Monsignor Martinez, the KOTH spinoff.

[agent817]

Does anybody have any information regarding this? I read how a while back, there was supposed to be a live-action spinoff of this character. I read that a pilot was filmed, but I don't think it ever aired.

I will say this, that would have been a good show. A show about a badass priest who kills bad guys while saying "Vaya con dios." Of course, I think some religious groups would be totally against a show like this. I wonder if any of them reacted to the "Preacher" comics.

[Krimzon]

Of all the things on this show to get a spin-off...THIS!?

[Young Game]

If anyone deserves a spin-off, it's Octavio.

[tigermaskxxxvii]

"How could such a good cop become such a bad priest?"

[Cam]

I'd prefer a spinoff where Dale Gribble gets put in jail for using the name Rusty Shackleford, and he tries to fit in and survive in prison.

I'd watch that show.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

It'd be like a Robert Rodriguez movie.

[Rumble McSkirmish]

Can't be any worse then that live action Krusty the Klown spin off that Matt Groening was developing.

In which "Krusty" was going to live in a house on stilts and one of the plots involved him protecting it from beavers who were trying to gnaw away at the supports.

[breakdownthewalls]

Monsignor Martinez was a real thing - they filmed the pilot. Mike Judge played Martinez.

I really really really wish I could see this at some point; those were some of my favorite KOTH bits and I honestly think a whole show based around the character could work.

VAYA....CON DIOS. *Throws an axe that was hidden in a bible*

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Aug 22, 2011 12:24:15 GMT -5 Young Game said:

If anyone deserves a spin-off, it's Octavio.

He's truly the best friend anyone could ever have.

[agent817]

These are some pretty badass moments from this character:

[A Platypus Rave]

First I've ever heard of this, and all I could find online about this was a general King of the Hill FAQ page.

Q: Was there a "Monsignor Martinez" spinoff from the show?
A: In 2001, Fox ordered a live-action pilot called "Monsignor Martinez," based on the lead character of Hank and Peggy's favorite Mexican soap opera. The pilot starred Argentinian actor Ivo Cutzarida as Monsignor Martinez, and the supporting cast included King of the Hill's David Herman. The pilot was written by longtime KotH writer Jim Dauterive (who came up with the Monsignor Martinez character in an episode he wrote called "The Son that Got Away"), directed by Mike Judge, and executive-produced by Dauterive, Judge and Greg Daniels. The pilot was not picked up as a series. David Herman recalled in an interview that the pilot was very funny and full of social commentary but that "I don't think they [Fox] wanted a Catholic priest going around shooting at people."

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My favorite Monsignor Martinez is when he was fighting a dude mid-air. I think it was in that episode where they go to Mexico.

[forgottensinpwf]

Aug 22, 2011 15:38:25 GMT -5 Rumble McSkirmish said:

Can't be any worse then that live action Krusty the Klown spin off that Matt Groening was developing.

In which "Krusty" was going to live in a house on stilts and one of the plots involved him protecting it from beavers who were trying to gnaw away at the supports.

Though if there was ever a live action Simpsons spinoff, it's a shame it never got to be Troy McClure.

[wildojinx]

Aug 22, 2011 12:24:15 GMT -5 Young Game said:

If anyone deserves a spin-off, it's Octavio.

I want a spinoff where octavio, thatherton, and jimmy are living in the same house.