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Primetime Show Reviews
"Allen Gregory"
review by Suzanne
Airs Sundays 8:30/7:30c on FOX
I was hoping this would be another good animated FOX comedy,
like Family Guy, but it's not. It's worse than any show I've seen on FOX, and
that is saying a lot. When their shows are bad, they are really really bad. It's
great that they take a chance, but....
Anyway, it's really bad. It's not only not funny, it's stupid, it's gross, and
every joke is obvious. I can't imagine one liking it.
Allen Gregory is a spoiled smart kid brought up by two rich gay guys. One of
them decides that he should go to public school (probably because they are not
as rich as they once were). Allen is just really unlikable. He's a spoiled nerdy
kid. Worse, he has a crush on the principal, who is this fat woman. Not only a
crush, but we see that he has sexual fantasies. Eeew. That's not funny, it's
just disgusting. I don't mind gross humor if it's funny, but this show is not.
I don't like comedies where everyone is completely unlikable, stupid, or gross,
especially if they are not funny. Even The Cleveland Show and American Dad are
better than this crap.
More Information:
ALLEN GREGORY is a new animated comedy series that tells the
story of one of the most pretentious 7-year-olds of our time. When he looks in
the mirror, ALLEN GREGORY DE LONGPRE (Jonah Hill, "Superbad," "Get Him to the
Greek") doesn't see a child. He sees a young man who is intelligent,
sophisticated, worldly, artistic and romantic - characteristics he inherited
from his doting father, RICHARD (French Stewart, "Private Practice," "3rd Rock
from the Sun"). The pair share an extraordinary father-son bond - a bond that is
sometimes annoyingly interrupted by Richard's life partner, JEREMY (Nat Faxon,
THE CLEVELAND SHOW, "Reno 911!"), for whom Allen Gregory has minimal respect, if
any at all. They live together in a stunning architectural loft, along with
JULIE (Joy Osmanski, "Grey's Anatomy"), Allen Gregory's adopted Cambodian
sister. Although Allen Gregory has allegedly composed operas, written novels and
dated Chloe Sevigny, he's about to embark on his greatest challenge yet: leaving
the safety of his father's homeschooling and attending elementary school with
children his own age. His journey will be a struggle, not only with the other
kids at school, but with the faculty as well. Whether it's the all-out rivalry
with GINA WINTHROP (guest voice Leslie Mann, "Funny People"), his by-the-book
second grade teacher; his unique relationship with JUDITH GOTTLIEB (guest voice
Renée Taylor, "How I Met Your Mother"), his 68-year-old principal; or his
desperate desire to be best friends with JOEL ZADAK (guest voice Jake Johnson,
"Get Him to the Greek"), the school's popular stud, Allen Gregory has his work
cut out for him. With the help of his trusty friend and assistant, PATRICK
VANDERWEEL (Cristina Pucelli, "Finley the Fire Engine"); and the support of
SUPERINTENDENT STEWART ROSSMYRE (Will Forte, "Saturday Night Live"), who
believes the De Longpres are a tremendous asset to the school, Allen Gregory
won't have to get his hands too dirty. ALLEN GREGORY is about an outsider. And
while he may put on a tough exterior, deep down, all Allen Gregory wants is to
fit in. Well, that, and for Julie to run away and never be seen or heard from
again. And Jeremy too.
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