R.I.P. Pep Pep

Comedy lost a great man on the morn of June 4 (my birthday, dangit!). The passings of Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, the bassist from Slipknot, the old woman whose not Betty White, and the other lost celebrities pale in comparison to the loss of Richard Dunn. The Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! regular was the reason I got so hooked on the show. Let us take a look at the best of the great Dicky Dunn...

First, lets enjoy his very last sketch.


In Shot Dunn, we see Richard playing a game of Word Association with a lovely lady. A classic! Also, I love that reggae!


After not appearing on the first few episodes of Season Cinco, Richard made his triumphant return in this classic sketch, where he has to judge the final round of a contest to see whose more handsome, Tim or Eric. His mouth is dirty!


In Dunn-prov, there are several Richard's!


Perhaps, the most well known Dunn clip(s), The Dunngeon. In which Richard speaks with Dave Navarro and two boys from Germany. The real question is whether or not Dave was in on the joke...



And finally, my favorite. Dunn in "Whistle"


R.I.P. Richard. We'll miss you.

Extreme Rules 2010 Predictions

Okay so I think I got like 2 matches right for Wrestlemania...and I know you people reading probably wanna see me write about something that's NOT wrestling but right now I don't have much time to dedicate to writing reviews and this stuff is easy.

Before I start I'd like to say that I WILL come back with stuff on RVD winning the TNA title and WWE's releasing of Jimmy Wang Yang, Mike Knox, and the rest of them leading up to SHELTON BENJAMIN? Either way, expect stuff within the next few weeks.

So without further adieu, lets see if I can get more than I did last time...



Michelle McCool (c) vs. Beth Phoenix Extreme Makeover Match for the WWE Women's Championship
Winner: Beth Phoenix
Why: Because Beth is supposed to be this dominant woman who doesn't stoop herself to the low of the makeover stuff. These are probably the two best workers in the womens division right now, so they hopefully can actually entertain.

JTG vs. Shad Gaspard in a Strap Match
Winner: Shad Gaspard
Why: Cryme Tyme breaking up was dumb. But if they want to do this right they'll push Shad properly. JTG is a tad too gimmicky, perhaps the reason why CT never truly succeeded was because he was just too over the top. Shad has a bright future, he just needs to stop wrestling in blue jeans and Timberland boots.

Edge vs. Chris Jericho in a Steel Cage Match
Winner: Edge
Why: Jericho won at 'Mania, Edge will win now to give him the hero win. When will they turn him heel? Face Edge just doesn't work.

Triple H vs. Sheamus in a Street Fight
Winner: Sheamus
Why: Before WM, Triple H made some comments about how the guys that beat him at WM go on to become huge superstars and the guys that lose fade into oblivion. Sheamus lost. Triple H is the reason he has made it this far, so hopefully he will get off his throne and help put over this potential champion (who also sports a nice mustache).

Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger (c) in an Extreme Rules Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Winner: Swagger
Why: Because WWE has invested a lot in this man in such a short amount of time. It would be a true injustice to them as promoters, writers and to Orton and Swagger to have him drop the belt. And this face turn has really changed the way Orton is, he is just so confused when people cheer for him.

Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk, if Punk loses he has to shave his head
Winner: Rey Mysterio
Why: Because CM Punk wants to shave his head. These guys could've stolen the show at WM had they been given more time. Maybe they can prove in this match that they both should never have been demoted from the Main Event.

John Cena (c) vs. Batista for the WWE Championship in a Last Man Standing Match
Winner: John Cena
Why: You know what? At this point in time I don't hate Cena. I don't hate what he stands for. I don't hate him as a performer. I don't hate him at all. It's inevitable he's going to be champion, so why not put him over the equally overrated Dave Batista.

Okay, that's the card thus far, I'll update this if any more matches are added. Also, I have a new feature coming out soon for this blog. Get ready people!

See You Later, Coco!

Hello community! Hope you've all had a lovely few days since my last post.

I just wanted to get on here and post my thoughts on the whole Leno/Conan situation. Call me cliche at this juncture, but as a male of Irish descent looking to get into the television industry, you can more or less guess what the following few paragraphs will be.

I remember as far back as high school, probably earlier, when NBC aired Late Night the next evening (I think it was on at 5 PM?) on Comedy Central I would watch Conan O'Brien. Little did I know how involved he was in some of my favorite Simpsons episodes, but all of that aside I began to more or less idolize this fellow after a few episodes.

