Sit Down, Shut Up

Sit Down Shut Up had a rocky first couple of episodes but heck if they haven't hit their stride. Fortunately, my DVR is smart enough to record the show even though FOX moved its time slot without notice. Seriously, what's FOX's problem with good shows? They did the same thing with Futurama and look how that turned out - canceled because of low ratings...maybe because no one knew when to find it! It most certainly wasn't a quality issue because they won several awards and have a huge following.

So here we go again...FOX is going to let another great show die because they only know how to promote their damn reality shows. That and anything with Seth MacFarlane's name on it - no offense to Seth especially since he's a friggin' genius. The point is that Sit Down Shut Up is cleverly written and the voice talent is top notch but it's on the verge of being canceled because its own network doesn't support it.

What's it like to be under appreciated by FOX? Ask the people from Futurama. C'mon FOX...wake up!

First of all the title is just great, it feels like that is the way it is in school for real. It's a good concept, since there aren't very many shows about the teachers at school. I found this show to be pretty good, well at least the first episode was good. The jokes were funny and the storyline worked. I enjoyed watching and surprisingly the animation was rather good, which is hard to find good animation lately. It was a little weird that pretty much the whole Saturday Night Live cast is starring, but they play their parts well.I hope that this series lasts more than a few episodes and doesn't just go downhill like King of the Hill did after a while.

Oddly enough, the animation reminds me of the old "Critic" carton with Jon Lovitz...

but whereas the Critic was funny, this is just horrible...

It seems the use of still photos for backdrops shows a shortcutting approach to the animation process, and the use of trite stereotypes and clichés shows a shortcutting approach to the writing...

Does the TV-14 rating mean that this is only liable to funny to those 14 and under..? A waste of good vocal talent...

With the current trend in television, I guess this will run for 4 or 5 seasons... While good shows will continue to whither and die within 2.

that it has a lot of potential to be an addicting show within a season or two. A good cast, with quirky writing becomes a fresh new approach to the adult animated world. I like how this differs a lot from the norm(Simpson's,family guy,American dad)with it's live-action backdrop and it's mission hill influenced drawing, I welcome it with open arms.

I hope to see a lot more from this show, it's already setting in nicely.

I give the PILOT 7/10 and keep my general vote/rating for the show until it's had a complete season (or half lol)

Also note that I did like KOTH. haha

My friend told me to look up this show, told me about the cast and that's all I needed. Even if I didn't recognize the talent in the voices, I knew I had a new favorite cartoon on my list. I have mixed feelings about FOX and this show though; I don't expect the same people who watch Fox News to understand anything in this show (or anything about life for that matter) I think this show would find a better home on The Comedy Network, but unfortunately they don't pay with large sums of blood soaked money. A quick note to all the haters commenting on IMDb; just because you can't follow the jokes due to your lack of, well processing speed or, um, intellect, doesn't make this show bad.

From a visual point of view, they do a great job implementing real photographed backdrops with added details. The animation is nothing spectacular but works well with the overall look of the show. The dialogue does move fairly fast as mentioned above which requires you to give it the attention it deserves. That's the thing isn't it, what else would you expect from a show named "Sit Down, Shut Up".