Having just watched the first three episodes of Mike Judge's new show "The Goode Family", I must admit I was disappointed.
Judge has been at the helm of some of TVs funniest animated shows - unfortunately this just doesn't seem to be one of them.
The premise could be amusing - a family of over the top environmentalists who do battle daily with the world around them, trying to make it a better place. Sadly, all Judge did was manage to get an amazingly accurate rendition of these types on the screen. Sadly because, really, when was the last time a rabid Eco-vegan made you laugh?
Yes, the show has its amusing moments, but they are few and far between, and for the most part don't involve any of the main characters. Interestingly the Goode family seem to be drawn with a lack of detail when compared the rendering of the rest of the characters... strange. The single funniest thing in the entire show is the family dog Che, who is forced to eat vegan dog food. Che gets his fill of meat by hunting down squirrels, birds or cats in the neighborhood while the Goode family is blissfully ignorant of the killer dog they have inadvertently created.
One of the odd errors in the show is the mispronunciation of the character name Ubuntu... Judge insists on pronouncing the word "You-buntoo", and not the correct "Oo-buntoo". A minor mistake to be sure, but a painfully obvious one to anyone using the Ubuntu operating system, or having bothered to, you know... look it up...
Basically anyone who finds "real world" Eco-crusaders and militant vegans to be tons of fun will probably find the show amusing - anyone else, not so much.
Judge has been at the helm of some of TVs funniest animated shows - unfortunately this just doesn't seem to be one of them.
The premise could be amusing - a family of over the top environmentalists who do battle daily with the world around them, trying to make it a better place. Sadly, all Judge did was manage to get an amazingly accurate rendition of these types on the screen. Sadly because, really, when was the last time a rabid Eco-vegan made you laugh?
Yes, the show has its amusing moments, but they are few and far between, and for the most part don't involve any of the main characters. Interestingly the Goode family seem to be drawn with a lack of detail when compared the rendering of the rest of the characters... strange. The single funniest thing in the entire show is the family dog Che, who is forced to eat vegan dog food. Che gets his fill of meat by hunting down squirrels, birds or cats in the neighborhood while the Goode family is blissfully ignorant of the killer dog they have inadvertently created.
One of the odd errors in the show is the mispronunciation of the character name Ubuntu... Judge insists on pronouncing the word "You-buntoo", and not the correct "Oo-buntoo". A minor mistake to be sure, but a painfully obvious one to anyone using the Ubuntu operating system, or having bothered to, you know... look it up...
Basically anyone who finds "real world" Eco-crusaders and militant vegans to be tons of fun will probably find the show amusing - anyone else, not so much.