# Damn you FOX, damn you all to hell **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524 "2002-08-18T23:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 19, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/21 "2002-08-19T22:24:07Z")
> [@](#): > > that “Grounded for Life” dreck While I do not watch the show regularly, I have to say that I am a lot happier knowing that I live in a world in which Megyn Price regularly appears on television. Often in tight shirts. And short skirts. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/22 "2002-08-19T22:29:56Z")
FOX must die for cancelling _The Tick_. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/23 "2002-08-19T22:36:31Z")
> [@](#): > > The Simpsons are (debatably) all out of charm. I used to defend the show when people said it has run it’s course. I was living a lie. There’s been only two episodes this season that I absolutely liked. It still get the ‘numbers’ though, so… who am I to say what sucks. The Simpsons has yet to lose any of its charm. You are dead wrong, sir. WRONG! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/24 "2002-08-19T23:01:53Z")
> [@](#): > > But Fox is not nearly as bad as ABC, which cancelled Clerks: The Animated Series after only two episodes; and it was the funniest cartoon ever. Yup. I’ve had the privilege of seeing ALL SIX (yup, six) of the _Clerks_ episodes, and I can confirm that all six are some of the funniest shit I’ve ever seen. “Big American Party! Who is driving? Oh my god, Bear is driving!” > [@](#): > > FOX must die for cancelling The Tick. Twice. Yup. My buddy Chris has actually had to consol Patrick Warburton about this. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/25 "2002-08-19T23:08:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Yup. My buddy Chris has actually had to consol Patrick Warburton about this. \*\* Send your buddy Chris over to me. I still miss Die Fledermaus. And the guy who played Arthur in the live-action…he was so…perfect! _sobs_ ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/26 "2002-08-20T00:50:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*While I do not watch the show regularly, I have to say that I am a lot happier knowing that I live in a world in which Megyn Price regularly appears on television. \*\* Feh. Like there’s any shortage of ugly-guy-with-impossibly-hot-chick shows on TV. Besides, when this show gets cancelled Fox will simply load the latest version of Kelly Bundy into the chamber of its crap sitcom gun and fire away. Casting calls are crawling with Megyn Prices, Nikki Coxes and Doritos Girls. They’re entirely interchangable. Hot, but interchangable. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/27 "2002-08-20T01:26:44Z")
And the underrated, _King of the Hill_. Hell, I’m a LIBERAL, and the show is about conservative Texans. But I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/28 "2002-08-20T01:53:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MyFootsZZZ \* > \*\*Oh, maybe it wasn’t Weinstein. \*\* Hey, I just managed to download it, so I guess it really is out there. I watched about half of it so far; the plot is that Peter wants a Jewish person (any Jewish person) to help him with his finances, since “they’re good at it”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/29 "2002-08-20T03:08:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*Hey, I just managed to download it, so I guess it really is out there. I watched about half of it so far; the plot is that Peter wants a Jewish person (any Jewish person) to help him with his finances, since “they’re good at it”. \*\* Could you e-mail me about this? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/30 "2002-08-20T07:30:11Z")
they never did resolve the fate of Beans Sr!!! I still reference the ep with G Gordon Liddy! (ROUGH PARAPHRASE: Liddy trying to impress Beans Jr’s Mom- Elinor Donohue: I’ve just completed reading William Shakespeare’s complete works for the second time. Mom- Shakespeare! Well, he certainly proved the pen is mightier that the sword. Liddy: No, what proves that is (taking out a fountain pen) that I could jab this through the underside of your jaw into your soft palate, piercing your brain stem resulting in your death in 5.3 seconds. Mom: Welllll, ummmm, that is certainly… interesting.) ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/31 "2002-08-20T11:48:38Z")
Just to clarify, _Futurama_ is technically “no longer in production.” They’re gonna play the remaining episodes that have already been produced, then call it quits. I suppose if the show does really well (yeah, right, as if it would even air when it’s supposed to most of the time with football running long and Terry Bradshaw’s flapping head taking precedence to Fox scheduling) then they might give the light for a few more episodes. I had suspected a conspiracy, that Groening had made his little “Simpsons is almost done” announcement to put pressure on Fox to keep up _Futurama_. However, Groening retracted that statement, threw a catchy song to that effect into an episode, and _Futurama_ is still over. So now I have no idea at all what’s going on. BTW, most _Simpsons_ fans I know were at least encouraged by the job Al Jean has done since taking over for the much-maligned and despised Mike Scully. Perhaps there is an upswing to come, though never again to match the classic episodes from seasons 4-9. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/32 "2002-08-20T13:13:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Casting calls are crawling with Megyn Prices, Nikki Coxes and Doritos Girls. They’re entirely interchangable. Hot, but interchangable. With all due respect for your opinion, I am sure that if Nikki Cox or the Doritonya heard you say that, they’d have their fingers down their throats to the wrist. Megyn is a lot heavier than the vast majority of TV “babes” and as such is one of the very few women on television who actually come close to being representative of what 31-year-old women look like. She’s not quite a BBW, but compared to Nikki Cox, she’s Emme. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/33 "2002-08-20T13:14:50Z")
> [@](#): > > the Doritonya Aw, crap. That was the first draft. I meant to change that to “the Dorito bandita.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/34 "2002-08-21T02:16:45Z")
I tell you this: there has been no show in TV history ever to have such negative heat before it even airs than _Firefly_. Joss Whedon is the only person who might be able to have us forget about _Dark Angel_, but after the huge backlash with Tara getting killed in _Buffy_, even he may not be able to pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/35 "2002-08-21T02:51:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > Yup. My buddy Chris has actually had to consol Patrick Warburton about this. \*\* mmmmm…Patrick Warburton ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524/36 "2002-08-21T12:35:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by capacitor \* > \*\*I tell you this: there has been no show in TV history ever to have such negative heat before it even airs than _Firefly_. Joss Whedon is the only person who might be able to have us forget about _Dark Angel_, but after the huge backlash with Tara getting killed in _Buffy_, even he may not be able to pull it off. \*\* People are actually going to not watch ‘Firefly’ because a character on “Buffy” was killed? I am truly astonished at how stupid this is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-fox-damn-you-all-to-hell/124524.md?page=1)