Fugget About It

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Overview

Fugget About It is a Canadian adult animated sitcom that aired for three seasons on Teletoon between October 2013 and April 2016. The show is about a stereotypical New York City mob capo, Jimmy Falcone, living with his family in Regina, Saskatchewan under the witness protection program after killing Don Gambini, his mob boss. In late 2024, the show, in particular the Fugget About It intro and theme song, saw a resurgence in popularity through memes on X / Twitter.

History

Fugget About It was created by Nicholas Tabarrok and Willem Wennekers and produced by the 9 Story Media Group for the Canadian television network Teletoon, airing on the station's late-night block, Teletoon at Night. It was greenlit from the Teletoon Pilot Project.^[1] The show premiered on October 13th, 2016 and ran for three seasons, resulting in a total of 46 episodes, with the last episode airing on April 1st, 2016.

On September 14th, 2012, Fugget About It's production company, 9 Story Media Group, started a YouTube^[2] channel that is still regularly updated in 2024. The channel boasts over a million subscribers as of September 2024. The most popular video on the channel^[3] as of that date, uploaded on May 20th, 2018, is a compilation of the best moments from season one, garnering over 14 million views in six years.

On January 13th, 2023, the YouTube^[8] channel uploaded a video compiling every episode of the series, garnering over 2 million views in a year.

Online Presence

Fugget About It Intro Memes / 2024 Resurgence

In mid-to-late 2024, the show saw a resurgence in popularity on social media as the subject of ironic memes.

On November 10th, 2014, the @NintendoAmerica X^[4] account posted, "'FUGGETABOUTIT!' Hear characters recite great lines from #Bayonetta 2 using the soundboard for the new #WiiU game." On August 8th, X^[5] user @csir622 quote-reposted the post with the theme song from Fugget About It, garnering over 20,000 likes in a week. This is seemingly what set off the resurgence in popularity and the increase in memes about the show.

FUGGET ABOUT IT!?!?! https://t.co/XsMilDCDcu pic.twitter.com/1iakuHudoQ

— Csir62🍉 (@csir622) August 9, 2024

On August 9th, 2024, X users began spamming the Nintendo post with the same video of the Fugget About It theme song. On that day, X^[6] user @My_life101REAL posted a video scrolling through the comments post-spam, garnering over 5,700 likes in a week. On September 1st, X^[7] user @zs_pap3r posted the entire theme song, garnering over 21,000 likes in two weeks.