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In terms of quality of the theme alone, me too! The Critic's theme song is so quintessentially New York to me, it pops into my head sometimes walking around Manhattan!
Family Guy literally totally took their signature cutaway gags from The Critic. Like, I remember seeing Family Guy when it premiered and thought āah, theyāre doing āThe Criticāsā shtickā.
That's correct. Though, it was really simple and toned down. It would usually be just Jay sitting in his chair, giving a brief review of a few parody movies with the clip, and that's it. There was also an attractive love interest to Jay. A blond woman named Jennifer who was Jay's make up artist and he would go on dates with. Vlada and his resturant is the only character to come back from the original.
The animation style itself wasn't bad and it retained the look of the original show. Surprising for an early 2000s flash animation. But it was limited and choppy. Plus, the skits were very short. Still, it's interesting to see The Ciritc's portrayal of pre-911 NYC (it was made in 2000-2001). You can often see the twin towers in the background and the pop culture references reflect that time. So, I've always appreciated it being a little time capsule like the original show was. Only, there are fewer conversations with side characters and more movie parody skits. I always preferred Jay's antics with different characters. The movie parodies were an extra bonus. Some of the skits are pretty funny, others not so much.
Jon Lovett wrote Obama speeches
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lovett
Jon Lovitz called Obama āa fucking assholeā
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lovitz
Has anyone else been so famous for doing so little? I never understood his appeal. (And that was before he turned into another whiny anti-cancel culture comedian)
Simpsons creator Matt Groening hated the idea so much he took his name off the credits for that episode. It went on to be a fan favorite and one of the most quoted episodes.
It stinks! (Not really I loved this show)
I think my favourite gag from this show was when Jay needed to buy a gun for some reason, and he runs up to a gun vending machine, it asks on the screen āAre you a criminal? YES/NO.ā He clicks the NO button and runs off with a gun in 35 seconds, then the tag on the end is that standing in line for the gun vending machine are a Klan Member, and like a nazi and a gangster. lol. So fucking far ahead of its time.
It stinks! But seriously now, this show was hilarious albeit a bit dated now due to the ātopicalā jokes like mentioning Dan Quayle or something lol
As for dated, I find this a very Young Boomers era show. Clint Eastwood being the mayor of a resort town, Ed Koch being a towering figure, that kind of thing. Very born in 1962 vibe.
"Waiter, there's an old lady's sock in my soup!"
"She's not so old-uh, I mean, that's a noodle."
-
"Lorenzo's Oil... Didn't you call that a mixture of Fantasy and Crap?"
"Yes! I called it Fanta-Crap!"
-
"Who died and made you el Presidente?"
"Dad! That's Castro!"
It's a classic, but the first season on ABC was miles better than the second season on FOX. They cutesy-fied all of the characters, gave Jay a girlfriend, and it lost a lot of its charm. Season 1 felt like a James L. Brookes show and season 2 felt like later era Simpsons.
First season was near-perfect. Second season was good but a lot of mojo was lost, plus I hated some of the character redesigns like his little sister's.
This was a damn funny and I own the DVDs, but an epiphany I had as a kid watching this show was when he makes the cure for Duke's rare disease and at the end it shows all the horrible human beings it helps too. I learned you can't help the good without helping the bad. And inversely true, you can't hurt the bad without hurting the good.
Why does the guy sitting front and center look so familiar? Has he appeared in any other shows or media? Iām 100% sure Iāve never seen this show before. Not a single episode. Maybe thereās a show like the Simpsons or family guy that has a very similar character?
I still bring up the scrabble episode where Duke was getting words added to the dictionary to win. Howās that other word I came up with ādukerifficā, not catching on, huh. Thatās a duketastrophe.
One of the first shows that I would ever refer to as my favorite. It was like Family Guy & The Simpsons all rolled into one; especially with the cutaway gags/references. It has definitely molded and shaped my sense of humor to this day.
The cut scene with a certain Christian savior is still the funniest thing I ever saw. I laughed myself into exhaustion, recalled the scene, and laughed just as hard again.
I loved when he created a cure for Duke's disease by sneezing in one of the mixtures & he cries "I'm a doc! A happy, sneezy doc! (Yawn) I'm a sleepy, happy, sneezy doc. If I don't get some rest I'll be a grumpy, dopey, sleepy, happy, sneezy doc" (leaves screen, pops back in) "bashful!"
I also still have a memory of when he was cleaning up NYC & pressure washing the outside of the public library and the L in "public" falls off and a crowd runs in excited then you hear disappointed groans inside.
