Mad About You was a very funny TV show. Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt had an unusual chemistry for a TV couple, the writing was tight, and it touched on issues of marriage and parenthood that hadn’t made their way into sitcoms before.
If you’re thinking about reading Reiser’s Couplehood or Babyhood, imagine the TV show, but without Helen Hunt or a supporting cast or other writers or a plot. And then remember that those issues that got extra humor from their edginess on 90s primetime aren’t exactly edgy in standup routines or books based on the routines. Then put the books back on the shelf and walk over to the DVD section.
