DVD-R Hell: "Heil Honey, I'm Home"

5/16/2011

Don't remember the sitcom starring Hitler and Eva Braun? Maybe because it only aired once and was immediately canceled.

Andre R.

3/5/2014 02:39:34 pm

It's interesting that you mention Norman Lear and his "fever dreams", Brad. Have you ever heard of the 1977 sitcom "All That Glitters"? Here's what Wikipedia said about it:

All That Glitters debuted the week of April 18, 1977 on about 40 stations in late-night syndication. It was poorly critically received, with one reviewer going so far as to call the show's theme song "blasphemous" for suggesting that God was female and created Eve first. Time magazine sharply criticized the series, calling it "embarrassingly amateurish", with "flaccid" and "wearying" jokes, flat writing, "mediocre" acting and "aimless" direction. The Wall Street Journal concurred, saying that while the series' role-reversal premise may have been adequate for a play or film, it was too limiting to serve as the basis for a continuing series. These limitations showed up most clearly, the Journal says, in the lead performances. Although praising the performers themselves as talented, they are cited for being "unable to infuse much life into their roles". The Journal pegs the fundamental problem with All That Glitters as that "its characters are not people at all, merely composites of the least attractive characteristics of each sex. The satire focuses not on the way real, recognizable people behave, but on stereotypes and cliches about masculine and feminine attitudes. Even when stood on their heads, they still remain stereotypes and cliches." New Times Magazine was much more receptive to the series. Although labeling it "unquestionably the weirdest [show] that Norman Lear has ever produced", New Times found that the series was not "a satire of mannerisms but of attitudes". All That Glitters required that viewers watch closely to pick up on the subtleties and nuances, "not so much for what the show says, but for the way that it's said". All That Glitters, after initially capturing 20% of viewers in major markets in its opening weeks, had lost about half of that audience mid-way through its run. The series was cancelled after 13 weeks, last airing on July 15, 1977. Although the show was panned, it and Lear, along with Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, are credited with expanding the subject matter that television producers were able to explore with lessened fear of antagonizing sponsors or viewers. In the years since the series, it has garnered something of a positive reputation, with one critic listing it and other Lear efforts as "imaginative shows that contained some of the most striking satires of television and American society ever broadcast".

Very interesting wouldn't you say? I just wanted to share that here.

Andre R.

3/19/2014 05:14:56 am

Oh, and there was one other show in TV history that was discontinued partway throughout it's first broadcast besides "Turn-On". Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos was a one-off special which was a spin-off from Australia's Funniest Home Video Show and was hosted by Doug Mulray. The show followed the same structure of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, in which the videos were shown in short blocks, interspersed with humorous monologues by Mulray, who wrote all of them himself. Mulray often poked fun at the content of the videos, which he described as "The most sensational collection of home videos since Rodney King nicked out for a pizza recently." Mulray also did humorous voice overs as the videos were shown, similar to Lisa Patrick's on Australia's Funniest Home Video Show.

The content of the videos included shots of animal genitalia, humans or animals humorously engaging in sexual intercourse, people who get accidentally and humorously disrobed, and other situations that often relied on gross-out humour, including a child grabbing a kangaroo's testicles, a man lifting a barbell with his penis, a man getting his head squeezed between an erotic dancer's large breasts, an elderly woman removing an envelope from a stripper's undergarments with her dentures, two people running into water with flaming pieces of toilet paper hanging from their buttocks, and two people filmed having sex in the middle of a park.

Kerry Packer, owner of the Nine Network, was informed of the show's content by friends whilst at a dinner; he tuned in to watch the show on TCN-9, and was so offended by its content that he phoned the studio operators and shouted: "Get that shit off the air!" After a commercial break, the network cut to a rerun of Cheers citing technical difficulties.
The day after the special aired, a furious Packer showed up at Nine's headquarters. He held meetings in which he loudly berated Nine's managers and censors, referring to the program as "disgusting and offensive shit." Mulray and many of the staff who were involved with the creation of the special were fired, and Mulray was banned for life from Channel Nine. On his radio show the next day, Mulray commented, "I am the first man in Australian history to be pulled off by Kerry Packer."

