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FOT Community => Links => Topic started by: Laurie on April 09, 2007, 06:44:39 PM
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I haven't read most of the Gawker blogs (http://www.gawker.com) for some time, but there was a brief period of my life where I was obsessed with Defamer and Gawker. Of course, I occasionally check out Fleshbot. What do you expect from me? I most recently dropped by that site to see if there was anything on this new movie called Gaytanamo. I won a free DVD through the blog, and I registered with Dark Alley Media so I could check out the trailer to see what silver tongue (http://fleshbot.com/sex/tag/mutiny-caption-contest-winners-106024.php) had won me (link not work-safe!). It's like Billy Budd, the movie, but with more fisting. Anyhoodle, thanks Gawker for the free gay porn!
So, yes, I like Gawker. I do. I can't help it. This little panel hosted by Mr. Sarah Silverman only makes me want to read it more:
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Also, why oh why was Jimmy Kimmel asked to fill in for Hunchy McSuspenderson anyway?
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5 years ago, I was in love with a young lady. We would cuddle on my couch in Virginia and whenever Kimmel or Silverman came on, she would rant and rave about Kimmel, what a dick he was, what a misogynist, etc... She also hated Sarah Silverman and would never ever smoke pot.
Then - Two years ago she broke up w/ me, moved to Hollywood, and quickly got a receptionist job on HIS FUCKING SHOW!
Now? She loves Jimmy Kimmel and gets high w/ Sarah Silverman on a regular basis. I've never gotten over her, even as I've slowly but surely fallen completely off of her radar. She was the only one I ever loved, and because of this, every glimpse of Kimmel or Silverman gives me brief pangs of sadness and anger.
Wow. I've never told that story in public before. Cathartic.
But I'll never stop hating Kimmel, no matter how irrational my reason.
Also, The Man Show was evil. I suppose that's a healthier reason for me to hate him.
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5 years ago, I was in love with a young lady. We would cuddle on my couch in Virginia and whenever Kimmel or Silverman came on, she would rant and rave about Kimmel, what a dick he was, what a misogynist, etc... She also hated Sarah Silverman and would never ever smoke pot.
Then - Two years ago she broke up w/ me, moved to Hollywood, and quickly got a receptionist job on HIS FUCKING SHOW!
Now? She loves Jimmy Kimmel and gets high w/ Sarah Silverman on a regular basis. I've never gotten over her, even as I've slowly but surely fallen completely off of her radar. She was the only one I ever loved, and because of this, every glimpse of Kimmel or Silverman gives me brief pangs of sadness and anger.
Wow. I've never told that story in public before. Cathartic.
But I'll never stop hating Kimmel, no matter how irrational my reason.
Also, The Man Show was evil. I suppose that's a healthier reason for me to hate him.
I've always found the Kimmel-Silverman union to be disgusting. It doesn't help that SS mentions his testicles in every interview. I hope Rob Zombie casts her in WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE SS.
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5 years ago, I was in love with a young lady. We would cuddle on my couch in Virginia and whenever Kimmel or Silverman came on, she would rant and rave about Kimmel, what a dick he was, what a misogynist, etc... She also hated Sarah Silverman and would never ever smoke pot.
Then - Two years ago she broke up w/ me, moved to Hollywood, and quickly got a receptionist job on HIS FUCKING SHOW!
Now? She loves Jimmy Kimmel and gets high w/ Sarah Silverman on a regular basis.
Wow, Dorvid. That girl sounds like an asshole. You don't need that s-hit!
I think Gawker lady needs to take it dial it down a notch with the "whatEVER!"facial expressions. That was a weird lynching-lite, though. Like why was there a roundtable of grouchy old douchebags playing pinata with the gossip lady?
She really zung him with the "piles of money to protect them from rocks" thing, and all he could get in was that it was a stupid thing to say. This from a guy who made his millions off of girls bouncing on trampolines.
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what's a FWD?
please don't call me one for not knowing this. please. you can pm me if it's too mean to post. thanks.
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Factory wrapped douche.
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thanks.
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I think Gawker lady needs to take it dial it down a notch with the "whatEVER!"facial expressions.
I give the win to Kimmel based solely on that. I'm not a fan but least he has people on his show like Zach Galifinakis and Neil Hamburger.
Can you imagine how confused Larry "I've never used the internet" King would be during this debate? "So this person the Gawker is stalking Kevin Costner because he's fat?"
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Yeah, I'm kinda with you Chris L. I've never been grilled on t.v. before, but I have had my art critiqued for a good five hours. The poker face is essential.
