I’m all about the Shatner. I believe the man is an icon. His performance on Boston Legal sets a standard few could ever hope to achieve. Unfortunately, not even the Shatner can save this giant, stinking pile of $#*!.

In case you missed it, this comedy is supposed to be based upon the often hilarious twitter feed of the same name, and the book, both by Justin Halpern.  Some things simply do not translate.

This is one of those things.

William Shatner is the dad in question. The rest of the cast … who cares?   With any luck, this thing will be gone before it can irreparably damage their careers.  The Shatner will survive … the others may not.

My advice?  Watch The Big Bang Theory but keep your remote close at hand so you can tune away the moment Shit … um … $#*! begins.  They cancelled The New Adventures of Old Christine for this kind of shit?

Amazing.

$#*! My Dad Says airs Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on CBS.

From the PTC website, a “news” article filed under this headline: PTC Denounces CBS for New Show, “$#*! My Dad Says”.

Hey, The Parent’s Television Council loves to denounce shit. They live for that kind of stuff. That headline could simply read PTC denounces $#*! and be equally accurate.

Anyway, the article goes on to outline all the many ways PTC will exercise its mighty wrath against CBS, threatening stations, advertisers … all the usual: “The PTC will not stand silent and allow this program title to become the new accepted norm.”

“Denouncements” like this are a kind of a win/win for the PTC. If the show fails for any reason, PTC can claim credit. If the show succeeds–and given Shatner’s record on TV, it just might–PTC can shout about how the networks are corrupting our youth.

Overlooked is the simple fact that this title contains a censored form of the profanity in question. But at least the PTC recognizes that this kind of “censorship” is almost a wasted effort. Everyone knows what it really says, so why bother? It’s like spelling bad stuff around your kid after she wins the local spelling bee. You can beep all the words you want, but guess what? We know what you really said. Better still, regardless of what you might have said, we’re gonna fill in the worst possible option in our heads.

I’m not sure how, on one hand, it’s okay to use $#*! in your headline but it’s not okay for CBS to use the same symbols for the title of its show.  PTC uses the very thing they are all worked about in their own headline. Which is the more-or-less the same reason that CBS uses it in the title of the program. Shit My Dad Says (in case you missed it) is the real, unfiltered title from the internet/twitter phenomenon–and popular book–which is the inspiration for the sitcom.  I’m not sure if Jason’s recent tweet is related to the PTC’s protest, but from May 21 (uncensored and in all its glory): “They’re offended? Fuck, shit, asshole, shitfuck; they’re just words…Fine. Shitfuck isn’t a word, but you get my point.”

I agree.  But then, I’ve always been pretty certain that the PTC was mostly full of $#*! anyway.