Family quarrel de luxe
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| German title | Family quarrel de Luxe Behind the sofa at the front (RTL 2) The War at Home (Tele 5) |
| Original title | The War at Home |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2005-2007 |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 44 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Comedy |
| idea | Rob Lotterstein |
| First broadcast | September 11, 2005 on FOX |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 28, 2006 on RTL |
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Family quarrel de Luxe (original title: The War at Home ) is an American comedy television series created by Rob Lotterstein , which ran in the Wednesday night program on ORF one and in the evening program on SF two . The first episode in Germany was broadcast on October 28, 2006 on RTL . RTL II broadcast the series under the title Hinterm Sofa an der Front .
action
Dave and Vicky live with their three children Hillary, Larry and Mike together in Long Iceland ( New York ). Dave is a medium-sized Jewish insurance salesman . Being a stubborn , paranoid , overprotective father , his family has trouble putting up with him, especially Larry, whom Dave always picks up and even hits once because he is constantly teased by him. Towards the end of the first season, however, it becomes clear that Dave is acting this way because his own father kept bothering him. Dave is married to Vicky, an attractive Catholic interior designer . Basically, she's a very sensible person who grapples with Dave's bad arguments and behavior, but she too can misbehave every now and then.
The eldest of her three children is Hillary, a typical 17-year-old teenager who often does things she shouldn't do and tries to do them behind her parents' backs. So Dave and Vicky usually treat them with suspicion . The second oldest of the kids is 16 year old Larry, an eccentric outsider . Larry acts melodramatically , such as when Vicky doesn't allow him to see Brian Boitano as Bilbo Baggins in the Ice Capades version of The Lord of the Rings on Ice. He spends most of his time with his best friend Kenny, which gives Dave reason to think he might be gay. However, it is later revealed that Larry is not gay, but that Kenny is secretly in love with his best friend. Dave and Vicky, to a lesser extent, treat Larry's extravagance with care. The youngest child is the pubescent 14-year-old Mike, who has to deal with topics such as masturbation , love and gambling with his father . His mother Vicky even smoked during pregnancy , supposedly to keep him down in his opinion.
The last episode ends with a rather open ending, with Hillary graduating from high school, which makes Dave's ardent wish come true for the first child to leave the house. At that moment, Vicky becomes pregnant again because the two no longer used contraception - believing that the other had been sterilized.
particularities
A noticeable specialty of the series are well-rehearsed interludes. The action is repeatedly interrupted by short scenes in which one of the characters comments on the event. Often this will reveal the real intent behind a particular statement.
Also unusual for a sitcom is that actions from one episode are often revisited in later episodes.
Charisma
RTL broadcast 16 of the 22 episodes of the first season under the title Family dispute de Luxe . Due to poor audience ratings, the series was withdrawn from the program prematurely. ORF Eins has also broadcast the seasons weekly since April 11, but stopped broadcasting after a few episodes of the second season. Even the Swiss television took War at Home in the program and sends both seasons with repetition of 29 October 2007 to 10 March 2008 daily. Since spring 2008, ORF 2 has been repeating the series in its Wednesday night program. On May 17th, 2007 the broadcaster FOX announced the cancellation; so there is no further season. From January 7, 2009, RTL II broadcast the series again under the new title Hinterm Sofa an der Front . Since September 28, 2013 Tele 5 has been showing the sitcom under the original title on Saturdays in double episodes.
Episodes
season 1
The first season aired in the US on Fox from September 11, 2005 to April 30, 2006 .