Despite Packer's objections to the series' content, it was popular among viewers. The special was recorded to a record studio audience. After the announcement, Nine reportedly received "thousands" of phone calls from viewers, with 65 percent of callers upset with the program being pulled, in contrast to the 60 callers who called in during the show's broadcast, complaining about the show. Viewers were generally bewildered by the sudden interruption and the cut to Cheers, not knowing about the show's cancellation until it was widely reported by the Australian media outlets the next day.

In 2008, a full copy of the show was located by Nine's head of factual television. It was aired in its entirety at 8:30 PM on 28 August 2008 - one week short of sixteen years after the original special, and at the same time. Promoted as "the show Kerry Packer didn't want you to see", it featured commentary from Bert Newton. Packer died in 2005, and Mulray refused Nine's request to host the special. Notably, the special was interrupted by the Channel Nine bumper and "technical difficulties" announcement 36 minutes in, cutting to the Cheers opening credits before resuming to a monologue by Newton and the latter part of the special that never aired. Portions of Mulray's monologues (including jibes about child obesity) had to be cut from the special to meet community standards that did not exist in 1992.

As for Mulray, he reportedly refused requests from Nine management to reappear as the host. One commentator wrote that "it may be that Mulray, a very smart man, knew he would have been open to a few cruel comparisons between the relatively youthful Mulray of 1992 and the solitary Mulray of 2008. The years have not been particularly kind."

Andre R.

3/19/2014 05:19:50 am

Sorry for the multiple posts. Please, whoever is in charge of this, get rid of the extra ones, thanks,

that person

3/22/2014 10:06:02 pm

For thoose who are curious, the program prior to this is the sitcom "Dad's army".

Senna4ever

4/21/2014 07:33:17 am

Yep and that series was even less funny than this Hitler sit-com,,,but that stayed on the air for several series.

FrankT

4/14/2016 08:55:37 am

On the contrary! Dad's Army was superb, a British cult classic! And it's in better taste too!

FerrisGump

8/7/2014 09:14:46 am

Really, the Bob Hitler line was the only genuinely funny joke in this pilot. The rest was downright insufferable, even for a World War II buff like myself.

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1/8/2015 06:05:08 am

To be honest I always crack a smile at:
"What could be simpler?"
"The dummy who thought of it."

Anonymoose

5/5/2015 08:01:43 am

It probably helps that it's a joke that's completely independent of the series' subject. You could use it in pretty much ANY comedy and it would fit just fine.

Jason S.

3/24/2015 12:39:42 pm

I'm pretty sure Bubsy & Battletoads were also cancelled after just 1 episode. but as bad as Bubsy is or as forgettable as Battletoads' pilot is (which isn't really that bad if you think about it and is more tolerable than some cartoons now a days), it's no where near as bad as this.

Ryan link

4/18/2015 02:08:59 pm

Hey, I just wrote a blog post recapping / reviewing this show. I know you're a busy guy, if you have time I'd love to get feedback from you Brad.

https://quietthinker1.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/heil-honey-im-home-2/

angelique_sp

9/19/2015 05:21:03 pm

Lemmee guess ..... you got this from Irving right? :D

Don't Mind Me Now

5/9/2016 05:04:37 pm

Hey Brad, if you get the chance you should check out "Look Who's Back" on Netflix. It's a German dark comedy where Hitler suddenly materializes in modern day Berlin and, mistaken for a talented impersonator, becomes a media sensation. It does a great job putting the idea of Hitler in a modern context, and is actually quite unnerving because a lot of it was filmed Borat-style, with "Hitler" talking to real Germans and finding that the sentiments that led to Hitler's original rise to power is still very much alive. It understands the weight of dealing with Hitler in a comedic context far better than this inept piece of WTF-Television!.

FatherStack

12/27/2016 08:23:53 am

The sitcom at the beginning is "Dad's Army".

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9/6/2024 01:01:09 am

Please do a DVD R Hell review of The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer Next

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