now, this is sounding a little bit like Yes, Dear, isn't it.
we're going to have to dig a little deeper. though the Biel character is perfect to play my wife's role.
other storylines that just don't work or been done:
-- i'm involved in an accident and the judge rules that Jack has to play my butler (wink, to those familiar to this story line).
-- jack also can't be her dad (King of Queens).
-- jack is an alien with a curiousity for cats (Alf)
-- jack is an alien, who's our son and is 80 years old (Mork and Mindy)
-- jack's nickname is The Fonz (ugh! and unlikely )
here's one that might work:
Jack is former accountant who quit his job to pursue his boyhood dream to be a rent-a-clown. trouble is, he has an upper-crust English accent, who can't get much work because, well, he's just not funny, except in an awkward way. i can see Ricky Gervais playing this role.
me, i'm a surly sportswriter, who's taken in this guy only because we were college roommates 25 years ago, and he did my taxes and sat in on my economic exam, which i passed, and figures i owe him a big favor.
my wife runs a day-care center, and tries to give Jack some pointers on being a clown. her main goal, however, as women do, is trying to set Jack up with her female friends in order for him to finally get a life and move out.
oh, and the title would be: "You Don't know Jack: The Clown Chronicles."
jw
ADD: i would pitch this to HBO first and NBC second. and i would never approach Fox (because they go through comedies like diapers) or CBS, because i find their comedies to be far too dumbed down and safe.