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Cavemen
three modern cavemen live in a world that can sometimes be racially intolerant
Type of Pilot: comedy(?)
Similar Shows: Can't think of any.
The Inner Light: It sucks being different
Strengths: Great concept, great cast
Weaknesses: No laughs
Impressive Characters: Joel is our hero, and he's a likable enough guy. He's got a great girlfriend, and all he really wants to do is be accepted by her dad. Nick is the cynical one (and the only character to get any laughs) and he's sure everyone sees them as stereotypical cavement. Jamie is the uncomplicated one.
Impressive Actors: Bill English as Joel, Nick Kroll as Nick
Rewatchability: I loved the concept of this. It's brilliant, it' clever, it works. And if the darn thing was funny, I'd be keen to watch the pilot again.
Other Info: The concept comes from the world of commercials, where the guys were played by different actors.
Three Things I Really Like About This Pilot:
It's a great idea for a show. Three cavemen, in modern times, and use their story to look at race issues. Brilliant. But, as a comedy?
I really liked that the three central characters are so easy to distinguish. I thought, before I saw this, that maybe it would just be three hairy guys and you'd have a hard time telling who was who. In fact, since the characters are drawn with broad stokes it's easy to tell them apart. There's the nice one, glass half-full view of the world, always hopes for the best. There's the cynical one, glass half-empty view of the world, always telling the other two what is really going on. And there's the dumb one. The standard sit-com moron. The 'Joey'.
I really liked the hero's girlfriend's friend, who was looking for something "wild" with one of the cavemen. She was cute and kinda funny.
One Thing One Thing I Really Don't Like About This Pilot:
It's not funny. There were no laughs in the pilot. In fact, it felt more like a drama in lots of ways.
Miscellaneous Comments:
Needs to be funny to work.
GRADE: A-
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Sep 1, 2007 2:42 AM
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Similar shows: The Munsters
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Sep 1, 2007 3:09 PM
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 My plans to watch the new show "Cavemen" have been cancelled. Now why didn't you use the original "Cavemen"? They were the funny guys. Why are you using "newbies"? They just look like men needing a good shave and haircut. I think that was a big mistake. And using the original as guest apperances are dumb. Give the credit where the credit is due. Get the originals. Hey why don't use the newbies as the neighbors and bring in the originals. I don't know why they didn't use the originals maybe it was money. You could make more with the originals. Sorry! Am I using the word "Original Cavemen" too many times. Ug Ug
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Sep 5, 2007 4:39 PM
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Don't think this show will be around for long, premise is stupid just like some of the reality shows that are boring. A comedy show that generates no laughs, that's a winner by all means. Grade A- you must be a Geico lover.
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Sep 10, 2007 5:50 PM
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It needs to be funny to work.
My, my...now there's a novel idea for a comedy.
It's a 21 minute (net show time +/-) Geico commercial. I can't stand their "Cavemen as Victims" schtick in the 30 sec. ads and I'm not looking forward to any hype that goes with this piece of junk. This country's got enough "victims" already without having to throw some cro-magnon throwbacks into the mix.
Hopefully, this thing will die before the first curtain falls.
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Sep 18, 2007 4:04 AM
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