# 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:** 5
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/81 "2010-04-30T17:17:14Z")
The _Dolf and Me_ idea is growing on me, too. I think Dolf needs a pet hyena named Winnie or Frankie or Joe just to liven up the pet jokes that could be worked in. And how about some weird sideburns that he grows about an inch below his ears (to start with) and to his jawline (to finish with). And he lets them grow very full like muttonchops. And by all means there needs to be a poster or a framed photo on his easel of Bill O’Reilly with a big shit-eating grin. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/82 "2010-04-30T17:40:53Z")
**Stuff Your Face!** : Each week four huge buddies go to a different popular chain restaurant, order the entire menu, and eat themselves into a stupor, all the while making MST3K style comments on the wait staff and food. **Stuff Your Karma!** : Each week four huge buddies go to a different New Age conference or encounter session, with a few buckets of chicken and cases of beer, and eat and drink themselves into a stupor, all the while making MST3K style comments on the programs and speakers. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/83 "2010-04-30T18:33:53Z")
**Oops!** During a big military parade, some kid with a remote control toy car accidently sends out a signal that causes missiles in the parade to launch ("oops), setting off a nuclear war that leaves the entire planet almost entirely wiped out, except for a ragtag group of survivors, a diverse group much like _Gilligan’s Island._ Hilarity ensues as we watch the antics of our heroes as they deal with the difficulties of surviving in a post-apocolyptic world. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/84 "2010-04-30T19:03:37Z")
_ **Twinkle Nose** _ Pinnochio is a wooden vampire who wants to be a real boy. He can walk in the sunlight - but he can’t lie or he might accidentally stake himself or his friends! How does he lure young girls (and boys) in to the moonlight so he can feast on their blood without telling them his true nature? Or will the Blue Fairy grant him immortal life and not just immortal death? ---
**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 30, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/85 "2010-04-30T19:11:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I agree with **Munch.** We should keep our eye on this thread, and upcoming pilots. If/when FOX steals these ideas **The Creative Loafing empire, through rights assigned to them by us via the TOS** (will) want to be able to claim **their** share!😃 Fixed that for you. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/86 "2010-04-30T21:19:33Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > _ **Twinkle Nose** _ > > Pinnochio is a wooden vampire who wants to be a real boy. He can walk in the sunlight - but he can’t lie or he might accidentally stake himself or his friends! How does he lure young girls (and boys) in to the moonlight so he can feast on their blood without telling them his true nature? > > Or will the Blue Fairy grant him immortal life and not just immortal death? On the plus side, with a wooden heart he’s immune from having a wooden stake driven through it. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/87 "2010-04-30T21:48:03Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > _ **Twinkle Nose** _ > > Pinnochio is a wooden vampire who wants to be a real boy. [Not a vampire, but a vampire hunter!](https://www.slgcomic.com/Pinocchio-Vampire-Slayer-Preview_df_455.html) > [@Nom\_de\_Plume](#): > > **Oops!** During a big military parade, some kid with a remote control toy car accidently sends out a signal that causes missiles in the parade to launch ("oops), setting off a nuclear war that leaves the entire planet almost entirely wiped out, except for a ragtag group of survivors, a diverse group much like _Gilligan’s Island._ Hilarity ensues as we watch the antics of our heroes as they deal with the difficulties of surviving in a post-apocolyptic world. :eek: I for one would never believe that Fox would ever air such a show. But if they did, I imagine they’d call it **Woops!** instead. Gives off a more “Aw shucks” vibe don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/88 "2010-05-01T01:21:17Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > **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! > [@Zeldar](#): > > I would so watch this one! Even more so if the promos featured something along the lines of [The baby is black, But the dads/mom is white](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP01X01-ufQ) or just a photo like [this one.](http://www.tuningsuche.de/imgdata/CACHE/597/65101-660-0.jpg) > [@torie](#): > > It’s bad that I think this is a good idea and would watch this, isn’t it? Sigh. If only I’d been this jaded back in 1990, when I might have truly been able to sell FOX on the idea; I can’t be the only one who saw their great shows back then like Good Grief, right? Alas, middle school aged me wasn’t up to the task. ---
**Author:** ![darkgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@darkgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/89 "2010-05-01T01:46:51Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > **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! What time is this on? I’d totally watch. