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Less than the sum of its parts
The concept of this show is pretty fascinating, and the execution is remarkable as well, but when you make a comedy show full of bad comedy you're going to have problems. This show had so many talented comedians working on it, from the performers to the writers, but for whatever reason the writing is mostly bad, and the performances come off as desperate and obnoxious most of the time, and the result is disappointing.
This is essentially a high concept sketch comedy show, where the gimmick is that the entire show is shot in one take, with a revolving stage and a stationary camera allowing each sketch to flow into the next. You can actually see a nearly nucleus for the underlying concept of Mr. Show here, oddly enough, with how some sketches flow into the next. Sketches vary in length, with some being simple visual gags afforded by the stationary camera set-up and using forced perspective. Like I said, the concept of this show is pretty neat, but again, the writing and execution betrays the talent involved.
In a way, this show reminds me of Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio. Like Joel Hodgson coming off the success of MST3K and trying something new, Brad Neely was coming off the success of his memorable online shorts and China, IL to try something new. Both shows are sketch comedy shows with rapid-fire sketches varying in length, from extremely short non-sequiturs to full-blown sketches. Joel cashed in comedy industry favors to bring in a lot of talented and funny friends and people to The TV Wheel, and Brad Neely used his newfound industry fame and connections to bring in a lot of talented and funny people to help him make his new sketch comedy show. Both shows have a couple memorable and very funny bits, and both shows have a lot of misses crammed into the runtime as well. Both shows in the end are disappointing endeavors that waste intriguing concepts, and make you wonder what could have been had the writing been tighter.
If you're a fan of Joel and sketch comedy then you can find this on Youtube for a cursory watch, but ultimately you'll leave it disappointed and understanding why the show didn't get picked up. Still, though, I do wonder if in different hands the concept could be successful.
This is essentially a high concept sketch comedy show, where the gimmick is that the entire show is shot in one take, with a revolving stage and a stationary camera allowing each sketch to flow into the next. You can actually see a nearly nucleus for the underlying concept of Mr. Show here, oddly enough, with how some sketches flow into the next. Sketches vary in length, with some being simple visual gags afforded by the stationary camera set-up and using forced perspective. Like I said, the concept of this show is pretty neat, but again, the writing and execution betrays the talent involved.
In a way, this show reminds me of Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio. Like Joel Hodgson coming off the success of MST3K and trying something new, Brad Neely was coming off the success of his memorable online shorts and China, IL to try something new. Both shows are sketch comedy shows with rapid-fire sketches varying in length, from extremely short non-sequiturs to full-blown sketches. Joel cashed in comedy industry favors to bring in a lot of talented and funny friends and people to The TV Wheel, and Brad Neely used his newfound industry fame and connections to bring in a lot of talented and funny people to help him make his new sketch comedy show. Both shows have a couple memorable and very funny bits, and both shows have a lot of misses crammed into the runtime as well. Both shows in the end are disappointing endeavors that waste intriguing concepts, and make you wonder what could have been had the writing been tighter.
If you're a fan of Joel and sketch comedy then you can find this on Youtube for a cursory watch, but ultimately you'll leave it disappointed and understanding why the show didn't get picked up. Still, though, I do wonder if in different hands the concept could be successful.
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- May 5, 2024
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