Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 02, 2019
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new tv shows that already got cancelled hughie, dewey & lulu hughie: yo! lulu: yoo hoo! dewey's a white guy without a clue! his pals hughie, the funky black man, & lulu, the outrageous gay man, exist only to dispense funky & outrageous wisecracks that help dewey get a life! creamed in the ratings, even by "poodle hijinx" on animal planet. the spittles dad's a cretin, mom's a harridan, sis is a dingbat % junior eats dirt with a shovel! unfortunately, the studio audience stormed the set & wiped the whole sordid busi-ness off the face of the earth. flapjack please wait to be seated they're an edgy new breed - young, hip, impatient with the rules & always way out of line! intense drama, set in a pancake restaurant, failed to de-liver the coveted 18-35 demographic. the abyss it's a new concept in reality television - a show that, when you stare at it, stares back at you! but it was on against "jag" and nobody watched it.
Yeah, pancake restaurant isn’t going to cut it. They have to be cops.