Hi Honey, I'm Home

I adored this show, and so hope that it will eventually show up on DVD. This show, like so many of Rupert Holmes' creations, was a thinking person's show. It used the contrasts in lifestyles between the 50's Nielsons (one of Rupert's little 'in' jokes...Nielsen ratings...get it?) and the 90's Duffs to show the good parts of both. It was well-written, well-acted, satire, and for those of us old enough to remember, used cameos by 50's and 60's stars to heighten interest (Barbara Billingsley, Jim Nabors, etc.). I miss the show...Good, decent programming.

I do have the pilot episode with A.J. McLean on tape (the only ep I have), so it must have aired sometime.

I know it's been a long time since "Hi Honey I'm Home" was on (even in re-runs), so I'm not surprised that a lot of people have written incorrect or conflicting info. I was a big fan, and have all the eps on tape. So anyway, here is the real deal:

1. It's "false trivia" about A.J. from the Back Street Boys playing Skunk. He apparently did play him in an unaired pilot, but a different actor played Skunk on all the aired episodes.

2. Although much like "Pleasantville", "Honey" was indeed first (by SEVEN years!) When I saw Pleasantville, I was like, "Oh my God, it's 'Honey' reversed and made into a movie!"

3. The show first played in the summer of '91 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup (not CBS), and was "instantly" rerun two days later (Sundays) on Nick at Nite. After six episodes, ABC did not pick it up for any more. However, Nick at Nite did produce 6-8 more episodes, which only ran on Nick at Nite. They reran them again and again and again before finally dropping it around 1994. I wonder where the characters were re-relocated?

I loved this show and wish it was still on the air!

This show was way to short in its run. I was never sure when it was on. But when I caught it I was in seventh heaven. I grew up with black and white TV and although color TV is the way to go. There was a simpler and sweeter mind set to the old TV shows. Even crime dramas back then had a depth and charm that seems to have been lost over the years. My favorite running gag was when a guest star from the "Sitcom World" would do a guest appearance. Someone would pick up the "Remote" and press 'the button' and everything would turn onto Black and White. Then everyone would let out a delighted sigh of pleasure. 'Color is just too colorful." It would always crack me up. Why isn't this show available on DVD?

never do I roam, for there is nothing sweeter than to greet her, "Hi Honey, I'm Home." That was once our theme song, then a dream song, of a honeycomb..... This show was a cliche, yes. However, it was the cliche that was so endearing. It was nice to see a conservative TV comedy family living in the "real world," and the comedy that ensued worked on so many levels.

We were once a sitcom family, on the black and white TV, now we're off the air been pulled from there and dropped into reality....

For the record, it indeed did get syndication on Nickelodeon. In my region it played on the ABC network also. I believe the concept was ripped off to some extent in the movie "Pleasantville" (You know.. teaching 50's sitcom characters 90's morals).

Life was once much duller, before color, in a monochrome. Still, she gabs all day and spends my money, I find the situation funny, isn't life just so Re-runny? Hi Honey, I'm Home! Hi Honey I'm Home.