Talk to the Camera

Rating: Null/10 (13 December 2002)

Spoilers herein.
This was a little amusing when I saw it new, and us rather unfunny now. It is based on a single humorous idea: self-reference. Actually, I appreciate how clever that one idea is and how well engineered its exploitation for laughs. But it is skit-level cleverness only.
The devices:
--Talking to the camera
--The show is about a show with the two blurring
--Some cameos annotate that blurring (most notably the already comic Alice Cooper).
That's it folks. The sequel does a whole lot better job at mining the self-reference.
Lara Flynn Boyle is a redhead here. She's the only player who actually acts comically and is so considered weird. Everyone else gets their comedic stance by pretending to not be comic.
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 4: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.