Summers shows on the way

Sometime in the next few weeks, the summer shows will start premiering their new episodes, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the new seasons of Burn Notice and Psych. If you haven't watched Burn Notice, go check out episodes online, it's a great show in the style of Magnum P.I.

While I wait, though, I'm starting to watch a couple of shows that I've never seen before. Usually it's something that was on during a time period that one of my other shows was on, so I never looked into it. One of these shows is Rules of Engagement.



First off, I didn't want to watch it because it had David Spade. That guy is creepy, and not in a funny way. More like a creepy way. He used to be funny, back when Chris Farley was still alive, but now he's just creepy. And sad. And he seems to be looking for that one sitcom that'll bring him back on top.

This show isn't it. While it does have it's moments, I've never seen a show about relationships that has less chemistry. David Spade doesn't fit in the dynamic. Oliver Hudson, who plays Adam, is a block of wood. His fiance on the show, Jennifer (played by the gorgeous Bianca Kajlich, who had a guest role on the before mentioned Psych), I have no idea why she's even ON the show, except as eye-candy. Megyn Price is okay, but I've always liked her in whatever she's done.

That leaves the saving grace of the show, and the only reason...THE ONLY REASON...I watch this show. It's because of this man...


You might know him as "Puddy" from Seinfeld. I know him as "The Tick" from the greatness that was that short-lived Fox show. It is Patrick Warburton. And he is pure comedy greatness.

I actually got to meet him one year at South by Southwest. He was a nice, unassuming guy who was there showing his first staring role movie. It was awful, but during the Q&A after the movie, he revealed that he'd be doing "The Tick". Years later, and he's starring in this pile of doo-doo, but he's making it work. Alone. With his own comedy chops. By himself.

I wouldn't recommend watching this show, except for the fact that he is so damned funny. And it's like he isn't even trying. He's much more of a person in this show than I've ever seen him in anything else, and when he and his TV wife Audrey go at it, it's great. It's the only time I laugh when I'm watching the show, and I fast forward through all the other crap just to get to him.

There, that's my two cents about Rules of Engagement. Check it out if you've got nothing better to do, otherwise, just watch the Patrick Warburton moments on CBS.com or YouTube.