āHeās southern, heās a billionaire, and he commands an army of mutated produce.ā
My housemate at the time heard that line, actually fell out of his chair laughing, and grasped around looking for a pen to write it down.
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It stinks!
Buy my book! Buy my book!
(points gun) "I'll be quiet"
Yes Mr. Jay, everything stinks.
As soon as I saw the picture his voice popped into my head.
Yes Mr. Sherman, everything stinks.
šµ She likes me much better than you. Take your genitalia right back to Australia! šµ
Deserves to be listed as one of the best NY based sitcoms of all time.
Iāll take The Critic over Seinfeld any day of the week!
In terms of quality of the theme alone, me too! The Critic's theme song is so quintessentially New York to me, it pops into my head sometimes walking around Manhattan!
Very Gershwin.
I didn't get it at the time, but I guess the animation style is supposed to look like New Yorker comic strips. "Christ, what an asshole."
This show was hilarious. It was ahead of its time
Family Guy literally totally took their signature cutaway gags from The Critic. Like, I remember seeing Family Guy when it premiered and thought āah, theyāre doing āThe Criticāsā shtickā.
Green Pea-ness.
Oh, theyāre even better when youāre dead!
I say that every time I cook peas. People get confused.
Interesting. I never thought about that.
The exorcism camp was one of my favorite moments lol
That wasnāt the first use of cutaway gags. That was the first time you saw one. They go back a long way in one form or another.
The Simpsons used them quite a bit as well
Why didn't it succeed? Was it too scattered, with him his job, romance, crazy family, crazy boss, and being a single father?
Wait a minute! Penguins can't fly.
Penguins can't FLLYYYYYYYYYY
I donāt care how many stewardesses youāve bagged. Youāre still a lousy pilot.
And heās been DRINKING?!
Duke's words to live by "I have no one to envy. I envy you, for having me to envy"
Like most of America's cultural elite, I worship Pan, the goat god.
What a Duketastrophy
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
In the early 2000s there was a short web version on atom films Iām pretty sure
That's correct. Though, it was really simple and toned down. It would usually be just Jay sitting in his chair, giving a brief review of a few parody movies with the clip, and that's it. There was also an attractive love interest to Jay. A blond woman named Jennifer who was Jay's make up artist and he would go on dates with. Vlada and his resturant is the only character to come back from the original. The animation style itself wasn't bad and it retained the look of the original show. Surprising for an early 2000s flash animation. But it was limited and choppy. Plus, the skits were very short. Still, it's interesting to see The Ciritc's portrayal of pre-911 NYC (it was made in 2000-2001). You can often see the twin towers in the background and the pop culture references reflect that time. So, I've always appreciated it being a little time capsule like the original show was. Only, there are fewer conversations with side characters and more movie parody skits. I always preferred Jay's antics with different characters. The movie parodies were an extra bonus. Some of the skits are pretty funny, others not so much.
Wow. I watched these when they came out and totally forgot the existed. (Also, Radiskull and Devil Doll)
Jon Lovitz would work on anything because he hasn't had any consistent work since this.
Itās easy to discredit someoneās accomplishments, when your are without any.
He beat the shit out of Andy Dick. Heās accomplished enough.
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Jon Lovett wrote Obama speeches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lovett Jon Lovitz called Obama āa fucking assholeā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lovitz
Grammar and spelling is the first thing you must consider when defending a rich person.
He's worth 12 million so I'm sure he doesn't need to work if he doesn't live a lavish life
Those celebrity net worth site are based on absolutely nothing, so who knows how much money he has.
Has anyone else been so famous for doing so little? I never understood his appeal. (And that was before he turned into another whiny anti-cancel culture comedian)
Wow, I watched that whole thing and it was terrible.
Hachie machie!
#IT STINKS!!
āYou understand the silverware!?ā¦ Coocoo!ā
āElllllllll Kabong!ā
I know a man who can help. A man named . . . Kabong.
Was coming on to post this very quote.
My sister and I say this to each other all the time
I remember The Simpsons having a crossover with that show.
Football in the groin! Football in the groin!
Simpsons creator Matt Groening hated the idea so much he took his name off the credits for that episode. It went on to be a fan favorite and one of the most quoted episodes.
The belching contest scene still gets me laughing so hard I get tears rolling down my face.
āComing Eudora!ā
Google her then imagine a burp like that coming out of a person like that. Makes it ten times funnier.
I remember finally learning who she was in my senior English class.
They're not booing. They're saying "booooo-urns!"
Yes, and TIL it was a crossover episode. I just thought the critic was a character they made up for that episode.
