New York magazine writer Arthur Garment (Chris Eigeman) moves to L.A. for 2 months to write a book about his hatred of the city. "Living in LA. How can you stomach it?" His rich friend Robbie Graham (Steven Eckholdt) lives in the guest house of lay-about trust fund guy Shrug (Evan Handler). Jennifer Grey (the real Jennifer Grey) is their next door neighbor. Arthur falls for flighty masseuse Lauren Woods (A.J. Langer) on the plane coming over.
For the most part, I like the cast. Jennifer Grey as her real self is meta fun and forward thinking for its time. Her nose job jokes are pretty funny. She needed to do more as a struggling actress. There is humor there that remains unused. Chris Eigeman is a functional neurotic New York Jew. A.J. Langer is an adorable ingenue. Arthur needs to push harder for Lauren to heat up the romance. It's a little flat by slow-rolling it. It's also problematic to have two rich slackers in the cast. They basically doubled up on the same character. The LA jokes work some of the time. The best episode is Walking Tall where Robbie starts dating a pedestrian. It satires the walkie-driver relationship as the race relationship. It's funny and smart. The funnier thing is that the show was canceled and that episode remained unaired.
For the most part, I like the cast. Jennifer Grey as her real self is meta fun and forward thinking for its time. Her nose job jokes are pretty funny. She needed to do more as a struggling actress. There is humor there that remains unused. Chris Eigeman is a functional neurotic New York Jew. A.J. Langer is an adorable ingenue. Arthur needs to push harder for Lauren to heat up the romance. It's a little flat by slow-rolling it. It's also problematic to have two rich slackers in the cast. They basically doubled up on the same character. The LA jokes work some of the time. The best episode is Walking Tall where Robbie starts dating a pedestrian. It satires the walkie-driver relationship as the race relationship. It's funny and smart. The funnier thing is that the show was canceled and that episode remained unaired.