# Kids in the Hall appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623 "2001-09-19T17:03:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/1 "2001-09-19T17:03:02Z")
I watched a few episodes as a kid and they kind of disturbed me, I never really liked them. Over the last few years I’ve found that my sensibilites have changed and become so perverse that, when I watched KITH again for the first time, I was actually laughing out loud and enjoying myself. I can’t remember the last time I was even amused by a television show, but KITH has come to fit my twisted notions of comedy and even expand them. One thing that I love about them is they have the best collection of short films I’ve ever seen. Another thing is that they go into surrealism so quickly. They don’t overtly break the fourth wall and play it for laughs like lesser comedies, they mess around a bit with your head. A good example is Kevin McDonald calling Dave Foley into his office. Dave: Yes, Mr. Picklefeather? Dave laughs at the name. Ignoring him, Kevin goes on to explain that the quality of Dave’s writing has been really shitty lately, juvenile even. Dave objects, so Kevin decides to prove his point. Kevin: We expect a high quality of writing in your skits, here at… (opens his office door to see the name of the company) … Comedy Inc? (incredulous) That’s the best you thought of, Dave? Dave grins boyishly and Kevin goes onto to explain how base an idea like that is. Kevin: You’ve even got me hitting you with pies, Dave! That hasn’t been funny in years! Dave keeps grinning as Kevin takes a pie out of his desk and starts explaining. Kevin: You see, Dave, teamwork is like a pie… He goes onto to explain how each fraction of the pie represents something, throwing those fractions at Dave. He saves the last piece for himself. Finally, he sits down at hs desk, having gotten nowhere. He taps impatiently for a long time. Kevin: You forgot to write an ending, didn’t you? Dave suddenly looks worried. Kevin throws up his hands in disgust and they just stay like that for a very long time. They used this premise to bookmark the show. At the end of the show, they returned to the two characters. Clearly much time has passed. They’re dishevelled and unkempt, facial hair indicative of time. Kevin is writing a “To whom it may concern” letter. Kevin: we’ve eaten the last of the pie and remained hungry for days now. Even little goldie… (empty shot of the goldfish bowl) … was did not last long. He goes on with the letter and finally signs off. Kevin: I love you. Sincerely, … (he doesn’t know his character’s first name. He looks at Dave expectantly) Dave: Beaufort. (then he giggles at the sound of it) Kevin: (unimpressed) Sincerely, Beaufort Picklefeather. (Dave is laughing loudly now. He’s so clever) See? I loved that skit. I’ve never seen anything else like it. It was so well done. And another reason I like them is because there’s probably a large group of people out there who hate them and are offended/disgusted by them. They haven’t toned themself down to appeal to the widest possible demographic. Great stuff. Comments? ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/2 "2001-09-19T17:26:46Z")
KITH is one of my favorite shows ever. [Thirty Helens agree](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80709) or at least a lot of dopers do. 🙂 You should check out [http://www.kithfan.org](http://www.kithfan.org) it has some fun KITH stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/3 "2001-09-19T17:30:14Z")
I’M CRUSHING YOUR HEAD! ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/4 "2001-09-19T17:43:14Z")
We should be having a visit from **Manservant Hecubus** any moment now … I really miss KITH. It proved that Lorne Michaels wasn’t a washed-up old boob, coasting on the successes of SNL. That’s not why I liked the show, but I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/5 "2001-09-19T19:35:38Z")
I am well stocked in the color of cowards. I…sell…shoes! Thank you, Satan! Lesbians are so great – they get so much done in a day. And now Bruce McCulloch with an open letter to the people who watched the guy steal his bike wheel. Wow, what a lineup. But don’t worry about it – look at me! Hey hey hey. Hee, hee, hee. If my head were veal – and I know that it is not – but, if my head were veal, how much would it be worth? (No, I don’t think I’ll sell.) As life goes on, I find myself getting more and more in touch with my inner Bruce-ness. And I’m happy with that. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/6 "2001-09-19T20:19:50Z")
I liked the one where Scott sold his soul to the devil to turn his hair into pot. Now that one was funny. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![acconav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acconav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acconav)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/7 "2001-09-19T20:21:49Z")
