Sit Down, Shut Up (U.S. TV series)

Sit Down, Shut Up (U.S. TV series)
Sit Down, Shut Up
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Genre Comedy
Blue humor
Format 2D computer graphics
3D computer graphics
Created by Mitchell Hurwitz
Starring Will Arnett
Jason Bateman
Kristin Chenoweth
Will Forte
Tom Kenny
Nick Kroll
Cheri Oteri
Kenan Thompson
Henry Winkler
Composer(s) David Schwartz
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Mitchell Hurwitz
Josh Weinstein
Eric Tannenbaum
Kim Tannenbaum
Julie Meldal-Johnsen
Producer(s) J. Michael Mendel
Claudia Katz
Running time 22–23 minutes
Production company(s) Tantamount Studios
ITV Studios
20th Century Fox Television
Sony Pictures Television
Broadcast
Original channel Fox
Picture format 720p (HDTV)
Original run April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19) – November 21, 2009 (2009-11-21)
Chronology
Related shows Sit Down, Shut Up (Australian TV series)

Sit Down, Shut Up is an American animated television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox network. The series focuses on a group of high school teachers in a small town in Florida "who don't care about teaching".[1] The series premiered on Sunday April 19, 2009 in the Animation Domination block on Fox, but after four episodes aired, Fox removed the show from the block due to low ratings.[2] The remaining 9 episodes aired on Saturdays at midnight from October to December 2009. According to Futon Critic, this post-Wanda Sykes Show weekly time slot had been home to Sit Down, Shut Up since September 2009 through to April 2010. In some markets it aired after The Wanda Sykes Show and before The Brian McKnight Show.[3]

Based on the Australian live-action sitcom of the same name, creator Mitchell Hurwitz came up with the Sit Down, Shut Up idea in 2000.[4] He wrote a script for a pilot episode, but "kept it in a drawer" until he pitched the show to different networks in 2008 when he needed money.[5] Hurwitz said that "it was just a wacky show, and nobody wanted it", but eventually Fox picked it up as a primetime animation.[1]

Sit Down, Shut Up met mixed reviews from critics. Orlando Sentinel called the series a "disaster", and Newsday called it "raw, vulgar and blithely offensive, with so many triple and quadruple entendres for so many sexual acts".[6] Hollywood Reporter criticized the series' use of fourth wall breaks, and said that it was "painful to watch how hard the show tries to be funny".[7] IGN gave it a more positive review, saying "it should continue to be a very entertaining show",[8] and TV Squad said that it "definitely grows on you".[9]

The last episode aired on November 21, 2009 and the series is now officially cancelled.[10] US cable network Comedy Central has picked up repeats of the series and began airing them on May 4, 2010.[11][12] The series was nominated an Artios Award for its casting in 2009.[13]

Contents

Production

Creation and writing

Mitchell Hurwitz, creator of Arrested Development, came up with the Sit Down, Shut Up idea after watching the original Australian version created by Brendan Reed and Tim McLoughlan.[4][14] He noted its similarities to the British version of The Office.[4] He wrote a script in 2000, but "kept it in the drawer for a long time".[5] Originally, he had planned the series to be live-action like its Australian counterpart. He pitched the show to different networks, but most of them thought the characters were "too broad and way too self-centered and oblivious".[5] He changed the mode to animation to "avoid some work".[4][5] Originally titled Class Dismissed,[15] the series was picked up by Fox in May 2008.[16] Sit Down, Shut Up was produced by Tantamount Studios and Granada International Media in association with Sony Pictures Television and 20th Century Fox Television.[14]

Hurwitz wrote the first script and decided to take a more "supervisory role".[17] Josh Weinstein, a former writer for The Simpsons, was the showrunner, and Bill Oakley, another Simpsons writer, was originally on board, but ended his involvement with the show due to a contract dispute between the staff and Sony.[18] Sony refused to offer a contract which operated under the complete terms of the Writers Guild of America. Eventually a compromise was reached and production resumed in June 2008.[18] Writers for the show include Josh Weinstein, Rich Rinaldi, Aisha Muharrar, Alex Herschlag, Laura Gutin, Dan Fybel, Aaron Ehasz, Michael Colton and John Aboud.[18]

Animation

The original (top), and final character designs (bottom).

