# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/61 "2010-04-30T01:54:33Z")
**Marxist Theory:** A college instructor who thinks he’s the reincarnation of Groucho Marx teaches a class of student political activists who did not read the course catalogue very closely. Jokes about elephants in pyjamas get few laughs from people whose everyday vocabulary includes words like “dialectic” and “proletariat.” Hey, a proletariat is just an amateur-letariat that gets paid, right? Ba-dum-bum! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/62 "2010-04-30T02:53:46Z")
**Arabian Days** : An American man, Alvin Lee, finds himself indefinitely detained in the Middle Eastern nation of [del]Saudi Arabia[/del] Lugash after his plane is hijacked by terrorists. Sentenced to death by the religious authorities for accidently profaning the nation’s holiest shrine, he finds himself in legal limbo after being given sanctuary (or being held in house arrest, depending who you ask) in the palace of the King’s cousin, a prince who’s oil wealth is exceeded only by his Caligulan eccentricity. “Al Lee” as he is called becomes a political football between multiple factions- the royal house, the mullahs, the terrorist rebels, the Machiavellian head of a US intelligence agency- all seeking to use him to their own advantage. His only allies are a twelve-year old princeling who adores American pop culture and his high school sweetheart who was kidnapped as a harem slave years before, who help Lee navigate the erratic whims of the Prince and his sultry daughter. Every week Lee becomes involved in another madcap caper trying to find a way to escape [del]Saudi Arabia[/del] Lugash and return to the US- will he ever succeed? ---
**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 30, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/63 "2010-04-30T03:25:18Z")
_23_ It’s like _24_, but _faster!_ ---
**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 30, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/64 "2010-04-30T04:25:05Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > **Arabian Days** : An American man, Alvin Lee, finds himself indefinitely detained in the Middle Eastern nation of [del]Saudi Arabia[/del] Lugash after his plane is hijacked by terrorists. Sentenced to death by the religious authorities for accidently profaning the nation’s holiest shrine, he finds himself in legal limbo after being given sanctuary (or being held in house arrest, depending who you ask) in the palace of the King’s cousin, a prince who’s oil wealth is exceeded only by his Caligulan eccentricity. “Al Lee” as he is called becomes a political football between multiple factions- the royal house, the mullahs, the terrorist rebels, the Machiavellian head of a US intelligence agency- all seeking to use him to their own advantage. His only allies are a twelve-year old princeling who adores American pop culture and his high school sweetheart who was kidnapped as a harem slave years before, who help Lee navigate the erratic whims of the Prince and his sultry daughter. Every week Lee becomes involved in another madcap caper trying to find a way to escape [del]Saudi Arabia[/del] Lugash and return to the US- will he ever succeed? So…Gilligan’s Island without the ocean? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/65 "2010-04-30T05:00:47Z")
> [@robgotabingbang](#): > > How about “Moojahadin”, wherein militant Islamic cows wage fatwa upon the infidels. Average day here in Wisconsin… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/66 "2010-04-30T05:04:31Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > A bunch of high-school science nerds pull some geeky prank that goes horribly wrong, ruin their chances to get into MIT, have to settle for some agricultural college. Hilarity ensues, surrounded as they are by rednecks, homespun wisdom, and astonishingly beautiful milk-fed blondes in Daisy Duke cutoffs. Another average day here in Wisconsin… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/67 "2010-04-30T11:02:06Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > **Arabian Days** : An American man, Alvin Lee, finds himself indefinitely detained in the Middle Eastern nation of [del]Saudi Arabia[/del] Lugash after his plane is hijacked by terrorists. Sentenced to death by the religious authorities for accidently profaning the nation’s holiest shrine, he finds himself in legal limbo after being given sanctuary (or being held in house arrest, depending who you ask) in the palace of the King’s cousin, a prince who’s oil wealth is exceeded only by his Caligulan eccentricity. “Al Lee” as he is called becomes a political football between multiple factions- the royal house, the mullahs, the terrorist rebels, the Machiavellian head of a US intelligence agency- all seeking to use him to their own advantage. His only allies are a twelve-year old princeling who adores American pop culture and his high school sweetheart who was kidnapped as a harem slave years before, who help Lee navigate the erratic whims of the Prince and his sultry daughter. Every week Lee becomes involved in another madcap caper trying to find a way to escape [del]Saudi Arabia[/del] Lugash and return to the US- will he ever succeed? > [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > So…Gilligan’s Island without the ocean? Plus guns. And beheading! YEAAAHHH! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/68 "2010-04-30T11:55:52Z")
Sitcoms are old hat, people! Docu-dramas are where it’s at, and Fox has been thin on the ground with those. We need a show where an indigent rag family is followed around with cameras. Episodes of the show typically showcase one or more members of the family engaging in everyday activities such as being shunned from homeless shelters, dealing with finances and how to look like a suitable beggar. The drama of the show arises from the fact that their clothes are torn and they look ethnic due to being outside all day, every day. We’ll call it The Muslin Tearists. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/69 "2010-04-30T12:04:00Z")
