Comments on: Viva Laughlin: The Worst New Show on TV

By: Tim J

Tim J — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:50:15 +0000

…and it’s been cancelled. First scripted show to go this year.

By: tracy m

tracy m — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:57:31 +0000

You made it further than I did, Susan. I turned it off after the opening credits.

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:20:27 +0000

Ack. I tried to watch “Viva Blackpool” (along w/ BTD Greg), but I just couldn’t. It was just too wretchedly dull despite the music and despite the great actors. Susan, what you described sounds a lot like the original. I just couldn’t make myself care about the characters long enough to follow their plotlines. Every time we’d try to watch together I’d promptly fall asleep.

By: BTD Greg

BTD Greg — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:56:50 +0000

I'm a little bit regretful that I missed this. I saw the original series, "Viva Blackpool," that this was based on and it wasn't bad. It had its problems, but it was very well acted (especially David Morrissey and David Tennant) and well plotted. I pegged this as being a show that absolutely couldn't translate into a U.S. series, but I was still curious to see where they went with it.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:19:49 +0000

Yeah I meant to compare the two—how an actor singing on their own is much better than what this show did. But my post got wiped when the site went down for a few minutes.

By: Supergenius

Supergenius — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:06:22 +0000

Cantinflas, that was a song from Grease! It was “Hopelessly Devoted.” It worked well, esp. thanks to Kristin Chenoweth’s talent.

By: cantinflas

cantinflas — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:40:16 +0000

They should have based it on the real Don Laughlin, it would have been a more interesting story. He lives in a penthouse, while paying the expenses for his wife to occupy the other penthouse in town. He says it’s cheaper than if he divorced her and she ended up with half his assets.

By: cantinflas

cantinflas — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:37:38 +0000

Pushing Daisies had a scene in the second episode where a character sang a song that reflected how she was feeling, and it was pretty well done.

Too bad about Laughlin – my employer owns a large parcel in Laughlin on the river that is slated for Casino development, and we were all hoping the show might have a positive effect on future land sale. Looks like we won’t get any help from Hollywood after all.

By: gabby

gabby — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:35:30 +0000

I need to preface this by saying Hugh Jackman is one of my pretend boyfriends. If he’s hosting the Tonys, I watch. If he’s on screen breathing, I try to catch it. So, when I heard he was producing a BBC adaptation show & would sometimes guest star, I tivo’d it.

Oh. My. Holy. Freaking. Crap. That was just about the worst show in the world. And, Susan. Melanie Griffith clogging up my screen singing Blondie was about when I turned it off too. I can’t stand her to begin with, but. Oh. That was bad.

By: aubrey

aubrey — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:35:16 +0000

you made it further than me. i turned it off when the guy starting “singing” viva las vegas. it was embarassing.