In second grade I was asked to write down what my dream job would be. I wrote down almost instinctively that I wanted to be a stand up comedian, wrote the entire page paper or however long it was and then realized that no second grade in their right mind should've written something of that nature. My rationale was that I enjoyed making people laugh and I'd love to make a career out of it. It wasn't until I started watching those Conan episodes that I really was finally able to admit that while I was young, that I was correct in my personal assumption. And to this day making people laugh is probably the most fun I can have on my own. It's a bit of a crutch, especially when I'm around people that are hard to please, but I cope.

But me aside, I think Jay Leno acted like a son of a bitch. I watched a video recently from back when he announced his "departure" where he said that he didn't want to be a 60 year old hosting The Tonight Show, and now he's coming back...to me that is absolutely unfair. Conan moved his staff, his family, and his entire life to Los Angeles for what was rightfully his, The Tonight Show and after a rough 7 months the network pulled the plug. Let's not forget how long it took Conan to get over as the host of Late Night...

And now Conan is gone from NBC, a company he thanked tonight, and I can't help but feel like the company I will soon be interning for, a company that I admitted to dreaming about working for my entire life, is really letting one of the funniest people alive leave because a 60 year old man can conjure better ratings (and this is only the short term, can Leno really be expected to last another 10-15 years?)?

I don't know...I can patiently wait until September for Conan to get a new gig together I suppose. I can just not turn on the TV until Fallon starts (I do watch Fallon, don't hate) or I can get in shape by vomiting my insides out watching Jay Leno slide back onto a show he clearly doesn't belong in.

You know what, I do need to get in shape. Leno, thank you for disgusting me!

And I know this is probably riddled with grammar errors, I just wanted to get a few things off of my chest before this subject becomes irrelevant, which by my count should be in about 25 minutes.

WHAT?!

Look at the size of that fish!

The Dunngeon

I just can't get enough of Tim and Eric!

Are you enjoying your CInco Boy?

Jeez I feel really weird as I hated Tim and Eric about a year ago and now they're the only people who I can get a kick out of.

Expect a Watchmen review soon, as well as the rest of my TNA pieces and a video review of Dylan Connor's album.

The Colonel

Mel Gibson In The Colonel - watch more funny videos

IT's FUNNY!

ANOTHER FUNNY THING?

Dunno if you watch Tim and Eric, but I've been getting into it lately. Here is a clip I find funny.

My critique of the Office

SPOILER WARNING: The following piece contains spoilers regarding the current season of NBC’s The Office.

Let me begin by saying I am a lover of comedy, I can enjoy the humor of Frasier one moment, and mere hours later get a good chuckle out of MTV’s Jackass. I like to think of comedy as a spectrum, each television show, movie, blog, article, sketch bit and stand-up a separate blip on that spectrum. While many blips may appear similar, the point of the matter is that comedy in itself is diverse, and rarely is there one piece of comedy that unites fans in the entire spectrum.

And then along came the Office, a re-make of the British series pioneered by comedy mastermind Ricky Gervais. The first season was a mere six episodes that introduced the world to the employees of Dunder Miflin paper company, I could scroll through the characters and give them each one line biographies, but since most of you have watched the show I will spare you the trouble of reading something like that. The first two seasons were classic, they had elements of slapstick, parody, wit and a whole load of great characters to bat. And the drama, it was so tense, we all were so curious as to what would happen with Jim and Pam and Roy. And Michael kissing Jan! That was so intense! Season three was no failure either, as the first half of the season, split between Jim’s transfer in lovely Stamford, Connecticut, and the usual antics of Scranton. We were introduced to the angry Andy Bernard and the attractive and sharp witted Karen Fillipelli. All seemed well, and once the Stamford and Scranton branch merged, the comedy and the drama remained constant. The love triangle warped, and we got some great comedic chemistry from Dwight and Andy, kudos to Rainn Wilson and Ed Helms. But then came Season 4…the writers strike season.


I truly am a douchebag.

