Ellen: Neighbors

Ellen: Neighbors
ABC
February 18, 1998
Sitcom
DVD
C+

The story is by Kit Pongetti, who played a Ticket-Taker on Roseanne, while the teleplay is by two people who didn't write for any other of my shows.  The story behind the story is that all season DeGeneres had been butting heads with ABC over how much they could show of the romance with Laurie, and so she rebelled by making an episode with contrived sitcom devices, like misunderstandings and a chicken suit, as if the episode had been made 40 years earlier.  (Well, plus lots of jokes about what a slut Paige is.)  It doesn't exactly work as entertainment, but it's interesting.

This is the 600th show I've reviewed for the '90s.  It's unlikely that we'll hit 700.