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At first I blamed the writers for all the static dialogue, then I blamed the actors for all the forced, clumsy moments. But really it all comes down to the director who I'm guessing is figuring out his job as he goes. I'm binging it and so I'm not being tortured like the others who've written reviews, constantly waiting for something to come together to move the story along. I'm on S01E07 and it's actually reached the so-bad-it's laughable stage. That lesbian kiss was so forced the actresses were actually wincing, LOL! Luckily for me I can just leave it running on a second monitor wile I multi task. Doubtful I'll make it to S02 as I hear it only gets lamer. Also, like the other reviews I think the inflated rating is misleading and probably more of an industry favor than an honest assessment. Shame on the system for that.

I listen to a lot of internet radio and there are several 24hr, standup comedy channels. One or two of them play audio from stand up specials like this one. I've heard the audio for this special several times and aside from being funny every single time it's just a great little time capsule of the early work of several soon-to-be-great comedians who were just figuring out their signature styles at the time. All of them have very tight acts that accurately presage the niches within which they will achieve success. Strangely enough all of these future headliners - Bellamy, Garafalo, Romano, and comedic feature film producer, director, writer - Judd Apatow, all stand as lead acts for the big show closer and hottest comedy prospect at the time, Nick Dipaulo!!! (who?)

It's background noise. No wait, I take that back. Turn down the sound and just let the visuals move in your peripheral vision while playing video games or talking on the phone. It will be just as entertaining. Honestly, the one or two chuckles you'll get will only be weighed down by trying to follow a kindergarten plot. The big girl is good for wtf giggle and Murphy does the same tired gesticulating he did back in 1981 (48 hours is still a decent watch). If you want, you can turn on the subtitles, but they're basically just saying exactly what they look like they're saying and none of it's funny so... 3 out of ten for not actively annoying me.