Cooper's Bar

Like the chicken wings, this show is packed with good punch. Love the plot lines. All mini segment shows... with all the hip lingo. Trash on Range-rover, lights in backyard bar, wise cracking mall cop. Cheerful English dude, and ballsy wife make this show. Cooper is a Danny DeVito-esque character who is fabulously funny!

The crux of the issue with this show for me is that Cooper doesn't even really want to be a star that bad. In the show, he keeps talking about wanting to open a bar if starring in his own show doesn't work out. In fact, he seems to prefer opening the bar and seems reluctant to be the lead of his own show! The show, from its outset, lacks any stakes.

On top of this, it just isn't that funny. Much of the humor is supposed to come from how down to earth and blue collar Cooper is in comparison to the dog eat dog world that Kris (played with utter commitment and gusto by Rhea Seehorn who deservedly netted a nomination for this role), the caustic representative of the company that wants to buy (steal) the rights to a "Cooper's Bar" tv show from Cooper, represents. The problem is that the Cooper and his pals are too unlikeable to represent the "sane" man by comparison to Kris and her ilk. Cooper himself is grouchy, derisive of younger generations, close-minded, and a little arrogant. His friends are all varying degrees of naive, clueless, and conceited. Since the "sane man" group is hard to root for, it creates less comedic dissonance between his pals and the company's representatives.

I'm starting to think American humour differs greatly from British. Watching this via YouTube, I don't think I laughed once. Or even smiled. It's just not funny. Maybe I just didn't get it.

But he isn't in this.

I'm not quite sure what to think about this vignette. And am not sure what it would have been without Rhea Seehorn. She added the "heft" to the show, the quick quips that weren't meant to be funny, but were.

When the young neighbors discovered it, there was some hope at fun!

You'll have to watch it to see where that went.

The show ended on an abrupt note. I expected another episode and was very disappointed when there wasn't one.

This show is short. Not terribly sweet. Some interesting thoughts are discussed. Some.

It's worth watching for Rhea Seehorn.

...which is the point, right?

It's amazing the self-absorbed drivel that results from letting anyone with a keyboard type stuff online. (See other reviews above.)

This is an excellent, witty short form distraction, well worth watching.