If you like Billy Crystal, you will probably like this show. A couple of reviewers suggested that the humor might be over some viewer's heads. I thought that was silly, but other negative reviews and the score of "6" make me wonder if they were on to something.
The shows is a docucomedy about the making of the Billy & Josh show, starring Billy Crystal as a character named Billy Crystal, who has a lot in common with the actor, and Josh Gad as a character...well, you get the idea.
The comedy runs the gamut, from physical shtick, to witty understatement, to bits about awkwardness. Much of it revolves around the difference in age between the two stars. Gad has trouble understanding what "classic" means when it pertains to comedy, because he has never been exposed to the classics. Billy doesn't get where Gad is coming from, in part because Gad is a pseudo-liberal poser who understands only the forms of diversity and inclusion, not the actual belief systems.
Inside jokes abound and both stars are willing to poke fun at themselves. They are backed by a fun cast and some great guest stars. The series has started off strong, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.
Update 5/11/15: After five shows, I am really enjoying this show. Watching Billy Crystal and Josh Gad in these roles reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza, but like they did not go to school together and they are meeting for the first time and they don't really like each other that much and Jerry is thirty years older. And maybe they're both Jewish...or they are just pretending to be Jewish for the jokes.
The shows is a docucomedy about the making of the Billy & Josh show, starring Billy Crystal as a character named Billy Crystal, who has a lot in common with the actor, and Josh Gad as a character...well, you get the idea.
The comedy runs the gamut, from physical shtick, to witty understatement, to bits about awkwardness. Much of it revolves around the difference in age between the two stars. Gad has trouble understanding what "classic" means when it pertains to comedy, because he has never been exposed to the classics. Billy doesn't get where Gad is coming from, in part because Gad is a pseudo-liberal poser who understands only the forms of diversity and inclusion, not the actual belief systems.
Inside jokes abound and both stars are willing to poke fun at themselves. They are backed by a fun cast and some great guest stars. The series has started off strong, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.
Update 5/11/15: After five shows, I am really enjoying this show. Watching Billy Crystal and Josh Gad in these roles reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza, but like they did not go to school together and they are meeting for the first time and they don't really like each other that much and Jerry is thirty years older. And maybe they're both Jewish...or they are just pretending to be Jewish for the jokes.