# The Andy Richter Show is about to start **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998 "2002-12-16T02:21:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/1 "2002-12-16T02:21:44Z")
The Andy Richter Show is about to start…time to stop reading threads and turn on the TV! Oh, ok, you already have it on to watch Malcolm. Good. As you were. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/2 "2002-12-16T03:38:15Z")
Y’know, I think those Zumanists might really be onto something. All hail Zumia. ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/3 "2002-12-16T03:56:06Z")
Yes! It’s all so clear now! The Zoom Zoom boy! He is an agent of the Radiant Sheep in the Sky! ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/4 "2002-12-16T04:22:28Z")
Now I realize what’s been missing in my life: good religious yogurt. ---
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/5 "2002-12-16T04:30:58Z")
When I was checking the guide earlier, I read the description for this show. I told my brother I wouldn’t read him the whole description, because it would be too painful. I would just read him one word: “Byron” Really, that’s enough to tell you what an episode will be like! My brother usually doesn’t get to watch it while it’s on, so I tape it for him. This is the build up I gave him for last week’s episode: "Sometimes a show may use a cheap gimmick to get ratings. Though it annoys me, I understand the need to draw in viewers. So I understand why they may show a beautiful woman completely drenched in water. “Or Byron.” I’m not sure he wants to watch that episode now… ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/6 "2002-12-16T08:29:17Z")
How did you know i collected bowls? ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/7 "2002-12-16T14:06:11Z")
Thank god for this show-- it is helping fill the empty spot in my soul (caused by Firefly). Like a Giant Sheep in the sky. 3 episodes, 3 solid hits. Was the short first season this good as well? ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/8 "2002-12-16T15:29:43Z")
Me, I liked the monster-on-monster sex scenes. Sua ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/9 "2002-12-16T16:41:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*How did you know i collected bowls? \*\* Look at this one. You finish your SpaghettiOs and bam! Gerald Ford! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/10 "2002-12-17T04:24:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Was the first season as good as this one? Yep. And Fox came -this- close to killing it. They put it on hiatus in the mid-season, then decided shortly thereafter to bring it back this year. I was hoping they’d do the same for _Firefly_, but no dice. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/11 "2002-12-17T13:25:22Z")
Thanks for the info- hopefully they will show those first season episodes as repeats. The one extra thing Andy Ricter has going for it, is it cannot be too expensive to produce. Firefly must be. With a new Buffy on tonight I will have to tape Andy and watch it afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/12 "2002-12-17T18:55:36Z")
“Your religion is the goofy fruit of the ha ha tree!” Goddamn, that was funny! I just hope I can keep from yelling that at my fundie relatives over Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/13 "2002-12-17T21:00:13Z")
Not only is this one of the best shows on TV, in addition to being hilarious, I have a bit of a crush on Padgett Brewster. ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/14 "2002-12-17T21:22:07Z")
I’m in love with the sheep god that mets out for punishment the “bleet of a thousand decibals”. This is a really awesome show. Very well written. It completes Fox Sunday Night very well. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/15 "2003-02-03T05:45:49Z")
Hmm… so whatever happened to the show? I’ve been eagerly checking out [tvguide.com](http://tvguide.com) every Sunday night to see if ARCTU would come back in 2 weeks but so far it doesn’t look like it. Is it going to be “on haitus” again until next November? ☹ ---
**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:** [February 3, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andy-richter-show-is-about-to-start/142998/16 "2003-02-03T07:39:41Z")
Fox is evil. I’m guessing the future of the show is not good if they prefer to run a Malcolm rerun over Andy. Geniuses. And no Futurama tonight either. That was a surprise. _Sfx_ Sound of sarcasm detector breaking.