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HBO Takes Penis
Sitcom To Series!!
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Thomas Jane is ready to become a different kind of punisher.
HBO is taking to series “Hung,” its pilot about a high school basketball coach (Jane) who decides to use his gargantuan penis to make ends meet, as it were.
“The Riches” vets Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson created the series, likely to hit the channel in June.
Alexander Payne, who masterminded “Election,” “About Schmidt” and “Sideways,” directed the pilot.
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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should star an asian actor... just sayin
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first. fuck i hate those people. now i am those people.
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When is this joke going to finally be called off? I can't believe they're really running with this.
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I mean, at least remakes take an something of some value as a starting point. This kind of stuff...ugh. HBO, what happened? (Though Jonah on Summer Heights is the shit.)
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Dec. 18, 2008, 12:56 a.m. CST
That title was the funniest thing I've read in awhile.
by SlickyVonBoner
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...Like a horse. Horses are hung like me.
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and pushing daisies gets canceled. Don't get me wrong. I am not a Tom Jane hater, but fuck this is dumb.
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a show for white supremacists. hung like a black man...?
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Dec. 18, 2008, 1:26 a.m. CST
GavinVanDraven
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Uh yeah, maybe if that were the title but it's not so what the fuck are you talking about
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Best... show... ever...
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..considering that my penis is small.
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I can believe that this series got greenlit, but it's tough to believe that Tom Jane didn't have any better offers on the table.
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As your agent, I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't tell you about all the offers that you have on the table. There is this one HBO show...
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Dec. 18, 2008, 3:19 a.m. CST
HBO - We're Shocking! Look How Shocking & Risque We Are!
by FilmCritic3000
Honestly, do they even care about making a decent series anymore? These days it seems like they're a middle schooler who just discovered profanity. (And I say this as someone who likes "Entourage", "True Blood" (sort of), "Flight of the Conchords", and "Real Time with Bill Maher".)
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alexander payne's involvement sells me on this, but it's still going to be awkward watching it with my girlfriend. kind of like how i don't like watching most porn with her because of the huge schlongs. hope thomas jane isn't afraid of being typecast after this. and isn't it fitting that he was in "boogie nights" years ago?
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Clever FUCKS
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Dec. 18, 2008, 3:30 a.m. CST
However at this rate Showtime is gonna eat HBO for breakfast
by BurgerKing
Awesome shows like Dexter, Californication and people seem to like Tudors are going to dominate HBOs wacky choices lately after they lost their heavy hitters known as Sopranos and The Wire
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or just whip it out on street corners for a few bucks? <p> I'd watch the show if he used his gargantuan member to pole vault, or fight crime - tripping criminals from across the street and so forth.
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Actually, if Alexander Payne is involved, i'm interested.
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is it gonna deal with "male issues" as opposed to Sex And The City dealing with"female issues" or something?
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would be much funnier with Adam West
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for new Punisher movie. Wow did that suck.
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oh and i wont make an opinion on this show until i've seen an episode. Reall lame and flacid premise, but i like tom jane, so i'll wait until i see it.
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Dec. 18, 2008, 7:55 a.m. CST
So, if HBO picks up this and doesn't pick up...
by ICantBelieveIRegistered
A Song of Ice and Fire to series, I'll never watch HBO again. I'm really looking forward to this show. Ice and Fire. Not Hung.
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I'll never watch HBO again, I'm cancelling my subscription, Blowtime is the new HBO, Blowtime is kicking HBO's ass- blah blah blah bitch moan cry whimper. The only Showtime show on HBO's level is finished this weekend- for good. As for Dexter- it's entertaining- but it's TV for idiots. There is nothing left to the imagination due to Dexter's voice-over and Harry's magical appearances- and EACH season is the same rehashed plotline- someone learns Dexter's secret and wants to get close to him- and Dexter kills them (Ice Truck Killer, Lila, Miguel) and yet Dexter freaks sit there mesmerized on the edge of their seats like they really don't know what's behind each corner. What's behind each corner is the giant cock of mediocrity waiting to bludgeon your forehead.
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hbo has become the chix that won't shut up. starved for attention and will do anything for attention. <p> HBO needs to put its panties back on. and stop pulling a spears.
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This Tom Jane cock show honestly sounds lame.
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as you suggest. work has already begun on season 4 & season 5.
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Showtime was really the channel that was always starved for attention- Queer as Folk, Gay Duck, The L Word, a show about a suburban mom selling weed! a show about a serial killer! - they've always tried soooooo hard to be cutting edge. HBO needs to be relevant? You watch the emmys of any given year and then try telling me that with a straight face.
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get it?
