Don't Wait Up
Don't Wait Up
| 25 October 1983 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Reviews
    MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
    CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
    Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
    Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
    studioAT Nigel Havers has made a successful career playing likable toff's and this sitcom from the 80's sees him playing that sort of role to perfection.The premise is very much like the classic play by Neil Simon called 'The Odd Couple', and obviously worked as it ran for 6 series.Not all of the jokes work, and unlike other sitcoms from the era it feels a little dated in places. But Havers is good at what he does, and even when the plots get a little thin, his charm carries the show.It's not easy to find this show on TV or on DVD, but it's pleasant enough viewing if you can find it.
    KRAFTEDOUT Unfortunately, PBS, is having battle of the britcoms, again. The viewers get to vote, what britcoms we would like to see, on Our own pbs station. So, everynight, a different britcom is shown. They have shown 2 episodes, of don't wait up. Well, I could'nt, wake up, much less. It's bloody awful, and to think 39 episodes, Don't wait up, should be re-named, Don't wake up.
    pl1834 This sitcom's first season was disappointing, with gags that fell flat or only hit the mark 50% of the time. But during second season, there was a noticeable improvement in characterization and storytelling, and the show became much more watchable. A large part of this was due to the likable and talented cast who perhaps made the material better than it might otherwise have been. Another plus was the writers' decision to let the characters change and develop over the course of the show--they weren't just running in place, and "Don't Wait Up" eventually became more than an intergenerational rip-off of "The Odd Couple". The jokes were still a bit hit-or-miss, but the relationships usually rang true and provided a nice mix of humor and, at times, pathos. The first three seasons aired on my local PBS station in the late '80s. Alas, I never saw the last three, though I managed to piece together the gist of what happened through various synopses. Still, it's not quite as satisfying as actually SEEING the episodes. Maybe someday, this show will be released on video, like some other British sitcoms?
    Dawnfrancis This series was immediately seen as one of the worst sitcoms for many years. Just as TV comedy was becoming gritty and modern, the BBC decided to launch this old fashioned sitcom. Certainly, some of the jokes had seen better days. Blatantly unfunny, it amazingly defied its critics and continued for several years, when one series was more than enough.