# They pitched the project under this name, but wiser head prevailed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061 "2008-11-04T15:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 5, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/21 "2008-11-05T08:20:23Z")
The _House_ pilot was made with the working title _Shithead, M.D._ ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/22 "2008-11-05T09:00:13Z")
\*JAG \*was originally _Top Gun: The Series_🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/23 "2008-11-05T09:10:05Z")
I’ve always wondered if _‘Cheers’_ would be such a beloved sitcom if it had kept the more honest title _‘Drunkards’_. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/24 "2008-11-05T10:02:59Z")
_A Metaphorical Exploration of the Troubles of Growing Up In Modern America_ …or as it was later renamed to: _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ _Navy Recruiting Commercial_ became _Top Gun_ _Air Force Recruiting Commercial: The Series_ became _Stargate: SG1_ _We Just Did A Lot of Drugs And Started Making A Cartoon._ becomes _FLCL_ A case of a great show name being renamed to something goofy, just for some variety here: _Batman_ became… _The Big O_😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/25 "2008-11-05T13:08:52Z")
How about “A group of very boring people who I would avoid like the plague in real life are put together to pretend to argue and generally play up to the cameras in a house to satisfy the unnatural voyeristic fantasies of people who aren’t really mentally very healthy”? A hell of a lot better then Big Brother IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/26 "2008-11-05T13:12:38Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > How about “A group of very boring people who I would avoid like the plague in real life are put together to pretend to argue and generally play up to the cameras in a house to satisfy the unnatural voyeristic fantasies of people who aren’t really mentally very healthy”? I thought you were doing a reprise of _Friends_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/27 "2008-11-05T13:28:02Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I thought you were doing a reprise of _Friends_ 🙂 And I thought he was talking about _Seinfeld_. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/28 "2008-11-05T17:20:52Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I still maintain that ‘Rome’ is a pretty boring name compared to the original 'The wacky misadventures of Lucius and Titus '. Surely you’re confused; the original working title of “Rome” was **The Difference Between Lawful Neutral and Chaotic Good**. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061/29 "2008-11-05T18:01:00Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Surely you’re confused; the original working title of “Rome” was **The Difference Between Lawful Neutral and Chaotic Good**. Ha! You have that one exactly right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-pitched-the-project-under-this-name-but-wiser-head-prevailed/471061.md?page=1)