# Sit Down, Shut Up. How I Wish It Would. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689 "2009-04-20T02:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 21, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/21 "2009-04-21T04:19:11Z")
_Parks & Recreation_ looks like _Fawlty Towers_ next to this dreck. Ugh. I am stupider for having sat through this show. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/22 "2009-04-21T15:01:31Z")
We make some shows that stink. Most actually. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/23 "2009-04-21T15:38:47Z")
Wow. That was just god-awful. There’s really no excuse for how terrible that was. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/24 "2009-04-21T21:21:53Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > We make some shows that stink. Most actually. That’s okay, you guys made Farscape, which was frelling awesome, that gives you an excuse…this time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/25 "2009-04-21T21:26:13Z")
I went out Sunday night, and kind of felt like a hag when I caught myself thinking, Oh no, I’m going to miss the new shows on the TeeVee Machine. Then the following day I asked the spouse how was the show, to which he grimaced and replied, “Awful.” There seems to be a consensus here - didn’t miss anything. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/26 "2009-04-21T21:41:08Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > The official credits read, “Based upon the Australian series created by Brendan Reed and Tim McLoughlan. Developed for U.S. television by Mitchell Hurwitz. Written by Mitchell Hurwitz.” Good, we have a name. Loose the hounds! I’m a bit surprised at how bad it was, because [Hurwitz](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403804/) has a pretty good resume. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/27 "2009-04-21T21:41:34Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I thought it sucked, but I’d still rather watch that than King of the Hill. I’m with you, Wile E. This was awful, but at least managed ‘ignore while waiting for the next show to start’ awful, not ‘oh, dear goddess turn it off, quick!’ awful like KotH. On the other hand, American Dad looked awful when it first debuted, and it’s now the highlight of the Sunday block, so…maybe it’ll shape up into something fun. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/28 "2009-04-21T22:11:13Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I’m with you, Wile E. > > This was awful, but at least managed ‘ignore while waiting for the next show to start’ awful, not ‘oh, dear goddess turn it off, quick!’ awful like KotH. > > On the other hand, American Dad looked awful when it first debuted, and it’s now the highlight of the Sunday block, so…maybe it’ll shape up into something fun. > > Maybe. The two minutes of American Dad that focused on the turtle and the hare’s race was miles funnier than any part of SDSU. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/29 "2009-04-21T22:28:54Z")
I think it tried way, way too hard. It shotgunned “jokes” at us a mile-a-minute, so much so that even though I remember chuckling a few times and even barking a laugh once, I can’t remember which attempts succeeded among the onslaught of dung. I guess that’s my way of saying that I thought it was a pretty poor showing, but I didn’t loathe it the way everyone else here seems to have. 2/10. (I’d say 2.5, but really, if you can’t pick an integer out of 10 options, you’re just being silly. So 2 it is.) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/30 "2009-04-21T22:33:19Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > The two minutes of American Dad that focused on the turtle and the hare’s race was miles funnier than any part of SDSU. It was also funnier than anything in the first several episodes of AD. AD shaped up. So I’m not willing to write off anything that wasn’t horrible enough to have me leaping for the remote control, for at least a couple more episodes. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/31 "2009-04-21T23:42:51Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > It’s based on an Australian series? I say we invade now before they try to send something else over. Not having seen the American version, the (live-action) sitcom got yanked after half a season in Australia. Rightly, too - the big surprise was that it was axed by Channel 10 in 2001 when they were showing pretty much anything they could get their hands on to fill in time between Simpsons re-runs. That said, considering the abominable American versions of _good_ TV shows, I shudder to think what you’ve made of this one. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/32 "2009-04-22T04:00:16Z")
I chuckled a few times. More than i did at Parks and recreation. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689/33 "2009-04-23T02:54:07Z")
I caught the first minute or two due to post-Simpsons DVR spillover - I did want to see it but didn’t realize it was premiering on Sunday. What I did see was just painfully awful, shockingly so given the people who were involved. If Will Arnett is onscreen (even in voiceover form) for a full minute and I don’t laugh once, something is wrong. The last time I saw something that unfunny was the pilot for The Winner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sit-down-shut-up-how-i-wish-it-would/493689.md?page=1)