This show was definitely amusing, and it got better as it went along. It's a travesty it got cancelled after the sheer genius of season 3. They had to have hired new writers, because that season had some of the wackiest (and most hilarious) premises. The box boasts that the show is primarily improvised (though I have my doubts about the 3rd season), and sometimes it's painfully obvious. I can't help but compare this series with Curb Your Enthusiasm, because that show makes improvising look effortless. Early going with this show was dicey, especially when the star (Leslie, played by John Lehr) runs his mouth off (which is... quite often).
10 Items or Less takes the sitcom trope where some poor schlub lands the foxiest lady on the show, and freaking runs with it. Yolanda, who is like a Goddess, is connected to Carl, who is, uh, borderline-retarded. One has to assume they're poking fun at this trope.
The first two seasons, all the funniest episodes featured my favorite character, Amy, from Super Value Mart (the Greens & Grains' competition -- and nemesis), and I think the producers realized this, so in the second season, she starts working at the Greens & Grains. Then she is sent off to jail in the second to last episode of season 2, and is never heard from again. I don't know if she left the show, or if this was a creative choice (she is replaced by Kim Coles, who I did not like as much).
BTW, 2nd favorite character, Don "The Bag" Bagley (I lost it when he went from bag boy to eye doctor, doing Lasik surgery inside the Greens & Grains. Yolanda barges in, and he botches his first surgery on Leslie. A riot!). Another highlight, turns out Leslie has mad whistling skills, records a whistling CD, and performs live in-store! The 3rd season is magical. It's really too bad the show ended so abruptly (only 21 episodes the whole series).
10 Items or Less takes the sitcom trope where some poor schlub lands the foxiest lady on the show, and freaking runs with it. Yolanda, who is like a Goddess, is connected to Carl, who is, uh, borderline-retarded. One has to assume they're poking fun at this trope.
The first two seasons, all the funniest episodes featured my favorite character, Amy, from Super Value Mart (the Greens & Grains' competition -- and nemesis), and I think the producers realized this, so in the second season, she starts working at the Greens & Grains. Then she is sent off to jail in the second to last episode of season 2, and is never heard from again. I don't know if she left the show, or if this was a creative choice (she is replaced by Kim Coles, who I did not like as much).
BTW, 2nd favorite character, Don "The Bag" Bagley (I lost it when he went from bag boy to eye doctor, doing Lasik surgery inside the Greens & Grains. Yolanda barges in, and he botches his first surgery on Leslie. A riot!). Another highlight, turns out Leslie has mad whistling skills, records a whistling CD, and performs live in-store! The 3rd season is magical. It's really too bad the show ended so abruptly (only 21 episodes the whole series).