The Great North

This is a good show with sharp writing and the usual beautiful Bento Box animation and great voices. Viewers have their own expectations about animation which are usually tainted. Talk to me after you seen the episodes more than once.

Love Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and many other members of the cast so I was excited to see this show. I barely got through 3 episodes of this painfully boring, unfunny show before I threw in the towel. The writing is pretty poor, very derivative of very funny Bob's Burgers (funny that some of the reviewers that like this show have their panties in a bunch of that comment, as true as it may be), a kid in a bear suit rather than wearing rabbit ears (hmmmmmmm), it's just not at all funny. With such a great cast it's got to be the writing that is failing.

Man, all of you people clearly didn't give this show much of a chance before just calling it awful. Yes, it has the same style and humor as Bobs Burgers. But the Characters are all different, and I love the single Dad take. And being set in the great north opens up so many stories and jokes. Also, the voice cast is brilliant, Will Forte and Nick Offerman are killing it, as always. Give this show a chance before you just write it off as a lazy Bob Burgers rip off, because it deserves a chance.

Despite the A list cast the first 10 episodes are hit and miss. It isn't really edgy or boundary pushing (yet) but it has it moments. I think one thing the writers did well was the charector creation. If the show lasts for 5 years + they have alot to work with. For instance the single dad thing, think of all the crazy/eccentric/plain funny relationships he can have. Remember aminated charectors are generally perpetually stuck in time so the more flexible the better.

One charector who isn't working at all IMO is Moon Tobin. He seems like he is suppose to be the offspring of Louise from BB and Stewie from FG (both really funny). Louise is probably my favorite animated charector period. Unfortunatly the charector comes off extremely derivative and even awkward at times.

A lot of promise here. Hopefully the show can find its groove in season 2.

This show is actually pretty funny. You can't compare it to bob's. I've laughed a lot. Like laughed out loud. Give this show a chance.