October 25, 2006: I'd Like a Table Next to These!
This was the second of the three episodes to start off with some slight show of athleticism. The pilot had the guys playing racquetball and in this one basketball. For the amount of sports they seem to play, you'd think Jeffrey would be a little better skilled or maybe a little less injury-prone. What was he doing when he busted up his elbow? Simply holding his arms in the air?
I hope old age isn't quite as sad sack as Jeffrey makes it out to be. I guess I also hope that I don't think I'm cool when I'm really just stuck up like John. Of course, combine those and that's my life now, so maybe I can at least hope for a sitcom down the road.
Hey, speaking of sitcoms, this one was quite funny, yet again. OK, so it's predictable and lame in some parts and has virtually no chance of making it (I guess if Fox was able to air multiple episodes of
War at Home while the World Series was in a rain delay, then any show has a shot), but there's still enough laughs to keep me interested.
In this episode
Jeffrey Tambor really had some of the funniest moments of the show so far. You kind of knew where it was going when he started talking to John about why he doesn't like hospitals, but it was still hilarious to hear him actually say that during recovery the guys took pictures and "rested their items on my forehead!" Or when John was trying to answer his questions before surgery and Jeffrey asked, "What if I toot?" But of course, the scene of the series so far was when Jeffrey signed the "restaurant consent form" and reached over the desk to grab the nurse's breasts and said, "I'd like a table next to these."
I think a real funny moment was kind of lost near the end ,though, in the rematch of the basketball game as John started the Yo Momma joke and then forgot it. The funnier part was really that he said "Your mother is...." Where's
Wilmer when you need him? Ah, the perils of being unhip.
