Danny doesn't want to grow up like the rest of his (off screen) friends have and Justin is more keen on looking for a soulmate/future wife than a hook-up. Things pick up when Danny meets 'sensitive male' Justin (Brent Morin), and for a few moments there are some decent smacks of I Love You, Man. And is then followed up quickly by a gag about man-child Danny referred to his 'married' friends as being 'buried' (the two words rhyme when he says it). Or non-'panty droppers' as Danny might refer to them.īut for now we're stuck with a show where the first joke out of the gate revolves around how Shannon is both a boy and girl's name. A book that dares - DARES - to call out fanny packs and the white socks/sandals combo as 'deal breakers' when it comes to landing a lady in the sack. But for now, we're stuck with a set-up that feels as empty and boorish as the novelty Urban Outfitters book that it's based on - Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating Or Having Sex. And the whole 'dudebro teaching his friends to be players' framework can fall by the wayside. Hopefully, like Bill Lawrence's Cougar Town, Undateable (which will air/burn off two episodes every Thursday, starting on the 29th), will buck its starter premise and just wind up being a show about funny characters in comedic situations. And perhaps the fact that the social misfits he winds up taking under his tutorial wing (even referring to one of them as 'Baby Bird') see value in Danny because his obnoxious behavior gets them this much closer to scoring with chicks wouldn't seem so unseemly. Not that Chris D'Elia's Danny - douchey master of the 'Dan Cave' and 'crushing ass' - would have been acceptable at any time, but perhaps there wouldn't be as bright of a spotlight shining on his frat house vapidity. Popper's Penguins in the theaters (kids, man), then maybe you can trust me when I say that Undateable - a traditional zinger-heavy sitcom from Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town, professed lover of traditional zinger-heavy sitcoms) - probably could have come at a better time, given all that went on this past weekend on social media with the #YesAllWomen hashtag. So, overall, Undateable's cardinal sin is that it's color-by-numbers and devoid of true inspiration.Īnd if you can get past the idea that I actually saw Mr. Popper saying 'Yabsolutely' in an endearing way. Popper's Penguins would end with Jim Carrey's Mr. But let me also state that this is the sort of standard, multi-camera sitcom pilot where, based on the recurring jokes, you can easily predict the exact joke the episode is going to end with.

Advance Review : Look, I'll admit that there were a few moments during the premiere episode of NBC's new 'tryina get laid' comedy, Undateable, that brought out a chuckle.

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