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March 10, 2010

Funny or Die Presents (S01E03)

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Funny or Die Presents (S01E03)

While last week’s Funny or Die Presents was more die than funny, this week managed to gain back some of the footing they lost. This week did seem to have the most skits packed into the half hour slot as well, but that also carries the risk of more skits falling flat. What I did think was funny was the first skit with Andrea Savage, who I love from Dog Bites Man, an old Comedy Central show that’ll I’ll take a leap on and call legendary. Sure it was only like 6 episodes, but the premise and the amazing cast it had made it a fantastic show.

But I digress; in the skit she’s 8th months pregnant and, “Only has a couple of weeks to do everything [she's] never done.” This means obviously it’s the perfect time to go drinking at a bar and pick up guys, in this case the very funny Rob Huebel. There are a few good lines while they’re getting to know each other, but it’s much funnier once Huebel figures out she’s pregnant. Even though she said she was expecting, he “thought [she] meant like a package or a raise.” By the time he starts improvising all the reasons he doesn’t wanna do it, I was laughing at just about every line. Once he takes off, it doesn’t have a very strong finish, but it’s still a pretty damn good skit.

Now onto Mike O’Connell, who couldn’t have a more typical alternative-rock voice if he tried. He sounds like Pearl Jam/Nickelback/Three Days Grace/Creed/Mouse Rat all in one. The lyrics are equally as uninspired as last week’s monkey song, too, but at least the song is not nearly as long. Two segments that were better this week than last were Sleeping with Celebrities and David and Jennie. Brooke Shields was the guest on Sleeping, and even though I’d find it impossible to laugh at that bit she’s at least worlds better at acting than Wayne Newton. D&J was still as strange as it was last week, but at least the jokes were more about Star Trek than cat poop.

Then we have another comedy song, this time by two guys who call themselves Day by Day. The vocals are undoubtedly influenced by Trey Parker, but the joke writing just isn’t nearly as good. It was funnier than O’Connell’s song, but it’s not anything I’d go out of my way to show anyone. Which unfortunately was also how I felt about Dave Koechner’s first sketch on this show. He must really like playing characters that are down on their luck, ’cause at some points his character is just depressing; I mean he’s so pathetic you can’t help but laughing at him sometimes but that character he’s playing is just so fucking miserable that I almost felt bad for him. It was awesome that he brought in his actual kid though.

That finally brings us to Space Baby, which will always be funnier if it has a guest star. I mean I’ll laugh at a bear punching a baby into a rock any day, but they haven’t given the commander enough funny lines to make him the only talking person on the skit. While I did manage to find at least one good laugh in almost every skit this episode, O’Connell needs to do something to make me laugh. I’m really trying to like him, but he has yet to make me chuckle. And so far, he’s becoming the show’s one really big weak link.

4/7

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One Comment


  1. What are you talking about the Day by Day skit is hilarious!



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