Critic Reviews

It's broad, accessible comedy - the kind of show where you aren't sure what to expect, but once you sit down, you keep watching.

It’s the grade of funny this show seems to have accepted - cute, giggle-worthy, and only a smidgen dangerous.

Finding original humor in this tired old horse of a format may not only be difficult, but close to impossible.

The show is clever in parts, but it's just not that funny.

Sadly, these factors [Kevin Nealon, Catherine O'Hara and puppet animation] only amplify my disappointment in what, on the basis of one episode and a handful of clips, looks to be a weak and wheezy show.

Dentists can indeed be funny, but not when they're as toothless as Glenn Martin, DDS.

It's a format that just doesn't mesh with a laughtrack -- and when there's nothing particularly funny about what we're watching, it smacks of desperation.

But ignore the stilted jokes, the limp characterization, the complete lack of "re-imagining" of anything. Just understand this: Martin is an animated show with a laugh track.

The overall concept is so tired and the execution, despite the overlay of gross-out humor, so hackneyed that we could just as well be watching something from Mr. Eisner’s early career as a chief executive.