>its a sitcom.
>
>Micheal drives the plot, everyone else does stupid stuff to
>make us laugh...this is a problem? I don't need any emotional
>investment, the show is one of maybe five truely funny shows
>in prime time and thats more than enough for me.

I also concur.

I thought last night show was really funny, I laughed out loud a few times. Of course the plot is going to be out there sometimes, its a sitcom. And Michael is the main character, so of course the other's would seem secondary or sometimes pointless.