Primetime Glick
American television series
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::summary American television series ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| genre | Comedy |
| creator | Martin Short |
| presenter | Martin Short |
| theme_music_composer | Jack Coles |
| end_theme | Joy Ride |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| num_seasons | 3 |
| num_episodes | 30 |
| executive_producer | Bernie Brillstein |
| Martin Short | |
| producer | Paul Flaherty |
| Michael Short | |
| runtime | 22 minutes |
| company | Comedy Partners |
| channel | Comedy Central |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
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| genre = Comedy | creator = Martin Short | presenter = Martin Short | theme_music_composer = Jack Coles | end_theme = Joy Ride | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 3 | num_episodes = 30 | executive_producer = Bernie Brillstein Martin Short | producer = Paul Flaherty Michael Short | runtime = 22 minutes | company = Comedy Partners | channel = Comedy Central | first_aired = | last_aired =
Primetime Glick is an American television program starring Martin Short as Jiminy Glick. The series aired on Comedy Central from June 20, 2001 to July 3, 2003.
Format
The half-hour show is a spoof of late night talk shows such as The Tonight Show, with bandleader Adrian Van Voorhees (Michael McKean), and sometimes exposing fake production staff. Host Jiminy Glick (Martin Short in a fatsuit) has a monologue and banter with Van Voorhees, and then centers the show on a series of interviews where "guest celebrities try to hold up their end of the hilariously incoherent conversation". Interspersed between those are advertisements for absurd products and shows.
Reception
Terry Kelleher of People.com liked the show overall, but said the mock advertisements "tend to be funnier in concept (Short as Tom Green delivering a pizza to terrorist Osama bin Laden) than in execution" and would prefer more interaction with Van Voorhees. Michael Abernethy of Popmatters approved, saying that, compared to Short's previous manic characters, Glick's character format allows for more focus on the dynamic dialogue exchanges between host and guests, who are having genuine fun like a "giggle fit". He complained that the short half hour format limits some "clever concepts that could become models of comic timing if allowed to ease to a climax".
Series overview
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Episodes
Season 1 (2001)
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Season 2 (2002)
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Season 3 (2003)
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Awards and nominations
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| Year | Association | Category | Project | Results | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety Program | Martin Short | ||
| Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup | Kevin Haney, Kristina Vogel | ||||
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References
References
- Abernethy, Michael. "Primetime Glick". PopMatters.
- Kelleher, Terry. (January 26, 2015). "Picks and Pans Review: Primetime Glick". People.com.
- Hinson, Hal. (April 14, 2002). "TELEVISION/RADIO – A Tempest in a Talk Show – Jiminy Glick's Wild Ride". [[The New York Times]].
- "Nominees / Winners 2003 Emmy Awards".
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