The show uses real images as backgrounds for the animated characters.[5] Hurwitz said that he "wanted to set the show in the real world, and the writing staff is made up of people that come from live action and from animation, so it expresses that mix well".[5] He called it "just an aesthetic thing"; he saw Mo Willems' book Knuffle Bunny in a bookstore, and then contacted Willems.[5] Willems designed the characters and they "started to do this technique".[5] The images used for the school were taken at a school next door to the Rough Draft Studios, the series' animation studio.[5] Hurwitz chose Rough Draft Studios as the series' animation studio because Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein had a "great experience" with the studio when working on Futurama.[5] the show, The Amazing World of Gumball used the same animation.

In March 2009, creator Hurwitz and the cast were present at WonderCon to promote the show.[1] Hurwitz told the audience that they had just received "the first pieces of the show back" from the animation studio in South Korea, and showed the first clip of the show for the audience.[1]

Casting

The cast includes former Arrested Development stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler as Larry Littlejunk, Ennis Hofftard and Willard Deutschebog, respectively.[19] Arnett noted that Ennis is one of the "dumber" characters he has played.[20] Kristin Chenoweth is the voice of Miracle Grohe, a spiritual hippie, barefooter and the science teacher. Comedienne Maria Bamford was originally cast as Miracle, but was later replaced by Chenoweth.[21] The executives still allowed Bamford to do some "side voices" on the show.[22] Will Forte voices Stuart Proszakian, the assistant principal.[5] In late April 2008, Variety reported that Regina King would have an unspecified role.[17] She was replaced by Kenan Thompson, who took over the role as Sue Sezno, the acting principal.[23] Thompson thinks he was the last cast member picked, and said that "they had another lady doing the voice" before he was hired.[23] Cheri Oteri was picked as the voice of Helen Klench, a "totally unresourceful" librarian, and Nick Kroll was picked as the voice of Andrew LeGustambos, the drama teacher whose surname translates "he likes both", referring to his bisexuality.[24] According to Kroll, Andrew is, alongside Helen, a loser amongst losers.[25] Kroll voices him to talk like a "modern day Snagglepuss".[25] Tom Kenny voices Muhammad Sabeeh "Happy" Fa-ach Nuabar, the secretive custodian that speaks only in Arabic, which is overdubbed by an English translation. In later episodes, however, he speaks fractured English and no longer has a translator. Singer Alanis Morissette guest starred as herself in the episode "Helen and Sue's High School Reunion".[26][27]

