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Great Show, 2 August 2008
10/10
Author: watching29 from United States

I think this is one of the best sitcoms I have watched in a long time. It has an excellent cast [ Nancy Travis is hot ] , it's clean and the subject matters I can relate to. It's a good down to earth family show. The house they live in is cool...the old Leave it To Beaver House. I bought The first season DVD which has has nice bonus features. This show kind of reminds me of the Cosby Show - just in the way it relates to normal family matters - parents dealing with kids in everyday real life situations. And you'll recognize some of the actors who faces pop up as guests. I look forward to the second season and I hope this show does well enough to stay around for a few seasons.

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TBS, do society a favor..., 11 August 2008
Author: eden052383 from United States

This show is repulsive. The "jokes" are delivered badly and they're not funny at all...not even a little bit catchy. The acting is absolutely terrible, not the least bit convincing. And what's up with Bill Engvall stopping the show you're watching for a good thirty seconds so he can try and promote this lame so-called comedy, sitcom...whatever?!. Talk about bad advertising-that has to be the worst! You don't want to irritate your viewers even before they see your show! Whoever thought up that idea must really be a moron.

And also, this show makes me regret ever having grown up in the south because the people on this show (mostly Bill) bring out the worst in southern people. Women must stay home and tend to the man when he gets off work, and God forbid let a black man walk in the house.

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Eww, 28 July 2008
1/10
Author: psychopath_1989 from Canada

This Has To Be A Joke Write.This Show Is Not Funny Its So Hilarious In A Way Because Its So Bad These Characters In This Show Have No Talent. I Really Never Thought Bill Engvall Was That Funny Any Way Or His Other Stuff Like Blue Comedy Collar. What Ever Happened To The Good TV Shows Like Full House Or The Wonder Years TV Shows That Were Made With Spirit & Heart& Passion Don't Waste Ur Time Watching This Show Its Flaccid & Silly & Also Pointless.There's A lot Of Shows Out There Im Sure That Are Just As Horrible But I Don't Know Cause I Don't Waste My Time.There Really Isn't Anything Good On Anymore The Good Shows Were The Ones That Were Made Back In Like The 1960s 1970s & The Early 1980s Where The HE*l Is All The Comedy Gone To.

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I'm trying to like it, I really am!, 12 June 2008
2/10
Author: BeDrinkable from United States

Bill Engvall is one of those comedians that I pause for, whenever I see him. Which is why, when I spotted a television show with him starring, I decided to give it a shot.

From almost the first line, I was not impressed. And things just went from bad to worse. The jokes are not just flat, they're stale. He has problems communicating with his wife ... just like Dick Van Dyke! His kids don't listen to him, but he's proved right in the end ... just like Bill Cosby! His work keeps him away from home ... just like, eh, you get the idea. the jokes are recycled, the story lines are recycled, and the characters are recycled.

Now, I don't necessarily blame Mr. Engvall for most of this. TV after all, has a long history of pulling the teeth from comics to make them palatable for the general public. I was quite looking forward to the George Lopez Show, for example, only to be similarly disappointed. But frankly, based on the utter blandness of this show, I have to wonder, just what did Engvall fight for? Anything? Oh, and I gave this two stars instead of one because Nancy Travis is worth watching.

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The Worst Sitcom Ever, 2 December 2007
1/10
Author: walleybob from United States

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I watched the First 3 episodes, I think, It is not funny At whole. The audience, if there is one, never laughed, I never laughed. If there were one, It must of been a bunch of kidnapped children. I can't Bill Engvall. The wife is a _____. The daughter is so dumb. The teenage boy is gay. The little kid is a brat. They all must of needed jobs really y badly. Just poor writers and directors and no good actors. I am shocked it has been announced for a second season. That is all it will last. This show should down in the trash for good.

As a hater, I give this show a 1/10. It deserves it. If I was TBS, I would just cut my self.

LEAVE THE GOOD SHOWS ON THE AIRE.

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crap, 16 June 2008
1/10
Author: nilbog44 from United States

I'm embarrassed that this got on the air. the fact that anyone likes it speaks to how dumb human beings really are. the only thing that comes close to this bad are "tyler perry's house of payne" and "wild n out." i can't imagine anyone thinking this is remotely funny. it's sad to me that the writers/actors actually make money producing this garbage. there are good shows such as "stella" that only lasted ten episodes on comedy central while this gets aired. i'll never understand it. bad taste is rampant in this country apparently. i almost wish i was stupid enough to be amused as easily as the people who enjoy this. like the expression says, "ignorance is bliss."

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Nice decent show the whole family can watch, 31 May 2008
8/10
Author: jococ-1

If you're looking for a good and funny family show (rare these days), this is it. From what I've seen so far there is very little in common with the sluts and idiots you will find on Friends and Sex and the City and multiple other sit-coms.

They even say Grace at the table over Chinese take-out.

Solid parental characters, a stronger than usual man-role for the father, a mother character who keeps him in check, normal kids, good values, and very entertaining from what I've seen so far. Definitely not prudish, a good mildly biting comedy.

I would compare this to "Still Standing" but perhaps even better as the Peason parents are less dysfunctional than the Millers.

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Quite possibly the worst teleivion show of the last 15 years., 7 July 2008
1/10
Author: sithas-1 from United States

TBS should be ashamed for optioning this miserable show. The acting is terrible, the meter and timing of every "joke" is miserable, and calling the plots laughably bad would be an insulting to laughably bad plots everywhere. It's as if they offered complete creative freedom to Bill Engvall with absolutely no oversight whatsoever, while simultaneously agreeing to never do more than one take of any scene for any reason, ever. The result is a downright insulting format reminiscent of 1987 when all ideas explored by this show were already considered stale.

Give me a break; whether or not you found the blue comedy tour humorous or not may be up to personal opinion, but this show manages to defenestrate even the slightest trace of humor from his act and strangle it like a prostitute you don't have enough money for. Absolutely a terrible, terrible show.

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Why?, 2 July 2008
1/10
Author: jimmy_eat_circle from United States

I remember the good old days of TBS. Nice, hilarious comedies that you couldn't wait for more episodes.

Now, we have things like the Bill Engvall Show. What a piece of garbage. The promos only make it worse. I seriously almost vomited when the following conversation occurred: "Didn't your ex wife have a job?" "Yeah she was a magician, she made our money disappear!" WHO THE F*CK GOT PAYED TO WRITE THAT?!?!?!?!?!?! Please, TBS, get new writers. We all need it. I just can't believe that Bill Engvall is getting PAYED for this. He's barely trying. The same goes for Tyler Perry's House Of Payne. TBS, I EXPECT A CHANGE!

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Really Bad, 23 June 2008
1/10
Author: craigpaul from central ohio

I appreciate people saying that if I don't like the show that I shouldn't watch it, and I generally don't. It's impossible, however, to avoid all of the promos and I just had to see if the show was as awful as the promos make it seem - and since they put the funniest bits in the ads, I wasn't surprised to find that it's even worse. The only reason I'm writing this note is because it's really frustrating unfair that so many talented people are out of work when this passes for a sitcom.

One other somewhat unrelated note - this is another in a long line of shows where unattractive men have attractive wives, an obvious result of men being the writers and producers of most of these shows.

It's surprising that women viewers don't object to this. It is, however, consistent with most men's attitudes - I can be a fat slob, but my women have to be hot.

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