The "Ripping Off The Best Show" Thread

[Hugman 3.0]

Probably everyone on this forum including me has inconspicuously ripped-off The Best Show once or twice since we each started listening to the show.

I haven't. You munch.

[Steve in North Hollywood]

I sure have.  All the Best Show colloquialisms have worked their way into my personal vernacular.  Sick.

[Eric Fishlegs]

The other day on Facebook one of my friends said something about Donald Trump being something of a creep so I "borrowed" Tom's line about how Donald Trump was so dumb he managed to lose money on casinos. I felt a little bad about stealing a line w/o acknowledging the source, but then this morning he same friend stole my line and I was annoyed that I didn't get credit for a line I didn't come up with in the first place.

[Hugman 3.0]

The other day on Facebook one of my friends said something about Donald Trump being something of a creep so I "borrowed" Tom's line about how Donald Trump was so dumb he managed to lose money on casinos. I felt a little bad about stealing a line w/o acknowledging the source, but then this morning he same friend stole my line and I was annoyed that I didn't get credit for a line I didn't come up with in the first place.

I did the exact same thing.  I didn't use the line, but rather the fact, which I'd say is up for grabs.

[Hugman 3.0]

In his Celebrity Apprentice recap from this week, Tom stole my joke about Trump Jr. looking like an American Psycho. I guess he's been eavesdropping on my wife and I as we sit on the couch and watch that wonderful television program.

[fish]

This whole thread is just a ripoff of other threads from a while back.

Clearly you saw them and then tried to pass the idea off as your own.

How dare you...

[Hugman 3.0]

This whole thread is just a ripoff of other threads from a while back.

Clearly you saw them and then tried to pass the idea off as your own.

How dare you...

suck fudge (another one of mine).

[Hugman 3.0]

On this week's Comedy Death Ray Radio Tim Heidecker and Neil Hamburger did a whole bit about Bernie Taupin's original versions of his Elton John songs.  Pretty blatant, that one, but it was still pretty funny.

[daveB from Oakland]

On this week's Comedy Death Ray Radio Tim Heidecker and Neil Hamburger did a whole bit about Bernie Taupin's original versions of his Elton John songs.  Pretty blatant, that one, but it was still pretty funny.

Yes blatant, yes funny. The whole idea of "Neil Hamburger" "portraying" "Bernie Taupin" is like a 1000-layer cake of weird meta-hilarity. I don't know what a 1000-layer cake is, but that's the metaphor I'm going with.

That CDR episode also featured sorta sideways references to the notorious Billy Bob Thonton CBC interview, and it also featured Kevin Smith mockery. Those things are also sorta-kinda vaguely Best Show territory.

[Derek (from Chicago)]

Just saw this posted on Spinner about the Black Lips (a Best Show fave, obvs). The subject of the piece loosely has a BS relation, but one line up front in the piece really caught my eye...

Black Lips Say They're 'GG Allin Light,' Credit Him for Bodily-Fluid-Filled Shows

Throwback garage rockers Black Lips decided to class it up a bit on their new album, 'Arabia Mountain,' and work with producer Mark Ronson. But the mirth and mayhem that usually surrounds the band may have infected the superstar producer -- literally.

http://www.spinner.com/2011/06/08/black-lips-arabia-mountain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spinner+%28Spinner.com%29

[jakewho]

Anyone catch that episode of 30 Rock (not sure what season, but fairly recent) where Alec Baldwin is addressing the crew, mentioning Philly. Tina Fey stands up and says something very PBR... "Philly Ruuules!" etc. Cut back to Alec Baldwin and something zooms past him.  Alec Baldwin: "Did you just whip a battery at me?"

[Greggulator]

Anyone catch that episode of 30 Rock (not sure what season, but fairly recent) where Alec Baldwin is addressing the crew, mentioning Philly. Tina Fey stands up and says something very PBR... "Philly Ruuules!" etc. Cut back to Alec Baldwin and something zooms past him.  Alec Baldwin: "Did you just whip a battery at me?"

Tina Fey's from Philly (Upper Darby, to be exact, which is right next to Philly. And it's probably more Philly than Philly -- there are a lot of expats like myself in the city proper yet UD has none) so I think that might explain that.

This isn't connected, but The Best Show is the only national media outlet that has ever tackled the weirdness that is life in Philly. Even better, TBS actually shows a love of Philly (through PBR and Tom's love of the city, and that a ton of callers/fans are from Philly). It's Always Funny does to an extent (I haven't watched too much) but they've never done the accent.

However, we're innundated non-stop with movies (and about 20% of every SNL sketch) about Boston that are supposedly filled with charming dockworker types that have fun accents! I lived in Boston (Somerville, but still) for three years and met absolutely zero people in that city who spoke like that.

[jakewho]

Tina Fey's from Philly (Upper Darby, to be exact, which is right next to Philly. And it's probably more Philly than Philly -- there are a lot of expats like myself in the city proper yet UD has none) so I think that might explain that.

This isn't connected, but The Best Show is the only national media outlet that has ever tackled the weirdness that is life in Philly. Even better, TBS actually shows a love of Philly (through PBR and Tom's love of the city, and that a ton of callers/fans are from Philly). It's Always Funny does to an extent (I haven't watched too much) but they've never done the accent.

However, we're innundated non-stop with movies (and about 20% of every SNL sketch) about Boston that are supposedly filled with charming dockworker types that have fun accents! I lived in Boston (Somerville, but still) for three years and met absolutely zero people in that city who spoke like that.

Yes. I agree.  But the battery whipping ?  didnt the 30 rock writers donate last marathon?

[Lothar_Brightblade]

This isn't connected, but The Best Show is the only national media outlet that has ever tackled the weirdness that is life in Philly. Even better, TBS actually shows a love of Philly (through PBR and Tom's love of the city, and that a ton of callers/fans are from Philly). It's Always Funny does to an extent (I haven't watched too much) but they've never done the accent.

However, we're innundated non-stop with movies (and about 20% of every SNL sketch) about Boston that are supposedly filled with charming dockworker types that have fun accents! I lived in Boston (Somerville, but still) for three years and met absolutely zero people in that city who spoke like that.

You just don't hang around the docks enough.

[Anthony from Ireland]

I have "ripped off" or "quoted" or referenced the best show in lyrics in the past. I wrote a christmas song last year that contains this line..

"back in the reindeers' stable, which was now renamed the hut"

You can listen to the song here
http://soundcloud.com/anthonymackey/the-christmas-band