Characters

  • Ennis Hofftard (Will Arnett) - A cyclist who teaches English and chases women. His catchphrase is "Catchphrases are for losers". He is inept at thinking his plans through, usually causing even more trouble, and he seldom thinks about anything unless it has something to do with a woman or the promise of avoiding work. He is shown to be very talented when it comes to getting a woman, even being a dating teacher before becoming an English Teacher. He has also exhibited on several occasions the internal thought processes of a house cat which he refers to as his "comfort kitty" (a live action cat with a very foul tongue) because he is cowardly. He was influenced by a feeling of failure to live up to his military dad but he later learns that his father was also a cowardly figure who has a comfort kitty of his own.
  • Larry Littlejunk (Jason Bateman) - The gym teacher, and the only staff member who can teach. For these reasons, he can be seen as the protagonist. He refers to himself as "Larry L." because he hates his last name, and his catchphrase is "Why can't someone else teach P.E.?". He is apparently the only qualified teacher, but he lost the science teacher position to Miracle Grohe because of her "nude" presentation (which, for censorship reasons, was never shown). He is hopelessly in love with Miracle, but at the same time can't stand how airheaded she is, leading him to insult her instead of telling her how he feels.[28] He has been shown dating other women, but still goes into dazed states when around Miracle. In an early promo for the series, the character was named Larry Slimp.[29]
  • Miracle Grohe (Kristin Chenoweth) - A spiritual hippie barefoot science teacher who often brings her infant son named Merch (who is obviously smarter than she is)[30] to school as she believes that babies should always be with their mother. Her catchphrase is "Babies are gifts from God. Drummers are creeps." Though she is a science teacher, she believes in things a science teacher wouldn't (Mother Earth, mysticism, fortunes, etc). She is also very gullible, in a clear example taking the compliment "you're too pretty to be in school" as a statement. It is implied throughout the show that she also likes Larry. She also runs an underground Pillow Fight Club (a parody of Fight Club) that appears to be world wide. Comedian Maria Bamford was originally cast as Miracle Grohe but was later replaced by Chenoweth.[31] The executives still allowed Bamford to do some "side voices" on the show.[32]
  • Stuart Proszakian (Will Forte) - Assistant Principal. His catchphrase is "I need a catchphrase!" He is the most oblivious character in the show, clearly shown when he stated "He is so oblivious he probably doesn't even realize he is talking about himself" when he was talking about himself. Before becoming assistant principal he worked as a prison clown in a Florida penitentiary, and in "Miracle's Are Real," performed a disturbing song for Larry while dressed up as a clown in a black-and-white-striped prison jumpsuit. Stuart has a habit of shortening the word "assistant" to simply "ass" (such as "ass principal" or "ass coach") on job titles. It is heavily suggested throughout the series he is completely insane.
  • Muhammad Sabeeh "Happy" Fa-ach Nuabar (Tom Kenny) - The secretive custodian. In the first few episodes, he speaks only in Arabic, which is overdubbed by an English translation that also makes comments about Happy as well. In later episodes he speaks fractured English and no longer has a translator. He lives in a shack on the school grounds. His catchphrase is roughly translated into English as "I am fond of America", though the way he says it sounds like hatred toward America. The actual words are a mondegreen for "I am fond of America", so it might be a mistranslation on his translator's part. Before he began speaking English on his own, the characters couldn't understand him, leading them to think he said the opposite of what he really said. He is often the subject of stereotypical jokes, as in one episode he is seen walking around with a bundle of dynamite. It is also suggested he pees in Ennis' coffee, as when he needed to go to the bathroom he imagined Ennis' coffee mug.
  • Andrew LeGustambos (Nick Kroll) - The flamboyant and bisexual drama teacher. His catchphrase is "Speak up." In Spanish, Andrew's last name roughly translates to "he likes both", a reference to his bisexuality. He is in love with both Miracle and Larry, hopping they get together so he could get together with them. He later becomes a narcissist after seeing himself in a dress.[33] According to voice actor Kroll, Andrew is (alongside Helen) a loser amongst losers.[25] Kroll voices him to talk like a "modern day Snagglepuss".[25] In an early promo, the character was named Andrew Sapien.[29]
  • Helen Klench (Cheri Oteri) - The unappreciated librarian who often gets mistaken for objects such as brooms or toilet brushes, leading her to become angry when people ignore or cut her off. Her catchphrase is "Quiet down!". She seems to have high levels of testosterone, which is balanced out by taking female hormone drugs (which Vice Principal Prozackian was given when it was believed that the hormone drugs were steroids). Helen is skinny but is considered unattractive in relation to Miracle. In one episode, it was revealed because of her extreme loneliness she has a habit of falling in love with inanimate objects and lives with a lot of cats. She was an alumnus of Knob Haven High School, where she and Sue formed a musical duo, and she was obese back then.[33]
  • Sue Sezno (Kenan Thompson) - The "acting" principal of Knob Haven. She got the job due to a mysterious accident involving the last principal and a pair of metal claws. Sue’s style is stern, firm and to the point. In her eyes, there are no dumb questions, just plenty of dumb people. As evidenced by her last name, rarely (if ever) says "Yes." Her catchphrase is "No." She is also a hypocrite, clearly shown when she stated that she would have quit before firing any of the teachers, just to moments later fire Willard, and again when she pressured everyone to keep the School Fair fair, she cheated during the raffle. She is also shown to be incredibly lazy, giving the bare minimum to Miracle so she could become a teacher again because she didn't want to do the work of finding a new teacher, as well as saving the teachers who suffered a heart attack because she didn't want to have to do the paperwork. This as well as having no care for her fellow staff, as when she saw them have heart attacks, she just gave herself the rest of the day off, as well as planning to blame all of the schools problems on them at a meeting in Washington D.C.
  • Willard Deutschebog (Henry Winkler) - A middle-aged German teacher with very low self-esteem. His catchphrase is, "If I believed in reincarnation, I'd kill myself tonight." He still is highly influenced by his mother who he used his position as a driving teacher to run errands for. In one episode, he promised to dump his girlfriend because his mom said "she was a whore." In another episode, when presented with the option of a beautiful woman wanting to marry him, he responded, "I'm sorry. I promised my mother I would die alone." He's constantly fretting about his job and is normally homeless to the point where he lives in completely random places (the school football field, in the belfry of a tower, in the closet in the teacher's lounge). He has a fear of driving that stems from crashing his car into a drive-in theater screen during a sexual experience. To get around he arranges for emergency vehicles and hearses to pick him up and take him where he wants to go by lying about sickness, fire, or death. Later, after he obtains the position of the school's driving instructor, he begins using the driver training car for his personal transportation. He also doesn't have an e-mail account or a phone. He has a habit of being a blabbermouth. In the 1930s, became infamous for having sex with his teacher, and was known as "The Whoop-De-Doo Kid." He also apparently forages the school dumpster for food every day at 3:00.

