Wrap your minds around this one for a second: somewhere in England, there were highly-paid television producers who all sat down in a room together and decided that making a sitcom called Heil Honey I'm Home! featuring fictionalised versions of Adolf and Eva Braun was somehow a good idea, and also that commissioning it to play in the slot immediately following an airing of beloved, charming British comedy series Dad's Army was also gold. The show, which was presented as a "lost sitcom" from the 1950s, was a play on the traditional American sitcom of the 1950s and '60s, starring the Fuhrer and his lover as they get into wacky hijinks with their Jewish neighbours. To reiterate: not one person said, "Hmm...are we sure this isn't horribly offensive?" Thankfully, the show was cancelled after only one episode, which fortunately robbed us of the planned episode where Adolf and Eva plot to kill the Goldensteins. True story. There's satire, and then there's... this. It almost makes one wonder if somewhere along the process of getting this made, Max Bialystock and Leopold Bloom were attempting to defraud investors by purposefully making the worst show on television, a la The Producers, because the idea that someone legitimately green-lighted this show and approved it every step of the way is more than the rational mind can handle. Do any other hilariously cancelled TV shows deserve to be on this list? Share your own additions in the comments thread below.
Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.
