While I wait for the inevitable "Friends" expose, I caught this last night. In interviews, Joyce DeWitt said that since she was powerless to stop this movie, she offered to help them get it right. Smart move, since everyone, save for her, Don Knotts and Norman Fell, gets roasted. The ABC execs are patronizing scum-suckers who treat the cast as though they don't have a working brain cell, programming genius Fred Silverman is a cigar-chomping mercenary, and John Ritter is a back-stabbing weasel, as opposed to Suzanne Somers, a front-stabbing weasel who goes along with every "strategic move" her obnoxious and clueless hubby comes up with, even as he sinks her career!
A good flick for what it is. The guy who played Ritter was impressive. The sets were perfect and I hope they get an Emmy nod. But, what's with the "Unauthorized Story"? Would it have been the "Authorized Story" if it had been on ABC?
A good flick for what it is. The guy who played Ritter was impressive. The sets were perfect and I hope they get an Emmy nod. But, what's with the "Unauthorized Story"? Would it have been the "Authorized Story" if it had been on ABC?