this be really a 3rd rate and make for television mess . first of all and there be no laughter on the 23rd floor or any other floor and for a neil simon play that be shameful . nathan lane be and nathan lane and a short loud mouth jackie gleason sound caricature of sid caesar during sid show of show era . it suppose to be manic and inspired and but it just loud and pointless . all the review here seem to imply that a great cast of fine character actor stand behind lane and help boost the show along i do not buy that at all . none of the assorted fine character actor help anything and all their word and action be force to the point of be painful and their line be very poorly deliver and none of them be believable for even one second for which i blame director richard benjamin . an almost insulting attempt at add substance to this train wreck be the toss in of edward r. morrow legendary joe mccarthy show underneath and in between the overacting of lane lemming run toward the sea character . then it all toss aside for a nice tidy and gutless end my mother could write good than this . the one and single redeeming element in this claptrap be the very deftly play character of lane brother ( harry price ) play by character actor richard portnow . none of the other review even mention this guy but his be the only performance worth a plug nickel in the whole show everybody be run around frantically overact their ass off to keep up with lane and this guy steal the whole film out from underneath them with a quiet nod and a sheepish grin . if for some reason you feel compel to waste your time watch this don not take your eye of off portnow and he be the only reason to sit through it .