Allen Gregory

just watched the first two episodes of Allen Gregory... good try Jonas, but not many people find a pretentious protagonist funny or likable when they absolutely learn no lesson or face no consequences (whether that consequence is funny or not). Stewie Griffin at least shows some signs of being human instead of being the love child of a man who forcibly made a straight man his bitch. The point of pilot is to get audiences intrigue...not to alienate and offend gays, straights, teachers, kids, parents, basically everyone except for...I can't even think of who would like this. It's pretty obvious that you were aiming to please the "1%" or trying to be "smart" funny by not having a "lesson learned", but all you accomplished was making me cheer for the douche-bag class president kid when Allen put himself into a situation where he deserved to be mocked and made fun of. Good luck getting a renewal for Season 2....

The previews for Allen Gregory seemed to offer some promise of a cartoon series ripe with witty sarcasm and humorous cynicism. It seemed like it might be comparable to Southpark or Family Guy (before the show started declining, that is).

Unfortunately, the actual show itself is crude, crass, possibly controversial (I say "possibly" because I'm sure some people will be put off by the open-armed acceptance of gay couples...but I am not one of them), and even outright disgusting (some people will be VERY put off by the sex fantasy Allen Gregory has about his 60+, overweight principal...and I AM one of those people).

The premise is simple: a spoiled rich kid, used to being home schooled by his "gay" stepfather (who we find out later, actually isn't gay at all, which only serves to add a new level of disturbing to this already messed up show) is sent to a regular school where he openly insults everyone he comes across and lives in a fantasy world where he believes he's the center of attention for all.

Some of the lines in here were good for a chuckle or two...but about half-way through the show everything seems to just go rapidly down hill. I admit I watched the first episode out of curiosity. Curiosity having been satisfied, this is NOT a show I will be watching future episodes of.

All in all, what could have been a decent cartoon in the hands of someone OTHER than Jonah Hill turns out to be a major waste of time for those of us unfortunate enough to have sat through the first episode's half hour run time.

I saw this show with low expectations, not expecting it to be that great knowing how FOX's Animation Domination has gone terribly down hill, and in all honesty, it's not terrible. I absolutely love the dead-pan, sarcastic, somewhat subtle humour. Reminds me a lot of the show Home Movies, a favourite show of mine. I love the fact that an adorable 7 year old kid acts like a rich young adult, to the point that he is oblivious that he is a child. The fact that his parents are two gay men is awesome, I mean come on it's 2011, about bloody time this happened. Not sure why people are putting this show down so much, it's not absolutely terrible. It maybe be out there, a bit rude, offensive, but hey, depending on the way you look at it, it can be quite funny. Sure it may not be the best show on TV, but it's a sign that comedy might be heading into a better direction. A direction of humour that isn't so silly and in-your-face like a lot of American comedy has been the past few years.

This show had potential, but was wasted.

I disliked Richard. He's mean, unlikeable and not funny at all. He forced a straight guy to be gay and marry him. How sad is that.

I did like Jeremy and Julie. Jeremy tries to be nice to Allen which is kinda sweet. It's too bad Allen doesn't return the favor. Julie is just a normal teenager and it's sad how Richard treats her at home.

Allen is okay. He's written to be unlikeable, which is alright, not a bad thing at all. Everyone on family guy is meant to be jerks, which is not a bad thing because if they're well written that's all that matters. Brian in family guy is written to be a jerk, but he has funny things to say. Allen Gregory doesn't have anything funny to say, so basically this show comes off as being boring.

I did like how they tried to do something a little different though, the voice acting is good, and the art style is a nice change. I don't intend to finish the show anymore. It's just really boring.

Always a fan of good animated comedy, I tuned in Allen Gregory to see what it held for me. Before the show even started, there was a "not suitable for children under 14" blurb, which gave me hope that this might be the new South Park - raunchy and scatological, but also inventive and funny.

The reality is much, much less. The humour (such as there is) is of the cruel, taunting variety, and the title character lacks any characteristics that make him sympathetic or likable. Set up as an intelligent overachiever by the show's promoters, he comes off more like an arrogant, impolite poseur with no compassion whatsoever for his fellow human beings.

Perhaps he gets this from his home situation, or perhaps he has managed to become this out of touch with reality all on his own. At any rate, the result is not worth watching.