Glenn Martin, DDS

Glenn Martin, DDS is an American/Canadian animated sitcom that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009.

Why It Won't Hit The Road
Note: Most (But not all ) of the pointers are only about the first season
 * 1) One of the people who created this was Michael Eisner, the former CEO for Disney, which should be a red flag alone, as he nearly destroyed Disney, even if he did save the company from the beginning. It doesn't help that Bob Chapek recently made Disney even worse of a company.
 * 2) * It's really sad when you also have Eric Fogel involved as another one of the show's co-creators because he was the true heart and soul of MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch.
 * 3) The show is filled to the brim with innuendos and gross-out jokes. To give everyone some context to this, one terrible scene, in particular, involves Conor getting his head stuck inside an elephant's anus during a circus act.
 * 4) The main characters are unlikeable and stereotypical characters, and the guest characters aren’t any better:
 * 5) *Glenn Martin frequently tortures his family.
 * 6) *Jackie, got angry at Glenn after Russ told her about him in a false way.
 * 7) *Courtney, fed people dog food, blamed Conor for water and made him join wrestling, and renamed him, Connie, just for money. She also tortures him frequently and acts very bossy (even bossier than Golf Ball).
 * 8) *Wendy/Bong-Wa, while the most tolerable out of all the unlikable characters, tortures Conor too. She is also a Korean stereotype.
 * 9) *Russ Nero tortures Glenn Martin, blames him for pretend injury, and gets other men shot in the back.
 * 10) *The firemen from "Volunteers", only hired Jackie for being seductive.
 * 11) *Hayley, lost her mind just because she didn't get accepted from her school and drove the RV off a cliff in "Videogame Wizard".
 * 12) *Gary stalks Jackie and dislikes Glenn just because he married her.
 * 13) On that topic, it even has some stereotyping for many races and cultures.
 * 14) The plot of each episode increases in stupidity as the show goes on.
 * 15) The stop-motion animation (while it's decent at its time) that looks like it's trying to rip off the animation from many stop motion films, like The Nightmare Before Christmas & Coraline
 * 16) * In fact, the animation looks like a rip-off of Aardman Studios, to the point where many call it “An adult version of Wallace & Gromit.”
 * 17) The character designs are just hideous and creepy.
 * 18) It overuses the laugh track in earlier episodes, even at the unfunniest of lines, just like most modern sitcoms.
 * 19) One major running gag is that the family dog, Canine, has a giant anus.
 * 20) Insufferable soundtrack, especially the theme song (despite the music in the background being catchy). The intro only contained talking, footage of the episode (spoiling it), and whistling.
 * 21) Unsettling and disturbing episodes like "The Grossest Show On Earth", which has Conor getting his head stuck inside an elephant's anus, as mentioned above.
 * 22) It has the “dysfunctional family” cliché, which has already been done with so many cartoons, especially adult ones.
 * 23) * Not to mention, Glenn Martin is the cliched "Idiotic Father", which has already been overused with characters like Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Cleveland Brown, and Stan Smith.
 * 24) Aside from "The Grossest Show On Earth" there have been a lot of other disturbing and/or disgusting moments in the series such as  "The Tooth Shall Set You Free" episode, which is infamous for having a rather grotesque close-up of a character's unwashed and distorted teeth.
 * 25) Gives out bad messages, such as:
 * 26) *Women making more money than men
 * 27) *The family torturing Conor by putting all their stuff in his room
 * 28) Many bad episodes, especially in the first season.
 * 29) In the first episode, Glenn Martin had his finger bitten off and eaten by a kid. And when he gets it back, he accidentally shoves his arm through the kid's body.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The laugh track was eventually removed in later episodes and re-edited out of earlier episodes after the series had aired because even the creators hate it due to the fact they are "too much internal thinking".
 * 2) Some funny moments.
 * 3) The concept of the show itself was great, but the execution was horrible.
 * 4) The voice acting and stop motion animation (despite the clay art style) are decent.
 * 5) Some characters are likable such as Connor and Canine, depending on your view.
 * 6) *Wendy, while still not likable, is far more tolerable than the rest of the unlikable characters.
 * 7) Season 2 can be considered to be an improvement.
 * 8) It gives a decent look at the real world.
 * 9) "Funshine U.S.A" (The Season 1 finale) would've been a decent way to send off the series.
 * 10) let’s hit the road! That's is me Glenn Martin, father, dentist, lover! ("Hombre!" in Season 2) But mostly father and dentist. - The Intro.

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