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Oct 3
2007
05:42 PM ET
Snap judgment: 'Cavemen'
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My one word grunt: Disappointing! I really like the Geico CM line and I thought I’d give the show a shot. I laughed more at some of the Last Comic Standing tryout rejects than I did the whole 30 minutes of Cavemen. Can’t believe the reviewer dismisses the Racial Allegory, it was so obvious they even trotted out a Caveman equivalent “Once you go Caveman you never go back” or something equally stupid. They would have done well to cast Joel’s Homo Sapien Love interest as a black woman, rather than “The Hot Blonde”, it would have put some of the racial allegory to rest. Didn’t see the Cavemen struggling much for acceptance or fighting pre-conceived ideas either. In the end, the show is somehow supposed to be a comedy and on that score I give it a D-. It just wasn’t funny. I’ll give it 10 minutes next week and it better pick up. Only funny guy was the original Caveman and he had what? 2-3 Lines? Finally it was John McEnroe arguing balls on the line, NOT Bobby Knight! Get the jokes straight!
Uh, the Cavemen idea would hardly be the first time a marketing concept was turned into a show and, maybe it’s just me, but this seemed far more inspired than “Baby Bob.” Am I the only one who liked it…and wished there was actually more racial allegory? I thought that was what had made the show’s original pilot such biting commentary. It wasn’t great, but it had a number of really funny moments. It felt refreshingly low-key and low-concept, despite the fact that it’s about, you know, modern day cavemen. Could have used a little more conflict and tension, though.
is it weird that I could tell one of the cavemen was from Best Week Ever underneath the makeup? He has very distinct delivery or voice I guess. I think it is Nick…did anyone else recognize him? He might have been better off staying with BWE.
I watched this show with no expectations. In fact, I was just too lazy to change the channel. I have to admit, I laughed once or twice. It was the scariest moment of my night. Since I really just half watched the first episode maybe I’ll watch it and give it my full attention. Not sure though.
Maybe ABC can put something decent in its spot. Like Pushing Daisies. I’m dying to watch it but it conflicts with my Gossip Girl. Dilemma!
Excessive body hair? Clearly you haven’t seen the inside of a mens locker room at a gym recntly. Apparently “manscapping” is as much a thing of the past as a Neanderthal.
I actually semi-enjoyed the show. I was expecting it to be horrible and it wasn’t bad. You have to take it for what it is. I even thought about turning to beauty and the geek, but I just can’t watch that show anymore. I used to love it. But the guy beauty is an actor. That’s not a guess. He is. And although it doesn’t take THAT much away from the concept of the show (as some of it was no doubt ‘acted’ before), it just kills it for me. I’ll tune in occasionally, but at this point…i’d rather watch Cavemen.
The store they are making fun of is Ikea, not a Best Buy type store. I didn’t think it was that bad.
I know that when a Caveman-related GEICO commercial comes on, I can’t get to the mute or channel-changing buttons fast enough – why would I suffer through an entire 19 minutes of it (accounting for commercial interruptions…Oh my GOD…a Caveman GEICO commercial DURING “Cavemen”?!? Horrific!)
No, I’m sorry, I will not even give this show a chance, and predict it will be canceled before mid-season….but then again, there are millions of people out there that voted for Bush….
i like the cavemen show!!!!!!
I’m going to have to disagree on this one. I thought Cavemen was surprisingly hilarious! You got to admit some of the banter back and forth was funny, especially when Nick said Joel’s girlfriend had a fetish for cavemen. While I don’t foresee this show lasting long, if it can keep me laughing I’m game.
I thought Cavemen was surprisingly not bad, after all the flack it got from critics. It’s not supposed to be ridiculously heavy on the issues, and the quips are funnier than most sitcoms.
According to the writers there is supposed to be no link between the cavemen and any racial group. Seemed a pretty obvious allegory to me. Ignoring that I have to agree with the posts that the show just wasn’t that funny and that there was next to nothing to indicate the Cavies weren’t accepted by society at large. In fact it seemed they went out of their way to present the Cavemen as smart and competent (Joel at the Ikea where he co-worker was useless), Nick the Master’s student and the other cavemen “getting the chicks”. I certainly didn’t feel a relation to their plight. Found Nick to be rather annoying actually. Better pick up on the funny quickly or this show is gone quicker than you can say “Queens Supreme” or “Smith”! BTW: I like the Geico commercials, didn’t see much of the clever acting and facial expressions that made many of that series of commercials funny. Yabba Dabba Doo! FF
Considering this is only the 28th post and my 2nd, doesn’t seem the show got much viewership. Oh well not like it’s a serial where you watch 10 eps, get hooked and then it gets pulled leaving you hanging. No investment needed here, sure hope ep.2 is funnier or Fred Flinstone’s comparisons will be pretty frickin’ accurate!