DVD Verdict Review - Dharma And Greg: Season One:
My other problem with this series is that it's set in the wrong era. If the show had been made in the late sixties with Goldie Hawn in the lead role, it would have been a grand slam winner. huh, int re era but I nvr much have enjoyed goldiehawn... But set in the late nineties it just doesn't ring true. Let's look at the lifestyle she and her parents lead…they're vegetarians. Oh boy, is that comedy fodder! They're environmentally conscious. Hysterical! And her father has no love for the government—join the club. heh. ok.
Actually, Dharma comes from a loving, functional family whereas Greg's parents are much more comical in their stodgy rich folk way. They bear a striking resemblance to Richard and Emily of Gilmore Girls." yes, but all comical - caricatures - which emily & richard sometimes are, but there are enough moments where their characters have real depth. and, I was just thinking about this - note that gilmoregirls started later - 2000? - and Dharma&G started in 1997.
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Dharma & Greg | TV Review | Entertainment Weekly: Couples, couples, couples — coupling and uncoupling the very concept of The Couple. That's what you find flipping channels on any given Tuesday, as the title characters on Will & Grace, Dharma & Greg, and the central players on Sports Night all banter, dither, and seek solace in each other. Of this trio, Will & Grace is couple-ating with the most amusing inventiveness and variety.
...an I Love Lucyan gut buster in which Grace wore a bust-enhancing ''hydro-bra'' to impress an old flame. Of course, the thing started to leak, leaving loyal Will no choice but to keep his hands clamped over his pal's mammaries, lest they start gushing. James Burrows (W&G's regular director) excels at choreographing this sort of slapstick; he can make a vulgar joke seem like a sly witticism through economy of movement.