my thinking. TV Series Finale is driving a petition to save the show<\/a>. You should see the level of response they’ve gotten (165 comments as of writing this article. If you are a fan, please find out what you need to do to help save the show).<\/p>\n

If you aren’t sure you would like it – let me share a brief critique, if you will. I am not a ‘tv expert’. I am an average viewer. This show reminds me of Meet The Fockers. <\/em>It has a European flavor to it I hope they retain. (The show is based on the BBC series,\u00a0The Worst Week of My Life<\/em>). You can’t help but root for Sam and Mel, his fiance, as every possible calamity befalls them. Give it a chance. Hulu it<\/a>. Watch it next week. If you don’t like it, it’s only 30 minutes and you never have to watch it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ll be the first to admit it. When I first saw adverts for the new CBS sitcom, Worst Week, I was less than thrilled. I scored a 0 on desire level to TiVo the show. I couldn’t see how the show’s premise could last 6 weeks, much less a full season. I had no plans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamloom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}