History Trivia / Titus

* MissingEpisode: Aired {{out of order}}, but you get the sense that they were changed because they were originally going to be taken out entirely, as both episodes only aired at the end of the season; while there was only a light storyline, it still created some skewed continuity. They were held back because of how extreme the subject matter got.
** "The Wedding" was moved five episodes down to the end of the second season because the episode involved domestic violence in a church ([[WouldHitAGirl Juanita's new husband punches her in the face]] and [[TheDogBitesBack Juanita shoots him]]).
** "The Protector" takes place in the middle of the third season but was moved to the end (after the "Insanity Genetic" two-parter) because it dealt with child molestation ([[spoiler:Erin's niece Amy reveals that she was molested by a family friend who turns out to be the father of a boy who sexually harasses her at school]]).

** Titus offended a network executive[[note]]More specifically: he had a meeting with the new president of Fox and disagreed with her suggestion that Titus and Erin break up. But instead of trying to be diplomatic about the situation, Titus proceeded to mouth off in front of her and the ''roomful of network executives'' also present. When the inevitable blow back happened, Titus found that there was no one at Fox, or even the TV industry, willing to take his side.[[/note]], leading to events being manipulated until Creator/{{Fox}} had an excuse to cancel the series. It became one of the many short-lived replacement shows for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when ''Family Guy'' got {{UnCancelled}} and Peter named off all the shows that aired en lieu of their show between 2002 and 2005 on the episode "North By North Quahog."

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In "Episode Eleven", the police officer investigating Ken's car crash explains what a red-light camera is to Titus and Dave. Such cameras have become incredibly commonplace and well-understood since, to the point that it would actually raise ''more'' eyebrows if that light didn't have one.

* QuoteSource:
** ComicallyIneptHealing
** InelegantBlubbering

!!''{{Series/Titus}}'' (TV sitcom)

* RoleReprise: For a ReunionShow Titus produced himself, all cast members from the show return playing the same characters. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Creator/StacyKeach participated solely through videochat. The only one missing was Rachel Roth as Amy, who was more of a supporting character in the third season.

* StarDerailingRole: After he mouthed off to the network president and the roomful of executives during a meeting, Titus saw his show get cancelled and himself become kryptonite for several years and he's largely stuck to stand-up comedy, with very occasional acting roles, since.

* StarDerailingRole: The poor behavior that led to this show's cancellation turned Titus into kryptonite for several years and he's largely stuck to stand-up comedy, with very occasional acting roles, since.

** Played straight with Titus's mom, who was played by three different actresses (Christine Estrabrook, Frances Fisher, and Connie Stevens) during the show's short-run, as well as the psychiatrist dating her who only appeared in two episodes. This was intentionally done to show how dramatically Juanita's mental illness could alter her personality.
** {{Averted|Trope}} with Erin's family, as all of them were played by the same actors in such episodes as "The Perfect Thanksgiving" and "Deprogramming Erin" (though Amy didn't appear in "The Perfect Thanksgiving").

* RoleReprisal: For a ReunionShow Titus produced himself, all cast members from the show return playing the same characters. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Creator/StacyKeach participated solely through videochat. The only one missing was Rachel Roth as Amy, who was more of a supporting character in the third season.

** Titus self-produced a ReunionEpisode to serve as a GrandFinale to the show, but both the length of time since the last episode, personal changes in his life and the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic during production lead to a massively different resolution to that plotline than originally anticipated. Foremost, Christopher ended up in the mental hospital for [[TimeSkip eight years instead of the expected three months]] due to such things as Dave trying to break him out, which made for a lot more catch-up on what had happened to the characters in that time frame.
* RoleReprisal: For a ReunionEpisode Titus produced himself, all cast members from the show return playing the same characters. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Creator/StacyKeach participated solely through videochat. The only one missing was Rachel Roth as Amy, who was more of a supporting character in the third season.

** Apparently none other than FayeDunaway was cast to play Titus' mom initially, but she made too many demands and [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere one-by-one the crew refused to work with her]], forcing Titus to beg the studio to let her go so he didn't have a mutiny on his hands.

** Jokes and stories that were featured in the show but weren't referenced in "Norman Rockwell" would pop up in later stand-up routines by Titus as events that apparently really happened. The story of Christopher's conception (a result of revenge sex involving Juanita's boyfriend yelling outside the room while Ken loudly made sure the guy knew ''exactly'' what was going on), the seminar where Christopher starts to understand his dad better and others.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Ken Titus is a genuine piece of work (unrepentant alcoholic, serial womanizer, and emotionally abusive father just scratch the surface) played by Creator/StacyKeach, a sweet man who once stormed onto the set to protect Zack Ward after Creator/ChristopherTitus and Creator/JayLeno started slapping Ward around for real due to the goading of the StudioAudience.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/{{FOX}} wanted Erin and Titus to break up (''a la'' ''Series/DharmaAndGreg''), but Titus refused (as he based his show on real-world events) in a way that offended the executive who suggested it, which resulted in all promotion suddenly being pulled, leading to a drop in ratings and cancellation. Now considered HilariousInHindsight (in a dark and twisted way) in light of Titus's divorce from Erin Carden. The story of how Titus lost his show is explained on ''The Voice in My Head'' (and the story of how he lost Erin is detailed in ''Love is Evol'' and mentioned ''en passant'' in ''Neverlution'' and ''The Voice in My Head'').

* TooSoon: {{Averted|Trope}}, as they portrayed Titus and the rest of the gang being mistaken for terrorists on an airplane only several months after 9/11. From the DVD commentary: "If we're not funny, the terrorist win."

** Titus offended a network executive, leading to events being manipulated until Creator/{{Fox}} had an excuse to cancel the series. It became one of the many short-lived replacement shows for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when ''Family Guy'' got {{UnCancelled}} and Peter named off all the shows that aired en lieu of their show between 2002 and 2005 on the episode "North By North Quahog."

!!''{{Film/Titus}}'' (1999 movie)

* CastingGag: Titus, the guy who brutally murders a bunch of people and serves their remains as food, is played by [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Anthony Hopkins]].

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Creator/StacyKeach is invariably described as being one of the kindest, sweetest actors anyone can hope to work with in direct contrast to the magnificent bastard that is Ken Titus. There's an outtake where Christopher Titus and Jay Leno keep slapping Zack Ward harder and harder because the studio audience is reacting positively. Then Stacy, who wasn't in the scene, yelled "Hey!" and stepped in, holding Zack protectively while glaring at the audience for goading Titus and Leno into abusing his co-star.

* PlayingAgainstType: David Hyde Pierce, still best-known for playing the nebbish [[Series/{{Fraiser}} Niles Crane]], made a guest appearance as a loud-mouthed and crude motivational speaker who gets along extremely well with Ken.

** Jokes and stories that were featured in the show but weren't referenced in "Norman Rockwell" would pop up in later stand-up routines by Titus as events that apparently really happened. The story of Christopher's conception (Juanita's boyfriend yelling outside the room), the seminar where Christopher starts to understand his dad better and others.

** Played straight with Titus's mom, who was played by three different actresses (Christine Estrabrook, Frances Fisher, and Connie Stevens) during the show's short-run, as well as the psychiatrist dating her who only appeared in two episodes.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Creator/StacyKeach is invariably described as being one of the kindest, sweetest actors anyone can hope to work with in direct contrast to the magnificent bastard that is Ken Titus.