“You know the guy who said ‘no man is an island’? Same douchebag who thought Denmark was rotten. Fuck that guy.”
Those are the opening lines of this week’s episode of ‘Call Me Fitz’, a low-budget Canadian production currently playing on HBO. It’s a raunchy bit of farce as as you can see from the above twisted quote. Unfortunately this episode died a quick death, despite the dynamic opening.
Most episodes fair little better, but I can’t help but be pulled into Fitz’s peculiar mix of raunch and occasional flashes of brilliance. Priestley, despite a voice that lacks authority, pulls it all off with aplomb. In other words, ‘Call Me Fitz’ may not be great television, but when it keeps its nose to the dirt, it can be a lot of funas
