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Max Baker, Christine Estabrook, Dann Florek, and Chi McBride in The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998)

Review by Brian14Leonard

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

2/10

how could people actually LIKE this show???

This may be the worst TV show ever to make it into a network prime-time slot. It was juvenile, dumb, and just plain not funny. Horny Abe?? A sarcastic black butler??? What were they thinking?????? I honestly think I'd rather sit through a Love Boat marathon than see this wretched refuse again, which is saying quite a lot. I'd love to give it a zero, but you can't--so I'm giving it one star apiece for Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies, Boston Public) and Dann Florek (Law & Order, L.A. Law). They deserved--and got--much better than this. I think this ended the production careers of the creators, and deservedly so. If you really must see it, I think it's on YouTube. But...please don't.
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  • Nov 14, 2008

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