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Sitcom about Hitler and Eva Braun. First broadcast in 1990 on BSB (British Satellite Broadcasting). An ironic parody of American family TV comedies of the 1950s.

This has improved picture quality over the copy presently floating around Youtube. Not perfect, but a lot better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heil_Honey_I%27m_Home!

Heil Honey I'm Home! was controversial British television sitcom, produced in 1990, and canceled after one episode aired.

The show centred on fictionalised versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, who live together in suburban bliss, until the day their lives are turned upside-down by their new neighbours, Arny and Rosa Goldenstein, who are Jewish. The show's plot is inevitably centered on Hitler's inability to get along with his neighbours. A caption at the beginning of the episode presented the series as a 'lost' sitcom from the 50s, recently re-discovered. The show spoofed elements of 1950s and 1960s American sitcoms such as Leave It to Beaver and I Love Lucy, including the corny title, light (even vacuous) plots and dialogue, and unwarranted applause whenever a character appeared on screen.

The plot of episode 1 involved Adolf telling Eva of the impending arrival of Neville Chamberlain, and begging her not to tell the Goldensteins. Of course, Eva lets it slip to Rosa that Chamberlain (the most important man in Europe!) is coming round and Rosa tells Arny. They then crash the dinner party the Hitlers have prepared for Chamberlain.

The programme was written by Geoff Atkinson and commissioned by satellite television channel Galaxy, part of British Satellite Broadcasting (which later became part of BSkyB). It was shown at 9.30pm on a Monday night, after an episode of Dad's Army. During the credits of Dad's Army, Galaxy's announcer said 'And unless Arthur Lowe defeats him, it's the man himself in a few moments in Heil Honey, I'm Home!, as the Galaxy Comedy Weekend continues.'

The programme proved controversial when first aired, as it was seen by many as being in very poor taste. It was accused of crassly trivialising Nazism, although others have defended it as being in the same tradition of Third Reich parodies such as 'Allo 'Allo! and Hogan's Heroes, or along similar lines to the portrayal of Hitler as a domestic fool in The Producers. They also point out the crassness was intentional, and part of the parody anyway.[1]

Only one episode (the pilot) was ever screened, although eight episodes were planned and a number were recorded. The filming of the series was cancelled immediately by Sky (BSkyB) on its acquisition of British Satellite Broadcasting. This was probably due in part to the ire that accompanied the first episode. Neither the pilot or other episodes have ever been aired since. The show has since become renowned as one of the most controversial programmes ever to have been screened in the UK; it listed at #61 on Channel 4's The 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell.[2]

Cast * Neil McCaul as Adolf Hitler * Denica Fairman as Eva Braun (replaced by Maria Friedman in unaired episodes)[3] * Gareth Marks as Arny Goldenstein * Caroline Gruber as Rosa Goldenstein * Laura Brattan as Ruth * Patrick Cargill as Neville Chamberlain

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[TheOnlyJenk]

I'm here because of OMG Facts on iPod Touch

[NATS29292]

I was hoping for a lot more tasteless Holocaust jokes...

[DoctorWhoIsForever]

Oh, the cruel irony of having this aired after Dad's Army

[redsoxfan1984]

ADOLF HITLER IS SAYING "SMOOCHIE, SMOOCHIE"

THIS FUCKING SHIT HAPPENED.

[YeaThatsWhatSheSaid]

@Spanishdog17

1/2 half an hour?

[Spanishdog17]

I bet anyone who laughed at this show also laughed at such "comedy" train wrecks as Meet the Spartans and Fox News's 1/2 half an hour show. They weren't morally offensive, but they had such bad writing that no single joke was funny.

[mersey70]

No wonder BSB was a disaster.

[johnsharp71]

@williamherbert Spot on. It's such a shame that the concept was watered down by making it a spoof of 1950's US sitcoms. The title alone is genius. A great idea let down by poor writing and direction - not to mention spineless TV executives.

[williamherbert]

This might have lasted a few more episodes if it were a little better written. It seems like they just made a Honeymooners clone with the gimmick of having Adolf in there. If it were a little more insightful it might have actually lasted.

[crystalvoodoo91]

I have fucking clue how to react to this.