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Andy Barker, P.I.

  • TV Series
  • 2007
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.5K
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Andy Barker, P.I. (2007)
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An accountant moves into an office formerly owned by a private investigator and begins picking up side work as a private eye, after clients looking for the office's previous occupant inquire... Read allAn accountant moves into an office formerly owned by a private investigator and begins picking up side work as a private eye, after clients looking for the office's previous occupant inquire about his services.An accountant moves into an office formerly owned by a private investigator and begins picking up side work as a private eye, after clients looking for the office's previous occupant inquire about his services.

  • Creators
    • Jonathan Groff
    • Conan O'Brien
  • Stars
    • Andy Richter
    • Clea Lewis
    • Harve Presnell
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    1.5K
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    • Creators
      • Jonathan Groff
      • Conan O'Brien
    • Stars
      • Andy Richter
      • Clea Lewis
      • Harve Presnell
    • 10User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Andy Richter
    Andy Richter
    • Andy Barker
    • 2007
    Clea Lewis
    Clea Lewis
    • Jenny Barker
    • 2007
    Harve Presnell
    Harve Presnell
    • Lew Staziak
    • 2007
    Tony Hale
    Tony Hale
    • Simon
    • 2007
    Marshall Manesh
    Marshall Manesh
    • Wally
    • 2007
    Nicole Randall Johnson
    Nicole Randall Johnson
    • Clerk…
    • 2007
    Renzo Lewis
    Renzo Lewis
    • Boxer
    • 2007
    Jesse L. Martin
    Jesse L. Martin
    • Detective Ed Green
    • 2007
    Vanessa Branch
    Vanessa Branch
    • Nadia
    • 2007
    Nestor Carbonell
    Nestor Carbonell
    • Dr. Cey
    • 2007
    Gary Anthony Williams
    Gary Anthony Williams
    • Ron
    • 2007
    Bob Morrisey
    Bob Morrisey
    • Bill Overbrook
    • 2007
    Steve Cell
    Steve Cell
    • Nikolai Karensky
    • 2007
    Kim Coates
    Kim Coates
    • Beznik
    • 2007
    Maribeth Monroe
    Maribeth Monroe
    • Daphne Overbrook
    • 2007
    Martin Charles Warner
    • Priest
    • 2007
    Ivo Nandi
    Ivo Nandi
    • Henchman
    • 2007
    J. Robin Miller
    J. Robin Miller
    • Josie Smith
    • 2007
    • Creators
      • Jonathan Groff
      • Conan O'Brien
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    6aramis-112-804880

    Andy Richter Can't Catch a Break

    Andy Richter set a high bar with the turn-of-the-century series "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" (about a writer working in a nowhere job who replays bad scenes in his life). "AR Controls the Universe" had a perfect cast and was full of laughs. One episode, "Gimme a C," was the sitcom episode I laughed at more than any in history. It's still one of my favorite TV shows.

    "Andy Barker P. I." is another great idea. Andy Barker (Andy Richter) is an accountant with a very normal life, with a nice wife, and he's taking an exciting step by opening his own firm. But his new office was formerly occupied by a private eye who is now in a rest home (or is he?) and Barker gets drawn into private eye work on the side.

    The series is dotted with hilarious moments, though the characters apart from the Barkers are overdrawn.

    I think the problem with both Andy Richter shows is that they have great ideas for movies rather than continuing shows. Still, this show has its laughs, and Richter is always likable. But it's not the classic "Controls the Universe" is.
    9MARKROXY

    Please keep the show on the air!

    What a refreshing show for a change. We have looked forward to each episode but the network seems to replace it with other programs. Why? The premise/cast is/are fabulous. Seeing Harve Presnell again adds icing on the fun cake. Please give the show a chance! The joy of the video store guy helping determine the crime via his knowledge of movies and how they fit in with the stories is magic. When Andy tries to solve the week's 'problem' and continues to fall into hysterically funny situations knock's us out. All we can say is that having a program on the air that we look forward to means a great deal. Please, again, continue the fun by allowing us to view a rare fun series.
    KUAlum26

    Terrible...simply TERRIBLE

    APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!

