![]() ![]() You know who else uses fart jokes? Uses the hell out of them, in fact? A certain Louis CK, whom critics like me hail rightfully as not just a comedic genius but a humane, insightful storyteller. There are plenty of reasons not to watch The Millers–the shticky insult humor, the studio audience laughter that feels like it was pumped out of a bellows–but this is not one of them. ![]() It’s true: there are a bunch of fart jokes in The Millers, mostly centered on Martindale’s character–who gets gassy after popping a sleeping pill–and the fact that farts just “slip out” when you get older, which, the usual take goes, is a humiliation for an actress who created indelible characters in Justified and The Americans. I am also guessing, because it’s been mentioned in just about every piece I’ve read about the show since this summer, that you will hear a lot about the fart jokes. I’m guessing this because the pilot, at least, is not good–a braying, clunky, assembly-line sitcom–and because there’s a special pain in seeing actors like Arnett and Martindale, fantastic in better shows, stuck here. Tomorrow night, CBS premieres The Millers, a sitcom starring Will Arnett and Margo Martindale, about a divorced man whose mother moves in with him after her own marriage ends. ![]() ![]() “Oh, relax! It’s a fart! Some people think they’re funny!” That with the strook he was almoost yblent ![]()
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