Titus

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This half-hour comedy chronicles the hilarious world of Christopher Titus and his totally messed-up poor white trash family. Between his drunken father, his dimwitted brother, and his goody-goody best friend, it's amazing Titus is alive, let alone engaged to a "normal" girl.

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This half-hour comedy chronicles the hilarious world of Christopher Titus and his totally messed-up poor white trash family. Between his drunken father, his dimwitted brother, and his goody-goody best friend, it's amazing Titus is alive, let alone engaged to a "normal" girl.

Titus adapted Christopher Titus' stand-up routine in a novel way: each episode is narrated by Titus from a black & white "Neutral Space," from which he comments on the events as they unfold, punctuated by short, surreal flashbacks to his childhood and adolescence. The hilarious interplay between these three levels of narrative is sometimes amazingly complex and even contradictory, highlighting the exceedingly black nature of the show's humor. Alas, the Fox network lived up to its history of commissioning innovative television and then sabotaging it; the third and blackest season was made particularly incoherent by showing the sequences out of logical order.

Titus never made it to syndication, and is currently unavailable — a buried gem — until its release on DVD in September 2005.less «

• Season 3 - logical order?

  Can someone tell me what the original order of season 3 was? Amy's episode when she joins the regular cast is very early in the season, and then she doesn't appear for a while, so does anyone know the intended way of viewing season 3? Thanks.

  Can someone tell me what the original order of season 3 was? Amy's episode when she joins the regular cast is very early in the season, and then she doesn't appear for a while, so does anyone know the intended way of viewing season 3? Thanks. less «

  Canada_Champ Last online 2 days ago
  5 comments, last one Feb 14, 2009 + Add Comment

• Favorite Juanita Titus

  I liked them all pretty well, but Frances Fisher sticks out in my mind.

  I liked them all pretty well, but Frances Fisher sticks out in my mind. less «

  walrus_8463 Last online 20 hrs, 10 mins ago
  3 comments, last one Jan 27, 2009 + Add Comment

• New Standup

  Has anyone seen Christopher Titus's newest standup special, The End of the World Tour? I'll admit that I liked Norman Rockwell better, but it was still hilarious! It's good to know Titus is still perfecting his craft--but he needs a new TV series! Oh well, can't have everything

  Has anyone seen Christopher Titus's newest standup special, The End of the World Tour? I'll admit that I liked Norman Rockwell better, but it was still hilarious! It's good to know Titus is still perfecting his craft--but he needs a new TV series! Oh well, can't have everything less «

  Invader_K Last online Jun 3, 2009
  1 comments, last one May 6, 2007 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  An all time favorite hide « show »

  Titus is one of my all time favorite shows and definitely my favorite sitcom. The show was canceled most likely because it was a bit too edgy. Laughing about dysfunction and abuse is not for everyone. If you have or love anyone who has gone through an abusive childhood you will see the humor and the heart in this show. Sometimes the humor is the only thing holding you together. The humor is universal so that it with stands the test of time. A great show with great writing and a ridiculously funny cast. Do yourself a favor and rent the show if you have not already seen it.

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  Nikkles Added Nov 1, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Undescribable; funny, witty, dark, and certainly brave. hide « show »

  I started watching the TV series "Titus" after watching it's creator Christopher Titus in his stand-up comedy act "Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding". By the time I got through to the third episode of the first season, I found that I was bunking school to stay at home and sit through the half-hour-per-episode series. The show goes through certain dramatic and traumatizing incidents in Titus's personal life and manages to highlight both the light and the dark side of his ordeal. The show is hilarious while being therapeutic... the show was cancelled after the third season, partly due to the controversial nature of the show. The show dealt with incidents in Christopher's own life, including death, attempted and committed suicide, mental illness, multiple divorces, rape, alcoholism, and terrorism (especially in the last season). Irrespective of what you here from everyone else or what you read in other reviews, Titus is one of the most "different" and unique shows I have seen in a long time. Don't miss it.

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  rhcpvisigoth Added Jun 11, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  I SO LOVED THAT SHOW! hide « show »

  I just finished watching the entire series on DVD. I almost forgot how funny that show was. I was so disappointed when it was canned. Networks seem to not know what is great TV. Especially FOX! Would love to see a reunion. Let's face it, there is nothing that funny on TV now. Just reality shows, which are a complete waste of time and energy. "Titus" was all about making a disfuntional family look OK. Made my family look pretty normal. The cast was so well put together. Try finding a show that works so well and make you laugh the entire time it is on. Christopher Titus is an amazing comic. I love his stand up and he was so great on his show. FOX network never gives any of their shows a chance. Unless it is American Idol, which don't get me started on that. Miss ya Titus cast!

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  LadyH Added Apr 14, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.6 Superb

  Dysfunction has never been so funny hide « show »

  I love Christopher Titus. I think he's hilarious and I remember with vivid clarity (even for me) the first time I watched an episode of Titus. It was the premier episode and I was watching in my room, and during the commercial I go to tell my brother to watch, and he's already watching in the living room.
  
  There are so few things I personally relate to, but this is one of them. So I don't have a crazy mom, and my dad hasn't had a revolving door of wives, but I totally get the being the only one of a group who doesn't go insane when something completely minor in the realm of catastrophe happens. And there are so many dysfunctional families on TV now, but I love that this show was so funny because I personally think being from a dysfunctional family makes it easier to find everything else so damn funny. Everything doesn't need to be so serious all the time.

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  KayleeJune Added Jan 25, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  Even with the unfortunate addition of a laugh track, this dark comedy is brilliant for those willing to accept that they are in the majority of those families considered dysfunctional. hide « show »

  Even with the unfortunate addition of a laugh track, this dark comedy is brilliant for those willing to accept that they are in the majority of those families considered dysfunctional. The cast is played brilliantly, and the situations while still following comedic conventions usually have an eerie realism. But what more can you ask for from an intelligent comedy? A hot girlfriend and hot rods. While Christopher Titus has seemed to fall off the map for now, even with his website having no updates in a year, his original screenplay "Five Seconds" is currently in development, and I'm looking forward to it greatly.

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  nlatimer Added Jul 31, 2007 All my reviews