Shoot me now.

[docwebster]

What do you get when a blood bank worker and a parking enforcement officer share an apartment in Queens? The producers of Half Pint hope it equals a hit TV show. The title is a play on words, referring both to the blood bank where one character works and also the size of the series’ performers.

Gary Coleman and Emmanuel Lewis will be playing the starring roles in the new comedy and hopes are high that the show will be a hit. “Manny and I were out drinking and I finally got him to admit that his show was just a cheap rip off of Different Strokes”, says Coleman. “But the more we talked about it the clearer it became. If my show as a hit and Webster, which was just a rip off, was a hit, just imagine what both of us could do if we ripped off some other show.”

“And that’s how it started”, says Lewis. “Doctor shows are popular now and so are police shows. And The Odd Couple was a great show. Put ‘em all together and you got yourself a hit!”

Gary Coleman will play the part of Lenny Gilberman, a stressed out parking enforcement officer. Coleman thinks his work as a security guard will help him really sink his teeth into the part. Lewis says he’s been hanging out at the blood bank since the early 90’s trying to earn a buck or two. “Mostly on the donating end”, admits Lewis “but I guess now I finally get behind the scenes.”

Emmanuel Lewis will appear in his first starring role since somebody figured out that a black 20 year old dwarf posing as a 10 year old who gets adopted by a white family and has to call his adoptive mother ‘maam’ was basically Uncle Tom for the 80’s.

Half Pint is expected to be shown on ABC’s Thursday night slot this coming fall.

Comments

[shadowcat48li.livejournal.com]

the sad thing being this show will be probably get rediculous high ratings, and thereby prove itself a perfect example of Barnums Law

[yendi]

The really sad thing is that this is more original, and probably funnier, than 90% of current sitcoms (Scrubs and Arrested Development being two of the exceptions).

[shawnj.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I chuckled at the concept.

[madsqueeble.livejournal.com]

Heard of Wife Swap? It's exactly what the title implies. <3

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

It might be a very funny train wreck. However, Mr. Coleman neglected to mention that they're also borrowing conceptually from "Surreal Life." :-)

[drake57.livejournal.com]

This has to be a joke :)

[starrzchylde.livejournal.com]

**prays to all that's holy** Please let this be a joke.....

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

And this, children, is why I don't watch sitcoms at all anymore.

[javagoth.livejournal.com]

This is a joke...right?

Otherwise it's reason 487467846 why I don't have TV reception at home any more - my TV is just a VCR and DVD player with a view screen...

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

geeze... I'd expect the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse along soon... but they've probably been signed up as a reality tv series !

[bludfeast.livejournal.com]

If these two guys are half as smart and able to laugh at themselves as I think they are (Well, Coleman, anyway... He's a regular commentator now on the All Comedy Radio network), they'll hire writers that can really accentuate their strengths and make the stories about more than a couple down and out black dwarfs...

...but on ABC? Even if the show is good, I don't think it has a chance on that ashcan network. Everything the Mouse(TM) touches turns to halfling shit nowadays.

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

I think the real tragedy is this didn't happen during the Freak Show/B.A.S.H. days. Lowell would have been besides himself, and I can almost hear Ron now.

"No shit, right?"

[josette.livejournal.com]

luv your icon!

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

I thank ghod every day that I don't own a TV.

[chibicelchan.livejournal.com]

ABC?! I was praying that if this was true, if there was a god, this would be on UPN.

ABC... how the mighty have fallen.

[graveyardgreg.livejournal.com]

I only watch Lost, proof that ABC can make a good show. :)

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Now if we can just get Joss Whedon to do a Gaming Guardians live action show.. YEAH!

[qatobo.livejournal.com]

I'm agreeing with yendi this sounds better than most of the crap that's already out. It could be rather entertaining, or it could suck worse than Webster.

Of course, I thought the same about the "Teen Pope" spoof they had on best week ever.