[bahblahbah]

Um, I heard the first episode sucked. Was the second episode much better?

[LibLieSlayer]

You heard wrong. I had long distance calls informing me to "turn it on NOW"! Some people didn't like Pryor, some disliked Hope and some didn't like Lenny Bruce.

You can dislike their humor, but to deny their humor runs counter to millions of laughing fans. Enough fans laughed at "1/2 Hour" that Fox signed them for 13 eps!

LLS

[pookie18]

I enjoyed parts of both pilot episodes & it rated highest on all cable news channels in its time slot.

[Stars&StripesNE]

Um, you heard wrong. I have seen both episodes and they are hysterically funny. Maybe your source was Al Franken or Keith Olbermann.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Um, I heard the first episode sucked. Was the second episode much better?”

I didn’t see the first one but saw the second show for a painful 10 minutes. I found it unfunny. It had a real loud annoying phony laugh track which I resented. I resented it because the laugh track was telling me that I was too stupid to know that I should be laughing.

By the way…This is what made M.A.S.H. great. It had no laugh track, and it was funny. And yes, there were also tragic moments in the episodes.

[The Pack Knight]

Um, I heard the first episode sucked. Was the second episode much better?

I'll disagree with some of these others. You heard right. It was so embarrassingly ham fisted and weak I had to change the channel.

From the pilot: "According to latest polls, only 8% of Americans were bothered by the fact that Obama's middle name is 'Hussein'. However, almost two thirds of voters were disappointed to learn that his nickname in college... was 'gassy'."

The above is representative of what passes for comedy on this show. Sorry, but I'll get my conservative satire from the traditional source, South Park.

[Joan Kerrey]

Um, I heard the first episode sucked. Was the second episode much better?

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I saw bits and pieces during channel flipping and am disappointed and now flip past it during my flipping sessions. Doesn't belong on FNC. It will only serve as proof that Fox is only a propaganda tool of the right. FNC could do much better than this grade school quality show.