Early on, the FOX network had many interesting programs that should have had a longer life. One sitcom, ‘Titus’, was a semi-autobiographical take on a dysfunctional family. It only lasted 3 seasons but it’s still a great source for one-liners and crazy antics.
Fortunately, YouTube has all the episodes available - be sure to start with “Dad’s Dead” then “Sex with Pudding”.
Stacy Keach is always going to be Papa Titus, no matter what he appears in.
Titus was a brilliant show. It proved it when one episode was dealing with AIDS and yet was still laugh-out-loud funny.
Titus’s real father was much like he appeared on the show: when it was in development, his family was asked to sign releases before it went on. His father refused until the gave him a new truck.
Titus is a regular on my Pandora comedy station. I heard him this morning in fact, and I think he’s funny every time.
“My dad said: When I die I want you to cremate me, put my ashes in douche, find a hooker, and run me through one more time!” One of those things that make you go ewwww…hmmmm…"
I was big fan of the show, and now I’m a big fan of his stand up. I try to catch it whenever he’s in the Atlanta area. He was also on a program that I thought showed a lot of promise called Big Shots. I think it was part the victim of the writers strike and I also think Titus though the title of the show helped do it in. It was really good. The guy has gone through a TON of personal tragedy and his way of coping with it is through comedy. His sister and mom both committed suicide.
She’s pretty, but that long neck of hers, especially first season where she wore her hair down in a way that covered her front inner shoulders, making her neck look even longer.
What I find interesting is that so many of the characters look and sound like other actors. Titus looks and sounds like Matt Frewer (from Max Headroom), Dave sounds and looks like Seth Green, and Erin looks and sounds like Kathy Greenwood (from Whose Line)–but with a longer neck. It isn’t as close as the others, but Dad/Ken resembles Jack Nicholson. Tommy’s the only main character left whose twin I haven’t identified. (I’m not counting the girl who comes in later, as I’m not there yet.)