I guess I'm one of those haters other reviewers refer to. I'm actually surprised there isn't more than a handful of bad reviews for this show here. I guess other "haters" just didn't want to bother.
For reasons I don't care to explain I had to sit through a couple of episodes. Good grief! Where is the live studio audience when you need it?
I don't know whether this was supposed to be serious or comical. For a serious show it's almost insultingly nonchalant, for a comedy it's terribly corny and lame. Overall it looks decidedly 70's as if the makers were unaware of contemporary groundbreaking series to be used as a template.
Still, it successfully ran during the 90's, there must have been an audience. Yes, probably mostly geriatrics. And the people who happen to like Dick van Dyke, whose name promises more than the guy delivers. And the people who have such a low criteria that they wouldn't mind watching static on the TV for fun. Bless them.
To others let this serve as a warning. This is the whodunit-type of crime series, featuring a jolly old laid-back doctor chap, who, instead of playing golf somewhere in Florida, solves crimes for kicks. He is played by Dick van Dyke who sports a list of traits that compete to irritate the most: fake tan, gray mustache, lame jokes, getting into people's faces with his mouth half-open. If you are spoiled with quality crime shows of the day, as I am, watching this will only drive you nuts.
For reasons I don't care to explain I had to sit through a couple of episodes. Good grief! Where is the live studio audience when you need it?
I don't know whether this was supposed to be serious or comical. For a serious show it's almost insultingly nonchalant, for a comedy it's terribly corny and lame. Overall it looks decidedly 70's as if the makers were unaware of contemporary groundbreaking series to be used as a template.
Still, it successfully ran during the 90's, there must have been an audience. Yes, probably mostly geriatrics. And the people who happen to like Dick van Dyke, whose name promises more than the guy delivers. And the people who have such a low criteria that they wouldn't mind watching static on the TV for fun. Bless them.
To others let this serve as a warning. This is the whodunit-type of crime series, featuring a jolly old laid-back doctor chap, who, instead of playing golf somewhere in Florida, solves crimes for kicks. He is played by Dick van Dyke who sports a list of traits that compete to irritate the most: fake tan, gray mustache, lame jokes, getting into people's faces with his mouth half-open. If you are spoiled with quality crime shows of the day, as I am, watching this will only drive you nuts.