Mr. Robinson

Craig Robinson is a musician leading a funk band playing in a club. He gets a substitute music teaching job to try to win over his ex Victoria Wavers (Meagan Good). It starts off as nothing to him but he soon finds satisfaction in teaching the kids and making friends with some of the other teachers.

I love Craig Robinson and I wish this show isn't so bad. The writing is horrible and all of Craig's charisma can't save it. In fact, Craig is more of a crutch for the show. This school sitcom is easy familiar territories. I think Craig could make that work if he's given the material. The kids have no standouts. The music is a waste of time and only brings the show to a grinding halt. The familiar school teacher sitcom does lead to a couple of smirks but it is no more than that. The show is too uneven and awkwardly unfunny at times.

Unoriginality plagued this show, and it was often boring. There were a few funny parts of the show, such as the songs at the beginning of the first two episodes and the PE teacher, but these were not enough to make me stick around for more than three episodes. Each of the episodes that I watched was worst than the last. The first episode was bad, the second and third were very bad. While the other teachers at the school that Craig teaches at (minus his love interest and not including the principal) are decently funny, the other characters are not. In two of the three episodes I watched, it took too long to set up the episode's plot, and the main storyline for each of the episodes was something done a million times before in other sitcoms. There is very little originality in Mr. Robinson, and really no reason that I would recommend it to anyone.

Love the music by Craig! Love the diversity on this show. And it's okay for the family to watch as the sexual innuendo is funny and clever but not terribly overt. Craig is a teacher who cares about the kids he teaches and enjoys his music career with his brother, who also is Craig's roomie. A good hang with enough craziness to laugh at. Plus the principal used to be on Friasure as Roz, so she is pretty funny. Most of the supporting cast are no names but pretty good. Why can't there be more shows out there like this just about decent people trying to do something good and have some fun here and there with a side hustle?

I tried to give this show a fair chance, but this is ridiculous! I am tired of seeing these shallow, chauvinistic shows with implausible casting choices! ON WHAT PLANET DO WE BELIEVE THE MEAGAN GOOD COULD POSSIBLY BE A LOVE INTEREST FOR CRAIG ROBINSON! LET ALONE THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAME AGE! TIRED OF SEEING THIS CRAP! TIRED SEEING THE DOUBLE STANDARD ON TV/MOVIES. We are really supposed to believe all these homely, overweight men have model/actress girlfriends 10-20 years younger than them! YEAH RIGHT! The premise of musician turned teacher has been done before too. Try something original. I usually like Craig Robinson, but here he just annoyed me!

The show is mildly funny, but Craig Robinson could do better. The show format is regressive, it feels like something that would have been made 10 -15 years ago - complete with the male Asian character that is effeminate and constantly ridiculed.

According to IMDb, the only writers listed are white. Not surprising. With Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling, shows like the great but canceled too soon Outsourced, aren't we passed all this? The two writers do look like the type of douche bags that would have picked on Asian kids in high school (dude, hi-five bro!)

The show started out funny and promising when it was all Craig Robinson making music. Then they introduced the rest of the cast and it got dumb real quick.

Again, this show is racist towards the Indian character on the show.