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Absolutely BRILLIANT!!, 26 March 2004
Author: huston huddleston from Sherman Oaks CA

The funniest show I've EVER seen concerning Nazi Germany. No other show including The Producers or To Be or Not To Be has as many belly laughs or memorable sequences as this mostly forgotten classic gem of a show. It's not making fun of Jews, it's making fun of Hitler!

Hitler is the funniest I've ever seen him, Eva is adorable, the supporting cast was great, and the writing is crisp and witty. The Jewish next door neighbors, the Goldenstein's, are wonderfully cast and a pleasure to watch. Very misunderstood programme in an age when I would think people would be more intelligent and MORE aware that no one in their right mind would make fun of tragedy. If you don't like this show, that's your prerogative, but in no way should any show be banned just because someone finds it not funny. If that were the case, most of American TV would be a blank channel.

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That's Mein Furor!, 8 February 2008
7/10
Author: paulisdead from Australia

First broadcasted on UK Satellite TV in 1990, 'Heil Honey…' was a parody of 1950's sitcoms similar to 'I Love Lucy'. While watching the pilot episode 18 years after it was pulled off television, it's hard not to draw comparisons to the 'adult-comedy' shows of recent times. Compared with the newer animated shows like 'Family Guy', 'South Park', 'Drawn Together', even a sitcom making the most evil man of the 20th century look like Jackie Gleason seems tame by today's standards. It fact, it could have easily been a quick 60 second cut-away on the early season of 'Family Guy'.

One show that springs to mind is the short-lived sitcom parody: "That's My Bush!" (2001) The two are very similar in tone as they both embrace the formulas of their target genres and play it straight while using the absurdity of having these historic figures as the protagonists in such a trivial medium.

It's hard to rate the series as only the pilot episode was broadcasted (a copy, which was taped on a home viewers VCR, can be found on youtube), so it's not fair to judge on whether or not the one-note joke would have gotten old or if the show would have taken a different direction. It's rumoured that eight episodes of the series were filmed and they where all wiped after the flood of complaints the station received after that initial screening. However there have been reports of the show screening outside the UK. Bearing this in mind, if the master tapes are still out there in some warehouse we may see a DVD release of this lost example of proto-South Park comedy yet.

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Heil comedy genius, 11 May 2006
10/10
Author: Dark_linkoc from United Kingdom

Yes, sure "Heil honey I'm home" might sound like a bad idea, what with placing Hitler in the middle of a comedy sitcom but the show delivers. It's just seems so novelty and retro, what with the laughter track and clap track, "Heil honey I'm home" set's the standards for all Hit-com's (Hitler Comedys).

Whilst some may be offended by the crude jokes it is important to remember many of the first generation veterans are..well..dead, so deal with it and laugh it up because "Heil honey I'm home" just doesn't stop with the laughs...

So to "Heil honey I'm home" i say, whens the next episode due?

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''I love you Berlin, you knuckleheads!'', 4 August 2009
6/10
Author: Hyvot from Scotland

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Shown on the little watched 'B.S.B' (British Satellite Broadcasting), 'Heil, Honey I'm Home' was a pilot for a sitcom series concerning the lives of 'Adolf Hitler' (Neil McCaul) and 'Eva Braun' (Denica Fairman), who struggle to come to terms with the fact that their new neighbours, 'Arnie' (Gareth Marks) and 'Rosa' (Caroline Gruber) are Jewish. Adolf is expecting an important visit from Neville Chamberlain (Patrick Cargill) and warns his wife Eva not to let on to the neighbours as he fears they may mess things up.

Predictably, she lets on to them and they come round to meet him but end up getting horribly drunk and humiliate not only themselves but Adolf and Eva in front of Mr. Chamberlain.

As listed elsewhere, 'Heil' spoofed elements of '50's and '60's U.S sitcoms such as 'I Love Lucy' and 'Leave It To Beaver'. These elements included the corny title, the loud applause whenever a character walked onto the set and the cheesy dialogue. A caption at the beginning of the episode presented the series as a 'lost' sitcom from the '50s, recently re-discovered in the vaults.

Seven additional episodes of 'Heil' were written and recorded but never made it to the screen. The pilot episode drew complaints from viewers about how the characters and the show were in very poor taste, hence the seven remaining episodes ended up on the cutting room floor.

My opinion on the show: Not great, but far from bad. Some funny lines were thrown in and the cast seemed to do a pleasing enough job in portraying their characters (many complained about how the cast's acting was over the top. I don't think the poor souls realised this was intentional). My main bugbear with the show though was the intrusive canned laughter which sometimes drowned out the dialogue.

B.S.B was discontinued in the early 1990's. No other channel wanted to touch 'Heil' with a barge pole. Though a fairly entertaining show, I personally could not have seen it expanding to a full series. A piddling clip of 'Heil' was shown on Channel 4's '100 Greatest T.V Moments From Hell' in 2000. Since then, the show has faded into oblivion.

Funniest moment: Rosa complaining about Arnie's slovenliness.

ROSA: Arnie, you are a slob! What ever happened to the glamour? Where did the romance go?

ARNIE: How do I know where you put things? I can't even find my shirts!

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Wretched, unfunny, 19 January 2007
1/10
Author: loverocket44 from United States

This may be the worst show I've ever seen. Aside from the tastelessness of having a sitcom about Hitler, it just isn't funny or entertaining in any way. It is very similar to a 1950's sitcom in its cornball humor and contrived situations, but while it can be well done like in I Love Lucy, it's just not funny here. I think the show was based around the novelty "look, it's Hitler as a bumbling sitcom figure" but it just fell flat in every regard. The guy playing Hitler is so hammy that its hard to sit through that alone. I wonder what could have possibly made the network think this was a good idea to air. I thought America had some tasteless show, but the Brits had us beat this time. America would never air a sitcom about Hitler, although we did have that show about Lincoln's slave, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer. Chances are you'll probably never see this show, since it only aired one episode and will probably never be released on DVD.

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Terrible, Absolutely Terrible, 1 January 2001
Author: Mackem Bob from Sunderland, England

Well, what can be said about "Heil, Honey I'm Home"? Basically, any sitcom about Adolf Hitler living next door to a Jewish couple is destined for disaster from day one. The fact that there were only eight episodes filmed but only one was ever shown says it all. This was made by the old BSB satellite company back in the days when satellite TV was something of a joke in the UK. Looking back at this programme makes it easy to understand why this was the common presumption.

The content of the programme was shocking, especially when it is from the so-called "more understanding" 90's rather than the politically-incorrect 70's. An example of the crass, offensive content is a scene in which Adolf is almost suffering a nervous breakdown. His wife Eva tells him to "think happy thoughts". "Poland!" shouts Hitler, with a devilish grin. And this is funny?!

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