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Butkus wasn't the head coach - Lou Cerro was. Butkus was just a meaningless figurehead who came in for a paycheck, and left before the season was over when ESPN scrapped production due to low ratings and the miserable season Montour was having.

What's the lesson learned? Reality is not what is on TV. The reality of the situation was Montour took the money and ran, ESPN brought in meaningless figurehead who bailed on the team, and the team still stunk horribly. The kids liked to be on TV, this I'm sure of - but do you really want to be on TV listening to some old-school jackass with no real authority, getting your butt handed to you week in and week out by relative nobodies in the Pittsburgh high school scene?

Sorry kids, your school board sold you out to buy some new desks for the science labs. I hope you enjoy them.

I don't remember much from this show, but I remember I liked it a lot. I also remember that it had a very slick, upbeat theme song. It was in the first ABC TGIF block with "Perfect Strangers", "Full House" and I think "Dinosaurs", but it didn't last long.

Oh well, another minority-based dramedy that wanted to be "The Cosby Show" but couldn't.

Okay, if anyone honestly thinks this is an accurate representation of fraternity life, they are insane. Just like "The Real World" is a ridiculous, edited and sensationalized bastardization of day-to-day life, "Fraternity Life" is an abominable monstrosity that consists of nothing but MTV trying to cash in on stereotypes. Shows like this set back the actual Greek System immeasurably, since as a result of this show 15 year olds everywhere will view Greek Life as nothing more than a rehash of "Animal House".

For reference, the organization portrayed on the show is an independent fraternity, meaning that the organization has no national headquarters, nor any other chapters at other schools. Due to the nature of the show and the explicit scenes filmed, no existing fraternity with a national charter would be allowed to participate in the show. MTV intentionally cuts and edits the show make the house look like nothing more than explicit sex, underage binge drinking and general mayhem; nothing more than just a continuation of incorrect and outdated stereotypes.

I can't believe I'm even wasting my time writing this. If you're stupid enough to believe that fraternity life is anything like this, then you probably have no chance of ever going to college at all.

they show this and not, say, "the critic" or "sports night"? gee, might want to check if theres any absestos in the comedy central headquarters. for real, this show reaches new heights for bad. its almost joel schumacher bad.

I'll admit it, I'm a guilty fan of the TV show. Doug is a geniunely likable character, and the movie is entertaining. Its not going to win any awards, but for a good babysitting movie, or ever something to do when you're bored, you really can't mess this one up.

I'm 17.

I was 10 or 11 when I started seeing this show while channel surfing, and I was pleasantly suprised with what I saw. Nickelodeon had been the home, at the time, to countless terrible shows such as "Nick Arcade" and "Fifteen". Anyway, if Nickelodeon decides to do something sane and cancel mindless tripe like "All That" and "Kenan and Kel" and replace with re-reruns of this, "Doug", "Finders Keepers" (remember this?), and "Salute Your Shorts", the next generation of 5th graders will be all too better.