Spun Out

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.

This show was a real stinker. I give it three stars out of ten simply because you earn stars for Dave Foley from Kids in the Hall being in it. He is similar to his role in News Radio where he is running an office, but it's a different character and really feels like he is just reading his lines to get his pay check here and who can blame him? The stories and jokes were awful, I hope these writers and producers never work again based on how stupid this show was. I hated all the other actors except the one brunette actress. Every actor in this over acts or does a pathetic imitation of another actor or is flat and simply not funny. The two leads are terrible with no chemistry and not a funny bone between them. Goodbye and good riddance to this horrible attempt at a sitcom that failed like a car crash.

I tried really hard to like this movie and I really did want to be able to say that I liked it and that it is finally a good Canadian comedy series that is well made but I just can't do that because I would just be telling a lie.

This show is such a huge mess it is ridiculous, and an unfunny mess to boot. I don't even know where to begin about it since everything is so wrong.

The cast is the main thing, so many completely unfunny people telling jokes very poorly. The only recognizable one is Dave Foley (of Kids in the Hall fame) and he looks like he's probably embarrassed to be seen in this (and he should be). I hope he fires his agent and finds a new one that will get him in A Bug's Life 2.

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.

Let's first talk about what they did right. At least it looks like an American sitcom as far as technical aspect go. This is actually important, the American sitcom is a proved business model so if you want success start by not trying to reinvent the wheel. When you use cheap sets and bad lighting, sound, shooting (i.e. Satisfaction) it lends itself to being very hackneyed. Where Spun Out fails is in the writing and acting. From what I was able to discern from watching three episodes is that the character Nelson Abrams is playing a gay man. In many respects, this is the most homophobic portrayal of a gay man on TV. My reasoning is the only thing that makes this character gay is he say's "I'm" gay. Either the actor refuses to do anything "gay" on TV or the writers have never actually met a gay man. One episode had his supposed significant other completely obscured by a massive completely unreasonably large Karaoke trophy. In this same episode this gay character is worried about a female co-worker spending too much time with his significant other. Worried the same way a guy would be worried if his gal was spending a lot of time with another man. I don't know if these guys know how it works, but gay guys don't worry if their boyfriend is hanging around chicks. I'm not the first to say this, but who the hell are the people green lighting comedies this year? Do they not realize that there are so many amazing comedy writers that are waiting to hitch a ride south of the border? Stand-up comics are not always good at writing and neither are people who have resumes that feature the number of TV commercials they've been in.