The John Larroquette Show

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The John Larroquette Show

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NBC | Release Date: September 2, 1993
Starring: Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, Chi McBride, Liz Torres, Alison La Placa, John Larroquette, Gigi Rice, Lenny Clarke, Elizabeth Berridge
Summary: A fascinating case study in how to destroy a successful situation comedy. In its first season The John Larroquette Show was a daring dark comedy and a hit. Set in a St. Louis long distance bus terminal, with a recovering alcoholic protagonist adrift in a sea of losers, hookers, and street people, black and white, gay and straight, this wasA fascinating case study in how to destroy a successful situation comedy. In its first season The John Larroquette Show was a daring dark comedy and a hit. Set in a St. Louis long distance bus terminal, with a recovering alcoholic protagonist adrift in a sea of losers, hookers, and street people, black and white, gay and straight, this was unlike anything seen in a sitcom since Hot'l Baltimore a generation before, a comedy that addressed issues on the dark side of the American dream: race, class, gender, abuse of authority, substance addiction, etc. In the second and third season NBC carefully removed each and every element that had made the show interesting, making nonsense of a premise and bland stereotypes of its hard-edged/bizarre characters, then cancelled the show abruptly once everyone had deserted its ridiculously bland fourth season; a great shame.

In Germany the show is titled Nachtschicht mit John ("Night Shift with John")… Expand
Genre(s): Comedy

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