“Moonbeam City” is a Comedy Central cartoon that’s a takeoff on 1980s detective shows like “Miami Vice” set in a “Grand Theft Auto” style of city. Considering that Comedy Central is supposed to be an expert in comedy I was surprised to see the pilot hit with such a resounding thud. There’s so little humor and what little there is does not land. It became a chore to finish the half-hour pilot on the Comedy Central app. And it has four stars with relatively big names.
Rob Lowe plays the main character, a dopey detective who breaks the rules. Elizabeth Banks is his ball-busting boss. Will Forte plays a rival detective. And Kate Mara plays the fellow officer who saves Rob Lowe’s character. They’re all veteran actors. I wonder if any of them read the script before committing to it. The situations in the story were not funny and the jokes are clumsy. Scott Gairdner is listed as the show’s creator. I was not familiar with him. IMDB says he has worked with “Conan” and “Funny or Die.” So he has some experience. Maybe cartoons are a different, difficult genre. Just for the heck of it, I watched a “South Park” episode after I struggled through “Moonbeam City.” It was the one where they coopt the name of the Washington Redskins. Both the situation was funny and joke after joke landed. I wonder how no one at Comedy Central could see the flaws in “Moonbeam City.” -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
