Ok, I've been hyped up for days in anticipation of the Sean Cullen show which aired tonight on CBC. When I first saw him as part of Corky and the juicepigs I thought that there is something there worth looking into. Having his own TV show must be great with his comedic talent.
I feel sorry for my wife. I forced her to sit through 30 minutes of torture and pain. "Canadian comedy is boring" she exclaimed. "Yes most CBC shows are boring but I think they have a winner here" I countered. Boy, was I wrong. Right off the bat, he's wearing a three piece suite through the whole show, he sticks out against the menagerie of other characters who he plays with. Next, I hate when the audience chimes in unison to every request by the teleprompter. For example, when a character comes on stage, Sean would say "look it's Betty" and the audience would say: "hello Betty!!", very tackie. I don't care about the audience, I don't want to know about the audience.
Another thing I find is that Sean has a facination with dwarfs. I guess the word dwarfs is suppose to make people laugh? Another popular item, sausages. Yes, he sings funny twisted songs and makes sure his eyes look bug-eyed all the time but I'm sorry Sean it just doesn't work well in the variety format. I think Sean Cullen is a great talent but he has to find the right outlet. I don't think this is it. There are other such Canadian talents that just haven't found the right outlet. Look at what happened to Tom Green, he was a twisted channel 10 hit but when he went to the movies he bombed.
I absolutely agree with the above comments, except that most CBC shows are boring...I'd be quite happy with having 2 TV channels: CBC TV and CBC Newsworld, but the Sean Cullen Show is a total disaster. Lousy writing and evne worse execution of the material. A painfull show to watch!!!
