I couldn't get enough of this when it first showed up. I can see how some people wouldn't like it, see it as predictable, etc. For me, it yielded at least one screaming fit of laughter per episode. I thought it was gone. Found it again the other night, and ... where'd the rest of the cast go--did FOX downsize the show??
It's still pretty funny, and I'm glad it's still being aired, but the only reason it's still on my TiVo is because of Philip Baker Hall. I literally passed food through my nose in the episode where he came walking in doing the Atlanta Braves' "tomahawk chop." It's the tiny moments that still make it great. As others have said, the plot is fairly predictable; it's in the way the script is played by the cast. Kind of like going to see a play that you studied in school: You know what's going to happen, so the execution is all that's left. This cast gets it right, over and over. I'm not giving up on it yet. And, yeah, I get paid to work in a corporate office, so I appreciate the satire.
Oh, well... it's not the first time FOX has tarnished something that was working perfectly well. Perhaps other FOX shows should take The Simpsons' approach: Declare openly that notes from executives will be ignored, and usually made fun of.
That's the thing about television: We're not the customers--the advertisers are.
It's still pretty funny, and I'm glad it's still being aired, but the only reason it's still on my TiVo is because of Philip Baker Hall. I literally passed food through my nose in the episode where he came walking in doing the Atlanta Braves' "tomahawk chop." It's the tiny moments that still make it great. As others have said, the plot is fairly predictable; it's in the way the script is played by the cast. Kind of like going to see a play that you studied in school: You know what's going to happen, so the execution is all that's left. This cast gets it right, over and over. I'm not giving up on it yet. And, yeah, I get paid to work in a corporate office, so I appreciate the satire.
Oh, well... it's not the first time FOX has tarnished something that was working perfectly well. Perhaps other FOX shows should take The Simpsons' approach: Declare openly that notes from executives will be ignored, and usually made fun of.
That's the thing about television: We're not the customers--the advertisers are.