Episodes

Season 1: 2009

# Title Directed by: Written by: Original airdate Prod. code
1 "Pilot" Dwayne Carey-Hill Mitchell Hurwitz April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19) SIT-101
Acting principal Susan Sezno is threatening to fire one of the teachers of Knob Haven High School due to budget cuts. Meanwhile, Vice Principal Proszakian ingests pills that are suspected to be steroids. 
2 "Miracle's Are Real" Raymie Muzquiz Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26) SIT-102
As the school throws a fair to raise money, Larry continues his pursuit of Miracle--and ends up making her lose faith in her spirituality. Meanwhile, Helen and Andrew set out to prove that Principal Sezno is a hermaphrodite and Ennis falls for a raffle ball basket while caring for Miracle's baby. 
3 "World's Greatest Teacher" Frank Marino Alex Herschlag May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03) SIT-103
Larry volunteers to give a speech in hopes of impressing Miracle, but Ennis steals Larry's thunder when a YouTube video of Ennis's ranting becomes popular. Meanwhile, Willard becomes a driver's ed teacher so he can overcome his fear of driving and Helen the librarian discovers that Happy the Janitor is keeping the books she was ordered to burn. 
4 "Back in Time" Stephen Sandoval Michael Colton & John Aboud May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10) SIT-104
In this homage to 1980s films, Principal Sezno sets up a PTA party at Huey Lewis's house, Helen the librarian tries to find her identity, Larry ends up on a date with a cross-dressing Stuart Proszakian, and Willard drives a time-traveling DeLorean back to Germany during World War II. 
5 "High School Confidential" Dwayne Carey-Hill Aisha Muharrar September 12, 2009 (2009-09-12) SIT-108
Sue crashes her car into Ennis and tries to conceal the accident by hiding him (still stuck halfway through the windshield of her car) in the auto shop class until the school can afford insurance. Later, after almost getting electrocuted while trying to hot-wire the car, Ennis believes that he has become a half-man/half-car superhero named Sedanimal. Stewart takes over the school's failing newspaper in an effort to make enough money to purchase insurance, and turns it into a tabloid. 
6 "Taming of the Dude" Ray Claffey Michael Colton & John Aboud September 19, 2009 (2009-09-19) SIT-112
When Ennis offers to school the staff on dating and relationship issues, Larry objects to his methods. Through a strange turn of events, he ends up meeting a mysterious lady from Ennis’ past. Meanwhile, Sue joins an underground society called "Pillow Fight Club" and finds that Miracle is a member. 
7 "Hurricane Willard" Raymie Muzquiz Aaron Ehasz September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26) SIT-109
When the town is threatened by a tropical storm, the high school gym is used as an emergency shelter and Willard seizes the opportunity to be respected through fear. 
8 "Mr. Hofftard Goes to Washington" Frank Marino Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03) SIT-110
Sue Sezno ditches the teachers in order to testify in a Senate hearing about why Knob Haven High School is the worst school in the country. In an effort to prevent her from going the staff splits up into teams and they race to stop her. Ennis gets sidetracked as he tries to prove his bravery to his father. 
9 "Tackin'" Crystal Chesney-Thompson Richard Day October 10, 2009 (2009-10-10) SIT-113
When Larry hears from the Deep South Council of Physical Fitness, he tries to convince Sue to try to get rid of all the junk food, but she refuses since "It's my main profit, besides lotto tickets and cough syrup." Seeing that Sue won't get rid of the junk food, he and "Happy" decide to remove all the junk food from the school to help the kids get fit. Outside Larry starts to throw away the junk food, but unintentionally hits Willard's head in the process. 
10 "Helen and Sue's High School Reunion" Peter Avanzino Alex Herschlag October 24, 2009 (2009-10-24) SIT-107
Larry plans the school's High School’s reunion while Andrew plots revenge against Jose Canseco, Larry decides to seek a lost love and Ennis believes Happy is planning a terrorist attack. Alanis Morissette guest stars as herself. 
11 "Math Lab" Crystal Chesney-Thompson Laura Gutin November 7, 2009 (2009-11-07) SIT-106
Stuart misunderstands his part in Knob Haven High’s anti-drug campaign and builds a meth lab instead of a math lab. Meanwhile, Larry takes the school’s affiliation with a pharmaceutical company a little too seriously. 
12 "SpEd" Ray Claffey Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi November 14, 2009 (2009-11-14) SIT-105
Ennis proctors the standardized tests for the gifted students and mistakenly convinces Happy to dump a truckload of kids into the harbor, forcing Larry to come to the rescue. Meanwhile, Willard tries to protect Stuart from a scam. 
13 "High School Musical Musical" Stephen Sandoval Josh Weinstein November 21, 2009 (2009-11-21) SIT-111
Series finale. When Sue gives Andrew an ultimatum to turn around the drama department, he writes a musical starring the teachers. Meanwhile, Sue discovers that Ennis is smartest when he is intoxicated. 

