Spun Out

Nothing about this show is even one bit funny, not even unintentionally funny because it is so poorly produced, poorly acted, poorly written and just plain bad.

The actors are all terrible and deliver the lines terribly but maybe they just realize none of this matters because the show is so bad they have no hope anyway.

The writing is terrible with every single joke being either stupid, awful and unfunny or so predictable you already know it's coming and usually both of those things.

The directing and producing are terrible with the show unbelievably unfunny, predictable like I said, super stupid and unbelievably plots, and a laugh track that is so obnoxious and desperate to try to convince us that this crap is funny that it actually gave me nausea and made me angry.

Why is something this bad on TV?

I give it 3 and the only reason I don't give it a 1 is that I love Dave Foley and he is not bad in this. Otherwise I would be trying to vote zero or even negative numbers

And... every character is 'the funny one'. The race to a joke is blindingly fast as each character one ups the other to a fragmented mess in the end. Lost track of the individual characters during my only watch so maybe if I give it another try, and let them assert themselves the be a payoff. Humour is there in bales but there is no time to sort it out before another is piled on.

Not good, not great and to put a twist one of the repeated punchlines during my view.

'I WOULDN'T tap that'.

Like the first time though, I think I will expect better results now that I'm braced for the onslaught.

I'm sure everyone reading this has already heard everything about the lurid story concerning the weird little bald guy with the fanny pack in this show (the character's name is Bryce I think, Dave Foley's assistant), the guy who played Fake Moby or Fake Dean in the awesome show Community... he (allegedly) put cameras in his apartment that he rented out on the cheap to young women and police (allegedly) found the equipment hooked up and the recording devices and believe he also (allegedly) did the same thing in his other place in L.A. Super, super creepy.

But on the bright side we haven't really lost anything because this show was no good anyway! The laugh track is super aggressive, it just looks and feels tacky and the plots are super stupid with the lamest jokes you've ever heard in your life, and every single line is a joke. It's literally like these are scripts of a 1980s sitcom they dug up and produced for some reason. So it's very dated but on top of all that they don't even do it right. It's even worse than that because almost every actor is of the quality I would expect in a high school play or maybe they just can't do comedy. I bet Dave Foley must have been drunk constantly with his coffee mug full of rum just to get through taping every day what he as a comedy legend must realize is a really awful show.

"Hey Dave." (huge laughs) "Hey Bryce." (huge laughs) "I wanted to ask you for a raise." (huge laughs) "I wanted to ask you if you forgot about my rule that you never come into my office without knocking." (huge laughs) "But I found something. (huge laughs) It's in my fanny pack. (huge laughs) (opens his fanny pack) (huge laughs). "No Bryce don't open the fanny pack!" (huge laughs)

If you think an exchange like that is super funny you will love Spun Out, but if you have a brain that is actually functioning at a level of 12% or higher, skip it and watch something else. Assuming you'll ever have the chance to watch this awful series again - which I doubt highly.

Firstly let me say that the review from 'slickmcshady' is clearly written by someone from the show. Any review that can list all the actors and script writers and all of their previous work is suspect to say the least.

Now the show. Stereotypical, clichéd, lazy sitcom. I found myself wondering why the laughtrack was being played at moments that were decidedly unfunny. I didn't laugh once during the entire half hour. There should and could have been great potential for a sitcom set in a PR firm but unfortunately it is all to formulaic. If this is what they produce for the pilot I really can't see a future.

Avoid. 2/10.

The best thing about this show is that it so incredibly terribly awful, that you know that the reviews on here where it has been rated highly must have been done by publicity people.

In addition, the fact that it got nominated for some awards for the first season also tells you that the whole "award" thing in Canada is totally corrupt and it's just people glad-handing CTV.

I watched one episode of the first season and thought it was appallingly bad (the one with Jason Priestly) and then given that it was renewed I thought it must have improved so I watched the second episode of the second season - no, it's even worse, if such a thing is possible.

The only reason I give it two stars is because the wardrobe is better than average. So they look quite pretty. I find the show is best watched with the sound muted.