History Series / HeilHoneyImHome

Needless to say, the show proved to be more than controversial. Many found it to be offensive for its trivial attitude towards Nazism, whilst others considered it to be a legitimate comedy along the lines of ''Film/TheProducers'' and other Third Reich parodies, with the undeniable crassness being an intentional part of the wider stealth parody. And others just thought it was a boring sitcom pastiche that wasn't made funny simply by the fact a guy dressed as Hitler was in it. Eight episodes were commissioned and planned by the now-defunct Galaxy channel of the now equally defunct British Satellite Broadcasting network, but only the pilot was ever aired. The show's filming was immediately canceled upon Creator/{{Sky}}'s acquisition of BSB.

The show was written by British comedy writer Geoff Atkinson (one of the main writers of ''Series/SpittingImage'') in the 1990s, and is an almost perfect example of a StealthParody show. Possibly the most bizarre example of a "reimagining", the series set out to depict Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun living in suburban bliss, with their lives interrupted only by Hitler's dislike for their next door neighbours, an incredibly stereotypical Jewish couple. It was presented to the viewer as a "long lost", "recently rediscovered" 1950s sitcom, parodying and distorting beyond recognition the worst features of such programs (with unnecessary canned applause for every character entrance, hideously vacuous plots and dialogue, and a truly awful title sequence).

This has no relation to another short-lived sitcom (on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}), ''Hi Honey, I'm Home!'' (aside from being a more overt spoof of 50s sitcoms).

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The first episode depicts UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain as single, allowing the Goldensteins to try and set him up with their niece Ruth. In reality, Chamberlain had been married for over thirty years by the time he became Prime Minister.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Averted, for the most part. The Nazi party, for the most part, doesn't ''exist'' in this setting. The jokes are expected to come from the audience knowing they ''do'' exist and reading their nature into Hitler's lines and actions (like his rivalry with the Jewish family next door).

* AdaptationalHeroism: Hitler is not a Nazi or a dictator here. The show is set in a reality where he is a simple suburban man who hasn't done anything really heinous like his real-life counterpart.

%%* {{Expy}}: Hitler is basically [[Series/TheHoneymooners Ralph Kramden]]. Eva is a hybrid of [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy Ricardo]] and Alice Kramden, and the Goldensteins are a hybrid of the Mertzes and the Nortons.

%%* {{Retraux}}: Written and filmed like a stereotypical '50s American sitcom.

%%* ZanyScheme

* {{Retraux}}: Written and filmed like a stereotypical '50s American sitcom.

* {{Retraux}}: Written and filmed like a stereotypical '50s American sitcom. Many felt it achieved this goal ''too'' well, draining the premise of what little punch it might have had.

%%* {{Retraux}}
%%* ThoseWackyNazis

%%* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Perhaps the ultimate example.

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