On German television for the first time on RTL from October 28, 2006 to December 16, 2006 and then on RTL II from January 29, 2009 to February 3, 2009 .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | Everything sucks | pilot | Sep 11 2005 | Oct 28, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 02 | 02 | On the internet at night | IM What IM | Sep 18 2005 | Oct 28, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 03 | 03 | Nobody can smoke weed | High crimes | 25 Sep 2005 | Nov 4, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 04 | 04 | Guess who's coming to the barbecue | Guess Who's Coming to the Barbecue | Oct 2, 2005 | Nov 4, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Stephen Engel |
| 05 | 05 | Who sleeps with me | Like a virgin | Nov 6, 2005 | Nov 11, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Bill Kunstler |
| 06 | 06 | Big things | The Bigger They Come | Nov 13, 2005 | Nov 11, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Matthew Salsberg |
| 07 | 07 | No hangover is spared | Cheers | Nov 20, 2005 | Nov 18, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 08 | 08 | The empire is pulling back | The Empire Spanks Back | Nov 27, 2005 | Nov 18, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Stephen Engel |
| 09 | 09 | I am not gay! | Dave Get Your Gun | Dec 11, 2005 | Nov 25, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Jennifer Glickman |
| 10 | 10 | Love only through instincts? | Breaking up is hard to do | Dec 18, 2005 | Nov 25, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Jennifer Glickman |
| 11 | 11 | Career ladder up ... | It's a Living (1) | Jan. 8, 2006 | Dec 3, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | In it Henry |
| 12 | 12 | Career ladder down ... | Gimme a Break (2) | Jan. 29, 2006 | Dec 2, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Jenn Lloyd |
| 13 | 13 | So who had sex with whom? | Three's Company | Feb 26, 2006 | Dec 9, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | In it Henry |
| 14th | 14th | Baby, letters and embarrassments | How Do You Spell Relief? | Feb 28, 2006 | Dec 9, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 15th | 15th | Young Mike's sufferings | Looney Tunes | March 12 2006 | Dec 16, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | David Holden |
| 16 | 16 | Is a gynecologist just a man? | Oh grow up | 19 Mar 2006 | Dec 16, 2006 | Andy Cadiff | Ryan Shankel |
| 17th | 17th | That darn 17th year | The Seventeen-Year Itch | 26th Mar 2006 | Jan. 29, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Michael Davidoff |
| 18th | 18th | Religious maturity for the brave | 13 going on $ 30,000 | Apr 9, 2006 | Jan. 30, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein & Phil Oster |
| 19th | 19th | Desire for divorce | Snow job | Apr 16, 2006 | Feb 2, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Bill Kunstler |
| 20th | 20th | West Palm Beach Story | The West Palm Beach Story | Apr 16, 2006 | Feb 5, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Matthew Salsberg |
| 21st | 21st | Just get away! | The Runaways | Apr 23, 2006 | Feb. 4, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 22nd | 22nd | Driving license or not driving license? | Drive me crazy | Apr 30, 2006 | Feb 3, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Stephen Engel |
season 2
The second season aired in the US from September 10, 2006 to April 22, 2007 . On German television for the first time from February 6, 2009 to March 4, 2009 .
The series was discontinued after the second season.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 01 | Finally no more holidays! | Back to school | Sep 10 2006 | Feb 6, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob LaZebnik & Rob Lotterstein |
| 24 | 02 | Parents against children | Dream Crusher | 17 Sep 2006 | Feb 9, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Stephen Engel |
| 25th | 03 | Great Dave | Great Dave | Sep 24 2006 | Feb 10, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Steve Skrovan |
| 26th | 04 | Don't get involved with parents! | Car Wars | Oct 1, 2006 | Feb 11, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Bill Kunstler |
| 27 | 05 | Everyone deceives, chews or hides | I Wash My Hands of You | Nov 5, 2006 | Feb 12, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Claudia Lonow |
| 28 | 06 | Warning of the wishes | Be Careful What You Ask For | Nov 12, 2006 | Feb 13, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | In it Henry |
| 29 | 07 | Is there another way to be happy? | Love This | Nov 19, 2006 | Feb 16, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Jennifer Glickman |
| 30th | 08 | Our beautiful Gaza Strip | Gaza Strip | Nov 26, 2006 | Feb 17, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 31 | 09 | Cheers falsehood! | Cork Screwed | Dec 14, 2006 | Feb. 18, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Ryan Shankel |
| 32 | 10 | The loser on the road | Love is blind | Dec 21, 2006 | Feb. 19, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Earl Davis |
| 33 | 11 | Coming out ... Coming in | Out & In | Jan. 4, 2007 | Feb 20, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 34 | 12 | Show me the foster child! | Put on a happy face | Jan. 11, 2007 | Feb 23, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Bill Kunstler & Claudia Lonow |
| 35 | 13 | Being green is not easy | It's Not Easy Being Green | Jan. 18, 2007 | Feb 24, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | David Holden |
| 36 | 14th | Middle class black market | A Lower-Middle-Upper-Middle-Class Problem | Jan. 25, 2007 | Feb 25, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Stephen Engel |
| 37 | 15th | Hemp steam in all streets | Zero Tolerance | Feb. 1, 2007 | Feb. 26, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein & Ellen Sandler |
| 38 | 16 | Grandma, sex and first love | No weddings and a funeral | Feb 8, 2007 | Feb. 27, 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Bill Kunstler & Claudia Lonow |
| 39 | 17th | Talked about head and neck | Kenny Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Feb 15, 2007 | 2nd Mar 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 40 | 18th | Job or job | Take This Job and Bleep It | 4th Mar 2007 | 2nd Mar 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Mark Driscoll |
| 41 | 19th | Sick compositions | The White Shadow | 18 Mar 2007 | 3rd Mar 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Stephen Engel |
| 42 | 20th | War and strife | The War of the Golds | 25th Mar 2007 | 3rd Mar 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Jennifer Glickman & Darin Henry |
| 43 | 21st | Who is without guilt ... don't live with the golds | A bitter pill to swallow | Apr 1, 2007 | 4th Mar 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
| 44 | 22nd | Went well! | The Graduate | Apr 22, 2007 | 4th Mar 2009 | Andy Cadiff | Rob Lotterstein |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flopped RTL sitcom with a new name on RTL II
- ↑ Tele 5 page ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 9, 2014
Web links
- War at Home in the Internet Movie Database (English)