The first big bang of the season was the removal of Karen. Rather than keep her in the mix to add some tension to Jim and Pam having a public relationship, they merely wrote her off, saying she couldn’t stand to work around Jim anymore. They could’ve filmed a little vignette about it, but nope, just a talking head of Jim. Putting Ryan as Michael’s superior seemed destined for laughs, but it flopped miserably, peaking in an episode where Michael, Dwight and Ryan go clubbing and Dwight hooks up with a college volleyball player. Another season low to me was the episode “Dinner Party” in which Michael and Jan invite over Jim, Pam, Andy and Angela for dinner just to have the night implode. While skeptics of the season praised this as one of the greater episodes, introducing Dwight into the mix with a homeless woman was so completely ridiculous that it negated any other memorable piece of entertainment from the episode. What made the first three seasons classic was their believability, while the antics of Dunder Miflin were a bit off the wall, they could be happening somewhere. But season 4 really pushed that concept to the very limit. I mean would Michael really drive his car into a pond just to prove that machines are flawed? And would he live in the forest just to prove he was a man? That’s stupid.

However, towards the end of the season, the show seemed on a comeback, fresh back from the writers strike, the season ended on an incredibly high note. Ryan got busted for fraud and was arrested, Andy proposed to Angela, Toby left to go to Costa Rica, and the icing on the cake was Holly, played brilliantly by Amy Ryan. The character was perfect, she was cute, quirky and entirely original to the series, and the chemistry between her and Michael was just so entertaining. It looked as if instead of falling back into the classic mold of seasons 1-3, we were going to have the show go in a brand new terrain without two major characters of prior seasons and with one incredible new character.


"Thank you for saving our show! Please don't get written off!"

And then the season premier came on and all seemed to be so well and wait a minute. Ryan is a temp. He’s back to where he was in the beginning. Great. But the Michael/Holly relationship was so much fun to see unravel, as it seemed there was someone as zany as Micahel. If there is one thing on the Office that makes me smile it’s when they make Michael out to be a real person, like when you really feel his emotions rather than laugh at his idiocy. But a mere few episodes in what did they have to do? Pull the plug. Send Holly away and end the story as simply as that. Destroy a great sub plot that made Jim and Pam’s stale relationship feel as boring as it really has become. And who did they replace Holly with? A fresh face to add another fun dimension to a show that needs a fresh new face? Nope. It’s Toby. Great. Okay so where are we? Back to Season 2 with the Andy/Angela/Dwight love triangle replacing the Roy/Pam/Jim one. Hooray! Now this re-incarnation of the past has both ups and downs. It’s good in a sense that the writers have a canvas to paint all over and try and make new things, and it’s bad because it seems as if they have no way of really surprising us anymore. The episodes seemed pretty stagnant as far as quality was concerned. They were entertaining to a degree, but never challenging to the audience, and none were really engaging.

The one big reveal was the ending of the Andy and Angela relationship, as well as the Dwight and Angela relationship. Making Phyllis give the reveal was a great addition of depth to her character, and making everyone in the office but Andy aware of it made for a brief bit of good comedy. The culmination of these events in “The Duel” were solid both in the comedy and drama departments. The whole bit of running Dwight over was a bit crazy, but given the past season it wasn’t the lowest the show had gone. The end of that episode tore at my heart strings, and that’s another thing I love about the Office. But surely enough the most recent episode came along and now it’s as if the whole thing had never even occurred. Okay, I hate this, but the season is not over so maybe they can resurrect it. And “Prince Family Paper” on a whole was one of the most riveting episodes I’ve seen. The subplot of Michael and Dwight at the competitor was so heartwrenching that I really felt the pain Michael did as he gave the numbers to David Wallace. Things like that truly make the show stand out.

So where can the Office go from here? My advice is somewhere new, bring in someone new, and the key-the one golden rule that I think the show should follow-keep it rooted in reality. No dumb gags just to get laughs. I would like to see a bit more character development from Stanley and Creed, who have been whittled down to simple one note gimmicks. Maybe bring back Holly for an episode or two to fully complete that story, and give Darryl a prominent role, as he is easily one of the funniest people on the show. The Jim/Pam wedding is looming in the distance, so that could prove to be fun. The show is by no means bad, it’s just a bit tired and in need of re-fueling. I pray the writers are able to truly bring new life to this show that I love so much. Please writers, do it for lowly Dave Winchell.


"I am funnier than Jim, no doubt!"

So that’s all I have to say.

Acceptable TV was so great.

I miss this show every day!