For those of you looking forward to the grand return of Andy Richter and Tony Hale to television, wait no longer. NBC has posted the first six episodes of Andy Barker, P.I. (in their entirety) on its website. You have to watch advertisements for TurboTax to see them.The half-hour comedy series is a mid-season pick-up for NBC. Richter stars as a CPA-turned private eye when he is mistaken for the detective who used to occupy his workspace. I only watched the pilot, but the jokes are very Conan O'Brien-- which is not surprising since he created, produced and wrote the show. Tony Hale (Arrested Development) plays a movie snob who owns a video store, but is bored so he joins Andy to solve mysteries. I laughed out loud a few times- mostly at Hale's comments about Sandra Bullock and Meet the Fockers.
In case you're old school and like to watch your television the way they did when you were a kid, Andy Barker, P.I. premieres on Thursday, March 15th on NBC at 9:30 pm.
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3-06-2007 @ 11:29AM
Erica said...
I have watched the first two and can't wait to watch the rest. Though I think I am going to savor them. Yes, they are that good. WAY better than The winner.
Best line of the pilot: "It felt great! Just like that feeling I get when I press the equals sign and the number matches the number on my worksheet."
Having an Accounting degree, that made my day because I could totally relate to that feeling. It truly is "magical" to have all your numbers match on your worksheets.
There are a bunch of great lines through out the two episodes I watched. But pay attention there is a lot going on and you can miss some great lines/gags/facial expressions/etc. if you don't pay attention.
Love all the characters, and I love the whole show. I am just afraid that NBC will screw it over. I can only hope they treat this show well.
I just don't know where they are going to put it. I think it would do well on Thursdays, but then what show would you move from that line up. They need to pair it with another great comedy.
But with everyone avoiding American Idol and NBC's love relationship with Law and Orders as well as their stupid game shows, I just don't know where this show will be able to find a home so that it can grow.
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3-06-2007 @ 1:24PM
Bill said...
I watched the first two and they were ok. Funny parts, not a bad story, but overall... nothing realy grabbed me. I guess my expectations were unfairly high, since I loved Andy Richter Controls the Universe. I'll keep watching just cause I think there are a lot of talented people involved, and sometimes it just takes them a little to find the right balance for everything (like 30 Rock, where the first few episodes weren't that great, but now it's among my favorites).
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3-06-2007 @ 5:02PM
VitoTheTiVo said...
Quick responses: It's the only six episodes, unless there's a season two.
And to the first poster, it's replacing 30 Rock, so unless it outrates that show, it'll be hard for NBC to piss off Lorne Michaels in favor of Conan O'Brien.
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3-06-2007 @ 5:49PM
Bill said...
And after having watched three more, I sort of take back what I said above. I'd recommend skipping "Dial M for Laptop," which, despite the awesome title, has been by far the worst episode so far. The rest have been pretty solid.
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