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It's clever [and] a little dark. [29 Sep 2006, p.72]
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88While tonight's premiere episode is good, the show really sprouts wings and flies in episode two.
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75Everyone in the pilot makes a solid first impression.
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70Nothing groundbreaking here, obviously, but it's still pretty funny.
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70Engaging.
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70It shows more than a bit of promise.
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63"Help Me Help You" has a few more surprises and comedic heft to it than expected.
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63It's pleasant enough--and thankfully it's not zany. The problem is that Danson's crisis is believable midlife comedy, while the patients' neuroses are closer to stock. [9 Oct 2006, p.41]
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60It's funny in its own way, smarter than most TV comedies and has a terrific cast -- all of which makes me wonder why I'm not more moved by it.
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60A sly, witty step up from the boorish "Becker."
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50At first blush, "Help Me Help You" looks like it will be terrible, but it's not. The actors are talented. The language and pacing are playful.
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50Mr. Danson has some funny moments, but he is not as comfortable in a comic genre where deadpan takes the place of punch line.
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50The show isn't a debacle, but it's a disappointing comedy that doesn't live up to an interesting premise.
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50A mildly amusing sitcom that is promising -- including the sense that it promises to go nowhere fast.
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50Considering his talents, Danson should be the show's biggest asset, and yet his character has become its biggest problem.
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40It's not laugh-out-loud funny, but once in a while it's vaguely amusing, though certainly not in a must-see sort of way.
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40Several steps up from "Becker."
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40For now, it remains more like a group of shuffled skits than a cohesive series.
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30Danson throws himself into the role with good humor, but Help Me Help You yields little good humor.
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30The jibes quickly wear thin and predictable, and there's simply not much to Help Me Help You.
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30While [Danson's] old-pro timing gives the show a modest lift, "Help Me Help You" provides more of an incentive to get off the couch than to plop down on one.
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20There's no laugh track, so maybe it's all supposed to be sophisticated and delightfully risque. But nobody will be mistaking Rushfield and Konner for Noel Coward or Oscar Wilde.
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10"Help Me" is a Gobi Desert of laughs... There's a strong odor of desperation on-screen, as if the competent and seasoned actors here know they're in this for a short ride. Indeed, they are.
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10This comedy is just not funny.
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jc10looks funny especially with gieco caveman in it
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FranS10Nice Change--Funny
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AshishA9Nice show! interesting characters. lots of potential.