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I didn't suggest that Dexter was done for good. The show that is on HBO's level that is finishing for good this weekend is BROTHERHOOD. I didn't mention the name of the show because it's honestly not worth the effort anymore- it's like trying to draw blood out of a stone. No one watches it, I'd be surprised if it gets a talkback for the fianl episode, and even Showtime doesn't give a shit and didn't run ads for the last two seasons.
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...Is that 9.9 earthquake going to hit California! There is no God!
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The pilot is filming right now, and all of you want it to be picked up. YOU want to see it right now. It will own your ass. You will fucking love it.
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If Alexander Payne is involved, I'll check this out. He's a terrific director and a creative guy, so I have a feeling "Hung" won't just be about the penis. It'll probably be mostly about all the other stuff.<p> I'm skeptical about the show's name and subject, but I hope it'll be good.
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Oh, and WerePlatypus, I'm with you there. I definitely can't wait to see "Song of Ice and Fire."
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or an uninspired forgettable failure that feels impotent and limp on arrival?
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This sounds lame.
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but if this had Chuck Palahniuk attached to it, it could've been really special. I could just imagine what he'd do with that premise.
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this is a natural evolution. From blood suckers to blood fillers...<br><br>Meanwhile, I fucking LOVE True Blood.
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Someone should hire him to helm a show...at least it would be itnteresting
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Dec. 18, 2008, 10:19 a.m. CST
I Understand Thomas Jane Needs A Wheelbarrel When He Walks Aroun
by PoppaRotzi
...thank you...thank you...I'll be here all week...don't forget to tip your waiter!...try the veal...
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There is no justice in the world.
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Just askin'
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Dec. 18, 2008, 11:13 a.m. CST
This concept actually was used in a cut scene from Kung Pow
by ricarleite
Never a good sign.
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Please say that at least once, Tom Jane. Please, please, please. Also, keep this concept for about 5 minutes and then have him just get a shotgun and kill crooks. And call it The Punisher.
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Dec. 18, 2008, 11:33 a.m. CST
Actually, I'd rather have this fucking my eyeballs . . .
by gruntybear
. . . than "Avatar." It'd be a bit more honest, wouldn't you say? Seriously, are you boys THAT AFRAID of another man's penis? Really? No wonder this country is still in the dark ages when it comes to issues of sexuality.
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And the well-endowed are HUNG...executed criminals are HANGED.
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Dec. 18, 2008, 11:54 a.m. CST
Remember Carnivale and Deadwood and how awesome they were?
by Johnny Smith
Yeah, me too. Remember how they were canceled because they were too expensive? Yeah, me too. BUT WHO CARES WHEN THE PUNISHER'S COCK IS FUCKING YOUR EYEBALLS IN 2009?
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Theme song: "Tra la la la la la, Gi-ant Wang! Tra la la la la la, Gi-ant Wang! Tra la la la la la, Gi-ant Waaaaaaannnnnnggggg!"
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"Gentlemen, instead of creating and supporting good shows, lets make one that is cheap, hastily slapped together, but is so controversial that the press CANNOT ignore us anymore. Lets hear your ideas..."<p> "we could televise live abortions!"<p> "not bad not bad - but look at the past election. Abortion isn't much of a hot button anymore."<p> "I have it sir! A show about a fictional CEO of a fictional auto manufacturer who cheats and steals and lies to continue to pad his personal empire! Thats all the rage now-a-days."<p> "I like it, but our parent company happens to be run by that CEO, so we can't do it. anything else?" "how about a show about a white guy who just has sex all the time? Like a Sex in the City for Dudes?"<p> "Is he gay?"<p> "well.. I ... maybe?"<p> "no good. he'd have to be gay. And we already cornered the market on controversial gay programming. We made it main-stream, which means its no longer newsworthy. C'mon boys - there's 4 billion dollars of bonuses between us? Cant any of you come up with something?"<p> "a guy with a massive erection?"<p> "I like it - but whats so controversial?"<p> "he works at a high school. As a gym coach."<p> "I can smell the newspaper ink already! Lets go with it, Someone whip out a sample script and get some equipment ready - we'll shoot something tomorrown and air it next Tuesday.<p> oh and alert the New York Times and the 700 Club. I want them both ready to rant the moment this hits the airwaves."
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will have the base of the letter "U" drop lower than the "H-N-G"...
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very astute. and the image on the dvd cover will probably be a baseball bat with two basketballs. they may as well name this show GIANT DICK for all the subtlety theyve been showing lately
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is he a porn star or a prostitute?
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Or skinimax. I have a sick feeling all the nudity will be male, to make it edgy and artsy. Or middle-aged lonely female.
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You're 110% fucking right. That's why it sounds lame- because it sounds like some Showtime Diary of a Call Girl bullshit. HBO is usually more "on the ball" (nudge nudge wink wink rolling eyes, whatever). I also think Jane couldn't act his way through a white lie- he's forking horrendous. Bring on the Winter season of Conchords, East Bound and Down and Big Love. I need to see more Margene- she gives me tremendous aching boner.
