The Critic 1994
Created by Mike Reiss, Al Jean
- Animation, Comedy, Drama
- 22 min episodes
- 2 seasons
- 23 episodes
- Ended
- TV-PG
It stinks!
Jay Sherman is a TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films which he always rates as "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his personal life: working for a tyrannical media mogul boss, his lovelife and his family.
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Character
Cool, comic, spare and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Where do you stand?
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“Does the irony keep it from meaning anything?”
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“Is Jon Lovitz the best thing in The Critic?”
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“Is it funnier than it is smart?”
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Cast
- Jon LovitzJay Sherman (voice)
- Christine CavanaughMarty Sherman (voice)
- Park OverallAlice Tompkins (voice)
- Russi TaylorPenny Tompkins (voice)
- Charles NapierDuke Phillips (voice)
- Judith IveyEleanor Sherman (voice)
- Gerrit GrahamFranklin Sherman (voice)
- Nancy CartwrightMargo Sherman (voice)
- Doris GrauDoris Grossman (voice)
- Maurice LaMarcheJeremy Hawke (voice)
Crew
- Mike ReissCreator
- Al JeanCreator
- Nikki VanzoProducer
- Al JeanProducer
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Seasons
- Season 113 eps · 1994
- Season 210 eps · 1995
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
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