Jason wanted to show that he could do something else besides George. If this had been the George Costanza Show, it surely would have been successful, but Jason would have hated it. Ironic.
Seinfeld was a juggernaut and so was George Costanza. I think people saw George and JA was typecast. It was three years off of the Seinfeld finale but burning hot in syndication. People wanted Georgie Boy. Bob did not stand a chance.
It could have had a lot of potential if they hadn't have glossed over the casting so much. The casting and the story is the weak link here. All the other important pieces are very strong IMO
You can't help but compare it to Seinfeld. And yeah, I see a lot low-hanging fruit cheap jokes. "looks like I am giving him a Lewinski" really? "Carrying those jugs all day"... This is the difference between Seinfeld and a lot formulaic sitcoms. Jokes are much funnier when they live "in a community" and tie the show together. This show had too much reliance on short one-liners that died as soon as the joke ended - adding nothing to the plot.
This show and every show like this one is why Seinfeld and Curb are still relevant to this day, in other words, it's straight garbage. You try watching most sitcoms today and you'll eye-roll yourself into another dimension. Friends, Fresh Prince In Bel Air, Martin, Blossom, the list is endless. Some of them have good episodes here and there but you can never sit through an entire season like you can do with Seinfeld or Curb. Larry David is a living legend whom truly embodies what it means to be a genius on so many levels.
So basically George is now a con-artist motivation speaker. I've watched 10 seconds and I hate it. Rework this as a traveling preacher and we might have something.
I honestly laughted more than once, this show is funny, but I cant shake off Costanza, Jason obviously struggle to as well, he has the same gimmicks.. this is what killed every seinfeld actor except Jerry who wasnt really into acting
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So sad that JA thinks he's an actor, when, in reality, like most "actors", he couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag to save his life. All the BP character is, is a chubbier George Costanza from "Seinfeld" mixed with a little Larry Miller. In other words, a tweaked JA personality. As are all of the characters he's done in all of his work. They are all basically the same character, aka JA. He was good as GC on 'S', but it doesn't translate to most other things. As his career has shown. And the same with Jerry Seinfeld (particularly), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards. The difference is, I will watch JL-D in anything. And somewhat also MR.