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Ricky Gervais’s “The Office” is one of the funniest and most brilliant programs ever to grace a television screen. And, as with the British series “Coupling,” NBC swung and missed with the American version. With all due respect to Steve Carell, who is very funny in almost everything he does, the U.S. “Office” just isn’t very funny. The whole experience is like watching a version of “Da Ali G Show” starring James Rebhorn...
They are indeed, to judge from the exclusive peek they offered TIME of their first four CG theatrical features. Disney surely has a winner in its debut effort, Mark Dindal's Chicken Little, which opens Nov. 4. It's one of the funniest, most charming and most exhilarating movies in years. And it's a genuine Disney cartoon, with a storytelling sense and graphic precision worthy of the old animation masters...
...works. But the TV business is hoping for a much bigger fix from Chris and Earl, the two funniest new shows of the fall. NBC began two decades of sitcom dominance with The Cosby Show. Last year--when, among other disappointments, Joey lost much of the Friends audience--it fell from first to fourth place in key advertising demographics. "You can't ignore that the stakes are high for NBC for this show," says Earl creator Greg Garcia. "They're excited because they need something to work." UPN, meanwhile, has unsubtly telegraphed its hopes for Chris. It will run Thursdays...
Truth be told, the movie Barbershop was sitcom-like to begin with, and not in a bad way. Most of the funniest gags came not from the wispy plot but from people standing around talking. And along with the broader humor were flashes of commentary, notably a controversial rant from a character played by Cedric the Entertainer, who said Rosa Parks was an overrated civil rights hero and "ain't do nothing but sit her black ass down...
...Kingston [’04] called and said ‘Congratulations on signing!’ and I’m like, ‘I didn’t sign...’” Fitzpatrick said, laughing. “I thought it was the funniest thing...