# Wow, could RENO 911 possibly suck MORE ass? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840 "2003-08-04T05:42:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrSarcasticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/1 "2003-08-04T05:42:11Z")
When I was younger, I saw a video of two young Asian girls vomiting on each other. One saw the puke on her chest and dutifully ate up all those corn nuggets. RENO 911 equals that in levels of shocking suckdom. Don’t worry, if I encounter a snuff film, RENO will equal that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/2 "2003-08-04T05:47:55Z")
Wow. I guess no one can ever accuse you of not having strong opinions. I rather like the show, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/3 "2003-08-04T05:52:06Z")
I should clarify. I like the show _Reno 911_. I have not seen the show featuring the two Asian women, to the best of my recollection. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/4 "2003-08-04T06:00:59Z")
Actually have you seen a similar cops spoof show that airs on TBS late at night as “interstitial” programming? No idea what the name is and it doesn’t seem to have a regular air time. Just late night filler between the end of late night movies and the early morning sticoms or _Chips_ reruns. It’s like _Reno 911_ set in some backwoods Southern county, only without the gross-out humor and mostly shot with one camera with no intercuts of comments or narration by the officers. So it sucks without even the lame attempts to shock. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/5 "2003-08-04T07:30:41Z")
2 Asian girls barfing… yeah, that’s quality TV/video. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/6 "2003-08-04T08:04:35Z")
Hmmm…I thought it was a pretty decent show. Not the best thing on t.v., but far from the worst. I’ll tell ya’, though - 2 girls barfing is friggin’ Hamlet compared to Fox’s “Banzai”. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/7 "2003-08-04T12:00:18Z")
I thought Reno 911 was pretty funny, compared to most of what’s on television now. Still, though, I wonder how long they can keep it up without resorting to cliches. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/8 "2003-08-04T12:13:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*I thought Reno 911 was pretty funny, compared to most of what’s on television now. Still, though, I wonder how long they can keep it up without resorting to cliches. \*\* Please tell me you’re kidding. I challenge you to name a single moment of that show that _isn’t_ cliche-ridden. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/9 "2003-08-04T18:53:30Z")
I only saw the first episode so far, but it had me in stiches. Of course it won’t last 6 episodes… but I loved it. Of course, I could just be glad to see any improv show OTHER than Who’s Line… given a chance. (But then Life with Bonnie bored me, so perhaps that theory’s no good.) ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/10 "2003-08-04T19:04:14Z")
I also thought it was pretty good. The first episode was better than the second, but I’ll keep watching. It’s miles better than _Viva Variety_, the troupe’s last Comedy Central show. “Officer Johnson…is a whore”. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/11 "2003-08-04T19:55:38Z")
“So what about if we say: which n----r took the last donut?” “Uh, I’m pretty sure that’s completely inappropriate.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/12 "2003-08-04T20:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*2 Asian girls barfing… yeah, that’s quality TV/video. \*\* I’d still rather watch that than Colin Quinn’s show. ---
**Author:** ![constantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/13 "2003-08-04T21:05:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fibber McGee \* > \*\*Please tell me you’re kidding. I challenge you to name a single moment of that show that _isn’t_ cliche-ridden. \*\* Read [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201421) Everyone else thinks its funny. ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/14 "2003-08-04T23:28:13Z")
Also, cliche-ridden and funny aren’t mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/15 "2003-08-05T00:04:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spurious George \* > \*\*Also, cliche-ridden and funny aren’t mutually exclusive. \*\* Exactly. I didn’t say the show wasn’t funny, but in the first episode alone it managed to hit on just about every cop cliche imaginable, leaving me to wonder what could possibly come next. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/16 "2003-08-05T00:19:45Z")
I thought it was pretty funny. Cop getting his wallet stolen while getting maced-- cliched but kinda funny. Mace guy coming back to get a goodbye squirt through the window-- funny. Cop bumping car and getting out to apologize thereby stumbling upon a hole trunkload of weed-- cliched. Cops “disposing” of said weed in a bonfire while roasting marshmellows-- cliched but funny. Boring cop making up the pez in the bellybutton story just to have something to chat about-- funny. Boring cop replacing the banned “f-word” with “fuck”— funnier still. Is that a link to an “I like Reno 911” thread? Let me go check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Meka\_Leka\_Hi\_Meka\_Hiney\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Meka\_Leka\_Hi\_Meka\_Hiney\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meka_Leka_Hi_Meka_Hiney_Ho)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-could-reno-911-possibly-suck-more-ass/192840/17 "2003-08-05T00:49:34Z")
Not to hijack or anything (no, surely not), but I’ve seen those Asian girls puking too. Man, what the hell was that all about?