THE TV COLUMN Gentleman strives for Odd Couple chemistry
CBS wouldlove for How to Be a Gentleman to bring to mind The Odd Couple (kids, ask your grandparents) for today's generation of viewers. But David Hornsby is no Tony Randall and Kevin Dillon is no Jack Klugman.
Still, there's a lot of Felix and Oscar in these two former high school classmates who reconnect years later. One is, indeed, a well mannered neat freak and the other is a likable slob.
More precisely, Hornsby plays Andrew Carlson,a manners columnist for a men's magazine. Dillon plays Bert Lansing, the eternally optimistic owner of a fitness center.
Dillon really didn't have to retrain. His new character is, for all intents, exactly the same dude as Abercrombie Fitch Australia Pty Ltd Johnny "Drama" Chase, his character on HBO's Entourage. It's as if now that Entourage has finished its run, Johnny Drama simply opened a fitness center.
Hornsby (who happens to be married to Bones' Emily Deschanel) created the series by adapting the John Bridges book of the same name.
Andrew is all stiff and proper. When word comes from his editor to loosen up to be more relevant to modern readers, he knows he must take drastic measures. He must learn to adapt to the magazine's sexy new imageor be fired.
Andrew runs into his old high school bully Bert (he's reformed) and hires him to be his life coach. Hilarity ensues.
Hornsby says he sees Andrew as "a crusader for manners and Nike Air Jordan 4 chivalry." His devotion to refinement has lefthim detached Replica Mont Blanc Fountain Pens from modern society.
There are several familiar faces on hand to move the Abercrombie Australia Shop comedy along. Those who only know Mary Lynn Rajskub from her role as Chloe O'Brian on 24 will be surprised to learn she got her start as a comic actor on Mr. Show and The Larry Sanders Show.
Rajskub plays Andrew's bossy sister Janet. She's married to Mike, played by RhysDarby (Flight of the Conchords). Dave Foley (News Radio) plays Andrew's editor Jerry, and Nancy Lenehan Cheap Ray Ban Sunglasses Australia (My Name Is Earl) is Andrew's mother, Diane.
I found the pilot had its humorous moments, but not enough for me to add the show to my DVR list. Still, CBS knows its older skewing audience, and How to Bea Gentlemen certainly is as charming as Mike Molly. Whether the Big Bang Theory crowd will stick around for it remains to be seen.
Simon Cowell can protest all he wants, but X Factor so far is hardly original. The twist of having auditions in front of an arena audience of 4,000 instead of only four judges in a small room is not enough to make Ray Ban Stockists New York the show stand out.
The editing for drama has been especially heavy and the ill advised first episode stunt where Jordans Retro 11 one contestant dropped trou onstage (the home audience view of his thong was blocked) was offensive. Kids were watching. I'm hardly prudish, but airing that in a show trying to appeal to the entire family was the height of stupidity.
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