"Where's Shore's Store?"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 9th, 2005

We’ve accidentally stumbled over TBS a lot these past few days, so we’ve seen a lot of the promotion for their Who’s Minding the Store?, which debuts July 17. One thing missing from the brief snippets has been… standup comedy! The only time they come close is when they briefly show the “Hot Girls of the Comedy Store” scheme that ostensibly portrays Pauly and others auditioning hot babes for a Store scheme. When we first learned that the Shore and his brother were pitching the cable outlet on what was then supposed to be a reality series revolving around the revival of the faltering showcase, we thought it might be entertaining and it might be a more accurate peek into the lives of standup comics and into the lives of the folks who ran what was once an important club in the most important comedy town on the planet. So far, though, it looks like they’ve hired a bunch of actors (one of which is fat and constantly chomping on a sandwich!! Ow, my sides hurt!) and created a zany cast of characters to support the Weasel in a mediocre sitcom that is only loosely based on reality.

We know that reality shows are sometimes largely scripted, but the promos look like they aren’t even trying to fool anyone! (We’ll post again after we view an episode.)

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