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'The Winner,' premiering Sunday on Fox |
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Written by Chuck Barney, McClatchy-Tribune
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Saturday, 03 March 2007 |
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THE WINNER
6:30 p.m. Sunday
Fox
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Ah, the lure of big network sitcom money. It can make smart people do really dumb things.
Take Rob Corddry. As a key correspondent for "The Daily Show," he was part of one of television's funniest programs. Now, he has left all that behind to star in "The Winner," a Fox comedy that is almost as annoying as it is lame.
Memo to Corddry: Fire your agent.
Co-created by Seth McFarland ("The Family Guy"), "The Winner" tells the story of Glen Abbott, who claims to be the richest man in Buffalo. But he wasn't always on top. Via flashbacks, viewers are whisked to 1994, when Glen was a 32-year-old virgin and slacker who still lived with his parents.
His wake-up call comes when a high school crush (Erinn Hayes) moves across the street with her 14-year-old son (Keir Gilchrist). Now Glen is determined to land a job and clean up his act in order to woo the single-mom hottie.
Corddry and Gilchrist have sort of an endearing brothers-in-arms relationship - until the elder starts talking about "doing your mom" and takes the kid to buy condoms. That's when things get more creepy than funny.
But that's par for the course for McFarland, who often mistakes bad taste for good humor. In this series, the humor is cartoonish and juvenile, and the plots are sadly stale (Glen visits a massage parlor!).
Corddry, all kooky and strange, still has the power to make us laugh, but not nearly enough. And in the end, "The Winner" fails to live up to its name. | Only registered users can write comments.
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