Life with Bonnie
Life with Bonnie
| 17 September 2002 (USA)
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    k k

    I cant stand watching this show. Its painfully unfunny and I don't know how it lasted for 2 seasons. The jokes are horrible and the plot is rubbish. The characters are so annoying and I don't feel the least bit of entertainment. It just seems that they are trying too hard to be funny, that it backfired. Hopefully this will be a learning experience for them. Well its about Bonnie who is a mother, loving wife (clearly not a funny one) , and TV host of a local talk show. She tries to maintain a public image of the perfect wife and mother when in reality, her life is chaotic (and not funny).I thought I should give it a chance and maybe I just caught the show at a bad episode but I was wrong they are just plain fully uninteresting. They did do their best in to making this show funny but clearly their best wasn't good enough. I gave it a 4 for effort. But I personally find it UNFUNNY.

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    Syl

    Life with Bonnie is a show worth saving from cancellation. It has a great cast with the great Bonnie Hunt, talented David Alan Grier, hunky Mark Derwin, and the wonderful Marianne Meulleruex. The other supporting cast members are also worth mentioning especially Holly. The supporting cast is an excellent ensemble. This show is an ensemble show with each actor doing excellent work. Like the show's theme, it is old fashioned wholesome comedy. It would be a terrible shame for ABC to allow this show to be cancelled after two seasons on the air. I hope some network will come and save this show from permanent cancellation. ABC does not know what it has until it's gone permanently. Until Hope & Faith came on, Bonnie's show was the Friday night anchor for wholesome family comedies. Bonnie Hunt is one of the nicest people in Hollywood. She has reunited with Mark and Marianne Meullereux who worked with her previously in other shows. I just can't understand why this show can't survive after all. Bonnie Hunt has been nominated for Golden Globe Award. While she is in the category with cast members of Sex in the City, she stands out for being wholesome, clean, wonderfully charming, and delightful to watch. Her show has garnered emmy nominations for Jonathan Winters and David Duchovny. She is a giving person. I have noticed she always sets her shows in Chicago as her main setting. I enjoyed the recent episodes with David Alan Grier living in the house with him. I am sorry that this show is going. I wish ABC reconsider!My best wishes to Bonnie Hunt and to everybody else in the cast and crew!

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    paul_mickelson

    "Life with Bonnie" is a great show; however, don't watch it if you don't have a sophisticated or odd sense of humor. I would imagine that those posting negative comments on this show simply don't understand humor and would be more receptive if the show used the "pie in the face" form of humor. If you enjoy David Letterman you will enjoy "Bonnie". If you enjoy "I Love Lucy" or Saturday morning cartoons you will NOT enjoy Bonnie.

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    critic_w

    I just needed to get that off my chest! ...in fact so much better than the next best sitcom that it's not worthtrying to calculate. But depending on your opinion of the othershows, that may or may not be saying much. Let me put myopinion in a historical perspective and say that "Life with Bonnie" isone of the best sitcoms EVER on Television! It's "Cosby Show"good! It's "Happy Days" good! It's "Dick Van Dyke Show" good! It'scall all your friends, send e-mail, program your VCR and buy extratapes good! You know the type of good I'm talking about... so goodthey couldn't copy it if they tried?! Perhaps the people responsiblefor this show should have some decision making in all ABCsitcoms because this show is BUY DISNEY STOCK GOOD!! Am Imaking my point?!Watching "Life with Bonnie" causes you to have a gentle smile forat least 22 minutes of that hour. That is except for when you are inthe middle of a belly-laugh, or, when the writers want you to feelsentiment thick enough to make you fight back tears. It's sooriginal, so clever, honest, sweet and hilarious all that the sametime! There are movie comedies that aren't as good as this show.It's far far better than "Friends," because the whole family canwatch it. It's better than "...Raymond" or "Frasier" because it'scharacters remain consistent, and the comedy is never at theexpense of one character's misery. These shows are often quitegood, but just not in the same league as "Bonnie." I was sad tosee Ms. Hunt's last show cancelled, but if only I knew ABC wasgoing sneak Ms Hunt away from CBS and launch this show I'dnever would have shed a tear. "The Bonnie Hunt Show" wasexcellent, but this new show is simply the best! Everyone I knowwho knows anything about quality TV loves this show! Let me just close on this note. It may not have "Seinfeld's"numbers 'cause there's just so much else on TV (none of it asgood, just so much to choose from), but make no mistake, thisshow is a rare gem that will forever be remembered as one of thegreat high-water marks of TV comedy.

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