Big Day
The Big Day show is kind of funny. Probably funnier than it ought to be. Maybe not as funny as it could be. One fellow critic described it as "intermittently amusing" another as "a laugh-free comedy".
The entire season takes place during one day, the wedding day of Danny and Alice (or maybe it's Alyce).
The characters are "zany".
The wedding planner has a perpetual silly smile plastered on her face - except when she's frowning because something has gone wrong. Like when the father of the bride finds the real invoices for the wedding, not the fake one that the mother of the bride has been feeding him.
The groom, Danny, is a perpetual camp counselor. A nice guy, but not possessed with either a brilliant mind nor an outstanding personality.
The bride, Alice/Alyce, is young, sweet, and pretty. A typical bride except she seems to take everything in stride until she decides to elope with the groom. The bride and groom go together like weddings and cakes.
The groom's friends include (1) a jerk who has the hots for the bride's sister. (2) a guy who has the hots for the bride, and (3) a guy who has the hots for the groom.
The groom's father is an old hippie.
The bride's sister perpetually wears a long knit scarf around her neck. I think it's suppose to be a fashion statement, but I'm waiting for somebody to strangle her with it.
The bride's father is a well-heeled doctor who's purpose in the show is to annoy his wife, dislike his future son-in-law, and get in the way of the wedding planner.
The mother of the bride gets high just before the wedding and plasters chocolate hand prints (from the chocolate fountain) all over the tent, obsesses about every little detail, and ignores the bride. One weird scene shows the wedding planner picking chocolate out of the stoned mother-of-the-bride's teeth with a straw.
It's probably a good thing that the Big Day only lasts one day. I can't see this show making it to a second season. So catch it while you can - Tuesday at 8:00 on ABC.
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