An new sitcom featuring a fugly fat guy with a pretty wife

He is a good looking guy, but he has gained a lot of weight. His girlfriend is good looking.

by Anonymousreply 2July 8, 2020 4:23 PM

He's a fat fuck.

But being fat, old, and/or ugly never stopped a man from appearing in an American TV series or film paired with a woman who is slim, young, and/or beautiful.

The only surprising thing about this is that anyone gives a shit about big network TV.

by Anonymousreply 5July 8, 2020 4:35 PM

Looks terrible, but the lead actor is interesting—he has a bit of charisma. Are there any good sitcoms/comedies anymore? I’ve heard great things about Schitt’s Creek, which supposedly gets really good in season 3, but I’m plodding through season 2 right now, and it’s clever, but not much more.

by Anonymousreply 6July 8, 2020 4:35 PM

Will Sasso is HAWT, though was hotter when he wasn't quite so big.

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by Anonymousreply 8July 8, 2020 4:40 PM

Looks awful. Beyond awful, actually.

But it's nice to see that Jane Curtin is still getting work.

by Anonymousreply 9July 8, 2020 4:41 PM

We certainly need more of them...

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by Anonymousreply 10July 8, 2020 4:42 PM

United We Fall is a TERRIBLE title!!

by Anonymousreply 11July 8, 2020 4:42 PM

Loved Will Sasso on Mad TV. He did a great James Gandolfini.

by Anonymousreply 12July 8, 2020 4:42 PM

I'd love to see a sitcom where a big fat bald woman has a hot younger husband.

by Anonymousreply 17July 8, 2020 4:46 PM

R6 Stick with Schitt's Creek. It gets better and better as the characters become more developed. Probably the best comedy show to come along in the last decade. I promise you won't be disappointed.

by Anonymousreply 18July 8, 2020 4:47 PM

Yes R12, and a gut-busting Kenny Rogers.

Very talented guy.

by Anonymousreply 20July 8, 2020 4:51 PM

I haven't watched it lately, but wasn't he a recurring character as Jaime Pressly's cop boyfriend on "Mom?"

by Anonymousreply 21July 8, 2020 4:53 PM

Will Sasso is a Republicunt, though.

He was, if I am not mistaken, in that terrible movie filled with right wing has beens that Antonio Sabato was doing.

by Anonymousreply 22July 8, 2020 5:03 PM

Fat fuck STUPID husband, adorable, slim, SMART wife. Sit com. Actress was Jamey something. Can’t recall the name but exact same concept.

by Anonymousreply 25July 8, 2020 5:09 PM

R25 The wife is always smart, slim, and adorable. Except for Mike & Molly, of course.

by Anonymousreply 26July 8, 2020 5:11 PM

Are you sure about that R22? He's from Vancouver BC, which is hardly a hotbed of right wing supporters.

by Anonymousreply 27July 8, 2020 5:12 PM

R17 Check out Miranda starring Miranda Hart and Tom Ellis - a very, very funny show.

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by Anonymousreply 29July 8, 2020 5:24 PM

That show made me want to kill myself, R29.

by Anonymousreply 30July 8, 2020 5:32 PM

R30 I enjoyed it, it reminded me of Black Books and I liked that it didn't take itself too seriously.

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by Anonymousreply 32July 8, 2020 5:37 PM

How come Rosie O'Donnell has never had a sitcom?

by Anonymousreply 33July 8, 2020 5:39 PM

That looks terrible.

I can't believe sitcoms still use laugh tracks. It's so bizarre.

by Anonymousreply 34July 8, 2020 5:40 PM

I wonder if this means he’s no longer appearing on Mom? I guess he could do both, especially since there’s no guarantee this will make it past 5 episodes.

by Anonymousreply 35July 8, 2020 5:44 PM

Straight guys LOVE movies and TV shows where fat slobs or nerds have beautiful thin wives or girlfriends. It's the fantasy that never comes true for them. Think of all the shows and revenge of the nerds actors who made a career in that role. In movies, many actors have made careers of it - James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Elliott Gould, even Tom Hanks has nerdy qualities. Then there's the creepy older guy with the young good looking woman...

by Anonymousreply 36July 8, 2020 5:58 PM

I thought we were done with sitcoms like this.

by Anonymousreply 37July 8, 2020 6:16 PM

R35 I agree he could do both for awhile. I'm reminded of Wayne Knight (Newman) who also did 3rd Rock and another sitcom (can't remember the name) simultaneously. Of course, he wasn't the lead...

by Anonymousreply 38July 8, 2020 6:23 PM

Still Standing. Husband Mark Addy. Wife Jamie Gertz.

by Anonymousreply 39July 8, 2020 6:51 PM

Will Sasso is definitely NOT a Republican.