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Jimmy Kimmel gets a W on this one. That lady was wacky.
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I kind of hate the idea that they won't get married until same-sex marriage is legal. Like their living in sin is fighting the good fight. Sheesh. I can just imagine Senator Tankerbell or any of those other Dixiecrats in Washington sweating that a toilet mouthed lady refusing to get hitched will push America over the edge.
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I like Sarah Silverman, I liked her sitcom and I like her humps.
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Chris L: Sorry to correct you, but I believe it's Neil HANDburger.
That is all.
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Jimmy Kimmel can send that horrifying little gnome to harass people on the street and insult them through an earpiece*, but a non-celebrity can't tell people that they saw Jeremy Piven stuff his face at a Pizza Hut buffet bar?
Is the public supposed to be delighted to be unwittingly treated as a prop by a celebrity? Asshole.
*With all respect to Daniel Dratch
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Listen, if I see Cynthia Nixon on a crosstown bus, wearing no makeup and clutching a Zagat guide, I'm going to send my sighting to Gawker goddamnit. And I did. And it took me two full days to get around to submitting the sighting, as is the case for most of the submissions, I'm sure.
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I saw Colin Quinn at 48th St. and 9th Ave. once, and I even thought about telling Gawker, but it was only Colin Quinn, and he wasn't doing anything embarassing, just had a smug look on his face when I looked at him, like, "I know you know who I am". I tried to have the face on that said "Tough Crowd is the worst television show in history" but I don't think he saw it.
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I saw Colin Quinn at 48th St. and 9th Ave. once, and I even thought about telling Gawker, but it was only Colin Quinn, and he wasn't doing anything embarassing, just had a smug look on his face when I looked at him, like, "I know you know who I am". I tried to have the face on that said "Tough Crowd is the worst television show in history" but I don't think he saw it.
Tough Crowd was awesome. It was essential viewing for anyone interested in stand-up even though I hated all the regulars except Greg Giraldo. While watching it, I felt like I was transported back to the late 1980s/early 1990s glory days of non-stop stand-up on The Comedy Channel/HA!/The Shout! Network's Laff Riot. Maybe I'm just a sucker for people mocking Rich Vos unmercifully.
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Yeah, I miss Tough Crowd. Forget the pig-ignorant political opinions and the woeful sketches they'd do every now and then. The insult humor was unmerciful and great.
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You guys are crazy. That show ate it. It's like: What are comedians like when they're not being funny? That was the premise of that show. Colin Quinn was awesome being himself and deconstructing stand-up in Comedian, but then Tough Crowd is where he took that and ran with it, straight into a brick wall.
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You guys are crazy. That show ate it. It's like: What are comedians like when they're not being funny? That was the premise of that show. Colin Quinn was awesome being himself and deconstructing stand-up in Comedian, but then Tough Crowd is where he took that and ran with it, straight into a brick wall.
I was not a fan of regulars like Norton, DiPaolo, and Keith Robinson (unless they were mocking each other and Vos), but Greg Giradlo was consistently funny and the non-regular guests were often quite good. Colin basically had every active stand-up comedian on the show at some point. The first time I ever saw Maria Bamford was on Tough Crowd. I also liked Patrice O'Neal.
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Yeah, I'm inclined to think Tough Crowd was the only place some of those guys were ever funny. I may not want to go see, say, Jim Norton perform stand-up, but I will watch him and Quinn bust on each other for being perverted and mush-mouthed, respectively.
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I gotta say I saw Colin Quinn do stand up back sometime in the mid-90s when he was on SNL and he was absolutely hysterical, never more so then when a joke bombed and he made fun of himself. I think he's one of those guys that's funnier when he's off the cuff than when he's doing material. Supposedly that particular performance was being recorded for an album but i don't think it ever came out.
That being said Tough Crowd was pretty awful and his time as achor on Weekend Update wasn't much better.
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what's a FWD?
please don't call me one for not knowing this. please. you can pm me if it's too mean to post. thanks.
The following show is where the concept was introduced:
January 10, 2006: An Unfair Record Review Of The Soupjam Stevens Album, The First Factory Wrapped Douche Of The Week, A Round Of 'I Love, I Hate', MC Steinberg Rap Battles John Junk, And Ted Leo Accepts A Rap Battle Challenge! |
Click on this link http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=17677 (http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=17677) to hear it on a Real Player.
Sadly, the archive for the show where the Abercrombie & Fitch CEO was nominated is not available. Holy guacamole...
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Thanks!