**Honey, I blew up the Infidels.** Peewee Herman stars as the head of a Islamist terror cell in this revolutionary sitcom. Every week he and his gang attempt to blow up an iconic piece of America - with hilarious consequences. First episode revolves around the hijinks involved in attempting to assassinate former president Clinton with an exploding cigar. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/70 "2010-04-30T13:34:02Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > **Ring Around the Rosies** > > Rosie O’Donnell and Rosanne Barr are a married lesbian couple, each with their own talk radio show. One show conservative, one liberal. Throw in assorted disfunctional kids and parents. I would so watch thia show. I’d love to see a show with that great title from the Simpsons “Sneed’s Feed & Seed (formerly Chuck’s).” ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/71 "2010-04-30T13:43:26Z")
We could send them a DVD of [The Aristocrats](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_%28film%29) and be done with it, no? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/72 "2010-04-30T13:49:17Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’d love to see a show with that great title from the Simpsons “Sneed’s Feed & Seed (formerly Chuck’s).” Until this post I had not seen the true irony here! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/73 "2010-04-30T16:02:16Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I once dreamed that the Nazis were trying to steal David Hasslehoff’s hair. Somehow it became a matter of national security with men in black assigned to protecting his hair. Perhaps the sitcom could reflect the crazy things David Hasselhoff’s hair does and how the guards protect it. Would that work? With guest appearances by [Don King’s hair](http://www.theage.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Don-King-sues/2005/01/13/1105423593849.html), [Dolly Parton’s hair](http://chismetime.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/446c04a9-8af8-4438-a9fe-1d8052bfa7fb_dolly-parton-6.jpg) (and other parts), and so on. ---
**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 30, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/74 "2010-04-30T16:24:17Z")
Oh! Mistah Kottah! OOH! I have an awesome action adventure show: It’s called _ **Fury** _, and stars Megan Fox. She’s dressed real hot and slightly slutty and she’s kind of sweaty, and she has a smudge of soot on her cheek and she’s running in slow motion while things blow up behind her. Yes. That is the entire show. Yes, it will probably be a huge hit. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/75 "2010-04-30T16:26:55Z")
I watch more shows on Fox than any other channel. What does that say about me? :o ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/76 "2010-04-30T16:37:56Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I watch more shows on Fox than any other channel. What does that say about me? :o Well, whatever it is, it applies to me, too. As I see it, Fox has the stupidest “news” and the best shows. Thay also have the worst show on TV: American Idol. But think of the other “major” networks. ABC and NBC have virtually nothing and CBS has maybe four shows over the course of the week that are worth my time. For better TV than Fox you have to go to FX and AMC or the premium channels. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/77 "2010-04-30T16:50:02Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > This is a terrible idea. FOX will find this thread, you know. I agree with **Munch.** We should keep our eye on this thread, and upcoming pilots. If/when FOX steals these ideas we want to be able to claim our share.!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/78 "2010-04-30T16:53:56Z")
**Hoffman’s Heroes** An ensemble comedy detailing the wacky hijinx of a group interred in Auschwitz. “Ach, Hoffman! Would you like a nice shower?” could be the signature tagline. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/79 "2010-04-30T16:55:37Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > At the end of every episode, 'Dolph’s latest zany scheme has failed, and they’re back in the coffeehouse nursing their wounds, and 'Dolph says his tagline “Today, Germany, tomorrow - The World”. > > I would totally watch this. I feel bad for saying it, but it’s true. What will really make this show is the ensemble cast. The sassy gay waiter at the coffee house where all the characters hang out. The pompous, stodgy art professor. The shrewish elderly landlady who is always vainly trying to collect all the rent 'Dolph and his buddy owe her. The long suffering girlfriend who 'Dolph won’t marry until he “hits the big time!” The horny, hoity-toity society matron who keeps trying to get 'Dolph to paint her in the nude (wink, wink). What we really need here is a hook. Do we want “Me” to be the Dean Martin to 'Dolph’s Jerry Lewis or do we want to go with more of a Tom Hanks/Peter Scolari vibe? ---
**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 30, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/80 "2010-04-30T17:04:21Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > What will really make this show is the ensemble cast. The sassy gay waiter at the coffee house where all the characters hang out. The pompous, stodgy art professor. The shrewish elderly landlady who is always vainly trying to collect all the rent 'Dolph and his buddy owe her. The long suffering girlfriend who 'Dolph won’t marry until he “hits the big time!” The horny, hoity-toity society matron who keeps trying to get 'Dolph to paint her in the nude (wink, wink). What we really need here is a hook. Do we want “Me” to be the Dean Martin to 'Dolph’s Jerry Lewis or do we want to go with more of a Tom Hanks/Peter Scolari vibe? Maybe model ‘me’ on Speer, or no, wait, the young dashing Goering. Or, if you want to push home a liberal anti-Nazi message, have ‘Me’ and all the other sympathetic characters be Jewish, Gay, Rom, Poles or Communists, who put up with 'Dolph’s crazy stunts because they’re just decent people. I feel kind of dirty thinking about this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691.md?page=5)