Andy Richter Controls the Universe

Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002)★ 7.9/10

US · 30 min · March 20, 2002 · 2 seasons

  • Comedy

Directed by: Andy Ackerman, John Fortenberry, Will Mackenzie, Lee Shallat Chemel, Jay Chandrasekhar

Written by: Victor Fresco, Sean Klitzner, Michael A. Ross, Jim Bernstein, Jennifer Celotta

Short-story writer Andy makes his living by working at a huge faceless company in present-day Chicago, writing technical manuals.

Original title
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Storyline
Short-story writer Andy makes his living by working at a huge faceless company in present-day Chicago, writing technical manuals. In his active, fertile writer's imagination, we see (and hear as he narrates) the stories of his daily life, as they should be, could be, might be--and even actually how they are. Andy shares his office with the company's newest employee, and Andy's newest friend, the frail, jumpy, odd, loveable Byron. Also inhabiting Andy's world is his best friend Keith, who is "so good-looking" that Andy must fight his own "prejudice against the 'attractive,' who seem to get everything they want, unlike ordinary humans." Supervisor Jessica is also Andy's longtime friend and uses her lightning-sharp tongue to keep the group out of trouble--or, at times, to get them INTO trouble. The newer receptionist Wendy (Irene Molloy, "Grosse Pointe"), whom Andy first had a crush on, is dating Keith, which somewhat proves Andy's "Attractive Theory."
Rating
7.9 / 10 · 1,885
Companies
Garfield Grove Productions, Pariah Entertainment Group, Paramount Network Television Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Fox Film Corporation, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, Comedy Max, Fox Network, Kanal 2, Paramount Domestic Television, Viasat3
Release dates
  • US March 20, 2002
  • HU April 16, 2003
  • IS August 21, 2003
  • EE March 3, 2004
  • FR May 1, 2004
  • SE May 8, 2006
  • NL March 31, 2007
  • DE April 14, 2007
  • PL October 8, 2009