- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 29, 2011
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The notion that decent guys need to learn how to be "real men" from macho jerks is a little silly, even for a sitcom. But the pilot does serve up some laughs, especially when Flight of the Conchords vet Rhys Darby is on screen.
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I've watched the pilot possibly too many times not to notice how the parts have been glued together and the jokes teed up, but the performances are good.
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How to be a Gentleman has some sharp writing, good byplay between the stars and a fair number of laughs.
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This is a comedy with a solid core group of characters and a chance to go the distance.
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As ordinary as this plot sounds, How To Be a Gentleman has a couple of things going for it, namely, Hornsby and Dillon.
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The cast is an embarrassment of potential, but Dillon is wearing as a Drama-like dude; the cultural-obsession-with-youth trope is old; and the learning-to-be-a-man stuff is pat. It's very meh.
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This series won't last long enough for him to complete his education.
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On top of having a dated premise, it just feels tired.
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There's no "here" here.
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There's nothing to really dislike about CBS' new sitcom How to Be a Gentleman. There's just not that much there at all.
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How to Be a Gentleman feels as if it comes from someone who knows a fair amount about constructing a sitcom but not quite enough about being funny.
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Even were this Odd Couple rehash amusing, you'd still wonder what sane person would think the dimwit who bullied him in high school was the ideal Sherpa into modern manhood.
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It seems to have an awful lot in common with a group of shows that never [found themselves], the generic and unfunny fodder that NBC threw up between its popular comedies back when it ruled Thursday nights with Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, and Will and Grace.
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It couldn't be more forgettable, but what's really irksome is the waste of a strong supporting cast.
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With most of the near-laughs coming from the supporting players, Hornsby (also a producer on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Dillon are reduced to set-ups and groaning rim shots.
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I hope Andrew (David Hornsby) has penned an etiquette column on how a gentleman handles getting canceled by a network, because he's going to need it.
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There may be something salvageable here--this kind of odd couple pairing worked great in, well, "The Odd Couple"--but the pilot is virtually humorless.
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It's painful to watch so many talented comedic actors, like Darby, Rajskub, and Dave Foley, who plays Andrew's boss at the magazine, suffer with this material.
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How to be a Gentleman is exactly the kind of TV comedy Johnny Drama would be thrilled to star in.
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Welcome to this year's "$#!* My Dad Says."
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 34
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Mixed: 4 out of 34
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Negative: 23 out of 34
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Sep 30, 2011
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Sep 30, 2011