The Paul Reiser Show
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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings
- Summary: The Mad About You actor plays himself in the comedy about the "friends" he inherited by way of marriage and parenthood.
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Show Type: Ended
- Season 1 premiere date: Apr 14, 2011
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 08:30 PM
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75They bring David himself on as a kind of nudge to the ribs, as if to say, "Of course we know we're ripping off Larry's show." But what the hey? David's clearly in on the joke and is well paired with Reiser as the two of them riff off each other over lunch.
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58Most of the material flatlines even before it begins, while never rising to the level of the HBO series to which it pays homage.
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38The only funny moments came from Omid Djalili, who plays a sub-dollar-store merchant and cat-tracking hobbyist.
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38Reiser, a precise, nimble comic, doesn't have the gut-level energy to bully life into this contraption. It's stalled. [25 Apr 2011, p.46]
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