i think the best live show i ever saw was the kith show in dallas, 99 (was their tour in 99 or 2000? shame on me for not remembering). couldn’t get tickets here (in austin) or in houston (a mere 3 hour drive), so me and a friend ended up making the 4 hour trek to dallas, where the kids in the hall were playing… a bowling alley? yes, a bowling alley… which incidentlly had a very large auditorium in the back. slight hijack anyone here from dallas? i forget the name of the place, but is this a common venue for shows?? my friend and i exchanged perplexed looks when we got there, but decided it was oddly appropriate for kith end hijack ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/8 "2001-09-19T21:18:36Z")
Anybody know how I could see the documentary produced this year about them, “Same Guys, New Dresses”? I guess it showed at the Aspen Comedy Festival this year. [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0279176](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0279176) ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/9 "2001-09-19T21:34:18Z")
Great great show. My memory of the show has faded a bit, but I’ll never forget Bruce’s “The night I connected with my dog” skit. > [@](#): > > Each night as I go home to my apartment, and my large bowl of popcorn, that I sit in silence with a dog for whom I feel nothing. > > Nothing. > > Maybe it’s my fault for never having named the dog. See, I had him for 3 years and I just couldn’t think one up. The only name that suited him was: ‘ **Small Mammal With Whom I Live a Lie** ’ > > I’ve even given up trying small talk. Stuff like: “So? How’s man’s best friend today?” That line about his dog’s name really cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/10 "2001-09-19T22:32:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airblairxxx \* > \*\*Anybody know how I could see the documentary produced this year about them, “Same Guys, New Dresses”? I guess it showed at the Aspen Comedy Festival this year. > > [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0279176](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0279176) \*\* I watched it a few nights ago on CBC. It wasn’t everything I thought it would be, but it was nice to see how they interacted off-stage. I thought it focused on Scott and Dave too much. As for getting it, you might want to see if you can bargain for it with some fan on a newsgroup or something. Since it was broadcast on CBC, I’m sure someone taped it. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/11 "2001-09-19T22:37:46Z")
…Lopez!.. … ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/12 "2001-09-19T23:14:49Z")
These are the Daves I know, I know. These are the Daves I know… ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/13 "2001-09-20T01:37:33Z")
I saw a live show of them a year or two back in Minneapolis. One of the most amusing bits was before the show proper began, an informational slideshow with narration about the Kids. “The Kids in the Hall were born and raised in a small town named…\…Canada.” It’s a fact! ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/14 "2001-09-20T01:51:57Z")
“It’s Citizen Kane, Citizen Kane, CITIZEN KANE!” “Viva Doors!” ---
**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/15 "2001-09-20T02:38:28Z")
“You know the guy that invented crazy glue? He never applied for a patent, so he didn’t make any money from it. Then he went mad with grief and instead of putting him in a straight jacket, they held his arms with crazy glue. His own crazy glue!” -Gavin “Fran, I work hard all day and all I ask for is a decent ham meal, not your…goddamn voodoo pork!” -Gordon ---
**Author:** ![jabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/16 "2001-09-20T04:34:10Z")
The funniest skit I have ever seen is the “running faggot” skit. The song is what did it for me. peace, JB “walking, talking sterotype!” ---
**Author:** ![Trenchmouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Trenchmouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trenchmouth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/17 "2001-09-20T07:15:34Z")
Kevin walks into a bar carrying a golf bag. Dave Foley notices him. Dave: Did you have a good outing? Kevin: Yeah. Do you play? Dave: Oh, LORD no. Can’t stand the game. I hate the people who play it even more. Kevin (confused): So why’d you ask me? Dave: I’m just not very good at small talk, ya prick. * * * “Daddy drank for the government!” ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/18 "2001-09-20T08:23:32Z")
Hey…have any of you guys heard of toast fucking? It’s where you fuck, or get fucked…with toast. ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/19 "2001-09-21T18:55:34Z")
the blowjob angel. hands down, the best sketch ever. ---
**Author:** ![Sophie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623/20 "2001-09-21T19:47:04Z")
Terriers are my favorite kind of breed They’re cute, cuddly, easy dogs to feed Terriers bring you up whenever you are down Terriers average twenty pounds Give terriers a chance Do the terrier dance (no let’s not) But if you want yer love to show And if you want yer love to grow Then, go terrie- Go terrie- Go terrie- errrrrsss [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-the-hall-appreciation-thread/82623.md?page=2)