# Who's planning to watch "Hung"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143 "2009-06-27T03:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/1 "2009-06-27T03:51:13Z")
> **[Hung | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com](https://www.hbo.com/hung)** > > The official website for Down-on-his-luck former high-school athlete Thomas Jane becomes a suburban gigolo in this comedy series. on HBO, featuring interviews, schedule information, behind the scenes exclusives, and more. It looks like it could be kind of fun. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/2 "2009-06-27T04:20:01Z")
It’s already on my DVR but then I give every new HBO show a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/3 "2009-06-27T04:24:22Z")
Is that the new Carradine movie? ---
**Author:** ![Collaborator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Collaborator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Collaborator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/4 "2009-06-27T09:25:46Z")
I see what you did there… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/5 "2009-06-27T09:39:35Z")
Wasn’t this originally announced as a guy whose penis has superpowers? Or was that something else entirely? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/6 "2009-06-27T14:02:34Z")
I’ll watch. Alan Sepinwall saw the first two episodes and liked it. He says . . . “Hung” has more to offer than just John Thomas jokes. Amidst all the sniggering humor about how Ray has been taught to “do your best with the gifts God gave you” is some smart comedy about the state of 21st century America in general, as well as a superb lead performance from Thomas Jane. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/7 "2009-06-27T17:40:41Z")
Gee, what could possibly interest me, a **Gay** man, in a **huge** production about a man who **rises to attention** with a **large penis** who **flaunts** his **thick endowment**? OK, I guess as **long** as I have the HBO **package** on cable, I might as well **check it out** and see what **comes** of it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/8 "2009-06-27T18:34:23Z")
He’s gay? That actually makes me think I might not enjoy the show in the long run. Now put away the pitchforks and let me explain why: Because I would fear that sooner or later the writers will try to get him and the female lead together. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/9 "2009-06-27T19:04:01Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > He’s gay? That actually makes me think I might not enjoy the show in the long run. > > Now put away the pitchforks and let me explain why: > > Because I would fear that sooner or later the writers will try to get him and the female lead together. No the character isn’t gay. \*\*DMark \*\*was joking that, as a gay man, he may watch the show. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/10 "2009-06-27T20:58:28Z")
**DMark** may have to add a different channel to his cable package to see packages on cable. The review I read in Entertainment Weekly said the whole thing is obsessed with making big dick double entendres, but is otherwise pretty sanitized as far as language and naughty bits go. ETA: They also said the show wasn’t very good, for those who were thinking about watching it for the plot. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/11 "2009-06-27T21:01:48Z")
Are they planning to show us his cock on a regular basis? If not is there a point? I mean they show titties all the time. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/12 "2009-06-27T21:29:50Z")
“I don’t have to see it, Dottie. I lived it.” ---
**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:** [June 27, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/13 "2009-06-27T22:24:22Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Because I would fear that sooner or later the writers will try to get him and the female lead together. If you mean the gal who was on Frasier, the ads indicate they do it in the first episode. Has Anne Heche had work done? She looks different. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/14 "2009-06-27T23:32:20Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Has Anne Heche had work done? She looks different. She’s in it? Fuck! I can’t stand that woman. Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/15 "2009-06-27T23:58:55Z")
I am not that opposed to Anne Heche, and she does look different recently. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/16 "2009-06-28T03:03:38Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > No the character isn’t gay. \*\*DMark \*\*was joking that, as a gay man, he may watch the show. Yep, I read that post too fast. I was badly confused, because I haven’t gotten that vibe from any of the promos I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/17 "2009-06-28T05:52:27Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > If you mean the gal who was on Frasier, the ads indicate they do it in the first episode. > > Has Anne Heche had work done? She looks different. Do you mean Jane Leeves? Who was in Frasier that is in the show? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/18 "2009-06-28T06:24:11Z")
When does it premiere? I plan on watching the first episode but I’m hard pressed to guess what they’ll find to do interesting with the premise to fill a whole season with… ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/19 "2009-06-28T06:26:44Z")
I’ll give it a shot on HBO On Demand. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143/20 "2009-06-29T06:19:03Z")
OK - saw the first episode. Not horrible. A little more back story that we needed, but I guess it gives the main character some depth. He is most certainly night the sharpest knife in the drawer…I mean, seriously…typing into a Google-like search engine to find out how to make money with a big dick? Trust me when I say I know some guys who are well endowed, and they know exactly where to go and how to go about making money with it - should they ever decide to do so. For example, I have met Jeff Stryker and here is a [bio](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835436/bio) of him, and in case you have never heard of him, he is the world-famous Gay porn star extraordinaire. He has made a lot of money with his appendage. (IRL he is sort of an arrogant prick - pardon the pun - but not a party animal by any means and every bit the businessman. He planned his career out carefully, knowing the limited lifespan of a porn actor.) There were a few funny lines and moments in Hung, and will be interested in seeing how they carry on his new career. I do love his choice as “pimp” - not many people would pick a poet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-planning-to-watch-hung/501143.md?page=2)