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Critic Reviews
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
In a season overloaded with domestic sitcoms, Dave's World is distinguished by featuring the least annoying and most realistic kids, and by being based on the work of a Pulitzer Prize winner, humor columnist Dave Barry. [20 Sept 1993]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Dave's World is shrewdly observant. It's a success by more than a few nose hairs. [20 Sept 1993, p.6]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Dave's World is a little flat and pretentious at times. But it's comfy enough to earn a long stay on CBS' formidable Monday-night lineup. The first episode's finale is inspired, funny, even touching. No need to spoil it, but Louie, Louie has seldom sounded or looked so good. [19 Sept 1993, p.9C]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
As long as CBS's Dave's World' tonight's TV transcription of columnist's Dave Barry's life, sticks with Dave's family, it pretty much hits on all cylinders...Unfortunately, Dave's world extends beyond his family unit, and that's when things get tricky. [20 Sept 1993, p.C7]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
A pleasant, inoffensive, forgettable way to spend a half-hour. Did I say it's mediocre? Well, maybe so. [20 Sept 1993, p.E-8]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
The difference between a Dave Barry column and Dave's World is roughly that between a backyard cookout and drive-through fast-food...Both go down all right, but one's more savory. [20 Sept 1993, p.3D]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
It all falls a bit flat. But not because Anderson lacks support...So why aren't we laughing more? It could be that Barry's trademark, his knucklehead hyperbole prose, doesn't translate easily to the spoken word and screen. [20 Sept 1993, p.D1]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Don't expect Dave's World to be as funny as the Dave Barry newspapercolumns that the series is supposedly based upon, but there are enough chuckles and a solid cast, led by former "Court" jester Harry Anderson, to keep this one going.[20 Sept 1993]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
As solid and gentle a sitcom as the new season has produced. It is a show that tries for laughs not in the insult-throwing manner employed by far too many sitcoms or in unrealistic scenarios but in subtle, observational ways...That said, the show also is a feast of yuppie fatuousness.[20 Sept 1993, p.8]
Jul 12, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's OK, but not great. [20 Sep 1993]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Anderson, a charming performer with a naturally dry wit, portrays the daydreaming, guitar-strumming Dave as well as he can be played. [20 Sept 1993, p.29]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Yet another blandly generic family sitcom. This one is supposedly based on the life and syndicated columns of Dave Barry, but it has all the fresh, distinctive flavor of dust. Probably the worst thing about the show...is its star, Harry Anderson. [20 Sept 1993, p.B4]
Jun 11, 2014
Season 1 Review:
The video equivalent of a cold fusion experiment. At first the results seem promising but prolonged scrutiny reveals deep flaws...In trying to turn Barry's written P.O.V. into the filling of a weekly sitcom, the humor undergoes a transformation that makes it disappear. From page to screen it can't be seen. [20 Sept 1993]
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