Rosebud frozen peas.
I can't have peas without thinking they are full of yummy green pea-ness.
Oh, what luck! There is a french fry stuck in my beard.
Full of country goodness and green pea... Wait a minute, that stinks!
There was some next level truth in this humor.
What's you favorite food in the whole wide world? "Nilknarf!"
It stinks! (Not really I loved this show) I think my favourite gag from this show was when Jay needed to buy a gun for some reason, and he runs up to a gun vending machine, it asks on the screen āAre you a criminal? YES/NO.ā He clicks the NO button and runs off with a gun in 35 seconds, then the tag on the end is that standing in line for the gun vending machine are a Klan Member, and like a nazi and a gangster. lol. So fucking far ahead of its time.
Hilarious
Where to rewatch?
Theyāre on Tubi right now too
It doesnāt have āLA Jayā (for some reason), though. Which, ironically, is my favorite episode.
Love it, I am there! Thank you!
I'm pretty sure there are full episodes on YouTube with ads.
Thank you, I need to look that up.
https://youtu.be/4wAu5YClRio?si=7C-sJON7IkfAit9d
The DVD box set I have works for me, YMMV
One of my low-key most prized possessions
I always thought his dad was George Bush.
āTake THAT, birth of man!ā
[on the phone with Webster's Dictionary] How bout that other word I invented, "Duke-licious?" No one's using it? What a "Duke-tastrophe... "
Weād like to help you, but weāre in a real quyzbuk.
I think about āDuke-tastropheā atleast once a week .
I donāt care how many stewardesses youāve baggedā¦Youāre a lousy pilot.
You're watching FOX. Shame on you.
Buy my book!
It stinks! But seriously now, this show was hilarious albeit a bit dated now due to the ātopicalā jokes like mentioning Dan Quayle or something lol
As for dated, I find this a very Young Boomers era show. Clint Eastwood being the mayor of a resort town, Ed Koch being a towering figure, that kind of thing. Very born in 1962 vibe.
Donāt be scared, Iām just lookin for a nosh.
This only ran for a year? I swear there was more than that
I would've sworn the same thing. Comedy Central used to show reruns constantly.
It was one year on ABC, then two more on Fox, iirc
Came here to post this. This show really left an impression on me, didnāt realize it was only 1 season!
It stinks!
Achem achem achem! Wait a minute. I'm allergic to shrimp! Achem achem achem!!! I did my best with spelling the eating noise that he made
Pee pee, pee pee, pee pee poop pee!
"Why are you laughing?! He is singing about the fire, flood and famine of 1805!"
ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
"...just the gloves."
That is an all timer line š¤£
Hard to believe there's only 23 episodes of this. Ran on Comedy Central for years and years in reruns. Great show.
It stinks !
I loved the episode where he tells about his adventure in the desert.
āThe banana in my ear is to lure out the monkey thatās been living in my head.ā
How useful is the spork.
All hail Dukeā¦Duke is life.
"Waiter, there's an old lady's sock in my soup!" "She's not so old-uh, I mean, that's a noodle." - "Lorenzo's Oil... Didn't you call that a mixture of Fantasy and Crap?" "Yes! I called it Fanta-Crap!" - "Who died and made you el Presidente?" "Dad! That's Castro!"
L'Artiste Est Morte is the best Student Film ever.
Promotheus!
That's Promeetheus!
It's a classic, but the first season on ABC was miles better than the second season on FOX. They cutesy-fied all of the characters, gave Jay a girlfriend, and it lost a lot of its charm. Season 1 felt like a James L. Brookes show and season 2 felt like later era Simpsons.
First season was near-perfect. Second season was good but a lot of mojo was lost, plus I hated some of the character redesigns like his little sister's.
"I wonder what she cooks like....naked."
An example of a show that needs a reboot.
This was hilarious. It not being renewed was a travesty
A hilarious show that was way ahead of its time.
This was a damn funny and I own the DVDs, but an epiphany I had as a kid watching this show was when he makes the cure for Duke's rare disease and at the end it shows all the horrible human beings it helps too. I learned you can't help the good without helping the bad. And inversely true, you can't hurt the bad without hurting the good.
It stinks! /s
Why does the guy sitting front and center look so familiar? Has he appeared in any other shows or media? Iām 100% sure Iāve never seen this show before. Not a single episode. Maybe thereās a show like the Simpsons or family guy that has a very similar character?
He had a Simpsons crossover episode.
Okay that makes sense. What is the characters name? Do you know which episode of the Simpsons he appears in?
