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...voters seem to be engaging in the electoral equivalent of channel surfing, it may be because politicians have become indistinguishable from sitcom characters: Sure, these problems are tough, but don't worry, things will work out just fine by the end of the show...
Growing Pains; sitcom and a daytime talk show, in development...
...stereotypes (the Jewish mother force-feeding her son, the father showering his adult children with money) and cheap pop references (Dances with Wolves, The Mary Tyler Moore Show). He probably knows his audience: at a preview, the crowd gave star-entrance applause to David Groh, erstwhile husband on the sitcom Rhoda and a veteran of the soap opera General Hospital...
...Beverly Hillbillies" could have been mildly amusing, or even sharply satirical. It could have departed from its tired premise and struck out on new ground. It didn't. After all, if Hollywood had wanted original thought, what would have justified drudging up this innocuous defunct Sixties TV sitcom anyway...
Larroquette's co-star from Night Court, Harry Anderson, is just as understated and engaging in CBS's Dave's World. This is a rare sitcom that exists to showcase not a star but a writer. Anderson plays humor columnist Dave Barry, a beleaguered family man facing a classic baby-boomer problem: trying to raise three kids while grappling with the realization that he is no longer a kid himself. He sings I Am the Walrus in the shower (then looks at his body and exclaims, "I am the walrus!"), and can't get up the fatherly gumption to force...