Christopher Titus became an overnight TV star with his intensely personal series Titus, a dark comedy about a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic, verbally abusive dad (played by Stacy Keach). The show, which was based on his stand-up comedy show Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding, was canceled in 2002 when Fox’s president suggested changes and Titus said to her — in front of all of her underlings — “Do you even watch the show? Let me explain to you how this works … ” Having burned his bridges, he returned to stand-up (and suffered through a long and messy divorce). Now he’s releasing his fifth special, Voices in My Head, online. (Ten percent of the proceeds will go to Insight Youth Project, his organization for helping homeless teens in Los Angeles.) Vulture spoke to him about writing such personal material, network rules, and his spin on The Shield.Did you always do...
- 4/1/2013
- by Stuart Miller
- Vulture
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