    Actually,this show has only run three episodes so far(so for all I know,this show might go downhill after all),but after having seen these shows,I LIKE like like the potential this show has.

    Likable accountant Andy BArker(Andy Richter,returning to NBC as himself,somewhat)moves his business into an empty lot in a strip mall,only to find out that the business that was there--a Private Investigator's office--still seems to draw clientèle. Presented with the chance to earn extra money to supplement his secure accounting job,he casts aside his apprehensions and misgivings about chasing leads and following clues and takes on being a "Private Dick".

    The group of people helping him out are a motley bunch: Simon(Tony Hale,great in "Arrested Development"),a wildly imaginative video store manager,WAlly(Marshall Manesh),the owner of a nearby deli who is a surveillance whiz,Nicole,the secretary he "inherits" when his first case gets her fired from her previous job and Lew(HArve Presnell,gruff one-time musical leading man),the P.I. himself,a gruff old gentleman who's retired but still around to mentor the accountant-cum-gumshoe. In the background is supportive but pensive wife Jenny(Clea Duvall),who seems to lose her apprehensions about her hubby's newfound side work as quickly as he has.

    Produced by Andy's old sidekick/pal Conan O'Brien,it really has the LOOK of something that would have Mr. O'Brien's sensibilities:absurd situations,dry-to-madcap humor and plenty of situational background music that sounds lifted STRAIGHT out of 70s detective/cop shows. Since I've always appreciated Conan's show,this is good. Given the fact that Andy's last two shows were punched out early,here's hoping that NBC(And given their current love for Mr.O'Brien,I can't see why not)will give this show as long a chance as possible,because this sitcom has a great,funny ironic attitude,something that non-animated T.V. comedy seems to be in short supply.
    8JonB-2

    Finally, A Good Andy Richter Vehicle

    I've always liked Andy Richter, ever since his days as Conan O'Brien's sidekick on "Late Night". I've wanted to like his previous forays into his own shows, but nothing had really clicked before.

    This time, things click, in a quirky, funny series that brings a new twist to film noir conventions. The basic set-up: Andy Barker, a CPA, starts work at his new office. Unbeknownst to him, it was previously occupied by a PI. When a mysterious woman shows up looking for someone to find her dead husband, Barker is reluctant to take on the case -- but given his scarcity of clients and her $4,000 retainer, the offer is too tempting to pass up. When the issue of the husband's tax returns come up, it's the clincher that pulls the CPA into a different line of work.

    Thus begins the premise, in which Barker is ably abetted by video store clerk Simon (Tony Hale, "Arrested Development") -- who applies everything he's learned about crime and criminals from movies, with sometimes unintended results.

    While it doesn't quite have the subversive depth of a lot of modern half hour comedies, it does have the off-kilter tone of something like the live-action "The Tic" This go-round, Conan O'Brien is co-creator and executive producer, and that may be the secret ingredient that's made this a watchable show. A lot of the gags feel like Late Night bits dropped into the plot, like when Barker advises a client on tax law during a car chase.

    There's potential for this series, provided the writers can keep developing the concept, and NBC doesn't give up too soon.
    8Graham7425

    Great cast and plenty of laughs

    This show is great, but so was Andy Richter Controls the Universe and that didn't make it. Conan O'Brien is an executive producer so hopefully it won't get immediately canned if the ratings' falter early. The plot feels formulaic and always ends with the likable Private Eye/ Accountant Andy involved in a chase sequence followed by a gun in his face. But the story plays with the expectations of the audience(often homaging movies), and is secondary to laughs that are naturally generated from this talented cast, especially Tony Hale. There are lots of dry and absurd humor that will fit in well on NBC Thursday Comedy Night, and also that Andy Richter is so damn lovable.

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    • Trivia
      Aside from the pilot, the episode titles spoof the titles of well-known mystery novels and movies.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: 50 Cent/Jane Lynch (2009)

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    • Release date
      • March 9, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Частный детектив Энди Баркер
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 29, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Red Pulley Productions
      • Conaco
      • NBC Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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