# The Moodys Suck in Record Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496 "2020-12-21T01:21:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/1 "2020-12-21T01:21:08Z")
Well, we’re 15 minutes in, and there’s no need to watch further. _The Moodys_ suck. Back to YouTube until _Bob’s Burgers_ comes on. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/2 "2020-12-21T02:19:31Z")
…Context? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/3 "2020-12-21T02:26:56Z")
I’m guessing it’s this: > **[The Moodys (American TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moodys_(American_TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Moodys is an American comedy television series based on the Australian show The Moodys. It stars Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins as a cantankerous married couple who reunite with their three adult children in Chicago for the Christmas season. It premiered December 4, 2019 on Fox, and aired two half-hour episodes back-to-back for three weeks, for a total of six episodes for its first season. In July 2020, Fox renewed the series for a second s... ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/4 "2020-12-21T02:41:41Z")
You know what sucks? _The Big Lebowski_. What an over hyped piece of shit this is. Watching it for the third time and hate it even more each time. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/5 "2020-12-21T02:44:50Z")
Without ever seen or heard of The Moodys I am ready to bet good American dollars that it is a typical sit-com that consists of smart assed remarks and sexual innuendos spaced no more than 9 seconds between inserted laugh tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/6 "2020-12-21T07:31:35Z")
As a big fan of the original Australian series [assuming Telemark’s assumption is correct] _A Moody Christmas_, and the follow-up _The Moodys_, I am completely unsurprised if an American remake stinks to high heaven. I think there can be a huge tonal shift between Australian and American humour [see you even spell it wrong], and these were pitched strongly at appealing to a home audience, not US taste. if in doubt, see the original _Kath & Kim_ and the emetic US remake. And no, neither Moodys series was > [@Peanuthead](#): > > a typical sit-com that consists of smart assed remarks and sexual innuendos spaced no more than 9 seconds between inserted laugh tracks If that’s what the remake became, no wonder its being lambasted. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/7 "2020-12-21T10:17:47Z")
It sounds like Married with Children 30 odd years later with an extra child. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/8 "2020-12-21T11:30:32Z")
You mean Seven? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/9 "2020-12-21T15:38:04Z")
thought this was about Moody Blues 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/10 "2020-12-21T15:41:45Z")
I saw the US version when it first aired last year. It was OK, but not great. It aired at the holidays when there’s very little original stuff on TV so I watched it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496/11 "2020-12-21T15:42:07Z")
I think we’re saving that thread for Tuesday afternoon.