# Raising Hope - FOX Comedy Series Worth Watching! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859 "2010-11-25T09:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/41 "2010-12-08T04:02:49Z")
There was just enough evil in this week’s episode to keep it from being sappy. _Earl_ was often like that too. Nice how it all worked out. The grocery store manager\* got his doll and the church got their organ fixed. And Bert didn’t let Mamaw die. It was close though! Another _Earl_ alumna (alumnae?) but I don’t remember what Earl did to him. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/42 "2010-12-08T09:15:27Z")
One alumnus, two alumni. (Unless you’re specifying the female forms, but those are obsolete. The male terms have become unisex.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_piglet\_cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@running\_piglet\_cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_piglet_cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/43 "2010-12-08T09:32:31Z")
They could probably restore their profit if they stocked up on some snot cartridges. Was that the grossest doll or what? Have to wonder about the sermon and/or minister at that church if that’s a sample of the conversations and attitudes immediately after the service. “Don’t keep her on such a tight leash.” and the whole conversation between the church bitch and the mom. Wow. And a Merry Christmas to you too. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/44 "2010-12-08T16:03:47Z")
Christmas episode had lots of quick bits that were very funny. I laughed when I saw the sign in front of the church that day: “Don’t Make Me Come Down There! - God” And how can you not love that set up for Baby Sneezes… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/45 "2010-12-08T16:48:07Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > One alumnus, two alumni. (Unless you’re specifying the female forms, but those are obsolete. The male terms have become unisex.) I had two years of high school Latin, and this finally came to me as I lay awake last night, wondering where I went wrong. 🙂 I was surprised that the Chances were in church! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/46 "2010-12-08T19:13:54Z")
I had to pause it for a minute because I was laughing so hard at Jimmy using the nutcracker. It was funny mostly because they didn’t make a huge deal out of it or have any character mention it. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/47 "2010-12-09T04:23:11Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Another _Earl_ alumna (alumnae?) but I don’t remember what Earl did to him. I presume you meant Jonathan Slavin, who was more recently on the dearly departed _Better off Ted_. On _Earl_ he was Joy’s deaf lawyer’s translator. Don’t recall if Earl had to make up something for him though. ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/48 "2010-12-09T14:40:13Z")
There was a really short interview with Garret Dillahunt (Burt) and Martha Plimpton (Virginia) in Entertainment Weekly about a month ago. Dillahunt made a connection between him and Plimpton that hadn’t occurred to me before: “We’ve been in each other’s orbit for decades. Keith Carradine is her father. I killed him on _Deadwood_. It’s weird.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859/49 "2010-12-09T15:18:39Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > And how can you not love that set up for Baby Sneezes… Yes. It was absolute perfect – comic writing at its best. It was there in plain sight all along, yet when it came time for the joke, it was a complete surprise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-hope-fox-comedy-series-worth-watching/561859.md?page=2)