Watching Sitcoms

Welcome To The Captain. Did you see it when it was on? (Monday nights at 8:30 pm ET on CBS) Yeah, me neither. Which makes it a good thing that you can watch the eps online. What did we ever do before the Internet?

Josh Flug, played by Fran Kranz, is a Hollywood filmmaker. When he is not as successful as he’d hoped, he decides to move back to New York City thinking it will give him a fresh vision. Instead, his friend, Marty Tanner (Chris Klein), slightly sleazy accountant to the stars, convinces Josh to move into an old Hollywood apartment building, El Capitan, where an apartment has just become available. Once Josh meets some of the other strange characters also living there, “Uncle” Saul (Jeffrey Tambor), who was a writer on “a little show called Three’s Company,” Charlene Van Ness (Raquel Welch), an over-sexed, older actress bombshell, Astrid (Valerie Aslynn), an aspiring actress who puts an “S” in front of words that don’t require it, and Jesus (Al Madrigal), the front desk man and building snoop, he is ready to call it quits. But then he sees Hope (Joanna Garcia), a failing student acupuncturist, and falls in love, so he decides to stay.

The show was a mid-season replacement, which was given the go-ahead for six episodes. They aired only five and the last four are available to watch at the website. I managed to catch it before last week, so the pilot ep was still up. Its gone now, but this isn’t Royal Shakespeare or anything, so you can watch the eps in any order and just jump in where ever you want. This is definitely light watching, nothing deep or important happens, but the stories are interesting and silly, without being stupid, and the actors are fun and engaging. Which most likely means its going to be cancelled. I can’t find anything that says either way if it’s coming back or not, but I hope it does. Either way, you can check it out for yourself.

The only thing was it wouldn’t let me make the online video into a full screen and it was annoying watching such a small screen. (It looks like that’s OK now, though.) Other than that, I’ve really enjoyed watching the show. Most of the reviews I’ve read are a bit mixed. But that’s why I never care what the reviewers say.