Review of If You See God, Tell Him

A previous reviewer called this 'Dark & unusual'.....I think Dumb and continuing even dumber is more accurate. I had seen my first GREAT Britcom in the mid 70's with Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall.....no need to tell you what it was but unfortunately lately I have had the chance to see and view ( albeit many years after the fact which SHOULD affect the lasting comedic capacity of comedy ) but I was NOT prepared for the sad and colourless performances of stars I once held in great esteem. Felicity has made a few clunkers as well as Penelope Keith but poor Richard.....thus far I have not seen a single comedy that is even funny given the times they were made in never mind today. This starts out on a bad footing with tragedy and misfortune following him everywhere and we hope that somehow....some inner capacity will save him but the plots get lamer and lamer and no plausible explanation is given for his continued survival with his family. The 'comedy' consists almost exclusively of watching him stumble...figuratively and literally through the lackluster plots doing nothing entertaining and changing nothing through the series. To make things even more painful the episodes are not the usual 20-22 minutes but 40 and with a 5 minute re-0hash of his life at the commencement of each one.....thank God there were only 4. Unless you are a die-hard Briers fan, give it a miss or perhaps if you ARE a lover of Mr Briers......give it a miss and remember him as Tom Good.....and the lovely Barbara.