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March 2, 2010

Funny or Die Presents (S01E02)

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Funny or Die (S01E02)

I realize comedy is subjective and all, but I actually fucking hated this weeks Funny or Die presents. Last week was pretty damn entertaining, and even though I was expecting more of the same I actually wish I spent my time doing anything else besides watching this episode. It’s strange really, because I really tried to like it, but if this was on the website I would’ve pressed Die many more times than it would let me.

It started out with “Sleeping with Celebrities” featuring Wayne Newton who was very, very clearly pretending to be asleep and dreaming. Couple this with the absurdly long runtime of it, and you have the perfect opening for the Slovin and Allen show, which was equally disappointing. I didn’t actually think I could dislike a comedy bit as much as I did that one, but their second skit proved me wrong. They make an attempt to use insults as punchlines, but they’re not even creative. On top of bad punchlines, they really try to go for a laugh with lame nudity and frame it around a weak idea. Then after watching “Identical Twins in the Hall of Mirrors,” you realize just how weak their ideas are, and it actually gets worse once you get to the “snake” bit.

Another guy who should get out of comedy is Mike O’Connell, who wrote one of the worst comedy songs I’ve ever heard. I know that being able to sing well isn’t overly important in comedy music, but his voice is just drone-y and unbearable sometimes. This brings me to his lyrics, which are not only uninspired, but just so average. How could anyone over 12 seriously rhyme ‘heart’ with ‘apart’ and think that’s tolerable? He’s also the kind of guy that uses “tits” as a punchline THREE TIMES. Now I like a cheap laugh, but that just could not cut it for me. Although if that’s something you think you’d laugh at, then hopefully Cop Out is still in theaters near you.

Honestly, I didn’t want to give this show a bad rating but it straight up earned it. Even the closing show of David and Jennie was just irritatingly stupid at some points. The only redeeming aspect of this week was Playground Politics and its hilarious spin on world events, and it’s the only reason this episode is not getting a 1. Not that I’ll stop watching FoD Presents, but the varying quality is just really disappointing. It’s not a good idea to put a weak episode second; you really need to build up a little trust with viewers before you can put out the filler.

2/7

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Michael Kaitis is one of three founders of We Rate Stuff and also talks about himself in the third person.




 
 

 
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