Korman sit-com down and out // `Beverly Hills' poor excuse for comedy

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 25, 1986| Author: | Copyright information

Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills 1/2 (STAR) Leo Green Harvey Korman Liz Green Valerie Perrine Directed by Steve Martin from Pamela Pettler's script. Airing from 7:30 to 8 tonight over CBS, WBBM-Channel 2. If you want to see Harvey Korman at his brightest and funniest, then catch some "Carol Burnett Show" reruns. Korman's latest project, "Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills," premiering this evening over CBS, WBBM-Channel 2 from 7:30 to 8, gives new meaning to down and out.

This is an abominable sit-com. Korman and Valerie Perrine struggle through a half-hour that seems more like a dour Ingmar ...

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