Fox's Mammoth Gamble: A Comedy of Clashing Cultures and Generations The announcement of Fox's new comedy series, Mammoth, has sent shockwaves through the TV landscape.
The show follows Tony Mammoth, a high school gym teacher who is buried in an avalanche in 1983 and awakens to find himself in a vastly changed world. At its core, Mammoth is a comedy about cultural dissonance.
Tony's nostalgia tinged worldview is embodied by his Burt Reynolds mustache and Trans Am, symbols of the era's values: clear cut social norms where men were men and women were women.