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/90 "2010-05-01T02:40:59Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > :eek: I for one would never believe that Fox would ever air such a show. But if they did, I imagine they’d call it **Woops!** instead. Gives off a more “Aw shucks” vibe don’t you think? You mean like [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoops!) show? Or [this one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoops_Apocalypse)? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/91 "2010-05-01T07:03:52Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > 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. I would at least watch the pilot, and probably start a thread to discuss it. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/92 "2010-05-01T12:55:18Z")
More of an afternoon after-school show, but what the heck. **The Transformers!** Five transformers that transform into musical instruments: lead and bass guitar, keyboards, drums, and the little bratty one with the annoying catch-phrases becomes a microphone. They’re the musical instruments for five high school kids with personalities that match their corresponding transformer, who’s band is called (naturally) _The Transformers!_. Some weeks they battle the decepticons (evil transformers if you’re not up on this), and other weeks they save the little-old-lady/sick-kid/whoever who needs money by putting on a benefit show. Throw in an older, balding man as their manager who _can’t find out about the robots_ and a slick young adult high-school janitor who’s in-the-know about everything. Lots of wacky highjinks, and a musical number every show. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/93 "2010-05-01T13:11:11Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > More of an afternoon after-school show, but what the heck. > > **The Transformers!** > > Five transformers that transform into musical instruments: lead and bass guitar, keyboards, drums, and the little bratty one with the annoying catch-phrases becomes a microphone. They’re the musical instruments for five high school kids with personalities that match their corresponding transformer, who’s band is called (naturally) _The Transformers!_. Some weeks they battle the decepticons (evil transformers if you’re not up on this), and other weeks they save the little-old-lady/sick-kid/whoever who needs money by putting on a benefit show. Throw in an older, balding man as their manager who _can’t find out about the robots_ and a slick young adult high-school janitor who’s in-the-know about everything. > > Lots of wacky highjinks, and a musical number every show. Sounds better than the Power Rangers. Give it a green light. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/94 "2010-05-01T13:14:56Z")
How about a semi-musical sitcom set in the Vatican, called **Top Of The Popes**? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/95 "2010-05-01T13:29:09Z")
Classic 80’s comedy _Twins_ is due for the sitcom treatment. In a modern twist, Arnold’s part will be played by Mary-Kate, while Ashley will take on Danny DeVito’s role. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/96 "2010-05-01T18:52:59Z")
**The Brady Sluts** A dad and his three adult sons star in a drag cabaret, but mom and the three sisters don’t know about it. However, mom and sisters have their own secret - they perform at a strip club. Chaos and hijinx ensues as their housekeeper, a German Lesbian, tries to keep glitter off the carpet. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/97 "2010-05-01T19:07:32Z")
_Bung_ A new comedy about a high-school athletic coach who supplements his meager income as a male prostitute using his naturally well-endowed… well… ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/98 "2010-05-01T19:51:16Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Sigh. If only I’d been this jaded back in 1990, when I might have truly been able to sell FOX on the idea; I can’t be the only one who saw their great shows back then like Good Grief, right? Alas, middle school aged me wasn’t up to the task. In 1990 they would have said, “Didn’t CBS just cancel [that show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092410/)?” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/99 "2010-05-01T20:09:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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.!😃 Something this thread reminded me of: I recall reading that FOX was notorious for sitting for pitches, then not making a firm committment but not clearly declining them so that other networks would have them free and clear; then retooling the ideas just this side of copyright infringement and rolling them out as their own. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/100 "2010-05-01T20:47:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by elfkin477 View Post > 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! Add a few ABBA songs and you have Mama Mia: The Series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691.md?page=6)