sugaraspa
If anyone would care to check, this is my first review/comment on any movie or show since I began using IMDB (religiously for about 4 years now).The reason why this show deserves this somewhat dubious honor, is that I simply cannot believe that a show like this is actually having money spent on it and, pray that it's not so, but that it might actually be making money.When making a comedy series with the premise of a satire (Baywatch of course), you'd expect the script writing to be even halfway intelligent. Boy! Not this one! When you compare a series like this which is (currently) under active production, and then you compare it to an absolute treat like Futurama which has been canceled - you've got to wonder just who the producers are actually making these series for - people as brainless as the "satired" idiot's of this show?Come on people! Let's start upping the quality of Television, before we give any more credence to the old adage "Boob tube"!
Adam Kennedy
I don't watch FX very much, usually only for the Best Damn Sports Show Period or an occasional MASH but the other night I ran into the funniest show I've seen in years. Son of the Beach is hilarious! I've never seen Get Smart but I have seen Police Squad and I agree with the comparisons. Like Police Squad this show is stupid and wacky with someone on the show who is grounded in reality enough to be offended by a seemingly obscene remark that isn't or incredulous to an idiotic idea that somehow works. It's that tongue in cheek humour that either has been lost or done with too much hipness to really work (see any teen movie over the last 6 years). Tim Stack is great as the world's greatest lifeguard Notch Johnson leading his unit through the funniest situations this side of The Simpsons. This show is easy on the eye and hard on the belly.
jlessard
I just recently started getting FX for the NASCAR races, so I didn't know much about it. I saw ads for "Son" during the races, and I thought it looked like the dumbest thing I'd ever seen. One night I couldn't find anything else to watch, so I thought I'd watch "Son" just once to confirm my suspicions. Boy was I WRONG! The show is stupid and offensive, but that's what it's supposed to be. That's what makes it hilarious! Hyper-sensitive people should not watch this show, but if you don't have a problem with laughing at yourself, tune in! You don't know what you are missing! The cast of "Son" is excellent, especially Tim Stack. I remember seeing him in guest roles on "Night Court" years ago, but I had no idea how funny he is. I can't believe it took Howard Stern to get Tim his own show. Watch "Son of the Beach" one time and you'll be hooked!
Peter A. Lake
Tim Stack's the master of the suggestive double-entendre and now takes his act to the beach. A broad and sometimes smutty parody of Baywatch, SON OF THE BEACH is far more intelligent and fun, and with the hard bodies, to boot.There's a bit of BEANY AND CECIL in here, too, in that many of the references might go over the heads of the intended audience. That's all to the good, since this is more than just the natural child of MARRIED WITH KIDS and Howard Stern, whose company is one of the producers. It's a breath of fresh air after endless and mindless cookie-cutter network sit-coms.