# Anyone else looking forward to "The Book of Daniel?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698 "2006-01-06T04:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/41 "2006-01-08T20:58:05Z")
About the “gay-bashing”. I really didn’t see any of it. I agree that it was good natured ribbing. In fact, they seemed very comfortable with his homosexuality and the teasing showed that. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/42 "2006-01-08T22:27:15Z")
Re: gaybashing, I would say just the opposite. As I said above, the gay son is just about the only sympathetic character in the family. He got teased by his brother and sister, but I saw it more at Grandpa Bishop’s expense than at his. Besides, isn’t the creator of the show (or one of them) gay? I’m pretty sure I read that. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/43 "2006-01-08T22:41:23Z")
[Here](http://www.beliefnet.com/story/171/story_17189_1.html) is a balanced article about the show, with some input from the creator. (The show’s creator, not **the** Creator.) When Google took me to [belief.net](http://belief.net), I didn’t know what to expect. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/44 "2006-01-09T18:31:48Z")
Watched it all, and was disappointed. 'Waaaaay too many issues crammed in, as noted above, and overall the show was neither funny enough to be a comedy, nor serious enough to pass for social commentary. I didn’t mind the Jesus character, although he was so innocuous as to actually be boring. Jesus, boring! He was never boring in the New Testament. 😉 The first meal the family had together, with the daughter screaming that she just wanted to be left alone and the brothers sniping at each other and disrespecting their parents, was almost unwatchable. I didn’t like _any_ of them and doubt I’ll tune in again. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/45 "2006-01-09T19:29:44Z")
Did Fr. Daniel remind anybody else of a serious version of Father Ted? I kept expecting to see Fr. Jack or Dougal show up, or the maid to start trying to coerce everybody into drinking tea! Seriously, though–I didn’t like it. Not only for the previously mentioned “too many issues” problem, but for the fact that there were few likeable characters (I only liked Jesus and the gay son) and that it appeared that there were way too many things “borrowed” from other shows (such as Daniel’s addiction to Vicodin and his tendency to dry-swallow them–House, anybody?) I won’t be watching it again unless I’m really bored. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/46 "2006-01-09T20:17:13Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Nonsense. The Kramdens on _7th Heaven_ were anything but perfect. It’s the **Camdens** , but your post is making me imagine a MadTV skit: “One of these days, Annie, to the moon!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/47 "2006-01-09T20:59:47Z")
Born-again here. I watched it. I liked it for the most part. Jesus was good even if the actor is at least 8-9 years too old for the part. One thing I wondered allowed to my girlfriend: If the closed-captioning is on, do the words of Christ appear in red? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-looking-forward-to-the-book-of-daniel/338698/48 "2006-01-09T21:01:27Z")
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