Jenny McCarthy was the wise-ass MTV/Playboy chic of the nineties. Sadly, she hasn’t been able to come up and an act two and her latest outing, the UPN advertising focused sitcom “The Bad Girl’s Guide,” according to the New York Times’ Virginia Heffernan doesn’t make the cut. Heffernan wrote, “There’s no pleasure in reporting that it’s another misfire, though typically good-natured. Tonight’s episode is madcap but ultimately strident and not entertaining. As JJ, a boy-crazy advertising executive, Ms. McCarthy smiles wide, cavorts and cracks up with two friends, Holly (Marcelle Larice) and Sarah (Christina Moore), as she pushes deadlines, fantasizes about guys and gets high while working for a huffy boss…But the kooky dialogue, delivered in shrieks, falls flat. And JJ and her friends are far too pleased with themselves; they amplify the grating laugh track with so much deranged gaiety of their own that they seem to be crying for help.”
Of course, we’ll all like it because we can make fun at writers who can never seem to get advertising right in television shoes or in movies. Perhaps there’s a drinking game in the making here. Take a swig everytime an account exec is portrayed as the one who actually makes the ad – one of the most common misnomers put forth in advertising themed shows.
