# NBC's "Whitney" starring Whitney Cummings: I'm giving up on you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368 "2011-11-18T17:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/61 "2011-12-06T02:29:08Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Have you ever met a real live human female? > [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > \ Seriously, “crazy woman” is redundant. (I’m not saying that men are any saner, but at least it is an insanity that passes for normal.) Do the world a favour and say stuff like this to any woman you meet right away - that should keep you from ever reproducing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/62 "2011-12-06T03:35:50Z")
> [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](#): > > the southerners might say, it was “tol’able”. No we wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/63 "2011-12-06T04:56:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Do the world a favour and say stuff like this to any woman you meet right away - that should keep you from ever reproducing. 🙂 It has worked wonders in that regard. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/64 "2011-12-06T15:03:48Z")
> [@robby](#): > > I disagree. He needs a shower, shave, and a haircut. His greasy-looking hair is so repulsive, IMHO, that I don’t know how the viewer is supposed to take his character seriously as anything other than a portrayal of a homeless person. Personally, I find it extremely jarring every time I see him on the show. Agreed. I like the actor but really, they go to so much effort every show to make him look like he just woke up under a bridge, why? Nobody can look like they haven’t shaved in two days, every single day, without some planning and effort. Either grow a beard or get off the pot. All in all I like Whitney. She is hot to me, although I think someone has ordered her to “lose a few” - probably a standard order in the TV business when you get your own show. I find Whitney to be funny in the “hot chick who cusses and drinks like a guy” kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/65 "2011-12-06T16:46:18Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Ah. You’re single. So am I. Seriously, “crazy woman” is redundant. (I’m not saying that men are any saner, but at least it is an insanity that passes for normal.) …right. Seriously, try dating men. You’ll soon learn that it’s not ‘women is crazy’, it’s that dating brings out the crazy and you only really notice it when you’re facing that glassy eyed look head on… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/66 "2011-12-06T18:23:15Z")
> [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](#): > > …right. > > Seriously, try dating men. > > You’ll soon learn that it’s not ‘women is crazy’, it’s that dating brings out the crazy and you only really notice it when you’re facing that glassy eyed look head on… Heh heh. I never said men weren’t crazy. We are. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/67 "2011-12-06T19:07:15Z")
In the quixotic quest to prove, once and for all, that Women Can Be Funny, _Whitney_ may go down as the Pickett’s Charge of the struggle. ---
**Author:** ![hopeful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@hopeful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopeful)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/68 "2012-02-16T11:24:30Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I thought it was sad because it seemed to me that Alex feels that if they ever do talk and she says she doesn’t wank kids, he’ll have to leave her and Whitney realized that and now has to weigh her desire to be kidfree against her desire to maintain the relationship with Alex. I’m surprised that you cared. I can’t believe that she has a show. The only reason I think that she does is the influence of her friend Chelsea Handler (no comic genius herself) and that she has the same agent and producer that Dane Cook does. He’s the guy that fixed Last Comic Standing in it’s second season. He once represented Dave Chapelle, but Chapelle fired him when he found out that he was booking him for huge college shows without his knowledge, and then the directly before the show (after he had collected the money) told them that Chapelle wasn’t available and they’d have to accept a lesser comic. ---
**Author:** ![hopeful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@hopeful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopeful)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/69 "2012-02-16T11:32:44Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > That’s just Stockholm Syndrome, dear. The Stockholm Syndrome is the only reason your watching it. It’s got to be the worst sitcom ever. She’s just bad. The network must think she’s hot. Wrong. As a comedian her material is that tired old “men do this, and women do that”. and she screams into the mike. I really feel bad for Laura Prepon, who’s on her friend Chelsea Handlers equally unfunny sitcom. She deserves better. She has talent. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/70 "2012-02-16T12:22:08Z")
The best Status Update I saw on Facebook this past weekend: “Anybody who watches NBC knows the wrong Whitney died.” ---
**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:** [February 16, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/71 "2012-02-16T13:23:11Z")
> [@hopeful](#): > > Whitney Cumming. Now _that_, I’d watch. ---
**Author:** ![hopeful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@hopeful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopeful)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/72 "2012-02-16T21:31:51Z")
The wrong Whitney died. awesome. Why do the talentless always live. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/73 "2012-02-16T22:12:20Z")
Well, your attitude is pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/74 "2012-02-16T22:30:01Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > she says she doesn’t wank kids Well, I should hope _not_. :eek: I almost never wish for the cancellation of shows that I don’t watch, but if \*Whitney \*and _Are You There_ get cancelled and if that increases the chances of \*Community \*being renewed, then I pray to the television gods to make that happen. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/75 "2012-02-17T22:56:12Z")
I thought they were making a bio-pic about Whitney Houston starring Whitney Cummings. Now THAT would be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368/76 "2012-02-17T23:53:13Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I thought they were making a bio-pic about Whitney Houston starring Whitney Cummings. > > Now THAT would be funny. Really, 30 minutes of watching Whitney Houston floating in a bathtub would be more entertaining than _Whitney_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-whitney-starring-whitney-cummings-im-giving-up-on-you/603368.md?page=3)