Joey - First Impressions

ThreadKiller

Managed to get to view the first episode... First impressions... it could work.

There's the obvious character introductions which need to be done, but there was no stunt casting. The jokes were good & familiar, as an introductory episode it was much better than Friends one.

Love the OLLYWOO gag.

Verdict: very watchable.

ravenhead

Is it just channel 5 that are showing it?

Cabaal

Saw it and to be honest it loos like a desperate attempt to make someone semi famous abit more famous, I've seen people compare it to Fraiser wtf??
Fraiser is high-brow comedy Joey is just low.

ixoy

ravenhead wrote:

Is it just channel 5 that are showing it?

Nope. RTE will show it in the old Friend's Monday night slot.

ShaneOC

When is it on on five?

And will there be any repeat showings?

midget lord

Cabaal wrote:

Fraiser is high-brow comedy Joey is just low.

But is that not the idea? People are comparing it to frasier just because it is a spinoff. They are targeted at totally different audiences.

flogen

in a word, tripe.

Bad jokes, bad script, bat sets, bad acting, bad delivery and a bad premise.
Joey in friends got boring.. "oh look, he's a smooth talker, but he's also a bumbling idiot! ha!"
Now he and his nephew are going to teach each other life lessons? "You teach me how to get women, I teach you how to not fall down"... what a horrible (and extremely dated) idea!

I heard they re-shot the pilot with new cast, so maybe the new first episode is better than the one i saw, but basically, I couldn't get to the end of it.

flogen

Stark

I heard they re-shot the pilot with new cast, so maybe the new first episode is better than the one i saw

Judging from unaired pilots I saw of Buffy and Red Dwarf, doubtful.

ThreadKiller

They only re-cast the neighbour & re-shot her scenes. Pity as she's extremly fit & didn't seem to wear a bra at all...

segadreamcast

It's not on five. It'll be on Channel 4 and RTE2, most likely starting in November or December.

JBoyle4eva

NoelRock wrote:

It's not on five. It'll be on Channel 4

Any Friends fan would know that C4 didn't buy the rights for Joey as the price tag was too expensive, so five stepped in and bought the rights.

Also, they hold the syndication rights for 'Joey'. which means if a Digital/cable channel (E4, Sky One, paromunt etc.) want to broadast it, they HAVE TO PAY five for rights to show it!

BTW, I think I heard Will Leahy or Michael Cahill on 2FM say a while ago that RTE will show it at the end of September? Correct me if I heard wrong!

Mossy Monk

RTÉ 2 apparently will the first channel outside the USA to show it

Raoul Duke

Mossy Monk wrote:

RTÉ 2 apparently will the first channel outside the USA to show it

Of course that also means that they'll be the first to stop showing it after it gets the boot stateside.

Cabaal

Mossy Monk wrote:

RTÉ 2 apparently will the first channel outside the USA to show it

I as a citizen of Ireland feel so honored because of this, of course its another good reason to pay your tv license fee...
:rolleyes:

ThreadKiller

Channel Four didn't buy it.

Basq

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Cabaal wrote:

I as a citizen of Ireland feel so honored because of this, of course its another good reason to pay your tv license fee...
:rolleyes:

Cabaal, are you a TV license inspector?

Joey would hardly tempt me to buy my viewing license..

.. wooden characters, bad acting, truly awful jokes, cringeworthy moments! I've a feeling if the show goes ahead, the nephew (actor Paulo Costanso) will be the only one who'll become a star out of it! At least he's got somewhat comic timing.

I'm afraid the only reason i need to pay my TV license fee is SCRUBS!!

regeneration

I don't get though why they choose the most uninteresting of the "friends" characters. joey was very predictable and boring, couldnt imagine wanting to watch a show about him

ixoy

regeneration wrote:

I don't get though why they choose the most uninteresting of the "friends" characters. joey was very predictable and boring, couldnt imagine wanting to watch a show about him

Umm he was fairly popular and LeBlanc was one of the few who was bothered doing a spin off. That's the main reason. And yes by himself he has the potential to annoy the hell outta me. The pilot's okay but not a patch on the cream of current US comedy - Scrubs/Arrested Development/Curb Your Enthusiasm.

RuggieBear

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ThreadKiller wrote:

They only re-cast the neighbour & re-shot her scenes. Pity as she's extremly fit & didn't seem to wear a bra at all...

:rolleyes:
She was the only reason i made it to the end of the episode....maybe she turned out to have a sordid past or something....

p

FX Meister

Cabaal wrote:

I've seen people compare it to Fraiser wtf??
Fraiser is high-brow comedy Joey is just low.

Fraiser is aimed at people who don't know what's funny, probably the same as Joey is. So there's your comparison.

Stark

What? Apart from a few bad seasons from when Niles got married to just before the final season, Frasier is hillarious!

jor el

pekelly wrote:

:rolleyes:
She was the only reason i made it to the end of the episode....maybe she turned out to have a sordid past or something....

Acording to one website I read, can't remember where but anyway, during test screenings all the characters were received well except for her, so they re-cast her and changed her character a bit. I haven't seen any of the episodes but she had a couple of stand out points that would have made the show watchable
Here's hoping it'll be watchable anyway, there's enough crap on TV at the moment without any more coming along.

