r/TheRewatchables • u/TitiCamarasayshello • 19h ago
Craig is right: King of Queens rules
I listened to the episode on Hitch last night - fun if not somewhat chaotic due to Bill, Van and Mina talking over each other way too often. There was a point during Hottest Takes when I had to hurl my headphones off my head due to how unpleasant it was listening to them crash their words.
Anyway … I really enjoyed Craig bigging-up King of Queens on more than one occasion during the episode, and here my’s Hottest Take: KoQ is the most underrated sitcom of the last 30 years.
That may not be the case in the US but it certainly is in the UK where very few people have heard of it, let alone seen it. That has been my experience anyway from speaking about it with friends, family and work colleagues. Genuinely, my brother aside, no one I know/come across has any relationship with KoQ whatsoever, and everyone should given how great it is. Funny and also dark in a way that you don’t see in most/all similar shows: there is an episode in which Doug, Kevin James’s character, tries to get his wife Carrie, played by Leah Remini, drunk every night after work because he prefers her that way. James and Remini are also two members of a fantastic cast, the star of which is no doubt Jerry Stiller as Arthur. Truly, one of the great sitcom characters of all time.
Anyway, well done Craig for giving KoQ its flowers on The Rewatchables. My sense from listening to the Hitch episode is that Bill, Van and Mina don’t have much of a relationship with it either. They, and everyone, should.