The show starts off with Kirstie weighing herself, the hem of her long, dramatic, empire-waisted, cleavage-baring nightgown obscuring the number on her bathroom scale. She proceeds to throw a tantrum on her bedroom floor when her agent, played by Michael McDonald of “Mad TV” fame, pitches her a Jenny Craig Endorsement. John Travolta brushes her off when she begs him to work with her again, and then refers her to a “naturopath”, played by Kelly Preston in a black wig, for weight-loss advice. She suggests that Kirstie result to bulimia. This is closely followed by a clever shot of her cutting the Lane Bryant tags from her clothing and replacing them with Prada labels. Her assistants, one of whom is also played by a “Mad TV” alumni, suggest that maybe all she really needs is to get laid and take her trolling for black men.

Marc Curry, of the 1992 ABC show, “Hanging with Mr. Cooper”, plays a network executive who is quite smitten with Ms. Alley, and plays a wonderful scene with her on the floor in front of the refrigerator, feeding her grapes, strawberries, whipped cream straight from the can, and most of the length of a grape popsicle. This is followed by a comical scene of him slapping her ass in bed, her in her bra and a long skirt. I’ve got to say that even though she’s pretty big, she still looks fantastic, and the best part is that she doesn’t take herself too seriously.

My synopsis/review doesn’t do this show justice, partly because I am just not that funny, and partly because I don’t want to give away the better tidbits for anyone who might watch it in the future. I do think that everyone needs to give it a chance, and I hope it succeeds. I don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t.