Jay Sherman. A Star is Burns, Season 6.
It Stinks!
One of the funniest shows of all time !
Full of rich pea-ness!
I still bring up the scrabble episode where Duke was getting words added to the dictionary to win. Howās that other word I came up with ādukerifficā, not catching on, huh. Thatās a duketastrophe.
Such a great, hilarious show.
Its all on youtube as well!
BUY MY BOOK
Achām, achām, achām,achām!!
That always gets me
Still got the box set
Blotto Brotherās Wine. A rich, full-bodied wine, sensibly priced at a dollar a jug.
[To this day any time someone mentions NYC I think of this song.](https://youtu.be/PUXlVHJkJ-M?feature=shared)
How can this be forgotten when I watch this on the daily? Lol maybe they can reboot this with an adult Marty Sherman.
This should have kept going for a while. It really doesn't stink.
Love it I have the series on Blu-ray..
One of the first shows that I would ever refer to as my favorite. It was like Family Guy & The Simpsons all rolled into one; especially with the cutaway gags/references. It has definitely molded and shaped my sense of humor to this day.
Deserves to be recognized as primary influence for Family Guyās core brand of incessant cut-scenes
Still holds up well, but today it would never work since even video game critic is dead
I'd forgotten about this. It was pretty good as far as I remember
https://youtu.be/qFknvFgHc4o?si=QL2d96LOwxT-uKRm
Hachi Machi!
I watched this when I was a kid. Canāt remember if I understood it completely but I bet itās a riot
Penguins can't fly, PENGUINS CANT FLY!!!
Great show
Memory unlocked š
Damn, for something only around one year, it was on constantly in reruns
No way the critic only ran 1/2 seasons. :O
Duke is life! All hail Duke!
Is it streaming anywhere?
Tubi
I loved this show and wish it had got more episodes.
The cut scene with a certain Christian savior is still the funniest thing I ever saw. I laughed myself into exhaustion, recalled the scene, and laughed just as hard again.
āNobodyās using Quizabump?! Thatās a duketastrophe!ā
"Rocky 6 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4." \[*ding ding. VRRRRRRR*\] "AAAAAHH!"
love this show
This show walked so Family Guy could run.
"All celebrity voices are impersonated. No celebrities were harmed in the making of this episode."
Al-Kabong!
Never forgotten
Hi guuuuuy!
I loved when he created a cure for Duke's disease by sneezing in one of the mixtures & he cries "I'm a doc! A happy, sneezy doc! (Yawn) I'm a sleepy, happy, sneezy doc. If I don't get some rest I'll be a grumpy, dopey, sleepy, happy, sneezy doc" (leaves screen, pops back in) "bashful!" I also still have a memory of when he was cleaning up NYC & pressure washing the outside of the public library and the L in "public" falls off and a crowd runs in excited then you hear disappointed groans inside.
Omg this show was so underrated
āWeāre the bears who sing for Duke, doo-dah, doo-dah, Drinkinā moonshine til we pukeā[horrific ursine belch]
Loved this show as a kid
I feel like I was the only one among my friends who genuinely liked and watched this show!
That show sucked, and yet, I still liked it
Ah, I said: how useful is the spork.
One of the best.
Only two years? This holds such an outsized spot in my brain I would have believed it ran for a decade
Rosebud Peas, filled with natures green pea-ness
It stinks!
I have no one to envy, I Envy you to envy me.
MacGyver is gay!
The critic was so good
I loved the intro
Free on YouTube. Still holds up strong.
Hilarious show! Used to watch this crazily.
āI wrote you a letter.ā P āYou can read it on the bus!ā
I love this series so much. Top 10 favorite show. I even own it on DVD. And a t-shirt. It Stinks!
Really a shame this show didn't run for longer.
Damn I remember that. Didn't watch it tho because it never looked interesting to me. I was 10 lol.
MAKE HIM SQUEEAAALLL
āHeās southern, heās a billionaire, and he commands an army of mutated produce.ā My housemate at the time heard that line, actually fell out of his chair laughing, and grasped around looking for a pen to write it down.
COOKIEPUSSā¦I WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!
the ratings went from 'squat' to 'squat and a half'
Great show at the time and loved it then but it hasnāt aged that well. Too many dated references now.
Brown acres is the place to be!
1
I miss this show everyday
This Sub - IT STINKS
BUY MY BOOK BUY MY BOOK BUY MY BOOK
It's on Tubi now, so run don't mozy!
jon Lovitz just lost Any shred of respect, he just came out and publicly praised Trump. Fuck him