Hit the Road

If you don't like cursing, vulgar humor and explicit themes, this show definitly is not for you. If you like characters that are neither good nor bad and always need to be evaluated by their actions like in shows as "Curb Your enthusiasm" or "Mom", then this could be something you might like. I always appreciate shows that don't use flat characters but rather play on the persons flaws and stengths.

The show is playing a lot on cursing and things like the fathers name being Ken Swallow but it has an interesting way of presenting rather untypical subjects like threesomes, making Nazi friends and the hypocrisies of the music business or drug addiction in a way that makes you think. So the humor is quite broad if you can go with the cursing. The basic plot about a family band moving in a band bus on the road to start a new life and career often looks a little bland but the characters make it work. You get a weird stoner son, the hot sister, a black adopted son with a strong Michael Jackson vibe, a little loudmouth sister and two parents constantly struggling with their relationship and flaws.

Some subjects are rather bold in their approach and often border on falling flat on their face... which they do sometimes. But if they work its fun and interesting. Jason Alexanders character is a total egotist, very much like his Seinfeld character and especially the dynamic with his wife is great. The threesome episode was awesome.

So don't be fooled by the 1star reviews... this show definitly has some flat jokes and plays on clichés but I think there is a lot of depth in it too.

My wife and I found the language absolutely terrible, will not watch this show again! Also, the story line was old school, nothing new here. We are not prudes or religious just didn't appreciate the cursing. I hope this is enough lines for you guys, this is ridiculous like your TV show.

The Swallow is a family traveling band, billed as America's Finest Band. They are led by the parents, Meg Swallow (Amy Pietz) and Ken Swallow (Jason Alexander). They are the opening act to Duncan Freedom until the oldest daughter Ria kills him with sex or maybe he ODed on oldest son Alex's drugs. Jermaine is the adopted black son and Casey is the youngest daughter.

This is headed by two TV comedy veteran actors and created by Jason and a Brit. The writing is not always the best. Jason is playing an A-hole. There are loads of oddity in the family. The first noticable thing is that his daughter Ria towers over Jason by a foot. It's completely ridiculous but it's also a potential for a really funny early episode. Meg definitely had sex with a giant Viking. One of the early episodes should have the family deal with that or that non of his kids are his. That could have been really funny and poignant. A lot of stuff could have been funny with this setup. Sometimes it gets to mildly humorous levels but it's never sustained. It only has a 10 episode first season. At least, it doesn't have a laugh track. A lot of people seems to be piling on Jason and he really doesn't deserve it. Quite frankly, this is a basically a more aggressive Costanza.

Interesting that a network called The Audience Network would try to keep an audience with this.

In a true Coztanzaian effort by Jason Alexander this show executes very bad joke, innuendo and cliched comedic situation while shooting itself in the foot that it already stuck in its mouth.

Jason does little to shed the Constanza label in this, it is quite forgettable.

If you like smart comedy you will like this. The subtle bits might get lost on many, and if you never watched the old 70's shows you will miss a lot. Each character is quite unique and I look forward to more adventures with the weird and dysfunctional family. I think many could throw this away quickly as it takes a few episodes to get where this is going. I'll keep watching.