Hi Honey, I'm Home

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?

The show ran on ABC as part of their TGIF lineup, and on Nick at Night way back in 1991. Only six episodes aired during the summer though, then the show was moved only to Nick. And a bit of trivia: "Honey" was the first show to be an "instant rerun." A new episode would air on ABC on Friday, and then that same episode would air again that Sunday. This was the first time a show aired on two networks at basically the same time. A recent example of this is the ABC show "Once and Again," which also airs later in the week on Lifetime.

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.

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.

"Hi Honey, I'm Home" was an interesting member of the set of shows such as "You Can't Do That On Television" that characterized some of Nickelodeon's programming in the late 80's (or early 90's).

In retrospect, it seems as if this show, where 50's black-and-white T.V. and modern life meet, could have been the inspriation for concept of the 1998 film "Pleasantville."

Somewhat entertaining, moreso today. Now it serves as a pleasant look back to the earlier shows of Nickelodeon. Others of the era include the aforementioned "You Can't Do That On Television", "Today's Special", "Don't Just Sit There--Do Something!", "Belle and Sebastian", and "Pinwheel".