Dogfish Head, the sitcom?

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  1. Cfahooligan

    Cfahooligan Pundit (929) Mar 19, 2001 California

    Fox to develop a prime-time sitcom about Sam Calagione and family (his wife and two kids). It's been bought by Fox being created by his friend Ken Marino (The State) and is in the very early stages of development.

    http://blogs.delawareonline.com/pulpculture/?p=14384
     
    #1 Cfahooligan, Aug 9, 2013
  2. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

    Nice!
     
    #2 sergeantstogie, Aug 9, 2013
  3. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Sounds pretty cool.

    "I want to dip my balls in it!"
     
    #3 TongoRad, Aug 9, 2013
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  4. PackPride

    PackPride Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2011 North Carolina

    That's great news. I'll be looking forward to it.
     
    #4 PackPride, Aug 9, 2013
  5. Derranged

    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    Hate to be a cynic but I doubt this lasts more than one season. Good luck, Sammy. I'll drink a different DFH offering whilst watching each episode. If I like the show of course :grimacing:
     
    #5 Derranged, Aug 9, 2013
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  6. beatenbyjacks

    beatenbyjacks Savant (1,151) Apr 17, 2011 Colorado

    The first DFH show was good because it was based around beer and the culture. I cannot see this lasting more than 1 season if it based around their lives.
     
    #6 beatenbyjacks, Aug 9, 2013
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  7. HugeBulge

    HugeBulge Savant (1,132) Dec 31, 2012 New York

    Cool comment
     
    #7 HugeBulge, Aug 9, 2013
  8. jivex5k

    jivex5k Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2011 Florida

    Meh...
    Show about the brewery, I'm all for that.
    I couldn't care less about his personal life....for some reason I care about Walter White's though.
     
    #8 jivex5k, Aug 9, 2013
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  9. mike_v_sardina

    mike_v_sardina Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2012 Vermont

    Maybe I am being skeptical/pessimistic, but I doubt that this show even gets a pilot, yet alone picked up for a season...interesting concept, but I am not sure whether Sam's and DFH's story has enough cultural impact to sustain the relevance needed for a network TV-sitcom.
     
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  10. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    If it succeeds, it'll have as much to do with beer as "Everybody Loves Raymond" has to do with newspapers.
    "Not that there's anything wrong with that."
     
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  11. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Hope this one doesn't meet the same fate as Brewmasters did...
     
    #11 BurgeoningBrewhead, Aug 9, 2013
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  12. StarRanger

    StarRanger Crusader (482) Nov 27, 2006 North Dakota

    Question, have the people who think this a bad idea ever read the book "Brewing Up a Business"?

    If you haven't then you are only guessing what the show is about.
     
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  13. KS1297

    KS1297 Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2013 Wisconsin

    why are you all cheering? Don't tv shows destroy people's live more often than not?
     
    #13 KS1297, Aug 9, 2013
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  14. Cfahooligan

    Cfahooligan Pundit (929) Mar 19, 2001 California

    If you don't like the beer, the brewery, or Sam for that matter then why bother chiming in? Give it a shot or don't. So many negative nellies when something good is happening for one of our own.

    Sounds like this is a long time friend of Sam's. This is seems like a good idea to me. Ken Marino is hilarious and The State was awesome. I never watched Party Down but I still like him. I think it could be cool. No one thought a sitcom based on Tim Allen would turn out as well as it did. This could have potential. If you ever listen to Sam talk or have read the book, he has a great story to tell. Ken would throw some good comedy on it.
     
    #14 Cfahooligan, Aug 9, 2013
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  15. sergeantstogie

    sergeantstogie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Washington

    You guys seem to have forgotten every sit-com you've ever seen. I mean, how much of King of Queens revolved around him being a UPS driver? Sure you saw the truck and the uniform and occasionally en episode about the antics at the workplace, but it's a sit-com about A guy, the dumb shit that guy gets into, the zany characters in his life and the lesson learned at the end of the day. How about a show about paper salesmen? Sounds horrible right?
     
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  16. Cfahooligan

    Cfahooligan Pundit (929) Mar 19, 2001 California


    Reality tv does that. This is just a sitcom.
     
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  17. Cfahooligan

    Cfahooligan Pundit (929) Mar 19, 2001 California

    I can only imagine Ken's take on Sam's hip hop adventures. LOL!
     
    #17 Cfahooligan, Aug 9, 2013
  18. KS1297

    KS1297 Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2013 Wisconsin

    true true. but Sam seems like a great guy and I could see some shrewd hollywood douches taking advantage and fucking him over or making up/ misrepresenting shit or kicking him out of the writing process etc.
     
    #18 KS1297, Aug 9, 2013
  19. Cfahooligan

    Cfahooligan Pundit (929) Mar 19, 2001 California

    The guy doing it is hilarious, it's a close friend of Sam's. He is exactly the right person I would want behind if it were my story. Plus as the article said, this guy helped Sam paint the brewpub when it first opened. I am sure there is a good friendship there and a good understanding of the humble beginnings.
     
    #19 Cfahooligan, Aug 9, 2013
  20. kkipple

    kkipple Maven (1,430) Jul 30, 2005 South Carolina

    Can't wait for Sam to be portrayed as a grinning bumblecluck with a ridiculously hot, shrill wife and a bunch of smarmy kids running around in a brewery...
    I don't see this ending well for Sam and his family in particular, or DFH in general. Ah well, money über alles, I suppose.
     
    #20 kkipple, Aug 9, 2013
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