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The pilot for ABC's extraterrestrial silly-fest feels half-baked, and parts of it just sort of lie there, but this shouldn't be a deal breaker.
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Created by Dan Fogelman it is enjoyable if not impressive--not bad, and almost good.
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While The Neighbors sketches something genuinely creative--and truly weird--its comedy doesn't really come together.
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Unfortunately, the pilot doesn't suggest that there is anything more interesting at work here than a weak attempt to wring laughs out of aliens who are buffoons.
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In short, The Neighbors closely resembles the old Conehead sketches from the early days of Saturday Night Live.
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The Neighbors revives an old storyline used in everything from the the "SNL" Coneheads sketch to "Third Rock from the Sun." It just doesn't do it as well.
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There's something winning about the absurdity and the poker-faced formality of the aliens.... The only problem is there's no internal logic to the premise. [28 Sep 2012, p.64]
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Droll and amusing though the jokes and characters in the first episode often are, The Neighbors has all its chips riding on what is essentially a one-line gag.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 46 out of 78
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Mixed: 11 out of 78
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Negative: 21 out of 78
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Jan 5, 2013
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Oct 28, 2012
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Jan 3, 2013