I remember this show airing on USA Network when I was growing up in the mid-1980s. When I recently saw it was available on one of the streaming services, I decided to give it another view.
The show centers around a supermarket and its eccentric employees. Howard Bannister (Don Adams) was the cranky supermarket manager and Edna was his undervalued but insecure work assistant and love interest. Many of the jokes centered around their sex life, their dormant relationship which has not led to marriage and his desire to leave the supermarket for greener pastures. In addition to the main characters, you also had the morally challenged assistant manager (Jack Christian), the lazy, incompetent security guard (Alf), the shallow, punky young girl (Marlene), the openly gay young man (Leslie), the undersexed teenager (Murray) and the airheaded, inarticulate mechanic (Viker).
While this show is not exactly classic comedy, it is not any worse than many of the other sitcoms that were airing in syndication at the time. Remember that the 1980s/early 1990s was rife with bad sitcoms (see "Small Wonder", "Out Of This World", "New Monkees") that were likely not good enough to air on the major networks. There were no ground breaking/special episodes dealing with sensitive topics or any major attempts at character development during the show's run. While the show is still watchable, it is somewhat mindless fare and not very memorable.
The show centers around a supermarket and its eccentric employees. Howard Bannister (Don Adams) was the cranky supermarket manager and Edna was his undervalued but insecure work assistant and love interest. Many of the jokes centered around their sex life, their dormant relationship which has not led to marriage and his desire to leave the supermarket for greener pastures. In addition to the main characters, you also had the morally challenged assistant manager (Jack Christian), the lazy, incompetent security guard (Alf), the shallow, punky young girl (Marlene), the openly gay young man (Leslie), the undersexed teenager (Murray) and the airheaded, inarticulate mechanic (Viker).
While this show is not exactly classic comedy, it is not any worse than many of the other sitcoms that were airing in syndication at the time. Remember that the 1980s/early 1990s was rife with bad sitcoms (see "Small Wonder", "Out Of This World", "New Monkees") that were likely not good enough to air on the major networks. There were no ground breaking/special episodes dealing with sensitive topics or any major attempts at character development during the show's run. While the show is still watchable, it is somewhat mindless fare and not very memorable.