October 1995
FOX | 8 episodes (3 unaired) | Sitcom
WHO'S IN IT? Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe), Christopher Meloni (Mitch), Julius Carry (Perry), Stephen Furst (Lewis)
SYNOPSIS: Four men in their late-30s, whose dreams of youth have not survived to adulthood, still have their friendship despite divorces and failing marriages.
VERDICT: ★☆☆☆☆
Shown across five Sundays in October 1995, Misery Loves Company was one of those "friends since childhood" type of shows where the guys hang out a bar complaining about life. The stand out is Christopher Meloni (with hair) of Law & Order SVU fame. One reviewer called the show "stupid and offensive" and in response to the show's toilet humour: "Misery Loves Company deserves to live no longer than it takes to flush it from the air."
In one scene in Nicky St. Hubbins - the bar where the guys like to hang out - Mitch's current date, Sasha, enters the men's bathroom because there's a "line for the ladies room". After foregoing the privacy of an empty cubicle, she relieves herself standing up at the urinal (to raucous studio applause). Mitch's brother, Joe, can't wait to share this with the fellas, proclaiming Sasha is "a guy" and that her "arcing stream was un-lady-like". The guys later grill Mitch with jibes such as: "Did you get to third base? And when you got there, was there a man on third?". In the end, it was an elaborate piss-take (get it?) to wind-up Joe and all the guys were in on it (Sasha wasn't really a guy; it was just a squeezy bottle).
Later on in the episode, Perry plays basketball against his ex-wife's new boyfriend, Dennis Rodman (yes THE Dennis Rodman), as a way to prove he's still got it.
CANCELLED TOO SOON? Nah. Would not watch again.
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