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Christopher Titus takes his standup routine into sitcom territory with Titus. The half-hour comedy chronicles the hilarious world of 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.
"Hilarious and real...one of the most fall-down funny shows on TV!" New York Newsday
Editor's Note
A unique and cutting-edge comedy, TITUS took the sitcom formula and twisted many of its fundamental elements. Comic Christopher Titus based the situations and characters on his real-life family and experiences, creating a television program that had perhaps the most dysfunctional clan ever to hit the small screen. Chris's father Ken is an abusive womanizer, his mother Juanita a murderous schizophrenic, and his brother Dave is an imbecile. The only people keeping Chris sane are his girlfriend Erin and effeminate best friend Tommy. Particularly notable is the way that the program utilized Titus's family as a way of exploring topics normally taboo for network comedies, and was able to diffuse some criticism through its use of physical and sometimes sophomoric comedy. TITUS also took a step beyond most sitcoms with scenes that presented both Chris's inner psychology and the everyday "reality" of his existence. THE COMPLETE FIRST AND SECOND SEASONS contains a total of 33 episodes of the boundary breaking television comedy.
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