# 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:** 6
**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 2, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/101 "2010-05-02T19:06:01Z")
> [@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. I like this, but I would make a few changes. The bratty one should be either a bongo or a tambourine. The good transformers are somewhere between the Partridge Family and the Monkies, and the deceptacon band is a heavy metal goth band. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/102 "2010-05-02T22:52:45Z")
It may be time to dust off the script for _Mohammed and the Professor_. Hijinks ensue when Mohammed himself returns to earth, and needs to take a job as a valet to a Professor at a major American university. To avoid any possibility of offense, the actor playing Mohammed will never actually appear on-screen. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/103 "2010-05-02T23:54:16Z")
Chalk me up as someone who would watch Scrotes and Goats. ---
**Author:** ![robgotabingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/104 "2010-05-03T00:31:51Z")
George Carlin had a good one awhile back: The All-Suicide Channel. Real-life suicides and America votes on who comes up with the most creative way to do it. It would be the most-watched show in history, behind Scrotes and Goats, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/105 "2010-05-03T00:33:17Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > _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… Clearly, the lead-in show to Scrotes and Goatse. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/106 "2010-05-03T00:59:49Z")
How about: “Blue Men”. A sitcom based on the life of William Wallace, with Wallace played by none other than … Wallace Shawn! It would be funny because Wallace Shawn is so different from William Wallace … yet they’re both named Wallace! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/107 "2010-05-03T01:19:49Z")
A real dumb guy (like Johnny Carson’s Floyd Turbo) - a fat! real dumb guy, but not a decent at heart, hard working, salt of the earth dumb guy but a real putz - an unemployed, hard drinking, bitter teabagger type with a big mouth and opinions about absolutely everything - finds himself elected President of the United States of America. Over to you, Floyd! Hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/108 "2010-05-03T12:40:30Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > 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. I read this wrong first time around. I thought you meant the twins would be played by Mary-Kate and _Danny DeVito_. Which I think is workable 😃 ---
**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 3, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/109 "2010-05-03T14:59:07Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > A real dumb guy (like Johnny Carson’s Floyd Turbo) - a fat! real dumb guy, but not a decent at heart, hard working, salt of the earth dumb guy but a real putz - an unemployed, hard drinking, bitter teabagger type with a big mouth and opinions about absolutely everything - finds himself elected President of the United States of America. Over to you, Floyd! Hilarity ensues. The OP wants sitcoms, not historical documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/110 "2010-05-03T15:07:21Z")
_I Got Yer Sitcom Right Here, Pal_ Wallace Shawn and Danny DeVito sitting at a used desk, on chairs from Goodwill. Sort of an urban _Red Green Show_. People come, people go, stuff breaks, minor psychodrama ensues. Too meta? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/111 "2010-05-03T15:15:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > **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. Better yet, a Republican with a house on Martha’s Vineyard. Working title: _Gay Head._ ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/112 "2010-05-03T17:10:38Z")
Mr. Crowley’s Neighborhood. In which King Friday 13th decides to remove Sarah Saturday’s head after he notices she’s gotten a little too friendly with the goat family. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/113 "2010-05-03T17:24:02Z")
**BUTTHEAD** His mom did lots of drugs during his pregnancy - and now Asewipe actually has a butt growing out of his head. He’s brilliant, he’s charming, and occasionally he farts while he talks! Hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/114 "2010-05-03T17:37:13Z")
**Pee-Pee Puppet Palooza.** I think this one is self-explanatory. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/115 "2010-05-03T17:49:30Z")
How about this one: It is set in a nursing home…the old men start having affairs with the female inmates…mayhem ensues! I’ll call it “Everybody Loves…Dang…Who Was That?” ---
**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 3, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/116 "2010-05-03T17:52:43Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > How about this one: It is set in a nursing home..the old men start having affairs with the female inmates…mayhem ensues! > I’ll call it “Everybody Loves..Dang..Who Was That?” Or, you change this to a prison, and the old man is the bitch of Cellblock C. And the title is “Everbody Loves Prisoner #90210”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/117 "2010-05-03T17:52:43Z")
**Who’s Your Daddy?** starring Mackenzie Phillips. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/118 "2010-05-03T21:31:49Z")
> [@robgotabingbang](#): > > George Carlin had a good one awhile back: The All-Suicide Channel. Real-life suicides and America votes on who comes up with the most creative way to do it. It would be the most-watched show in history, behind Scrotes and Goats, that is. The sketch comedy group The Whitest Kids You Know did a skit on this topic. It was spoofing American Idol but the contestants were committing suicide. The Simon Cowel character was hilarious as he was unimpressed with the more “normal” suicides and was telling the newly dead people things like, “I’m sorry but that was horrible you’ll need to try much harder next time.” and when one guy really impressed him he says, “That was brilliant I can’t wait to see what you come up with as you’re going to Hollywood!” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/119 "2010-05-03T23:31:07Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > [_Heil Honey, I’m Home!_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heil_Honey_I'm_Home!) Ummm . . . is that Wil Forte playing Hitler? Sure that isn’t an SNL sketch? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691/120 "2010-05-04T03:16:00Z")
Are any of these suggestions really stupider than what Fox has already aired? I remember Women In Prison: In the pilot, a bimbo’s lawyer boyfriend dumped her by framing her for a theft and then deliberately botching her defense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691.md?page=7)