# Cavemen: I tried, but no....it was unwatchable **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092 "2007-10-17T21:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/1 "2007-10-17T21:15:48Z")
The Cavemen. What the fuck were they thinking? Anyone catch it? It was so bad that I couldn’t make it through 5 minutes. Did I give up too early on a great show? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/2 "2007-10-17T21:21:16Z")
I caught a few minutes at the end of last night’s episode. I like that it didn’t have a laugh track and would almost watch it just for that. I didn’t think it was funny, but five minutes isn’t enough to make a judgment. I haven’t heard anyone say they think it’s funny though. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/3 "2007-10-17T21:28:05Z")
We watched the first episode and while it wasn’t good enoughy to make us want to keep watching it, it didn’t feel awful, just not worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/4 "2007-10-17T21:32:13Z")
I tried some trailers online. They were bad enough to convince me not to waste space when I record each week. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/5 "2007-10-17T21:39:32Z")
If only there had been some way to predict ahead of time that this show would be so bad. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/6 "2007-10-17T21:45:16Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] If only there had been some way to predict ahead of time that this show would be so bad. [/QUOTE] I know…I mean the fact that it is a gimmick show based on a commercial seems like it’d be a hit. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/7 "2007-10-17T22:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=drm] I know…I mean the fact that it is a gimmick show based on a commercial seems like it’d be a hit. [/QUOTE] But that’s just it. The commercials are a one trick pony. I severely doubted the sitcom would be any better. I was right. (For once.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/8 "2007-10-17T22:21:30Z")
See, what you guys don’t get is that the ‘caveman’ thing is a metaphor for racial/ethnic identity. There’s self-hating cavemen, Uncle Tom cavemen, ‘prehistoric’ fever, cavemen embarassed by other cavemen acting out stereotypes. OMFG, I’m peeing myself uncontrollably over here, and I’m not even watching the show. Needless to say, NSFWOAOATP - Not Safe for Work on Account of all the Peeing. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/9 "2007-10-17T22:26:18Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Angel] See, what you guys don’t get is that the ‘caveman’ thing is a metaphor for racial/ethnic identity. There’s self-hating cavemen, Uncle Tom cavemen, ‘prehistoric’ fever, cavemen embarassed by other cavemen acting out stereotypes. OMFG, I’m peeing myself uncontrollably over here, and I’m not even watching the show. Needless to say, NSFWOAOATP - Not Safe for Work on Account of all the Peeing. [/QUOTE] I get your point, but who wants it? It’s all so damned trite. Not you, Johnny Angel, — them. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/10 "2007-10-17T22:33:46Z")
I mostly watched the first episode and it just wasn’t funny. Even if they took out the caveman gimmick, it still wasn’t funny. Bad concept, bad writing, bad execution. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/11 "2007-10-17T22:41:46Z")
Did y’all notice the absence of a laugh track? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/12 "2007-10-17T22:49:44Z")
No, there was a laugh track - but they didn’t find any of the jokes funny enough to use it. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/13 "2007-10-17T23:00:06Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Bad concept, bad writing, bad execution. [/QUOTE] Other than that, though, it was pretty good. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/14 "2007-10-17T23:21:17Z")
I don’t think it’s horrible. I can see that the producers do try to not make it as shallow as its concept. Notice I said “try”. As Yoda said, “Do or do not.” I see the show going on “hiatus” by Christmas, with any unaired shows getting burned off in the spring. I thought Heather (the cavewoman) did come off as a stereotype. In fact, she reminded me more of a Klingon woman without all the leather. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/15 "2007-10-18T08:35:19Z")
I actually Tivo’d the show. Then promptly un-Tivo’d it. It was embarrassing to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/16 "2007-10-18T09:44:28Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] If only there had been some way to predict ahead of time that this show would be so bad. [/QUOTE] Yeah, like if they’d have said that they weren’t going to be using actors from the commercials it was based on, or something. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/17 "2007-10-18T16:00:25Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] …Bad concept, bad writing, bad execution. [/QUOTE] On the other hand, I heard that the food services catering on-set was _excellent_. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/18 "2007-10-18T17:36:16Z")
Moderator coughs: I have modified the thread title to be a trifle more descriptive… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/19 "2007-10-18T17:55:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Bad concept, bad writing, bad execution. And the episodes are too damn short! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092/20 "2007-10-18T18:00:54Z")
Heh, I don’t think I’ve ever been quoted so many times in one thread. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cavemen-i-tried-but-no-it-was-unwatchable/423092.md?page=2)