I don’t know how anyone expects me to focus on stupid industry news on a day when a hatchet-wielding hitchhiker saved a woman from a racist Jesus and yelled “SMASH SMASH SAAAAA-MASH” in the middle of an interview about it (NOTE: The post now has his the complete, unedited, NSFW footage from his interview, because YES), but I will do my best. CBS has ordered the Robin Williams comedy Crazy Ones, produced and written by David E. Kelley, to pilot.
For its part, Crazy Ones stars the Good Will Hunting Oscar winner in a comedy the world of advertising and marks Williams’ return to the small-screen 30 years after he starred for four seasons on ABC’s Mork & Mindy. The single-camera comedy revolves around a father-daughter relationship at home and at work and comes after Williams’ recent guest starring roles on FX’s Louie and Wilfred [THR].
This show is weird because I can’t figure out why Robin Williams would come back to television at this point in his careeNOPE CAN’T DO IT. NOT ON HATCHET-WIELDING HITCHHIKER DAY. NOT WHEN THERE’S A VIDEO OF HIM SHOUTING OUT DOGTOWN AND STARTING OUT HIS INTERVIEW WITH A FREAKING TEN SECOND MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH TO THE VIEWER. NOPE NOPE NOPE.
All apologies to everyone involved in Crazy Ones, but until someone from the show fights off a giant lunatic with the blunt end of a hatchet and cusses up a storm on the news, y’all are on the backburner today. Them’s the breaks.
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This is awful.
I’ve read the script and it’s phenomenal. This marks Kelley’s first foray into 1/2 comedy since Doogie Howser, M.D. and Williams first recurring TV role since Mork and Mindy. They’ve recently attached Jason Winer to direct who also helmed the pilot for Modern Family. This project is beyond A-list and it’s a smart single camera comedy at CBS — a rare tasteful gamble for the Eye.
Burnsy, maybe you should show a little respect instead of crapping all over this with a knee jerk reaction. Just saying, bro.
Good luck with that.
BRO
I mean c’mon Ashley, at least give it a dismissive wank instead of the knee jerk!
Is your CBS internship unpaid, or do they give you all the life-sustaining vanilla paste from a trough you can handle?
I’m with Burnsy, i don’t need more Robin Williams comedy that i have to avoid.
Jesus….did CBS hire the DISH promotional team?
If this wasn’t a comedy I’d consider that it may have potential. Robin Williams, like Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey, is really great at doing subtle-comedy infused drama….but like Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey he is butt-fucking-awful at doing actual comedy because, like those turds, he thinks what qualified as funny decades ago still does.
In short, when I see Robin Williams attempt comedy I want to see a hippy-hitch-hiking-hobo-with-a-hatchet split his head open like a melon.
The quality of the show will depend on whether or not Robin has a beard.
The four year old me is filled with gleeful terror. The adult me is just bored and a little sad.
Did someone at CBS see his appearance on Louie and say YES LET’S DO THAT ALL THE TIME! before returning to his coma?
I actually like Robin Williams. But then I’ve always been a fan of the rapid-fire style of a comedy. Although I will admit, the success of this show depends heavily on whether or not he’ll rap something. And yes, a beard helps, Duchess.