Nick Danger, CPA

The notion of a CPA turned private investigator - in the Sam Spade sense, not the forensic accounting sense - is getting a lot of play as NBC hypes its new sitcom, Andy Barker, P.I.

Andy Barker (Andy Richter, "Elf") is a simple man. He works as an accountant, lives in a quaint suburban colonial and drives a Saturn - all in a little slice of American monotony known as Fair Oaks. His loving wife packs his lunch every day and even in the most frustrating situations, the most you'll ever hear him mutter is "Cheese and crackers!" He talks pleasantly, nods cordially when you greet him and always uses his turn signal - even while being tailed by the Russian mob. And that last one is a problem because, you see, Andy Barker is a detective.

Could it do for accountants what NYPD Blue did for cops? What Lost did for castaways? Stay tuned.

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