# Let's all think of the shittiest sitcom idea we can pitch FOX **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691 "2010-04-29T00:52:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robgotabingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/1 "2010-04-29T00:52:26Z")
I was thinking about one where these three brat kids don’t have a dad because he’s in the clink, so they meet this pedo-bear lookin’ Zach Galifinakis/Jack Black- hybrid slacker and promise to, I don’t know, get him high on Spice if he’ll just be legally recognized as their dad so they can get enrolled into Boy Scout Troop. Highjinks and foofaraw will ensue, as will abject hilarity, when the boys realize that not only is their adopted ersatz-pa a pushover-douche, but is COMPLETELY incapable of wrangling their prepubescent shenanigoings-on! They’ll have a wily dog, maybe a haughty labradoodle, who we’ll superstuff with anthropomorphism and catchphrase and the laugh track will be replete with “hardy-hars” and wink-winkingly loud sighs that attempt to convey to the viewer that “yeah, we all know the show sucks, but that’s what makes it FREAKIN HILARIOUS”! Oh, the dizzying joys of sitcomedy! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/2 "2010-04-29T00:55:43Z")
That’s it! Pitch it. I’m in. Let’s do lunch. ---
**Author:** ![robgotabingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/3 "2010-04-29T00:57:17Z")
Can’t you just see all those Redwhiteblue-flyin’ freedom lovers lovin’ the shit out of this sitcom? LET"S DO THIS AMERICA!!!1 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/4 "2010-04-29T01:10:31Z")
The Pointy-Headed Liberal Show Each week, somebody with a degree from an East-coast college gets put in his place by someone with homsespun real-American wisdom. I don’t think even devout Palin-supporters will tune in and watch, given how their forebears failed to make _The Half-Hour News Hour_ a success, but I can picture Fox giving it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/5 "2010-04-29T01:16:17Z")
I believe you’re referring to the short-lived _Sons of Tucson_, may it rest in peace. I admit, I watched it, but only out of loyalty to my city, I tell you! I did not enjoy it! Okay, I may have laughed once or twice, maybe a snicker here and there. But it wasn’t much, and I didn’t mean it! I swear! It’s not just Fox, pal, see:\* Two and a Half Men\*. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/6 "2010-04-29T01:18:19Z")
This is a terrible idea. FOX will find this thread, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/7 "2010-04-29T01:19:14Z")
> [@robgotabingbang](#): > > I was thinking about one where these three brat kids don’t have a dad because he’s in the clink, so they meet this pedo-bear lookin’ Zach Galifinakis/Jack Black- hybrid slacker and promise to, I don’t know, get him high on Spice if he’ll just be legally recognized as their dad so they can get enrolled into Boy Scout Troop. Highjinks and foofaraw will ensue, as will abject hilarity, when the boys realize that not only is their adopted ersatz-pa a pushover-douche, but is COMPLETELY incapable of wrangling their prepubescent shenanigoings-on! They’ll have a wily dog, maybe a haughty labradoodle, who we’ll superstuff with anthropomorphism and catchphrase and the laugh track will be replete with “hardy-hars” and wink-winkingly loud sighs that attempt to convey to the viewer that “yeah, we all know the show sucks, but that’s what makes it FREAKIN HILARIOUS”! Oh, the dizzying joys of sitcomedy! As you pitched this concept I could not help but visualize Huey, Dewey and Louie with their ‘Unca’ Donald. Obviously this is concept will fly. ---
**Author:** ![robgotabingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/8 "2010-04-29T01:27:08Z")
and we’ll all be filthy rich and richly ridiculous. Playboy Mansion here we come! ---
**Author:** ![robgotabingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/9 "2010-04-29T01:28:19Z")
We can call it “Brotherly Love” and have it set in Philadelphia. Or better yet, King of Prussia. ---
**Author:** ![robgotabingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/10 "2010-04-29T01:29:21Z")
I like your style, Elkers. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/11 "2010-04-29T01:33:44Z")
Pilot: Main character, Garry, a comedian, gets into a car wreck with a guy that has no insurance and no money. Garry sues the guy, wins, and since guy has no money, no insurance, judge assigns the poor sap as Garry’s valet. We can call it _ **Garry** _. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/12 "2010-04-29T01:44:38Z")
**The Predators** The hilarious hijinks of a family of mutants who have to eat human flesh to survive. The pilot episode revolves around Dad’s boss coming over for dinner. The question isn’t “What’s on the menu?” but “Who’s on the menu?” Ha ha ha … . ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/13 "2010-04-29T01:45:45Z")
**The Tax Mon** Abe Vigoda wears dreadlocks, speaks with a Jamaican accent and reads aloud from the Tax Code. During Sweeps, he reads Revenue Rulings and selected parts of the Regulations. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/14 "2010-04-29T01:56:51Z")
“…yeah, but the horse only speaks _Italian!_” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/15 "2010-04-29T01:57:23Z")
**Are You My Daddy?** Thirteen-year-old Becca has always wished that her mom would tell her who her father was, but Becca was conceived during her mom’s last lost weekend, so she couldn’t tell her, even if she wanted to. When Mom is out with the latest in a series of boyfriends who highlight her questionable taste, Becca rummages through Mom’s stuff and finds a photograph: it’s dated roughly nine and a half months before Becca’s birth, and shows her mom and ten men, but only lists their first names and last initials. Since Becca is a computer wiz, she’s soon able to deduce the idenity of the first couple of men, and runs away to crashland in their lives while she tries to find out who her real dad is. Is it the mormon minister from Utah? The defense lawyer in Chicago? The used cars sales man in Texas? The janitor in Georgia? The taxidermist from Tennessee? The man wanted in both Florida and Delware for bigamy? Tune in to FOX and find out! ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/16 "2010-04-29T02:21:24Z")
_According to Jim_ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/17 "2010-04-29T02:24:20Z")
**Stuntmen On Vacation** This reality show follows a cadre of Hollywood Stuntmen on a roadtrip. They stop at various vacation spots along the way and perform stunts to entertain/horrify unsuspecting tourists. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/18 "2010-04-29T02:41:27Z")
I have a great idea for a FOX sitcom. It’s called … _The Aristocrats!_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/19 "2010-04-29T02:45:38Z")
**Caribou 90210** Sarah Palin’s extended family moves south and experiences a lot of social disorientation as their Alaskan ways clash with their new Beverly Hills neighbors and classmates. Upcoming episodes include: “I Can’t Bring My Gun in **Where**?” - \*Looking for beef jerky while preparing for hunting season, Sarah’s son Track is arrested on Rodeo drive by the Liberal Mafia for openly carrying a loaded shotgun without a “so-called” permit. \* “First Day of School” - _Bristol Palin confronts new challenges on her first day at Beverly Hills High as she finds out they don’t have free in-school daycare services like they did in Alaska. Meanwhile, Willow Palin meets a new friend… and a new bully._ “Hopey-Changey” - _A Very Special Episode: the Palin family sits down to figure their taxes and begins to seriously worry about their future. Featuring a cameo by Glenn Beck, the Obamaizationalization of America is discussed… loudly._ Sadly, there will be no fourth show as the Palin’s quit. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/20 "2010-04-29T02:57:23Z")
**Frankenstein** After a tragic accident which took his life, the head of Barney Frank is attached to a reanimated corpse that displays one key personality difference… he’s now a Republican! Meredith Baxter Burney co-stars in this high-concept RomCom. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691.md?page=2)