Reception

Critical response

Sit Down, Shut Up has received mixed reviews and currently has a 42/100 rating on Metacritic.[6] One of the positive reviews has come from the Chicago Sun-Times, who said that the cast ensemble was tough to beat and had lots of potential, but they also said "This embarrassment of riches isn't necessarily an embarrassment, but it's not the slam dunk it should be, either."[34] Variety says "Despite a pedigree that includes Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz and many of that program’s stars, Sit Down seldom rises above sniggering double entendre. Seemingly preoccupied with impressing teenage boys, the show, based on the Australian series created by Brendan Reed and Tim McLoughlin, should possess scant appeal outside that demo".[14] One of the most negative reviews came from Glenn Garvin of The Miami Herald who said "Hurwitz is only the first of many talents wasted to the point of criminality in this animated adaptation of a flopped Australian sitcom." and "Staleness, however, ranks as a virtue in Sit Down, Shut Up, for the show's token stabs at topicality are truly appalling."[35]

Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club gave the pilot episode a mixed review and graded it a B. She said she was "staying optimistic that the characters are going to get fleshed out in upcoming episodes, because this is obviously going to be a character-based ensemble comedy. The plot of the pilot [...] was basically just a vehicle to introduce the various eccentricities of the staff as they all tried to show Principal Sezno they weren't expendable. It was also a platform for the Arrested Development-like meta humor that's apparently going to pervade the show".[36] Jonah Krakow of IGN was more positive about the episode, noting the "familiar aspects" of "deft wordplay, biting sarcasm and inappropriate humor" from Arrested Development. He concluded, saying: "As long as the talented cast can continue to play to their strengths and the scripts can humorously tackle dicey subject matter, this should continue to be a very entertaining show."[8] Kona Gallaghar of TV Squad watched the episode twice and was more impressed the second time. She said that "the show definitely grows on you".[9] However, after watching the second episode, she stated: "The main problem I have right now with Sit Down, Shut Up, is that even that simple plot-point is too deep for it. Maybe I'm expecting too much from an animated series, but is it wrong to want the characters to feel at least as real as their backgrounds?".[37]

Ratings

Order Episode Timeslot Rating/share Rating/share
(18-49)
Viewers
(millions)
1 "Pilot" 8:30 2.7/8[38] 2.3/6[38] 5.21[38]
2 "Miracle's Are Real" 8:30 2.1/7[39] 1.9/5[39] 4.20[39]
3 "World's Greatest Teacher" 7:00 1.0/4[40] 0.8/3[40] 2.09[40]
4 "Back in Time" 7:00 0.6/3[41] 0.7/3[41] 1.59[41]

Cancellation

After two episodes had aired, the series' original 8:30 timeslot was moved to 7:00 due to low ratings.[2] After the fourth episode aired, the fifth and final episode of what was to be the initial run of Sit Down, Shut Up, was pulled from the Sunday Animation Domination lineup due to what was speculated as a coupling of risky content and continued low ratings.[2] The remaining 9 episodes began airing on September 12, 2009 on Saturday nights at midnight on a loop until April 2010, when repeats of Brothers took over the time slot.[3]

Syndication

Comedy Central began airing Sit Down, Shut Up at 10:00PM starting on Tuesday, May 4. For the next four weeks new episodes aired in that time on Tuesdays with repeats several times throughout the night. In June, the show was moved to the late-night timeslots and aired only once. On July 28, 2010, Comedy Central stopped airing Sit Down, Shut Up after airing the episode "Hurricane Willard." Of the thirteen episodes that reran on Comedy Central, the pilot episode and "High School Confidential" were the only episodes that never aired.[42]

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