Category: Directed by Joel Zwick

  • Adventures in Babysitting (1989, Joel Zwick)

    Given the abundance of terrible television sitcoms, seeing what kind doesn’t make it past pilot stage should be interesting. But it’s not. “Adventures in Babysitting” is a semi-sequel to the movie–with David Simkins, the original writer, co-writing the pilot. It recasts every role. It’s fairly clear why “Babysitting” didn’t make it to series, though mixing…

  • Second Sight (1989, Joel Zwick)

    There are some funny lines in Second Sight. Not many, but some. And they’re good, laugh out loud lines. It’d be hard for John Larroquette, reacting to Bronson Pinchot acting like an idiot, not to get some laughs. The whole thing feels like a “what I did on summer hiatus” for Larroquette and Pinchot. It’s…