As bad as this season is, I was more entertained by episode 4 than with the
others.
"CliffB" <fleer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I vote for this last one.
>
> What a tired rendition of the usual shop-worn Larry david gimmickry. It
> was almost painful to endure, knowing some of the great shows he's put
> on in the past. "Doctor, pharmacist....." etc, repeat, etc. Oh please,
> larry, enough with the hilarity!
>
> Last week had some funny bits but this one seemed truly forced from the
> get-go. Just going through the motions it seems; has CYE jumped the
> shark? Not every show can hit the gold standard, but this one seemed
> especially unredeeming. The kamikaze bit started just OK but veered
> disastrously into the lame botched suicide motif. Nealon's appearance
> was wasted in it; the rest home aspect could have been played better
> for more loopy effect, the Bingo plot device was sloppy. The gratuitous
> **** interlude was a cheap and degrading ploy. The patented CYE endings
> the last two weeks have just fallen flat.
>
> I don't know, maybe I just had some bad su**** earlier tonight.
>
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