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GQ28 · 05-12-2013, 06:56 PM

Do you feel that, KOK is a compliment to the HM or, a rip off?

icecream · 05-12-2013, 11:37 PM

They're nothing alike really. While The Honeymooners isn't a favorite of mine it's much better than the King of Queens.

treky · 05-13-2013, 02:01 AM

bookandfilmnut · 05-13-2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GQ28

Do you feel that, KOK is a compliment to the HM or, a rip off?

I don't know if it was intentionally done as a copy or homage to The Honeymooner, but there are a couple of at least superficial similarities. A very overweight husband who drives a large commercial vehicle for a living, with all sorts of crazy schemes for getting ahead life. A long suffering wife - pretty enough to make people wonder what she's doing with him - who puts up with it all.

But, most married-couple based sitcoms are focused on a hapless husband and a long suffering wife, and so in these two cases, maybe only the husband's weight and job are really similar. But you made an interesting point I had never thought of before.

GQ28 · 05-13-2013, 04:50 PM

There's a lot of similarities, to these shows. Kevin James, even said once that his show is like an updated version of the HM... In one eps. they did a spoof on the HM. Both shows are good and the HM is a classic! You must be under 25...

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GQ28 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Posts: 211	There's a lot of similarities, to these shows. Kevin James, even said once that his show is like an updated version of the HM... In one eps. they did a spoof on the HM. Both shows are good and the HM is a classic! You must be under 25...