RuggieBear

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jor el wrote:

Acording to one website I read, can't remember where but anyway, during test screenings all the characters were received well except for her, so they re-cast her and changed her character a bit. I haven't seen any of the episodes but she had a couple of stand out points that would have made the show watchable
Here's hoping it'll be watchable anyway, there's enough crap on TV at the moment without any more coming along.

well it's not due to start till sept 9 or have i got that wrong. Anyway they seem to have replaced her with another cutie but this one has some "neurotic" tendencies written into her character now.... :rolleyes: perhaps the lack of bra was deemed offensive..... :eek:

Cabaal

basquille wrote:

Cabaal, are you a TV license inspector?

Joey would hardly tempt me to buy my viewing license.. <SNIP>

Nope, But I'm on a mission to avoid them

FX Meister wrote:

Fraiser is aimed at people who don't know what's funny, probably the same as Joey is. So there's your comparison.

No Joey is aimed at the kind of people that continued to watch Friends religiously till the end even after the ****e that was S4+

Moe79

yeah, I'm kinda with ya there.. I mean, by the time Friends was in its latter seasons, Joey failed to make me laugh much. Monica and Chandler too.

But Joey just became a one trick pony, and I regularly found myself doubting the sanity of anyone who was still rolling around in stitches at "how you doin'?" ten years later or a 'hilarious' joke about Joey and food. It was also hard to still believe he was meant to be the stud of the 6 and regularly shagging when his good looks practically faded away after the second or third season and he became bigger and bigger.

He's the last person I would have picked for a spin-off, and I don't see it lasting more than a season.

doh.ie

flogen wrote:

in a word, tripe.

Bad jokes, bad script, bat sets, bad acting, bad delivery and a bad premise.
Joey in friends got boring.. "oh look, he's a smooth talker, but he's also a bumbling idiot! ha!"
Now he and his nephew are going to teach each other life lessons? "You teach me how to get women, I teach you how to not fall down"... what a horrible (and extremely dated) idea!

I heard they re-shot the pilot with new cast, so maybe the new first episode is better than the one i saw, but basically, I couldn't get to the end of it.

flogen

Couldn't agree more - it was awful. I only wished they'd realise how crap his apartment set was too (remind anyone else of where they lived in Married With Children?) and decided to reshoot that as well.

Oh, and all the unfunny breast jokes in the first few minutes. And the 20 minutes worth of poor jokes that followed.

I'm willing to accept that it may get better, but there is a part of me that think that if the producers learned how to 'master' their craft during 10 years of Friends, then this should've been rip-roaringly funny.

It wasn't. Just like the last few seasons of Friends.

I'm starting to wonder if Joey will be lucky enough to survive until Christmas. Not without even more changes, anyway...

doh.ie

Hmm. Seems we'll know soon enough. NBC are giving the pilot a Preview slot tonight.

radiospan

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So, episode 1 has been shown. I'm not going to download it, the pilot was woeful!

Any reports on what episode 1 is like? Is the story the same?

Cabaal

I've heard the story is the same but yet to confirm it, I'm sure I'll find out soon enough

snickerpuss

Frasier is great. Cos its not dumb humour. Although it got a bit weird at the end...it ws still ten seasons of greatness!

Zhane

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I jus watched it. Same as the pilot but with diffrent opening credits and a diffrent actress for the neighbour who i found better. Its up to you weither you give it a chance or not but it was funny better than i expected!

segadreamcast

doh.ie wrote:

Hmm. Seems we'll know soon enough. NBC are giving the pilot a Preview slot tonight.

Looks like they're off to a good start. It drew the highest ratings of the week.

Not nearly as big as Friends season opener last year - but nobody expected that.

Cabaal

NoelRock wrote:

Looks like they're off to a good start. It drew the highest ratings of the week.

Not nearly as big as Friends season opener last year - but nobody expected that.

Thats because friends had what 8 seasons behind it?, also they were forever pegging that the coming soon season would be the "final one", its properly the only reason people kept watching it so they could see it die slowly and painfully

ElNino

Does anyone else keep expecting Chandler to appear? It is really weird to see Joey delivering Chandler jokes. Like when his sister is on set and says that everyone thinks that she is an actress and Joey says "that is because you have big fake boobs and are crazy".

User45701

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What do u think of Joey so far. i know there is aready a topic about it. This topic is not for discussion this is just to vote on. Joey can be discussed in this post : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=185380

celticfc

User45701 wrote:

What do u think of Joey so far. i know there is aready a topic about it. This topic is not for discussion this is just to vote on. Joey can be discussed in this post : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=185380

I've merged the poll with the existing thread, better that way.

IrishMike

didnt think it could get worse
saw the second ep and i was wrong
show is a disaster
matt leblanc cant act
u didnt really notice it in friends cause he never said much
and that girl that plays his sister is seriously annoying
every word she says is like a knife sticking in my forehead
needless 2 say i wont be watching the next episode

4 anyone who hasnt see joey, trust me its one 2 avoid !