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by Anonymousreply 40July 8, 2020 7:07 PM

A time-honored TV tradition, OP.

"King Of Queens" (James / Remini)

"According To Jim" (Belushi / Thorne-Smith)

"Seinfeld" (Seinfeld / His Parade Of Hot Dates)

"Modern Family" (O'Neill / Vergara)

by Anonymousreply 41July 8, 2020 7:30 PM

Will is homophobic a hole. He’s also the oldest looking 45 year old I’ve ever seen.

by Anonymousreply 42July 8, 2020 7:33 PM

An new sitcom? Oh dear, OP. Can't believe it took 43 replies either.

by Anonymousreply 43July 8, 2020 7:43 PM

Must be because the other 42 are not assholes like you R43.

by Anonymousreply 45July 8, 2020 7:47 PM

R33 Rosie may not have had her own sitcom but she was on Gimmie a Break

by Anonymousreply 46July 8, 2020 7:51 PM

[quote]An new sitcom featuring a fugly fat guy with a pretty wife

Wasn’t this already done on King of Queens?

by Anonymousreply 47July 8, 2020 7:59 PM

r47, do try to keep up. There aren't even 50 replies on this thread yet.

by Anonymousreply 48July 8, 2020 8:01 PM

[quote] Wasn’t this already done on King of Queens?

And a bunch of other shows, too. According to Jim was one

by Anonymousreply 49July 8, 2020 8:03 PM

[quote] Straight guys LOVE movies and TV shows where fat slobs or nerds have beautiful thin wives or girlfriends.

It's kind of a male "The Way We Were," where Barbra gets a guy several light years out of her league, and serves as a stand-in for the women in the audience who want to believe they could, too.

Barbra lost Redford in the end of the movie because of HIS deficiencies- he wasn't woke or politically intense enough. But in Real Life she fixed all that when she married James Brolin and created her own "Way We Were" happy ending not possible in the movie.

So this fantasy, this Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, whether male or female centric, can be successful so they keep trying.

by Anonymousreply 50July 8, 2020 8:16 PM

Will on MOM, almost sounds like they took his character and dropped him into a new sitcom.

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by Anonymousreply 51July 8, 2020 8:17 PM

King of queens has a fat guy with a normal sized wife but I don't agree she was better looking. Kevin James has a very handsome face, Leah remini is cute but never beautiful to me. She has the better body though.

by Anonymousreply 52July 8, 2020 8:18 PM

Saw KOQ and The Sopranos so been there done that. I have no further interest.

by Anonymousreply 53July 8, 2020 8:19 PM

Will Sasso with hair, I wouldn't have expected it to look worse.

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by Anonymousreply 54July 8, 2020 8:26 PM

R50, we're talking about TV and movie images. 99.999999999% of people in real life are not fat guys with thin wives or fat chicks with thin husbands. If you flew in from Mars and turned on the tube you'd get a different impression - the fantasy the average nerd. Ugly women (and men) who are also FAMOUS can get anyone they want, is this a new concept to you? Rich doesn't hurt either. That's real life for the famous.

by Anonymousreply 55July 8, 2020 8:27 PM

[quote]Will is homophobic a hole.

Will anyone tell him that Guillermo Diaz is gay?

by Anonymousreply 57July 9, 2020 2:13 AM

Former WaPo TV columnist used to call this trend "Male Pattern Optimism."

by Anonymousreply 58July 9, 2020 2:14 AM

Are they using the same set from King Of Queens?? And I used to love that actress on Taina from Nickelodeon.

by Anonymousreply 61July 9, 2020 4:16 AM

Bob Newhart was thin. Still is.

by Anonymousreply 62July 9, 2020 4:20 AM

Bob Newhart was a fug. Still is.

by Anonymousreply 63July 9, 2020 7:32 PM

^^ Bob and Suzanne Pleshette were perfectly matched. She was cuter but she was short and bisexual too.

by Anonymousreply 64July 9, 2020 7:38 PM

It's not like these type of couples don't exist in the real world. And in the huge numbers. There's too many ugly men and too many attractive women in this world for all the couples to be equally ugly/good looking

by Anonymousreply 66July 9, 2020 7:49 PM

He was on "Less Than Perfect" and that was funny as hell.

And agree with the others here that his Kenny Rogers is insane and funny.

by Anonymousreply 67July 9, 2020 11:40 PM

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