Jun 19, 2007

Could There Be A Pervier Title?

Once word hits the streets that NBC greenlit a show called Without Breasts There Is No Paradise (translated from the telenovela, Sin Tetas) the sparks will fly.

Is the show about breast cancer or some other after-school special topic that makes one feel guilty for prejudging it on title alone?

Nope. It's about a 17-year-old call girl who "worries that her flat chest will consign her to a life of poverty".

Tits, whoring, and jail bait = ratings gold?

This led me on a quest to find the Perviest Titles in the History of Television, the kind of show titles that made you do a double take the first time you heard them...on a non-porno network:

Leave It To Beaver
Perhaps the only show that will never be redone with a girl playing the Beaver. With a title like this, was there any choice to not introduce Jerry Mathers "as the Beaver" at the beginning of the show?

Perversions of Science
What is a list about the Perviest Titles without this show listed? It was a Tales From The Crypt rip off with a better name. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to keep the show on air for more than a season.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Remember when you first heard the name of the show? You did a double take. I know you did.

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
'Nuff said.

That's My Bush!
If Gore won, it would have been called Everybody Loves Al. It's uncertain whether or not the Gore show could have lasted more than the eight episodes of Bush. Did I just write that?

Deadwood
The fact that the show came on after Six Feet Under made me first think it was a rigor mortis joke. By the time Big Love came on, I had learned my lesson.

After reviewing the Perviest Titles in the History of Television, I realized there hasn't been, and probably never will be, a television show with a title pervier than Without Breasts There Is No Paradise on a family friendly network.
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Which show do you think has the Perviest name?

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