Note: this is a spoiler-free advance review of the first episode of Imaginary Mary, which premieres tonight on ABC.
It's been just over 20 years since The Simpsons episode "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie" show first aired, and somehow that episode only seems to grow more relevant with age. What better way to revive a tired show or spruce up a stale premise than inserting a faux-hip, wisecracking cartoon character into the mix? That seems to be the thinking here, as a painfully straightforward romantic comedy premise is embellished with the addition of a CGI-animated imaginary friend. Needless to say, this wisecracking cartoon sidekick shows no more staying power than Poochie himself did two decades ago.
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It's been just over 20 years since The Simpsons episode "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie" show first aired, and somehow that episode only seems to grow more relevant with age. What better way to revive a tired show or spruce up a stale premise than inserting a faux-hip, wisecracking cartoon character into the mix? That seems to be the thinking here, as a painfully straightforward romantic comedy premise is embellished with the addition of a CGI-animated imaginary friend. Needless to say, this wisecracking cartoon sidekick shows no more staying power than Poochie himself did two decades ago.
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