Gerry Dee: The Substitute

This special was painfully awful. I'm not sure if it was just online (where I saw it on the CBC website) or if it was actually aired on TV, but I think it was so bad they actually just put it up on their website.

In this special which is one hour long but seems like it is five hours long while you're watching it, Gerry Dee (who plays the teacher Mr. D in that show also on CBC) plays a substitute teacher in a hidden camera show. His makeup/fake hair are so comically bad that there is no way anyone actually believes he is a real person but he goes through the motions.

He picks a fake Eastern European name like Mr. Cherchechkov or something and uses a really awful accent and for a full hour does such unfunny things as have his students help him fill out his betting slip ("Detroit or Boston?") and give him dating advice. None of this show ever even approaches what could be described by any sane person as "comedy".

Not sure what else to say other than that CBC needs to fire everyone involved in this show and in general fire everyone in charge of green lighting all of their comedy shows for the last decade or more. Add to their list of failures this TV pilot or special which is such an unbelievably unfunny train wreck you would have to watch it to believe it.

This TV special was a turd. It is as if they just started taping a show with no plan at all and just put it on TV live or something. I don't have one positive thing to add to this review.

This show is such a mess I couldn't even start to describe what's wrong with it. The short answer is, EVERYTHING is wrong with it. Badly faked scenes, an unlikable and unfunny star, stupid wardrobe, a complete lack of direction, writing so bad it literally defies logic, terrible editing, enough entertaining clips to fill maybe 2-3 minutes stretched into a full hour long show... what on earth were these people thinking when they made this, and why on earth would they actually put it on air? Do they lose all their tax money they got to produce it if they don't broadcast it? Honest question because there's no way people actually would want this on their resume or out there in public if they want to work again. This show is a complete pile of steaming dog's breakfast.

This was truly awful. I don't have anything to say other than that. The other reviews here are a million times more funny than this show was.