New TV: Andy Barker, P.I.
While I feel like I could kind of cost on the glory of my post about "Heathers" from yesterday, I'm not going to, and I'll tell you why: "Andy Barker, P.I." comes on again tomorrow and you should watch it.
Starring Andy Richter and produced by Conan O'Brien, the tag-line for the show pretty much explains it all: "Andy Barker: accountant by day. P.I. by accident." The setup is that Andy is finally opening his own CPA business, but his office was formerly occupied by a P.I., so he gets a woman in asking him to help locate her husband. And it rolls from there.
The interesting thing about this show is that it's not laugh-a-minute. The jokes--the absurd, Conan-style ones--are thrown in here and there, but a lot of the show is structually dramatic. For example, in the first episode, I wasn't sure if I was missing part of the funnyness because I've never seen "Chinatown," which provided at the very least some of the episode's plot points. It seems entirely possible that each episode could center around a different classic detective movie. But if this is the case, there's no chance for the show to survive, despite the great cast, terrifically absurd moments in the writing and general quality of the program.
Anyway, you should watch tomorrow. On NBC. At 8,30. And report back with what you think.
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