| Wednesday, March 7, 2007 |
| ANDY BARKER, P.I. |
What is this program? detective show parody
When and where? premieres March 15, 9:30 p.m., on NBC
Who should watch this program? Conan fans, stoners
So how is it? Conan O'Brien first took down the crime genre in 1991 with Lookwell, an undervalued comedy starring TV's Batman, Adam West, but in Conan-co-created Andy Barker, P.I., with former talk-show sidekick Andy Richter as an accountant turned private investigator, the numbers just don't add up. Richter plays a CPA whose new office is mistaken for the digs of a former investigator (Harve Presnell). Convoluted happenstance puts him in the line of fire from Russian mobsters, jealous boyfriends, and poultry cartels. Barker strives to mock the cliches of the genre, but too often the cliches supercede the mocking. Much of the show comes off as an audition for a re-working of the actor's office sitcom Andy Richter Controls the Universe. The supporting cast (Clea Lewis, Tony Hale, Marshall Manesh, Nicole Randall Johnson) is both cute and creepy, but it's not enough to save our bumbling hero. Forget the car chases, let's get Andy back to the office.
Do you want to save this program or delete? DELETELabels: comedy, NBC |
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