Do you have a "strange" sense of humor?

ONE OF THE KEYS to a happy marriage is that you and your spouse share similar senses of humor. There is, after all, nothing more annoying than people laughing at jokes that you don't get. (I feel that way every time I've attempted to watch Saturday Night Live.) Now, my spouse and I share a very weird sense of humor and both of us were greatly entertained by the new ABC Sitcom, The Neighbors.

The Neighbors obviously isn't for everyone. For example, the reviewers hated it. Fortunately, I don't pay attention to them. They often like shows with laugh tracks. I can't stand them. Nothing will induce me to switch the channel faster than a laugh track. So, if you like laugh tracks, The Neighbors probably isn't for you.

The Neighbors is about a family who moves into a community populated entirely of space aliens who are on a mission to observe earth. They forgot to bring the charger for their interstellar cell phone and have been out of communication with their home planet for ten years. The offspring of one of the alien families accidentally reveals himself in his true form to the humans. After the initial trauma wears off, the humans decide to help the aliens on their quest to learn more about earth. We must presume that future episodes will be built around their excursions into the popular culture surrounding their community. The aliens, for example, have never visited a shopping mall.

The premier episode was laugh out loud funny, at least for my wife and I. We recommend it for anyone who shares our tastes in comedy. 

You can see the premiere episode in its full length on ABC.com.