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I know I'm the first person to beg for original programming over crappy remakes of old shows but come one really!?! A show about a guy and his cock? Very weak!
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and they was right
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Who the fuck thought that this would be a good idea? Oh, yeah. Dana Gould's wife. What is wrong with LA? What the fuck is in the coke over there? Beach?
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Arrgh! I fucked up my joke that wasn't that funny to begin with!
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Dec. 18, 2008, 3:48 p.m. CST
hollywood bastards ripping off my life story and playing me feck
by Mr_X
seriously only watching cause of jane.
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Dec. 18, 2008, 3:52 p.m. CST
There's a Song of Ice and Fire pilot script review at 'winter is
by skycrapper
Sounds pretty faithful to the book which is a very good sign. http://winte r-is-coming.blog spot.com/
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hands down. plot twist after plot twist, cliffhanger after cliffhanger, building momentum all season long. then an awesome climax. and then a cigarette, cuz.... damn. that was the SHIT! i work in a video store... this show gets rented out quick. generally speaking, a customer will try the first disc one day... come back and rent the rest of season 1 AND 2 the next day... thats addictive television.
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I for one, really enjoy Thomas Jane as an actor, so to see him in this weird Boogie Nights/Weeds mix kinda show seems very appealing. HBO really needs to step it up a bit after losing The Wire
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Just found out that Majel Barrett Rodenberry passed away.
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He's right. It is pretty pathetic. They pass on Mad Men and make shit like this?
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...there is an undue emphasis on sexuality. - Emerte.
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<p>Ahh, HBO, you just don't get it anymore, do you?</p> <p>I'm sorry to hear about Brotherhood, it was a good show. Haven't watched this season yet, but I will be soon. I'm not sure why every channel decided to run their shows in the fall this year. Whatever happened to running off season shows so that I have a chance to keep up? They've even bunched it all up on Sunday and Monday. I thought they wanted us to TiVo less.</p>
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That's why you're all bitching about this show being greenlit? Since it might change culture and make people even more interested in men with large penises? I am excited about this show! From what I've read about it, I think the story will go great. I am hyped about it. I hope it's like weeds, but with more penis.
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but I was going o call the show SCHLONG!
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I have the smallest dick on earth, and I'm not bitching at all... So in defense to all tiny dicks outthere, I please urge you to look for another explanation to the bile on display. May I suggest angrybasementdwellingnerdsyndrome?
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But not, apparently, the one that brought you The Sopranos, Deadwood or Rome. That one's dead.
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Make him a Catholic priest who has to hide his identity as a porno actor and call the show Bigger Love.
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Your wish has been granted! [YOURS. Not mine.]
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Your wish has been granted! [YOURS. Not mine.]
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Your wish has been granted! [YOURS. Not mine.]
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I am a failure @ AICN... and in life.
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Al Swearengen needs to cut some cocksucking throats at HBO.
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In the TV Series Coupling, this was one of numerous subplots.
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So, HBO'll greenlight this turd, which sounds like it might "Lucky Louie" levels of awful, but they couldn't pull the trigger on a third season of Carnivale?! Pretty sure now that they need to drop the "It's not TV. It's HBO." slogan now, because idiot moves like this one sound EXACTLY like typical TV thinking.
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Has anyone said that yet?
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MAKE IT SO............
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Best porn name ever!!!
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They can call it: HOLE!
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...I'm intrigued. And have a semi...
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That just gave me seething rage!!!! I will explode an idiot bomb on the whole world now!
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As a guy, it's not the penis I'm afraid of, it's the concept. Pretty low-brow. Though I don't put it past Payne who was involved with Chuck and Larry. Even in Election and Sideways he dipped into that type of humor which is lame and dried up no matter who is writing. I don't put this past HBO either. They're quickly becoming a typical network, just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks (True Blood fucking blows, Big Love has been stretched too far, The Life and Times of Tim is a poor rip-off of half of Adult Swim's inventory). HBO now fits in with even the worst of Hollywood and network television.
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ho ho.
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but did that load REEK. thakn goodness for this new one where he actually, you know, punishes people instead of crying about what happened and sticking popsickle sticsk in people while suckolta is given more screentime.
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its on fox news channels and its called sean hannity.
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about the life and times of that Idol contestant from a couple o' years back...
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oOOH Baby... She moves... she moves!
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Unless it stars Minnesota Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. Now THERE'S a big black dick!
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Just so I can put "Crank" and "Snatch" on the same marquee.<br>
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I believe the quality of a show isn't about what you cannot anticipate. (as for me, i can predict just about any show i watch, i do it all the time)..but more about the enjoyment and satisfaction you get from watching it.
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