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Matthew Perry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To be continued?<\/p>\n

Hopefully not!<\/p>\n

Oh, go on … or perhaps don’t go on would be better!<\/p>\n

OK, I got all the puns out of my system, for now. Trouble is, I also got the new Matthew Perry\/NBC series “Go On!” out of my system after just one episode: the premiere.<\/p>\n

I wanted to like the program, even though I never watched Perry in the smash-hit Friends as I thought I would like his sarcastic ways and the priceless facial expressions he flashed in last year’s short-lived ABC comedy “Mr. Sunshine”.<\/p>\n

Perry’s gifts aren’t enough to “Go On!”, however, as I guess I don’t have ALL the puns out of my system.<\/p>\n

There are hints at comedic treasure in the opener with a bit about the Final Four of people’s woes,\u00a0 like deaths in the family, illness and other problems in a counseling\u00a0 session Perry is forced to attend.<\/p>\n

Perry, you see, made insensitive remarks in his job as a sports talk show host and was forced into the session.<\/p>\n

The problem isn’t so much Perry, who is a gifted actor, but there just isn’t enough talent around him or good enough writing to make this show viable.<\/p>\n

Go On? Yes … go on searching the TV dial for something else to watch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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