Cavemen

TJ says...

This show is VERY underrated. Every time I watched it, I wanted to find a reason to not watch the next episode, and I couldn't. I laughed multiple times at each show. I love the Piousness of Nick, the naivety of Andy and the glue that Joel is. The apartment manager lady is just icing on the cake. What is NOT to like about this show? I dare you to find a reason.

This gets a TJ rating of "Make time and watch this show with an OPEN comedic mind (Chad)"

Chad's disgusted reply...

First of all, up yours TJ for liking this show. I hate this show so much that I could actually feel my blood pressure rising as I watched it. The commercials by Geico are what spawned this show and the poor guy that wrote that first commercial probably committed suicide just so he could roll over in his grave. Those are at least smart and funny.

I only watched the first episode of this show. It was like they were trying to steal characters from Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. And then they made every racial joke they could think of but instead of it being a minority it was as caveman so it was a-okay.

The only thing I remember about the show was at the end of it when one of the cavemen somehow ended up in a firepit holding a log and had ripped his shirt so he looked like an actual caveman. Funny? No.

Chad's rating? "This show is so effing stupid and I hate TJ for disgracing this page with it's review. F U Caveman."

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TJ Says...

I’ve seen 4 shows(I'm the only one who doesn't have a THAR degree that can say this). The only reason I’ve seen the last three, is because there is NOTHING else on Monday nights at 7:30. This show should be funny. You’ve got Jesus, a dude from Arrested Development and guy/girl angst. The problem is that I chuckle at the show about 2-3 times. I’ve never actually laughed at this show.

Random Musings:
•Josh and Hope, does the man have to hit us in the face with “Hey, we’re trying to be Ross and Rachael here”?
•Dude from American pie…2 things. Get a friggin hair cut and take acting lessons. My 4 year old does a better job when she’s trying to get out of chores.
•Working for “TCo” is genius. But JTam’s character just makes me want to kick him in the nuts.
•Raquel Welch is hot, but we GET IT ALREADY, you’re a cougar. A really, really old cougar.

So, under the TJ rating system, this gets a “TiVO it if you’re bored, otherwise don’t bother.”

Chad responds...

Usually if Jeffrey Tambor is in a show, I'll watch it. Plus this was a comedy and nothing else was on TV so I recorded it. The first thing that I noticed about the show was Marty's (Chris Klein) hair changed from scene to scene. One scene it would be long in the back and sides and the next it would be clipped short on the back and sides. Really? Don't they have people that check this stuff. Sadly that's all I remember about the first episode.

But I hung in there. I've seen 4 episodes thus far and thanks the the last episode, I'll hang in for a few more.

Yes, JTam's (Jeffrey Tambor) character used to be a writer on Three's Company. Funny in and of itself. His remembering back to those days and referencing people from this show is pretty funny. The Three's Company satin jacket he wore in the last episode was awesome.

There's the whole love connection thing between Josh and Hope that we're just going to have to fight thru so I'll play along.

What I do like is all of the strong characters. Jesus, the bellhop started off rough but keeps getting funnier. In the last episode he was pure gold. Raquel Welch adds a little something that's good-ish. Tambor is great - calling Three's Company "TCo" is terrific. The main character, Josh is likeable, nervous - very John Rittery (yeah i adjectived him). Hope is cute and likeable - you do kind of like the connection even if you roll your eyes at it at first. But Chris Klein is seriously horrible. Yeesh. Some of the situations he's been in have worked b/c they make fun of his character but they're going to have to keep saving him.

So I'm glad I fought thru the first 3 episodes and hopefully it will keep getting better. The situational stuff is formulaic and contrived but it takes you back a bit to the 80's sitcoms and I kind of like that.

So I give it a "Please keep getting better so I don't have to watch Back to You instead"