The show in a nut shell
Glamorous wife with a figure that won't quit is inexplicably married to a fat selfish slob who is childish, boorish, a loser, and twelve years her senior.
shareNot unlike "King of Queens", "Modern Family", "Fresh Price of Bel-Air", "Family Guy", and the old "Honeymooners" show. Standard comedy formula.
shareYou could not be more wrong. I will reference your comparisons to King of Queens and The Honeymooners. Fresh Prince had no resemblance to this show and Family Guy is a cartoon. There is absolutely no chemistry between Kevin James' character and his long suffering wife on Kevin Can Wait. The wife has no personality and her main function in life is to gently criticize her tyrannical fat slob husband and ultimately submit to his childish whims. This is in direct contrast to King of Queens...Lea Remini was the perfect foil for Doug Hefernin...she would not tolerate crap from him and she was mean and nasty when she needed t be. Doug and Carrie had loads of chemistry and although Doug had his issues, he was likeable...not a self centered slob. The Honeymooners worked because Alice was the perfect foil for Ralph. She was a put down artist and at the same time you knew she cared for him....lots of chemistry. The trouble with Kevin Can Wait is that James' character dominates his wife and his wife is not his equal...she is very submissive.
shareYou missed the whole point that was made. I was referring to the physically attractive wife and funny, often fat, husband. Nothing about chemistry or anything else like that. Yes, Fresh Prince did have a fat husband with an attractive wife, as did the King of Queens and the Family Guy. Strictly talking about how in sitcoms the husband is often married to a far more attractive spouse. Not always, but often.
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