The Michael Richards Show
First Show |
2000 |
Last Show |
2000 |
Genre |
Comedy |
Network |
NBC |
Slot Day |
Tuesday |
Slot Time |
8 pm |
Jumped The Shark
when... |
Votes |
Day One |
15 |
Title
contains the star's full name |
2 |
Never
Jumped |
1 |
Other Thoughts:
- Before the first episode, based on the title. The only show I can think of
that does not fit this category is the original Bob Newhart show. That is
probably because Bob's last name on the show was not Newhart.
- To the above post, how can you pass judgment before the show even airs?
- With the signing of Michael Richards to reprise his one note shtick. His
Kramer act got old and very repetitious on Seinfeld during the first season,
but Richards continued to expound on length on his own comedy brilliance
with every interview he gave. I expect this show, if it debuts in the fall,
will be cancelled by Thanksgiving as an appropriate comment on what a turkey
the star is.
- Could they really not think of a better title for this show? I love
Michael Richards, but please, for heaven's sake, give this show a better
title. Otherwise, you're dooming it to shark territory before it even has a
fighting chance!
- This show proves once again that network programmers have no intelligence.
C'mon, we all know it's Michael Richards being Kramer, just with a different
name. Unfortunately, this wasn't the first cancellation of the 2000 season.
But hopefully it will be a quick victim.
- It jumped the shark in the trailers......
- I credit Michael Richards as being the greatest of the supporting cast in
Seinfeld. I've heard the argument that shows with the stars name in the
title are crap, but a few examples of great shows.... I Love Lucy (later The
Lucille Ball Show) Newhart The Bob Newhart Show Burns & Allen The Dick
Van Dyke Show Carol Burnett and Friends Seinfeld The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Drew Carey Show ...don't worry, there's plenty of others!
- This show is amazing. If it weren't for the laugh track it wouldn't be
identifiable as a comedy. It's another case of a mediocre actor being
attached to someone else's star thinking that he's the reason that people
love the star's show. Kramer was mildly amusing at best, but Richards' new
character isn't even close to amusing. I expect that the actor has a career
ahead of him at a local McDonalds.
- After watching the first five minutes, I knew this show was in trouble. IT
WASN'T FUNNY! Just another case of an actor "gravy-training" on
past success of a different character.
- This was probably the worst show I've ever seen. The plot was so
disjointed, the acting was so wooden, and the laugh track was so forced,
that I could do little more than stare in wonder as that first half hour
dragged on for what seemed like hours. Did anyone notice that the laughtrack
on the premiere episode seemed to go off for no reason? The characters on
screen would do something that wasn't even remotely funny and the laughtrack
would kick in like a coked-up hyena. (Maybe that was the fault of the poor
writing)I'm glad that the show doesn't appear to be on the network schedule
any longer. And, one more comment: When the show premiered, I made a comment
to my wife that is was such a poor excuse for a comedy that it would become
the first show in the history of television to be cancelled before the end
of its first episode. Well, halfway through the show our local affiliate had
technical difficulties and we were treated to 3 minutes of a blue screen.
Prophetic vision of tomorrow? Perhaps. But, one thing is for sure, that 3
minutes was funnier than anything the Michael Richards Show had to offer
that night.
- it kinda sucked from the start, i wasn't expecting too much though. i knew
it was basically just kramer, p.i. i mean kramer was an excellent supporting
character in seinfeld, no doubt. that's part of what made seinfeld such a
great show, was that you had 4 separate kinds of characters. but i don't
think kramer could quite hold up a show on his own. plus, the supporting
cast just wasn't there. i thought gregg kavet/andy robin were going to be
great writers, and i expected a little more than that. i knew seinfeld/david's
writing was the main force behind the show, but i thought the other guys
were ok, at least.
- Painful, painful, painful! The one new 2000 series that made "The
Geena Davis Show" look respectable. Was the Tim Meadows character
supposed to be retarded, or "touched"? Michael Richards will never
be on another hit series.
- YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who told this dingbat he could act? Kramer sucked
on "Seinfeld", why the heck would I want to watch a show all about
him with no comic relief in sight????? A show about a clumsy private eye who
trips over thin air and falls into bushes? A sidekick who left a cushy gig
on SNL to co-star in this crap? AUGH! The funniest thing that ever happened
on TMRS was that NBC pulled the plug! Michael Richards thinks he's God's
gift to comedy. I've got news for Mr. Richards, he's as funny as a stomach
ache. The height of his stupidity is when he was talking to TV Guide a few
years ago and basically said that he was funnier than Buster Keaton. This
guy's got nerve, OR, he's clinically insane. Michael "I Totally
Suck" Richards isn't worthy to carry Buster's porkpie hat.
- NBC decided not to air the pilot as the first episode because they said
the pilot wasn't funny enough, so they aired a different episode as the
first instead. How is it possible that something could be LESS funny than
what the first one they aired? Still, watching it, I recall feeling like I
missed something, as if everyone had been introduced to the drab cast of
extras except me. Their first mistake was to make this piece of shit of a
show, their second mistake was to air them out of sequence, so we can not
only hate the damn show, but be confused at the same time.
- Who're they fooling? This show was nothing more than a Kramer spinoff. I
thought the Kramer character on Seinfeld was funny and fit in with the rest
of the characters - BUT this guy Richards is obviously a ONE TRICK PONY.
Call the show what you want but a Kramer by any other name..... Jason
Alexander also had his own show but it was apparent from the promos that it
was a George Constanza rehash. Both these guys got lucky on Seinfeld - now
they're relegated to horrible commercials - hopefully in the future they'll
disappear altogether.
- He's a no trick pony!! Between him and Seinfeld you got dumb n dumber.
Seinfeld is an idiot and Kramer is lamer. He seems like a surfer on crack.
Jason Alexander is ok, but Michael Richards is a no talent cartoon creature.
By how long his show was cancelled I dont think I was the only one who
noticed that. How could you not???
- I don't know what the other people on this page are talking about. I work
outside the U.S. and finally got to see this show on some old videotapes lent
to me. The episodes that I watched were hilarious. The humor is often
different than your usual "insult/hug, insult/hug, repeat ad nauseum" sitcom,
which might explain the negative reactions. New is frightening. It's too bad
this show didn't get time to find its audience the way "Seinfeld" did. (In
case anyone has forgotten, the general public once ignored/hated "Seinfeld"
too. I bet the people above who trashed "The Michael Richards Show" are the
same types who didn't start watching "Seinfeld" until it was in the Top Ten
ratings.) I'd quote all the good lines, but I don't want to ruin this show for
anyone who manages to get a hold of some episodes.
- I agree that: 1. Richards was MILDLY amusing on Seinfeld 2. Richards
believed he was more gifted than he was (those interviews referred to were
excruciating--what a f---n ego!) I DISAGREE: 1. That the fact that this show
was "different" and didn't fit the traditional sitcom form AUTOMATICALLY MADE
IT GOOD. I'm all for breaking the mold--but a show is not inherently superior
to formulaic shows just because it does so.
- The day I saw him freak out in a Jamba Juice store and call the poor girl
at the register "a retard girl." He then preceded to accept free coupons
apparently in exchange for leaving. I will never watch anything he is in
again!!!
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