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Quality of the humor went way down

posted 9 years ago by artcurus-1
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as the series progressed and the fourth wall breaks were very irritating. I'm down to the last eight episodes. The humor became very forced toward the end and it seemed that much of the cast had lost their chemistry. I feel that with the problems behind the scenes, the show was probably in it's last season. irregardless

I did find out later Brett Butler truly did regret what happened, and fully realized it was mostly her fault (quality of the writing aside) that GUF was finally cancelled.

[–] dpcole7 8 years ago

Nobody means to go into addiction, it often happens because there is no other outlet to turn to or, worse, nobody who cares. Or people who try to get involved and care are spurned - if they know and try. It's all unfortunate. :(

And each person is different, how one acts isn't indicative of all...

[–] grannyruthierm 8 years ago

Very well said. Nice...nit a usual characteristic of IMDB message boards.

[–] TMC-4 (20123) 3 years ago

This is what Dave Thomas had to say about the matter:

http://asitecalledfred.com/2013/06/29/dave-thomas-ken-plume-interview/6/

PLUME: It seemed to have a lot going for it, but deteriorated quickly.

THOMAS: It was a well-written show in the beginning. Chuck Lorre wrote the pilot and his career speaks for himself. He went on to do Dharma and Greg, so clearly he wasn’t a one-time wonder. He was a guy with some talent, but he got booted off the show by Brett in the first season. It was a power struggle between the guy who created the show and the person who wanted to take it over. The actress. That was a shame, because Chuck was a great writer, and to lose the creator and a great writer is usually death to a show. But, again, to give Chuck more credit, the show had such momentum at the network after that first year, that it took five years to die. After Chuck was moved out, there was a new showrunner every year, and probably the most salvageable thing I got out of that show was my relationship with Tom Poston. He was hired to play my dad, and we ended up having a great time together. It was a very tough show to do, and it was only because I made good money that I stayed. I actually tried to get out twice, but I was in a contract with Carsey-Werner and couldn’t get out.