By Kip Mooney
Blog Editor
When it comes to television remakes, they don't all work. For every "Office," there's a "Coupling." For every "American Idol," there's an "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me out of Here!"
Luckily, "Kath and Kim" falls into the former category.
While its jokes are hit-or-miss, this comedy is, on the whole, solidly funny.
"Kath and Kim" follows the lives of a mother and daughter, both recently divorced (or on the brink of), both starved for attention, and both hilariously self-obsessed (Kim more so than Kath).
Kath Day (Molly Shannon) now has a budding romance with sandwich mogul Phil Knight (who proposes to her asking if she'll turn Day into Knight) and Kim's weeks-old marriage is on the skids once she (Selma Blair) discovers the challenges it faces.
Both of their significant others continually steal the show (even though both lead actresses are talented). John Michael Higgins, a veteran of Christopher Guest's films, plays his role with gusto. Phil doesn't mess around when it comes to sandwiches like the Wam Bam Thank You Ham. And Mikey Day, so funny on Nick Cannon's improv series "Wild 'n' Out" and David Blaine videos, shows a bit of sadness under his big-doe eyes and slack-jawed demeanor as Craig, who's desperate to win back his new bride.
The show takes obvious cues from ultra-quirky shows like "Arrested Development" but frankly, if you're going to crib from a past show, why not crib from the best.
The show still has a way to go to prove itself worthy of your limited time, but for now, it's a humorous distraction. And given the dark state of the world, maybe that's enough for now.
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